Pulakeshinagar Assembly constituency

Pulakeshinagar
Pulakeshinagar
Constituency No. 159 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Urban
LS constituency	Bangalore North
Established	2008
Total electors	239,090 (2023)
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent A. C. Srinivasa
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Akhanda Srinivas Murthy

Last updated December 05, 2024

Pulakeshinagar 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 Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency.^[2] Muslims are the majority community in the constituency, with 54% of the electorate, while Dalits are a significant minority.^[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Name
Before 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008	B. Prasanna Kumar	Indian National Congress
2013	Akhanda Srinivas Murthy	Janata Dal
2018	Akhanda Srinivas Murthy	Indian National Congress
2023	A. C. Srinivasa	Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Pulakeshinagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. C. Srinivasa	87,316	66.72	−10.46
	BSP	Akhanda Srinivas Murthy	25,106	19.18
	BJP	A. Murali	10,624	8.12	+0.62
	SDPI	B. R. Bhaskar Prasad	4,102	3.13
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,190	0.91	−0.20
Majority			62,210	47.54	−17.03
Turnout			1,30,869	54.74	+1.46
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Pulakeshinagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Akhanda Srinivas Murthy	97,574	77.18
	JD(S)	B. Prasannakumar	15,948	12.61
	BJP	Susheela Devaraj	9,479	7.50
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,402	1.11
Majority			81,626	64.57
Turnout			1,26,432	53.28
	INC gain from JD(S)		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Pulakeshinagar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(S)	Akhanda Srinivas Murthy	48,995	48.75
	INC	B. Prasanna Kumar	38,796	38.60
	SDPI	A Hemalatha	5,431	5.40
	BJP	Palani Velu	4,589	4.57
Majority			10,199
Turnout
	JD(S) gain from INC		Swing

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References

↑ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.
↑ "DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
↑ Kava,Jahnavi, Shivani (2 May 2023). "Civic issues and riots on voters' minds in Bengaluru's Pulakeshinagar constituency". The News Minute. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

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[election2023-1] "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] Kava,Jahnavi, Shivani (2 May 2023). "Civic issues and riots on voters' minds in Bengaluru's Pulakeshinagar constituency". The News Minute. Retrieved 6 July 2024.

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