| Election Name: | 1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | legislative |
| Previous Election: | 1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election |
| Previous Year: | 1983 |
| Next Election: | 1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
| Seats For Election: | All 224 seats of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 113 |
| Leader1: | Ramakrishna Hegde |
| Party1: | Janata Party |
| Leaders Seat1: | Basavanagudi |
| Last Election1: | 95 |
| Seats1: | 139 |
| Seat Change1: | 44 |
| Popular Vote1: | 6,418,795 |
| Percentage1: | 43.60% |
| Swing1: | 10.53% |
| Party2: | Indian National Congress |
| Last Election2: | 82 |
| Seats2: | 65 |
| Seat Change2: | 17 |
| Popular Vote2: | 6,009,461 |
| Percentage2: | 40.82% |
| Swing2: | 0.40% |
| Chief Minister | |
| Before Election: | Ramakrishna Hegde |
| Before Party: | Janata Party |
| After Election: | Ramakrishna Hegde |
| After Party: | Janata Party |
The 1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Karnataka to elect 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.[1] The elections resulted in a spectacular victory for the Janata Party, led by Chief minister Ramakrishna Hegde.
!colspan=10||- align=center!colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Party!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats
Contested!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seats
Won!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Votes!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Vote %!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seat
change|-| |align="left"|Janata Party||205||139||6,418,795||43.60%|| 44|-| |align="left"|Indian National Congress||223||65||6,009,461||40.82%|| 17|-| |align="left"|Communist Party of India||7||3||133,008||0.90%|||-| |align="left"|Bharatiya Janata Party||116||2||571,280||3.88%|| 16|-| |align="left"|Communist Party of India (Marxist)||7||2||127,333||0.86%|| 1|-| |align="left"|Independents||1200||13||1,393,626||9.47%|| 9|-||align="left"|Total||1795||224||14,720,634|||||-|}
| Constituency | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurad | None | Gurupadappa Nagmarpalli | ||
| Bhalki | None | Kalyanrao Sangappa Molakere | ||
| Hulsoor | SC | Shivakantha Chature | ||
| Bidar | None | Mohd. Laiquddin Buranuddin | ||
| Humnabad | None | Baswaraj Hawagappa Patil | ||
| Basavakalyan | None | Basavaraj Patil Attur | ||
| Chincholi | None | Veerayya Swami Mahalingayya | ||
| Kamalapur | SC | G. Ramkrishna | ||
| Alland | None | Sharanabasappa Mali Patil Dhangapur | ||
| Gulbarga | None | S. K. Kanta | ||
| Shahabad | SC | K. B. Shanappa | ||
| Afzalpur | None | Malikayya Venkayya Guttadar | ||
| Chitapur | None | Vishwanath Patil Hebbal | ||
| Sedam | None | Chandershekhar Reddy Madna | ||
| Jewargi | None | |||
| Gurmitkal | SC | |||
| Yadgir | None | Vishwanath Reddy | ||
| Shahapur | None | Shivashekhara Gouda Sirwal | ||
| Shorapur | None | Madan Gopal Naik | ||
| Deodurg | SC | A. Purshpavathi | ||
| Raichur | None | Mohamed Oner Abdul Rahman | ||
| Kalmala | None | Krishnamurthy | ||
| Manvi | None | Thimmangouda Anwari | ||
| Lingsugur | None | Rana Amarappa Naik | ||
| Sindhnoor | None | R. Narayanappa | ||
| Kushtagi | None | M. S. Patil | ||
| Yelburga | None | Basawaraj Rayraddi | ||
| Kanakagiri | None | Srirangadevarayalu | ||
| Gangavathi | None | Gawli Mahadevappa | ||
| Koppal | None | Agadi Viruprakashappa Sanganna | ||
| Siruguppa | None | C. M. Revana Siddaiah | ||
| Kurugodu | None | B. Shivarama Reddy | ||
| Bellary | None | M. Ramappa | ||
| Hospet | None | Bhimaneni Kondaiah | ||
| Sandur | None | U. Bhupathi | ||
| Kudligi | None | N. T. Bommanna | ||
| Kottur | None | K. V. Ravindranath Babu | ||
| Hadagalli | None | |||
| Harapanahalli | SC | B. H. Enka Naik | ||
| Harihar | None | B. G. Kotrappa | ||
| Davangere | None | Pampapathi | ||
