Yeshvanthapura Assembly constituency

Yeswanthpur
Constituency No. 153 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Urban
Lok Sabha constituency	Bangalore North
Established	1961 (first establishment), 2008 (second establishment)
Total electors	564,208 (2023) [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent S. T. Somashekhar
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Shobha Karandlaje

Yeswanthpur is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, southern India. It is also part of Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency. ^[2]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
Before 1961: Constituency did not exist. See Bangalore North
1962 [3] [4] [5]	K. V. Byre Gowda		Indian National Congress
1967-1973: Constituency did not exist. See Uttarahalli

Karnataka

Year	Member	Party
1973-2008: Constituency did not exist. See Uttarahalli
2008 [6] [7]	Shobha Karandlaje		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 [8] [9] [10]	S. T. Somashekhar		Indian National Congress
2018 [11] [12]
2019 [a] [13]			Bharatiya Janata Party
2023 [14]

1. by-election

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Yeshwanthpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	S. T. Somashekhar	169,149	47.26	−3.60
	JD(S)	T. N. Javarayi Gowda	1,54,031	43.04	+37.52
	INC	S. Balraj Gowda	21,684	6.06	−35.07
	UPP	Uday Kumar	4,298	1.2
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,857	0.80	−0.19
Majority			15,118	4.22	−5.51
Turnout			3,57,911	63.44	+4.28
	BJP hold		Swing

2019

2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-elections: Yeshwanthpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	S. T. Somashekhar	144,722	50.86	+29.41
	INC	T. N. Javarayi Gowda	1,17,023	41.13	+0.99
	JD(S)	P. Nagaraj	15,714	5.52	−30.89
	NOTA	None of the Above	2812	0.99	+0.48
Majority			27,699	9.73	+6.00
Turnout			284,535	59.16	−1.33
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Yeshwanthpur ^{[11] [12]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. T. Somashekhar	115,273	40.14
	JD(S)	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	3.73
Turnout			2,87,205	60.49
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Bangalore Urban district
• 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 AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008" (PDF). Election commission of India. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
3. "Karnataka 1962". eci.gov.in.
4. "Karnataka Election Results 1962". www.elections.in.
5. "Assembly Election Results in 1962, Karnataka". traceall.in. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
6. "List of Successful Candidates in Karnataka Assembly Election in 2008". www.elections.in.
7. "Assembly Election Results in 2008, Karnataka". traceall.in. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
8. "List of Successful Candidates in Karnataka Assembly Election in 2013". www.elections.in.
9. "Assembly Election Results in 2013, Karnataka". traceall.in. Archived from the original on 3 January 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
10. "List of elected members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly". kar.nic. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
11. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India . Retrieved 7 September 2021.
12. "Karnataka 2018 - Candidate-wise Votes Details" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Chief Election Office - Karnataka. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
13. "Yeshvanthapura Bypoll Results 2019 Live Updates: BJP Registers Victory from Yeshvanthapura". news18.com.
14. 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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