Bangalore South | |
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Constituency No. 176 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Karnataka |
Division | Bangalore |
District | Bangalore Urban |
LS constituency | Bangalore Rural |
Established | 1951 (first establishment) 2008 (second establishment) |
Total electors | 695,797 (2023)[1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | BJP |
Elected year | 2023 |
Bangalore South Assembly seat is one of the seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is part of Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency. Notably, Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency does not contain Bangalore South Assembly constituency.
Bangalore South Assembly seat was created for the second time when the delimitation of seats was carried out in 2008. While there are four Lok Sabha seats with the name of the city 'Bangalore' in their title, Bangalore South is the only Assembly seat among dozens in the city boundary which has the word 'Bangalore' in its title.
Election | Assembly | Name | Party | |
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1952[2] | 1st | A. V. Narasimha Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
B. T. Kempa Raj | ||||
1957[3][4][5] | 2nd | A. V. Narasimha Reddy | ||
B. Basavalingappa | ||||
1962[6][7] | 3rd | D. Munichinnappa | Independent politician | |
1967-1973: Seat did not exist[8][9] |
Election | Assembly | Name | Party | |
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1973-2008: Seat did not exist[10] | ||||
2008[11] | 13th | M. Krishnappa | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2013[12][13] | 14th | |||
2018[14] | 15th | |||
2023 | 16th |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | M Krishnappa | 196,220 | 51.35 | +3.61 | |
INC | R. K. Ramesh | 146,521 | 38.35 | +0.11 | |
JD(S) | H. P. Rajagopala Reddy | 24,612 | 6.44 | −4.88 | |
UPP | M. M. Manu | 4,360 | 1.14 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 4,006 | 1.05 | −0.19 | |
Majority | 49,699 | 13.00 | +3.50 | ||
Turnout | 382,112 | 54.92 | +2.06 | ||
BJP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | M Krishnappa | 152,427 | 47.74 | ||
INC | R K Ramesh | 1,22,068 | 38.24 | ||
JD(S) | R Prabhakar Reddy | 36,138 | 11.32 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 3,952 | 1.24 | ||
Majority | 30,359 | 9.50 | |||
Turnout | 3,19,255 | 52.86 | |||
BJP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | M Krishnappa | 102,207 | |||
JD(S) | R. Prabhakara Reddy | 72,045 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
BJP hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | M Krishnappa | 71,114 | |||
INC | Sadananda M | 36,979 | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
BJP win (new seat) |