Jayanagar Assembly constituency

Jayanagar 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 South Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Jayanagar
Constituency No. 173 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Jayanagar Assembly Constituency situated in Bangalore Urban district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
Division	Bangalore Division (Revenue Division) Greater Bengaluru (Electoral Division)
District	Bangalore Urban
LS constituency	Bangalore South
Established	1978
Total electors	210,079 (2023)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent C. K. Ramamurthy
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Alliance	National Democratic Alliance
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Soumya Reddy

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Before 1973: Constituency did not exist
1978	M. Chandrasekhar		Janata Party
1983
1985
1989	Ramalinga Reddy		Indian National Congress
1994
1999
2004
2008	B. N. Vijaya Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2013
2018	Sowmya Reddy		Indian National Congress
2023[3]	C. K. Ramamurthy		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2023			47.87%
2018			49.18%
2013			46.03%
2008			48.43%
2004			38.72%
1999			48.38%
1994			37.38%
1989			48.56%
1985			54.06%
1983			53.96%
1978			56.59%

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Jayanagar^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	C. K. Ramamurthy	57,797	47.87	1.65
	INC	Sowmya Reddy	57,781	47.85	0.95
	JD(S)	Kalegowda	1,226	1.02	1.02
	NOTA	NOTA	1,192	0.98	0.22
Majority			16[5]	0.02	2.56
Turnout			1,20,743	61.79	6.87
Registered electors			1,95,404
	BJP gain from INC		Swing	0.72

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Jayanagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Sowmya Reddy	54,458	48.80	15.65
	BJP	B N Prahlad	51,571	46.22	0.19
	Independent	Ravi Krishna Reddy	1861	1.67	New
	NOTA	NOTA	848	0.76	New
	JD(S)	Kalegowda	817	0.73	11.93
Majority			2,887	2.58	10.3
Turnout			1,11,584	54.92	1.01
Registered electors			2,03,184
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Jayanagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	B N Vijayakumar	43,990	46.03	2.40
	INC	M. C. Venugopal	31,678	33.15	10.07
	JD(S)	K. S. Sameeulla	12,097	12.66	0.67
Majority			12,312	12.88	10.19
Turnout			95,565	55.92	8.82
Registered electors			1,70,907
	BJP hold		Swing	7.67

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. Hindustan Times (13 May 2023). "Bangalore South election 2023 results LIVE: Govindraj Nagar, Vijay Nagar, Basavanagudi, Padmanabhanagar, BTM Layout". Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
4. Election Commission of India (15 May 2023). "2023 Elections". Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
5. The Hindu (13 May 2023). "High drama at counting centre for Jayanagar constituency as BJP wins by 16 votes". Archived from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2023.

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