Rajaji Nagar Assembly constituency

Rajajinagar
Constituency No. 165 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Urban
Lok Sabha constituency	Bangalore Central
Established	1976
Total electors	207,557 (2023) [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent S. Suresh Kumar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	N. L. Narendra Babu

Rajajinagar is one of the seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is a segment of Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency. ^{[2] [3]}

Members of Vidhan Sabha

Year	Member	Party
Until 1977: Constituency did not exist
1978	Mallur Ananda Rao		Janata Party
1983	M. S. Krishnan		Communist Party of India
1985
1989	K. Lakkanna		Indian National Congress
1994	S. Suresh Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004	N. L. Narendra Babu		Indian National Congress
2008	S. Suresh Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013
2018
2023

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Rajaji Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	S. Suresh Kumar	58,624	49.60	2.74
	INC	Puttanna	50,564	42.78	3.79
	JD(S)	T. H. Anjanappa	4,081	3.45	7.91
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,700	1.44	0.17
	UPP	Mohan Kumar K.	1,213	1.03
Majority			8,060	6.82	1.05
Turnout			1,18,187	56.94	0.06
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Rajaji Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	S. Suresh Kumar	56,271	46.86	10.41
	INC	G. Padmavathi	46,818	38.99	16.24
	JD(S)	H. M. Krishnamurthy	13,637	11.36	4.22
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,931	1.61	New
Majority			9,453	7.87	5.83
Turnout			1,20,092	56.88	4.28
	BJP hold		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Rajaji Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	S. Suresh Kumar	39,291	36.45	15.00
	INC	R. Manjula Naidu	24,524	22.75	13.51
	KJP	Shobha Karandlaje	20,909	19.40	New
	JD(S)	S. T. Anand	16,794	15.58	7.89
Majority			14,767	13.70	1.49
Turnout			1,07,802	61.16	8.56
	BJP hold		Swing

2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Rajaji Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	S. Suresh Kumar	49,655	51.45	7.44
	INC	G. Padmavathi	34,995	36.26	10.60
	JD(S)	Ananda M. A.	7,422	7.69	0.40
Majority			14,660	15.19	12.34
Turnout			1,20,092	52.60	1.69
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2004

2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Rajaji Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. L. Narendra Babu	67,899	46.86	30.16
	BJP	S. Suresh Kumar	63,777	44.01	5.24
	JD(S)	Huchappa J.	10,573	7.29	7.92
Majority			4,122	2.85	12.87
Turnout			1,44,893	50.91	0.07
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

1999

1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Rajaji Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	S. Suresh Kumar	53,554	38.77	8.75
	Independent	N. L. Narendra Babu	31,839	23.05	N/A
	INC	Vasanthi Shivanna	23,107	16.73	1.69
	JD(S)	Huchappa J.	21,005	15.21	New
Majority			21,715	15.72	1.93
Turnout			1,38,127	50.84	8.35
	BJP hold		Swing

1994

1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Rajaji Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	S. Suresh Kumar	67,175	47.52	31.72
	JD	R. V. Hareesh	47,677	33.73	9.61
	INC	K. Lakkanna	21,260	15.04	22.96
Majority			19,498	13.79	0.09
Turnout			1,43,050	59.19	1.55
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

1989

1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Rajaji Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Lakkanna	50,707	38.00	7.82
	JD	R. V. Hareesh	32,196	24.12	New
	BJP	S. Suresh Kumar	21,085	15.80	2.05
	JP	Y. S. V. Datta	20,287	15.20	N/A
	CPI	M. S. Krishnan	8,096	6.07	41.27
Majority			18,511	13.88	4.75
Turnout			1,38,750	57.64	5.00
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

1985

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Rajaji Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	M. S. Krishnan	45,477	47.34	7.57
	INC	S. D. Venkataiah	28,997	30.18	11.06
	BJP	Ramachandra Gowda	17,144	17.85	1.23
Majority			16,480	18.63	18.63
Turnout			96,840	62.64	9.14
	CPI hold		Swing

1983

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Rajaji Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	M. S. Krishnan	54,467	54.91	New
	INC	H. D. Gangaraj	18,964	19.12	11.90
	BJP	B. R. Shivappa	18,924	19.08	New
Majority			35,503	35.79	14.20
Turnout			1,01,173	62.64	4.31
	CPI gain from JP		Swing

1978

1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Rajaji Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Mallur Ananda Rao	42,693	52.62
	INC(I)	B. C. Somasekhar	25,173	31.02
	Independent	K. Lakkanna	5,382	6.63
Majority			17,520	21.59
Turnout			82,697	66.95
	JP win (new seat)

See also

• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 24 July 2023.
2. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
3. "Fourteenth Karnataka Legislative Assembly". kla.kar.nic.in. Karnataka Legislative Assembly . Retrieved 3 February 2021.

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