Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1989

All 224 seats of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly 113 seats needed for a majority

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Veerendra Patil
Party	INC	Janata Dal
Seats won	178	24
Popular vote	7,990,142	4,943,854
Percentage	43.76%	27.08%

Chief Minister before election

S. R. Bommai
Janata Party

Elected Chief Minister

Veerendra Patil
INC

Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1989 was held in Indian state of Karnataka to elect 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Indian National Congress gained majority seats and formed government.^[1]

Results

Summary of results of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election, 1989^[1]
Political Party	No. of candidates	No. of elected	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
Indian National Congress	221	178	7,990,142	43.76%	113
Janata Dal	209	24	4,943,854	27.08%	New Party
Bharatiya Janata Party	118	4	755,032	4.14%	2
Janata Party (JP)	217	2	2,070,341	11.34%	New Party
KRS	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%	1
Total	2043	224	18,257,909

1 2 "Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India". Missing or empty |url= (help)Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, Election Commission of India ()

Elections in Karnataka

Legislative Assembly elections	1951 1957 1962 1967 1972 1978 1983 1985 1989 1994 1999 2004 2008 2013

General elections	1951–52 1957 1962 1967 1971 1977 1980 1984 1989 1991 1996 1998 1999 2004 2009 2014

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