| Devanahalli | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 179 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Map of Assembly constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Bangalore Rural |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Chikkaballapur |
| Established | 1961 |
| Total electors | 212,209 (2023) [1] |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | L. N. Narayanaswamy |
Devanahalli Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. It is also part of Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency. [2]
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 1961: Constituency did not exist. See Hosakote and Bangalore North | |||
| 1962 [3] [4] [5] | R. Muniswamiah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 [6] [7] | D. S. Gowdh | ||
| 1972 [8] [9] | M. R. Jayaram | ||
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 [10] [11] [12] | B. N. Bache Gowda | Janata Party | |
| 1978^ | K. Narayanappa | ||
| 1983 [13] [14] | A. M. Mariyappa | ||
| 1985 [15] [16] | P. C. Munishamaiah | ||
| 1989 [17] [18] [19] | Muninarasimhaiah | Indian National Congress | |
| 1994 [20] [21] [22] | G. Chandranna | Janata Dal | |
| 1999 [23] [24] | Muninarasimhaiah | Indian National Congress | |
| 2004 [25] [26] | G. Chandranna | Janata Dal (Secular) | |
| 2008 | Venkataswamy | Indian National Congress | |
| 2013 | Pilla Munishamappa | Janata Dal (Secular) | |
| 2018 [27] | L. N. Narayanaswamy | ||
| 2023 | K. H. Muniyappa | Indian National Congress | |
^by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | K. H. Muniyappa | 73,058 | 40.46 | −0.41 | |
| JD(S) | L. N. Nisarga Narayanaswamy | 68,427 | 37.90 | −12.91 | |
| BJP | Pilla Munishamappa | 34,404 | 19.05 | +13.31 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,509 | 0.84 | +0.08 | |
| Majority | 4,631 | 2.56 | −7.38 | ||
| Turnout | 180,569 | 85.09 | +0.46 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JD(S) | L. N. Narayanaswamy | 86,966 | 50.81 | ||
| INC | Venkataswamy | 69,956 | 40.87 | ||
| BJP | K Nagesh | 9,820 | 5.74 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,300 | 0.76 | ||
| Majority | 17,010 | 9.94 | |||
| Turnout | 1,71,158 | 84.63 | |||
| JD(S) hold | Swing | ||||