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1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

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1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

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All 224 seats of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
113 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Veerendra Patil H. D. Deve Gowda
Party INC JD
Leader's seat Chincholi Holenarasipur (lost)
Seats won 178 24
Popular vote 7,990,142 4,943,854
Percentage 43.76% 27.08%

Chief Minister before election

S. R. Bommai
JP

Elected Chief Minister

Veerendra Patil
INC

The 1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Karnataka to elect 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The Indian National Congress rode back to power with a huge majority.[1]

Results

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e • d Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1989[1]
Political Party
Seats contested
Seats won
Number of Votes
% of Votes
Seat change
Indian National Congress 221 178 7,990,142 43.76% Increase 113
Janata Dal 209 24 4,943,854 27.08% New Party
Bharatiya Janata Party 118 4 755,032 4.14% Increase 2
Janata Party (JP) 217 2 2,070,341 11.34% New Party
Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha 105 2 654,801 3.59% New Party
AIADMK 1 1 32,928 0.18% New Party
Muslim League 13 1 80,612 0.44% New Party
Independents 1088 12 1,482,482 8.12% Decrease 1
Total 2043 224 18,257,909

References

  1. ^ a b "Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India". {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India ([1])