K. R. Pura Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Karnataka legislative assembly in India
| K. R. Puram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 151 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
 Location of KR Puram assembly, shown in red, in Bangalore | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Bangalore Urban |
| LS constituency | Bangalore North |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Byrati Basavaraj | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2019 |
K. R. Puram or Krishnarajapuram 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. Carved out from the erstwhile Varthur constituency, and a few parts of Hosakote constituency, it has predominantly urban characteristics.
Ward map of K. R. Pura Assembly
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. Puram, Ramamurthy Nagar, Doorvaninagar, Chikkabasavanapura, Devasandra, Vijnanapura, A. Narayanapura, Singayyanapalya, Annayyanapalya, Mahadevapura, Benniganahalli, Vibhuthipura and Vimanapura now come under K R Puram Assembly.
As many as 10 villages, K. Narayanapura, Kottanur, N. Nagenahalli, Kyalasanahalli, Geddalahalli, Horamavu Agara, K. Channasandra, Kalkere, Horamavu 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.[1]
The area has its own set of problems. Traffic congestion, sewage disposal issues, lack of storm-water drains and bad roads are common complaints.[2]
Following are the Wards which come under K. R. Puram Assembly constituency:
Horamavu
Rama-
murthy
Nagar
murthy
Nagar
Vijnana
pura
pura
Devasandra
A.Narayanapura
Basavana
pura
pura
Vijnana Nagar
K R Puram
| Ward No. | Ward Name | Corporator[3] |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Horamavu[4] | Radhamma[5] |
| 26 | Ramamurthy Nagar[6] | Padmavathi S.[7] |
| 51 | Vijnanapura[8] | S Raju[9] |
| 52 | K. R. Puram[10] | K Poornima[11] |
| 53 | Basavanpura[12] | B N Jayaprakash[13] |
| 55 | Devasandra[14] | M N Srikanth[15] |
| 56 | A. Narayanapura[16] | V Suresh[17] |
| 81 | Vignana Nagar[14] | S G Nagaraj[18] |
| 87 | HAL Airport[16] | N Manjunath[19] |
Civic Administration
K R Puram 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 Puram by a margin of 24001 votes defeating N. S. Nandiesha Reddy of BJP.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
K. R. Puram seat did not exist in the 12th Legislative assembly (2004-2008) and parts of it were inside Hosakote & Varathur assembly. Varathur assembly was split into two (Mahadevapura & K. R. Puram) by 2008; K. R. Puram since has participated in the 13th, 14th & 15th Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections.
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | N. S. Nandiesha Reddy | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2013 | Byrati Basavaraj | Indian National Congress | |
| 2018[20] | |||
| 2019[a] | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2023[21] | |||
- ^ by-poll
Election results
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Byrati Basavaraj | 139,925 | 51,93 | -1.38 | |
| INC | D. K. MOHAN | 1,15,243 | 42,91 | +2.29 | |
| JD(S) | C. Venkatachalapathi | 1,975 | 0.73 | -2.00 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 4,396 | 1.63 | ||
| Majority | 24,682 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,69,462 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Byrati Basavaraj | 135,404 | 53.31 | ||
| BJP | N. S. Nandiesha Reddy | 1,02,675 | 40.42 | ||
| JD(S) | D. A. Gopala | 6,578 | 2.59 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,464 | 0.97 | ||
| Majority | 32,729 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,53,994 | 54.56 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- ^ K R Pura Assembly Details
- ^ "K R Puram: Where Two Worlds Meet". Archived from the original on 28 August 2015.
- ^ List of all Bangalore Corporators Archived 2015-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Mar,3,2014
- ^ Horamavu ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
- ^ Horamavu ward details feb,27,2014
- ^ Ramamurthy nagar ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
- ^ Ramamurthy Nagar ward details feb,27,2014
- ^ Vijnanapura ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
- ^ Vijnanapura ward details feb,27,2014
- ^ K.R.Puram ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
- ^ K.R.Puram ward details feb,27,2014
- ^ Hudi ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
- ^ Hudi ward details feb,27,2014
- ^ a b Devasandra ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
- ^ Deavasandra ward details feb,27,2014
- ^ a b A.Narayanapura ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
- ^ A.Narayanapura ward details feb,27,2014
- ^ Vignana Nagar ward details feb,27,2014
- ^ HAL Airport ward details feb,27,2014
- ^ Financialexpress (16 May 2018). "Karnataka election results 2018: Full list of constituency wise winners and losers from BJP, Congress, JD(S) in Karnataka assembly elections". Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
- ^ India Today (14 May 2023). "Karnataka Election Results 2023 winners: Full list of winning candidates". Archived from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
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