| Mayakonda | None | K. Mallappa | ||
| Bharamasagara | SC | B. M. Thippesamy | ||
| Chitradurga | None | H. Ekanthaiah | ||
| Jagalur | None | G. H. Aswathreddy | ||
| Molakalmuru | None | Purna Muthappa | ||
| Challakere | None | Thippesamy | ||
| Hiriyur | SC | R. Ramaiah | ||
| Holalkere | None | G. C. Manjunath | ||
| Hosadurga | None | G. Ramdas | ||
| Pavagada | SC | Somla Naik | ||
| Sira | None | C. P. Mudlagiriyappa | ||
| Kallambella | None | B. L. Gowda | ||
| Bellavi | None | C. N. Bhaskarappa | ||
| Madhugiri | SC | Rajavardhan | ||
| Koratagere | None | Veeranna | ||
| Tumkur | None | Lakshminarasimhaiah | ||
| Kunigal | None | Y. K. Ramaiah | ||
| Huliyurdurga | None | D. Nagarajaiah | ||
| Gubbi | None | G. S. Shivananiaha | ||
| Turuvekere | None | K. H. Ramakrishnaiah | ||
| Tiptur | None | B. S. Chandrashekaraih | ||
| Chiknaikanahalli | None | B. Lakkappa | ||
| Gowribidanur | None | Chandrasekhar | ||
| Chikballapur | SC | K. M. Muniyappa | ||
| Sidlaghatta | None | S. Munishainappa | ||
| Bagepalli | None | B. Narayana Swamy | ||
| Chintamani | None | K. M. Krishna Reddy | ||
| Srinivasapur | None | |||
| Mulbagal | None | R. Venkataramaiah | ||
| Kolar Gold Fields | SC | T. S. Mani | ||
| Bethamangala | SC | A. Chinnappa | ||
| Kolar | None | K. R. Srinivasaiah | ||
| Vemgal | None | C. Byre Gowda | ||
| Malur | None | H. B. Dyavarappa | ||
| Malleswaram | None | M. Raghupathy | ||
| Rajajinagar | None | M. S. Krishnan | ||
| Gandhinagar | None | M. S. Narayana Rao | ||
| Chickpet | None | A. Lakshmisagar | ||
| Binnypet | None | G. Narayana Kumar | ||
| Chamarajapet | None | Mohammad Moieuddin | ||
| Basavanagudi | None | |||
| Jayanagar | None | M. Chandrasekhar | ||
| Shanthinagar | SC | C. Kannan | ||
| Shivajinagar | None | R. Roshan Beg | ||
| Bharathinagar | None | |||
| Jayamahal | None | |||
| Yelahanka | SC | B. Basavalingappa | ||
| Uttarahalli | None | M. Srinivas | ||
| Varthur | None | A. Krishnappa | ||
| Kanakapura | None | P. G. R. Sindhia | ||
| Sathanur | None | |||
| Channapatna | None | M. Varade Gowda (raju) | ||
| Ramanagaram | None | Puttaswamy Gowda | ||
| Magadi | None | H. G. Channappa | ||
| Nelamangala | SC | B. Guruprasad | ||
| Doddaballapur | None | |||
| Devanahalli | SC | P. C. Munishamaiah | ||
| Hosakote | None | |||
| Anekal | SC | M. P. Keshavamurthy | ||
| Nagamangala | None | H. T. Krishnappa | ||
| Maddur | None | B. Appajigowda | ||
| Kiragaval | None | G. Madegowda | ||
| Malavalli | SC | B. Somashekar | ||
| Mandya | None | S. D. Jayaram | ||
| Keragodu | None | H. D. Chowdaiah | ||
| Srirangapatna | None | A. S. Bandisiddegowda | ||
| Pandavapura | None | K. Kempegowda | ||
| Krishnarajpet | None | |||
| Hanur | None | G. Rajugowda | ||
| Kollegal | SC | B. Basavaiah | ||
| Bannur | None | K. J. Ramaswamy | ||
| T. Narasipur | SC | |||
| Krishnaraj | None | Vedant Hemmige | ||
| Chamaraja | None | K. Kempere Gowda | ||
| Narasimharaja | None | Mukthar Unnisa | ||
| Chamundeswari | None | |||
| Nanjangud | None | D. T. Jaya Kumar | ||
| Santhemarahalli | SC | B. Rachaiah | ||
| Chamarajanagar | None | S. Puttaswamy | ||
| Gundlupet | None | K. S. Nagarathnamma | ||
| Heggadadevanakote | SC | |||
| Hunsur | None | H. L. Thimmegowda | ||
| Krishnarajanagar | None | S. Nanjappa | ||
| Periyapatna | None | K. Venkatesh | ||
| Virajpet | ST | Suma Vasantha | ||
| Madikere | None | D. A. Chinnappa | ||
| Somwarpet | None | B. A. Jivijaya | ||
| Belur | SC | Kumaraswamy H. K. | ||
| Arsikere | None | D. B. Gangadharappa | ||
| Gandsi | None | E. Nanjegowda | ||
| Sravanabelagola | None | N. Gangadhar | ||
| Holenarasipur | None | |||
| Arkalgud | None | K. B. Mallappa | ||
| Hassan | None | B. V. Karigowda | ||
| Sakleshpur | None | B. D. Basavaraju | ||
| Sullia | SC | Kushala | ||
| Puttur | None | |||
| Vittal | None | B. A. Ummarabba | ||
