Pulakeshinagar Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Karnataka, India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pulakeshinagar Assembly constituencymap

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]

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Pulakeshinagar
Constituency No. 159 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictBangalore Urban
LS constituencyBangalore North
Established2008
Total electors239,090 (2023)[1]
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
A. C. Srinivasa
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2023
Preceded byAkhanda Srinivas Murthy
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A. C. Srinivasa is the current MLA from this constituency winning the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Election results

2023

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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
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2018

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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
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2013

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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
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