Bellary City Assembly constituency

Bellary City Assembly constituency is one of the seats in Karnataka State Assembly in India. It is part of Bellary Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency includes 28 wards of Ballari Mahanagara Palika. The constituency came into existence after the 2008 delimitation. It was a part of Bellary Rural Assembly constituency.

Bellary City
Constituency No. 94 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bellary
LS constituency	Bellary
Established	2008
Total electors	259,221[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Nara Bharath Reddy
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Gali Somasekhara Reddy

Nara Bharath Reddy is the current MLA from Bellary City.

Geographical scope

The constituency comprises ward nos. 1-24 and 36-39 wards of Ballari Municipal Corporation. Urban voters at Bellary City assembly is approximately 242,170 which is around 99.78% as per 2011 Census.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Before 2008	See: Bellary
2008	Gali Someshkar Reddy		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013	Anil Lad		Indian National Congress
2018[2]	Gali Somasekhara Reddy		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023[3][4]	Nara Bharath Reddy		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bellary City

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Nara Bharath Reddy	86,440	48.47	+8.52
	KRPP	Gali Lakshmi Aruna	48,577	27.24	New
	BJP	Gali Somasekhara Reddy	37,155	20.83	−29.80
	NOTA	None of the Above	983	0.55	−0.12
Majority			37,863	21.23	+10.55
Turnout			178,350	68.80	+3.96
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bellary City^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	G. Somasekhara Reddy	76,589	50.63
	INC	Anil Lad	60,434	39.95
	JD(S)	Mohamad Iqbal Hothur	6,255	4.14
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,016	0.67
Majority			16,155	10.68
Turnout			1,51,267	64.84
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2008

• Gali Somashekar Reddy (BJP): 54,831 votes^[7]
• Anil H. Lad (INC): 53,809 votes

See also

• List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly

References

1. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.
2. Financialexpress (16 May 2018). "Karnataka election results 2018: Full list of constituency wise winners and losers from BJP, Congress, JD(S) in Karnataka assembly elections". Archived from the original on 4 January 2023. Retrieved 4 January 2023.
3. 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.
4. Sakshi (8 May 2023). "గాలి లక్ష్మీ అరుణపై కాంగ్రెస్‌ అభ్యర్థి నారా భరత్‌ రెడ్డి విజయం" (in Telugu). Archived from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
5. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
6. "Karnataka 2018 - Candidate-wise Votes Details" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Chief Election Office - Karnataka. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
7. "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 2008". elections.in. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

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