| Belthangady | None | K. Vasantha Bangera | ||
| Bantwal | None | |||
| Mangalore | None | Blasius M. D. Souza | ||
| Ullal | None | B. M. Iddinabha | ||
| Surathkal | None | N. M. Adyanthaya | ||
| Kaup | None | Vasantha V. Salian | ||
| Udupi | None | M. Manorama Madhwaraj | ||
| Brahmavar | None | Basavaraj | ||
| Coondapur | None | Pratapchandra Shetty | ||
| Baindur | None | G. S. Achar | ||
| Karkal | None | |||
| Moodabidri | None | Amarnath Shetty K. | ||
| Sringeri | None | H. G. Govindegowda | ||
| Mudigere | SC | B. B. Ningaiah | ||
| Chikmagalur | None | B. Shankara | ||
| Birur | None | S. R. Lakshmaiah | ||
| Kadur | None | P. B. Onkaramurthy | ||
| Tarikere | None | B. R. Neelakantappa | ||
| Channagiri | None | |||
| Holehonnur | SC | Basvannappa | ||
| Bhadravathi | None | Salera S. Siddappa | ||
| Honnali | None | D. G. Basawana | ||
| Shimoga | None | K. H. Srinivas | ||
| Tirthahalli | None | Patamakki Rathnakara | ||
| Hosanagar | None | B. Swamyrao | ||
| Sagar | None | B. Dharmappa | ||
| Sorab | None | |||
| Shikaripur | None | |||
| Sirsi | SC | Kannade Gopal Mukund | ||
| Bhatkal | None | Rama Narayan Naik | ||
| Kumta | None | Gouda Narayan Holiyappa | ||
| Ankola | None | Ajjibal G. S. Hegde | ||
| Karwar | None | Rane Prabhakar Sadashiv | ||
| Haliyal | None | |||
| Dharwad Rural | None | Desai Ayyappa Basavaraj | ||
| Dharwad | None | Bellad Chandrakantha Gurappa | ||
| Hubli | None | A. M. Hindasgri | ||
| Hubli Rural | None | |||
| Kalghatgi | None | Shiddanagoudar Parvatagouda Chanaveragouda | ||
| Kundgol | None | Uppin Basappa Andaneppa | ||
| Shiggaon | None | Neelakanthagouda Veeranagouda Patil | ||
| Hanagal | None | |||
| Hirekerur | None | B. G. Banakar | ||
| Ranibennur | None | Koliwad Krishnappa Bheemappa | ||
| Byadgi | SC | Beelagi Kallokappa Sabanna | ||
| Haveri | None | Kalakoti C. C. | ||
| Shirhatti | None | Balikai Tippanna Basavanneppa | ||
| Mundargi | None | Humbarawadi Nagappa Shivalingappa | ||
| Gadag | None | Patil Kristagouda Hanamantagouda | ||
| Ron | None | Doddameti Jananadev Shivanagappa | ||
| Naragund | None | B. R. Yavagal | ||
| Navalgund | None | Kulkarni Mallappa Karaveerappa | ||
| Ramdurg | None | Hirareddi Basavantappa Basappa | ||
| Parasgad | None | Chandrashekhar Mallikarjun Mamani | ||
| Bailhongal | None | Koujalagi Shivananda Hemappa | ||
| Kittur | None | Inamdar Danappagouda Basabgouda | ||
| Khanapur | None | Patil Vasantrao Parashram | ||
| Belgaum | None | Mane Rajabhau Shankarrao | ||
| Uchagaon | None | Patil Basawant Iroji | ||
| Bagewadi | None | Malagi Shivaputrappa Chanab Asappa | ||
| Gokak | ST | Muttennavar Mallappa Laxman | ||
| Arabhavi | None | R. M. Patil | ||
| Hukkeri | None | Katti Vishwanath Mallappa | ||
| Sankeshwar | None | Patil Malhargouda Shankargoud | ||
| Nippani | None | Patil Veerkumar Appaso | ||
| Sadalga | None | Magennavar Kallappa Parisa | ||
| Chikkodi | SC | Chaugule Shakuntala Tukaram | ||
| Raibag | SC | Ghevari Maruti Gangappa | ||
| Kagwad | None | Patil Vasanthrao Lakhagouda | ||
| Athani | None | Leeladevi R. Prasad | ||
| Jamkhandi | None | Bagalkot Gurupad Shivappa | ||
| Bilgi | None | Tungal Baburaddi Venkappa | ||
| Mudhol | SC | Jamakhandi Bhimappa Gamgappa | ||
| Bagalkot | None | Mantur Goolappa Venkappa | ||
| Badami | None | Desai Ravasaheb Tulasigerappa | ||
| Guledgud | None | Nanjayyanamath Shankarayya Gadigeyya | ||
| Hungund | None | Kadapatti Shivsangappa Siddappa | ||
| Muddebihal | None | Deshmukh Jagadevarao Sanganabajappa | ||
| Huvin-hippargi | None | Desai Shivaputrappa Madiwalappa | ||
| Basavana-bagewadi | None | Patil Kumaragouda Adiveppagouda | ||
| Tikota | None | Patil Basanagouda Mallangouda | ||
| Bijapur | None | Mahiboobpatel Ladlipatel | ||
| Ballolli | SC | |||
| Indi | None | Khed Ningappa Siddappa | ||
| Sindgi | None | Biradar Mallanagouda Doulataraya | ||