K. R. Pura Assembly constituency

K. R. Pura
Constituency No. 151 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Location of KR Pura assembly, shown in red, in Bangalore
Location of K. R. Puram Assembly constituency, shown in red, in Bangalore
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictBangalore Urban
Lok Sabha constituencyBangalore North
Established2008
Total electors510,777 (2023)[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Byrati Basavaraj
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023
Preceded byN. S. Nandiesha Reddy
K. R. Pura constituency

K. R. Pura Assembly constituency (also known as, Krishnarajapura) is an Assembly constituency in the Greater Bangalore region and has the largest number of voters among the 21 constituencies. It comes under Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency. Carved out from the erstwhile Varthur Assembly constituency, and a few parts of Hosakote Assembly constituency, it has predominantly urban characteristics.

Ward map

All wards of the erstwhile K. R. Pura City Municipal Council, and wards 3 to 11 of Mahadevapura City Municipal Council, which includes Sanna Thammanahalli, Medahalli, Bhattrahalli, K. R. Pura, Ramamurthy Nagar, Doorvaninagar, Chikkabasavanapura, Devasandra, Vijnanapura, A. Narayanapura, Singayyanapalya, Annayyanapalya, Mahadevapura, Benniganahalli, Vibhuthipura and Vimanapura now come under K R Pura Assembly.

As many as 11 villages, K. Narayanapura, Kottanur, N. Nagenahalli, Kyalasanahalli, Geddalahalli, Horamavu Agara, K. Channasandra, Kalkere, Horamavu, Babusapalya and Chalkere, that were included within the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike limits when the Greater Bangalore area was formed, are also part of this constituency.[2]

The area has its own set of problems. Traffic congestion, sewage disposal issues, lack of storm-water drains and bad roads are common complaints.[3]

Following are the Wards which come under K. R. Pura Assembly constituency:

Ward No. Ward Name Corporator[4]
25 Horamavu[5] Radhamma[6]
26 Ramamurthy Nagar[7] Padmavathi S.[8]
51 Vijnanapura[9] S Raju[10]
52 K. R. Pura[11] K Poornima[12]
53 Basavanpura[13] B N Jayaprakash[14]
55 Devasandra[15] M N Srikanth[16]
56 A. Narayanapura[17] V Suresh[18]
81 Vignana Nagar[15] S G Nagaraj[19]
87 HAL Airport[17] N Manjunath[20]

Civic administration

K R Pura comes under Bangalore North (Lok Sabha constituency) led by MP D. V. Sadananda Gowda who was also the ex Chief Minister of Karnataka. During the general elections 2014 D. V. Sadananda Gowda contesting through BJP won with 52.91% majority defeating C. Narayanaswamy of INC. MLA Byrati Basavaraj won contesting through INC the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election from K R Pura by a margin of 24001 votes defeating N. S. Nandiesha Reddy of BJP.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party
2008 N. S. Nandiesha Reddy Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 Byrati Basavaraj Indian National Congress
2018
2019 By-election Bharatiya Janata Party
2023

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : K. R. Pura [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Byrati Basavaraj 139,925 51.93% Decrease10.93
INC D. K. Mohan 115,624 42.91% Increase8.56
NOTA None of the above 4,396 1.63% Decrease0.70
AAP Dr. J. S. Keshava Kumar 2,319 0.86% New
UPP Madesha. N 2,215 0.82% Increase0.09
JD(S) C. Venkatachalapathi 1,975 0.73% Decrease0.19
Margin of victory 24,301 9.02% Decrease19.49
Turnout 269,589 52.78% Increase6.13
Total valid votes 269,462
Registered electors 510,777 Increase4.66
BJP hold Swing Decrease10.93

Assembly By-election 2019

2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election : K. R. Pura [21]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Byrati Basavaraj 139,879 62.86% Increase22.44
INC M. Narayanaswamy 76,436 34.35% Decrease18.96
NOTA None of the above 5,184 2.33% Increase1.36
JD(S) C. Krishnamurthy 2,048 0.92% Decrease1.67
UPP Santhosh. M 1,620 0.73% New
Margin of victory 63,443 28.51% Increase15.62
Turnout 227,644 46.65% Decrease7.93
Total valid votes 222,518
Registered electors 488,012 Increase4.83
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase9.55

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : K. R. Pura [22]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Byrati Basavaraj 135,404 53.31% Increase2.28
BJP N. S. Nandiesha Reddy 102,675 40.42% Increase0.91
JD(S) D. A. Gopala 6,578 2.59% Increase0.69
NOTA None of the above 2,464 0.97% New
Margin of victory 32,729 12.89% Increase1.37
Turnout 254,064 54.58% Decrease4.33
Total valid votes 253,994
Registered electors 465,508 Increase36.97
INC hold Swing Increase2.28

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : K. R. Pura [23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Byrati Basavaraj 106,299 51.03% Increase9.01
BJP N. S. Nandiesha Reddy 82,298 39.51% Decrease9.72
JD(S) Ravi Prakash. J 3,955 1.90% Decrease2.73
CPI(M) Gowramma 1,553 0.75% Decrease0.63
Margin of victory 24,001 11.52% Increase4.31
Turnout 200,229 58.91% Increase15.85
Total valid votes 208,322
Registered electors 339,866 Increase7.95
INC gain from BJP Swing Increase1.80

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : K. R. Pura [24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP N. S. Nandiesha Reddy 66,741 49.23% New
INC A. Krishnappa 56,971 42.02% New
JD(S) L. Muniswamy 6,280 4.63% New
CPI(M) Gowramma 1,866 1.38% New
BSP T. J. Abraham 1,410 1.04% New
Margin of victory 9,770 7.21%
Turnout 135,581 43.06%
Total valid votes 135,578
Registered electors 314,832
BJP win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ^ K R Pura Assembly Details
  3. ^ "K R Pura: Where Two Worlds Meet". Archived from the original on 28 August 2015.
  4. ^ List of all Bangalore Corporators Archived 2015-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Mar,3,2014
  5. ^ Horamavu ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  6. ^ Horamavu ward details feb,27,2014
  7. ^ Ramamurthy nagar ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  8. ^ Ramamurthy Nagar ward details feb,27,2014
  9. ^ Vijnanapura ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  10. ^ Vijnanapura ward details feb,27,2014
  11. ^ K.R.Pura ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  12. ^ K.R.Pura ward details feb,27,2014
  13. ^ Hudi ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  14. ^ Hudi ward details feb,27,2014
  15. ^ a b Devasandra ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  16. ^ Deavasandra ward details feb,27,2014
  17. ^ a b A.Narayanapura ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  18. ^ A.Narayanapura ward details feb,27,2014
  19. ^ Vignana Nagar ward details feb,27,2014
  20. ^ HAL Airport ward details feb,27,2014
  21. ^ "Bye-Election Results - Election Commission of India". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
  22. ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  23. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 : To the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
  24. ^ "General Election Karnataka Legislative Assembly 2008 Election Statistics" (PDF). Government of Karnataka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2021.

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