Yeshvanthapura Assembly constituency

Yeswanthpur
Constituency for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Urban
LS constituency	Bangalore North
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent S. T. Somashekhar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2019

Yeswanthpur is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka a south state of India. It is also part of Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Mysore State (Bangalore North constituency)

• 1951 (Seat-1): K. V. Byre Gowda, Indian National Congress ^[2]
• 1951 (Seat-2): R. Munisamaiah, Indian National Congress
• 1957 (Seat-1): K. V. Byregowda, Indian National Congress ^{[3] [4]}
• 1957 (Seat-2): Y. Ramakrishna, Indian National Congress ^[5]

Mysore State (Yeshvanthapura constituency)

• 1962: K. V. Byre Gowda, Indian National Congress ^{[6] [7] [8]}
• 1967-1973: Seat did not exist. See : Uttarahalli ^{[9] [10]}

Karnataka State

• 1973-2008: Seat did not exist. See : Uttarahalli ^{[11] [12] [13] [14] [15]}

Year	Member	Party
2008 [16] [17]	Shobha Karandlaje		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 [18] [19] [20]	S. T. Somashekhar		Indian National Congress
2018 [21] [22]
2019 [lower-alpha 1] [23]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 [24]

1. by-poll

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Yeshwanthpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	S. T. Somashekhar	169,149	47.26
	Janata Dal (Secular)	T. N. Javarayi Gowda	1,54,031	43.04
	INC	S. Balraj Gowda	21,684	6.06
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,857	0.80
Majority			15,118	4.22
Turnout			3,57,911	63.44
	BJP hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: ^{[21] [22]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. T. Somashekhar	115,273	40.14
	Janata Dal (Secular)	T. N. Javarayi Gowda	1,04,562	36.41
	BJP	Jaggesh	59,308	20.65
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,453	0.51
Majority			10,711
Turnout			2,87,205	60.49
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Bangalore Urban district
• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

References

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21. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 September 2021.
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