The 1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Karnataka to elect 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on 3 May 1985. The election resulted in a spectacular victory for the Janata Party, led by Chief minister Ramakrishna Hegde.
Results
!colspan=10| |- align=center !colspan=2 style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seatscontested !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seatswon !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Vote % !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Seatchange
|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||||
Results by district +DistrictSeatsJNPINCINDOTHBagalkot76100Bengaluru Rural44000Bengaluru Urban1610501Belagavi1812240Bellary85300Bidar64200Bijapur86200Chamarajanagar52210Chikmagalur64020Chitradurga75200Dakshina Kannada91701Davanagere74201Dharwad74210Gadag54100Gulbarga133811Hassan87010Haveri64110Kodagu31200Kolar129102Koppal54100Mandya96210Mysore119200Raichur64200Ramanagara55000Shimoga82411Tumakuru1310300Udupi60600Uttara Kannada64200Total22413965137
Results by constituency