Sarvagnanagar Assembly constituency
| Sarvagnanagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 160 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Bangalore Urban |
| LS constituency | Bangalore Central |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 366,876 (2023)[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2023 |
Sarvagnanagar is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. It is also part of Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency.[2][3][4] The constituency has 32% Muslims, 14.01% Dalits and 9% Christians.[5][6][7]
Member of Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 2008: Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2008 | K. J. George | Indian National Congress | |
| 2013 | |||
| 2018[8][9] | |||
| 2023 | |||
Election results
[edit]2023
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | K. J. George | 118,783 | 61.04 | −0.70 | |
| BJP | Padmanabha Reddy | 63,015 | 32.38 | +0.57 | |
| JD(S) | Mohammed Mustafa | 3,839 | 1.97 | −0.80 | |
| SDPI | Abdul Hannan | 2,995 | 1.54 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,116 | 1.09 | −0.25 | |
| Majority | 55,768 | 28.66 | −1.27 | ||
| Turnout | 1,94,604 | 58.18 | +6.94 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2018
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | K. J. George | 109,955 | 61.74 | ||
| BJP | M. N. Reddy | 56,651 | 31.81 | ||
| JD(S) | Anwar Sharieff | 4,926 | 2.77 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,405 | 1.35 | ||
| Majority | 53,304 | 29.93 | |||
| Turnout | 1,78,091 | 51.24 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ Sitting and previous MLAs from Sarvagnanagar Assembly constituency
- ^ List of elected members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
- ^ DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008
- ^ "Karnataka: BJP's outreach among Christians a challenge for Congress". The Times of India. 27 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Karnataka assembly elections 2023: In post-hattrick battle in Sarvagnanagar, will rivals push KJ George to a coupe-gorge?". The Times of India. 29 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "Assembly Constituency Details: Sarvagnanangar". chanakyya.com.
- ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ "Karnataka 2018 - Candidate-wise Votes Details" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Chief Election Office - Karnataka. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2021.