K. R. Pura Assembly constituency

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K. R. Puram
Constituency No. 151 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
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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
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019
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K. R. Pura constituency

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.

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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:

Ward No.Ward NameCorporator [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.

K.R. Puram Assembly's history
YearMemberParty
2008 N. S. Nandiesha Reddy Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 Byrati Basavaraj Indian National Congress
2018 [20]
2019 [lower-alpha 1] Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 [21]
  1. ↑ by-poll

Election results

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: K. R. Puram
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Byrati Basavaraj 135,404 53.31
BJP N. S. Nandiesha Reddy 1,02,67540.42
JD(S) D. A. Gopala6,5782.59
NOTA None of the Above 2,4640.97
Majority32,729
Turnout 2,53,99454.56
INC hold Swing

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References

  1. ↑ K R Pura Assembly Details
  2. ↑ "K R Puram: Where Two Worlds Meet". Archived from the original on 28 August 2015.
  3. ↑ List of all Bangalore Corporators Archived 2015-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Mar,3,2014
  4. ↑ Horamavu ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  5. ↑ Horamavu ward details feb,27,2014
  6. ↑ Ramamurthy nagar ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  7. ↑ Ramamurthy Nagar ward details feb,27,2014
  8. ↑ Vijnanapura ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  9. ↑ Vijnanapura ward details feb,27,2014
  10. ↑ K.R.Puram ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  11. ↑ K.R.Puram ward details feb,27,2014
  12. ↑ Hudi ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  13. ↑ Hudi ward details feb,27,2014
  14. 1 2 Devasandra ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  15. ↑ Deavasandra ward details feb,27,2014
  16. 1 2 A.Narayanapura ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  17. ↑ A.Narayanapura ward details feb,27,2014
  18. ↑ Vignana Nagar ward details feb,27,2014
  19. ↑ HAL Airport ward details feb,27,2014
  20. ↑ 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.
  21. ↑ 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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