1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election

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1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election
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All 224 Legislative Assembly seats
113 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
  Deve Gowda.jpg The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa.jpg
Leader H. D. Deve Gowda B.S. Yeddyurappa
Party JD BJP
Leader's seat Ramanagara Shikaripura
Seats before 24 4
Seats won 115 40
Seat change Increase81 Increase36
Chief minister before election

Veerappa Moily
INC

Elected Chief minister

H. D. Devegowda
JD

Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituencies (1978-2008)

The 1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election took place in two phases on 26 November and 1 December 1994 in all the 224 legislative assembly constituencies in the Indian State of Karnataka. The Janata Dal emerged victorious winning 115 seats.[1]

Results[]

Summary of the 1994 Karnataka legislature election results
Parties Flag Seats contested Seats won % of votes Seat change
 Vote share % change
Janata Dal Janata Dal symbol.svg 221 115 33.54% Increase77 Increase6.46%
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 223 40 16.99% Increase36 Increase12.85%
Indian National Congress 221 34 26.95% Decrease143 Decrease16.55%
Karnataka Congress Party 218 10 7.31% New Party New Party
Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha 108 1 2.65% Decrease1 Decrease0.94%
Bahujan Samaj Party 77 1 0.78% Decrease1 Increase0.74
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 13 1 0.49% Increase1 Decrease0.04
Indian National League 2 1 0.29% New Party New Party
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 4 1 0.24% - Decrease0.06%
Kannada Chalavali Vatal Paksha 42 1 0.18% New Party New Party
2 1 0.13% Decrease1 Decrease0.09%
Others 0 1.05% Decrease3 Decrease2.37%
Independent 1256 17 9.4% Increase5 Increase1.28%
Total (Turnout %) 224 100.00

References[]

  1. ^ "General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 May 2013.

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