Srinivasapur Assembly constituency

Srinivaspur Assembly constituency is one of the seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is part of Kolar Lok Sabha constituency. Venkata Shiva Reddy is the incumbent MLA, elected in 2023.

Srinivaspur
Constituency No. 144 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Kolar
LS constituency	Kolar
Established	1961
Total electors	209,846[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent G. K. Venkatashiva Reddy
Party	Janata Dal (Secular)
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	K. R. Ramesh Kumar

The election in 2023 was the tenth consecutive time that Ramesh Kumar and Venkata Shiva Reddy had contested against each other, Ramesh Kumar winning five times and Venkata Shiva Reddy also winning five times. Ramesh Kumar has won this seat one more time but against another candidate.^[2] Ramesh Kumar became speaker of the assembly in 2018, and was in the news when a no-onfidence motion against Kumaraswamy in 2019 dragged out too long, resulting in a clash between the governor and the government. He stepped down as speaker after his coalition was reduced to a minority.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Name	Party
Until 1961: Seat does not exist. See Mulbagal and Mulbagal Srinivasapur
1962	G. Narayana Gowda		Indian National Congress
1967	B. L. Narayanswamy		Independent
1972	S. Bachi Reddy		Indian National Congress (Organisation)

Karnataka

Year	Name	Party
1978	K. R. Ramesh Kumar		Indian National Congress (Indira)
1983	G. K. Venkatashiva Reddy		Indian National Congress
1985	K. R. Ramesh Kumar		Janata Party
1989	G. K. Venkatashiva Reddy		Indian National Congress
1994	K. R. Ramesh Kumar		Janata Dal
1999	G. K. Venkatashiva Reddy		Indian National Congress
2004	K. R. Ramesh Kumar
2008	G. K. Venkatashiva Reddy		Janata Dal (Secular)
2013	K. R. Ramesh Kumar		Indian National Congress
2018[3]
2023[1]	G. K. Venkatashiva Reddy		Janata Dal (Secular)

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Srinivaspur^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	G. K. Venkatashiva Reddy	95,463	49.99	+5.00
	INC	K. R. Ramesh Kumar	85,020	44.52	−6.19
	BJP	Gunjuru R. Srinivasareddy	6,644	3.48	+1.20
	AAP	Y. V. Venkatachala	2,086	1.09
	NOTA	None of the Above	678	0.36	−0.01
Majority			10,443	5.47	−0.25
Turnout			190,972	88.1	−1.46
	JD(S) hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Srinivasapur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. R. Ramesh Kumar	93,571	50.71
	JD(S)	G. K. Venkatashiva Reddy	83,019	44.99
	BJP	K. N. Venugopal	4,208	2.28
	NOTA	None of the Above	689	0.37
Majority			10,552	5.72
Turnout			1,84,508	89.56
	INC hold		Swing

2013

• Ramesh Kumar (Cong): 83,426 votes^[4]
• G. K. Venkata Shiva Reddy (JD-S): 79,533 votes

1983 to 2008

• 1983 Assembly: G.K. Venkatashiva Reddy (Cong) defeated Ramesh Kumar (Ind) ^[5]
• 1985 Assembly: Ramesh Kumar (Janata Party) beat G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy of the Indian National Congress^[6]
• 1989 Assembly: G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy (Congress) beat Ramesh Kumar (Janata Dal)^[7]
• 1994 Assembly: Ramesh Kumar (Janata Party) beat G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy of the Indian National Congress^[8]
• 1999 Assembly: G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy (Congress) beat Ramesh Kumar (Independent)
• 2004 Assembly: Ramesh Kumar (Congress) beat G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy (BJP)^[9]
• 2008 Assembly: G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy (Janada Dal (S)) beat Ramesh Kumar (Congress)^[10]

1978

• Ramesh Kumar (Congress-I): 31,867 votes^[11]
• R.G. Narayanareddy (Congress): 12,067 votes

1972

• S. Bachi Reddy (Congress-O): 29,616 votes
• H Syed Abdul Aleem (Congress): 11,728 votes

1967

• B. L. Narayanswamy (Independent): 18,801 votes
• S. B. Reddy (INC): 16,094 votes^[12]

1962

• G. Narayana Gowda (INC): 20,311 votes
• B. L. Narayanaswamy (Ind): 15,082 votes

See also

• Kolar 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. "Can Ramesh Kumar buck sweet-sour see-saw trend". 29 April 2018.
3. "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
4. "Karnataka Election Results 2013, Karnataka Assembly Elections Results 2018".
5. "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1983". www.elections.in.
6. "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1985". www.elections.in.
7. "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1989". www.elections.in.
8. "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1994". www.elections.in.
9. "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 2004". www.elections.in.
10. "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 2008". www.elections.in.
11. "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1978". www.elections.in.
12. "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1967".

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