Bellary Rural Assembly constituency

Bellary Rural Assembly seat (or just Bellary) is one of the 224 seats in the Karnataka State Assembly in India. It is part of Bellary Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency has been reserved for Scheduled Tribes since the 2008 delimitation. It is a stronghold of B. Sriramulu. It consists of 11 wards of Bellary City. The areas Cowl Bazar, TB Sanatorium, and Contonment belong to this constituency. It has both urban and rural voters.

Bellary
Constituency No. 93 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictBellary
LS constituencyBellary
Established2008
Total electors238,361[1]
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2023
Preceded byN. Y. Gopalakrishna

Geographical scope

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The constituency comprises ward nos. 4, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 of Ballari Municipal Corporation lying in Ballari taluka. Urban voters in Bellary (ST) assembly were 85,124 which was 38% in the 2011 census; rural voters were 138,887 which was around 62%.

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Year Member Party
Before 2008 See: Bellary
2008 B. Sriramulu Bharatiya Janata Party
2011^ Independent
2013 Badavara Shramikara Raitara Congress
2014^ N. Y. Gopalakrishna Indian National Congress
2018[2] B. Nagendra
2023[1]

^by-election

Election results

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2023

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2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bellary[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC B. Nagendra 103,836 56.84 +8.30
BJP B. Sriramulu 74,536 40.80 −6.10
NOTA None of the Above 1,142 0.63 −0.41
Majority 29,300 16.04 +14.40
Turnout 182,692 76.65 +2.26
INC hold Swing

2018

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2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bellary[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC B. Nagendra 79,186 48.54
BJP Sanna Pakkirappa 76,507 46.9
JD(S) D. Ramesh 3,212 1.97
NOTA None of the Above 1,695 1.04
Majority 2,679 1.64
Turnout 163,128 74.39
INC hold Swing

1967

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Source:[4]

  • V. Nagappa (Swatantra): 27,052 votes
  • T. G. Sathyanarayan (INC): 11,963 votes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "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. ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1967". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.

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