Bangalore South Assembly constituency

Not to be confused with Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency, in which Bangalore South AC is not a part.

Bangalore South
Constituency No. 176 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Division	Bangalore
District	Bangalore Urban
Lok Sabha 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 M. Krishnappa
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.

Members of Assembly

Mysore State

Election	Assembly	Name	Party
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]

Karnataka

Election	Assembly	Name	Party
1973-2008: Seat did not exist [10]
2008 [11]	13th	M. Krishnappa		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 [12] [13]	14th
2018 [14]	15th
2023	16th

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bangalore South ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bangalore South ^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bangalore South ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	M Krishnappa	102,207
	JD(S)	R. Prabhakara Reddy	72,045
Majority
Turnout
	BJP hold		Swing

2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bangalore South ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	M Krishnappa	71,114
	INC	Sadananda M	36,979
Majority
Turnout
	BJP win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. "Mysore, 1951". eci.gov.in.
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6. "Karnataka 1962". eci.gov.in.
7. "Karnataka Election Results 1962". www.elections.in.
8. "Karnataka Election Results 1967". www.elections.in.
9. "Assembly Election Results in 1972, Karnataka". traceall.in. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
10. "Karnataka 1978". eci.gov.in.
11. "Assembly Election Results in 2008, Karnataka". traceall.in. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
12. "Assembly Election Results in 2013, Karnataka". traceall.in. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
13. "List of elected members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly". kar.nic. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
14. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 September 2021.
15. "Karnataka Election Results 2018, Karnataka Assembly Elections Results 2018". elections.in. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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