Ballari (Vidhana Sabha 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.
Geographical scope
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
| 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 | B. Nagendra | ||
| 2023 | |||
^by-election
Election results
2023
| 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
| 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
Source:
- Sanna Pakirappa (BJS): 76,507 votes
- V. Nagappa (Swatantra): 27,052 votes
- T. G. Sathyanarayan (INC): 11,963 votes
See also
References
- ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
- ^ "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1967". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.