Basavanagudi Assembly constituency

Basavanagudi
Basavanagudi
Constituency No. 170 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Urban
LS constituency	Bangalore South
Established	1957
Total electors	233,600 (2023)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent L. A. Ravi Subramanya
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	K. Chandrashekhar

Last updated July 07, 2024

Basavanagudi Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka a south state of India. Basavanagudi is also part of Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency.^[2] It has also been considered as the stronghold of BJP as it has been winning the constituency with huge margin every time.^[3] Congress has only won the seat once in 2004 in the span of past 45 years. The constituency is dominated by Brahmins and Vokkaligas. Middle and upper middle class people are in significant numbers and senior citizens make up almost a third of the electorate.^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member
1952	P. R. Ramaiya	Indian National Congress
1957	L. S. Venkaji Rao
1962	M. Krishnappa
1967	P. Thimmaiah	Independent
1972	Amir Rahamathulla Khan	Indian National Congress

Karnataka State

Year	Member
1978	T. R. Shamanna	Janata Party
1980^	H. L. Thimme Gowda
1983	H. L. Thimme Gowda
1985	Ramakrishna Hegde
1989	Ramakrishna Hegde	Janata Dal
1994	H. N. Nanje Gowda	Bharatiya Janata Party
1999	K. N. Subbareddy	Bharatiya Janata Party
2004	K. Chandrashekhar	Indian National Congress
2008	L. A. Ravi Subramanya	Bharatiya Janata Party
2013
2018 ^[5]
2023 ^[6]^[7]

^ bypoll

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Basavanagudi^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	L. A. Ravi Subramanya	78,854	61.47	+3.01
	INC	U. B. Venkatesh	23,876	18.61	+9.56
	JD(S)	Aramane Shankar	19,931	15.54	-14.29
	UPP	J. Rajini	2,192	1.71
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,656	1.29	-0.14
Majority			54,978	42.86	+13.63
Turnout			1,28,286	54.92	+1.91
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Basavanagudi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	L. A. Ravi Subramanya	76,018	58.46
	JD(S)	K. Bagegowda	38,009	29.83
	INC	M. Boregowda	11,767	9.05
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,856	1.43
Majority			38,009	29.23
Turnout			1,30,043	53.01
	BJP hold		Swing

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References

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[election2023-1] 1 2 "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[2] "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 9 October 2017.

[3] ttps://www.livemint.com/elections/assembly-elections/karnataka-election-2023-result-bjps-ravi-subramanya-beats-congress-ub-venkatesh-by-54-978-votes-in-basavanagudi-11683977180166.html

[4] Ramesh,DHNS, Sneha. "Karnataka polls: Clash of Brahmins in Basavanagudi". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

[Karnataka_election_results_2018:_Full_list_of_constituency_wise_winners_and_losers_from_BJP,_Congress,_JD(S)_in_Karnataka_assembly_elections-5] 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.

[Karnataka_Election_Results_2023_winners:_Full_list_of_winning_candidates-6] 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.

[Bangalore_South_election_2023_results_LIVE:_Govindraj_Nagar,_Vijay_Nagar,_Basavanagudi,_Padmanabhanagar,_BTM_Layout-7] Hindustan Times (13 May 2023). "Bangalore South election 2023 results LIVE: Govindraj Nagar, Vijay Nagar, Basavanagudi, Padmanabhanagar, BTM Layout". Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

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