Mahalakshmi Layout (Vidhana Sabha constituency)

Mahalakshmi Layout Vidhan Sabha Constituency is one of the 224 legislative assembly segments of the state of Karnataka. It is a part of Bengaluru Urban district and comes under the Bengaluru North parliamentary constituency.

Mahalakshmi Layout
Constituency
DistrictBengaluru Urban
StateKarnataka
Current constituency
Created2008
PartyBJP
MLAK. Gopalaiah[1]
ReservationNo

The constituency was formed in the year 2008, carved out of portions of Rajajinagar, Yelahanka and the erstwhile Uttarahalli Vidhan Sabha constituencies.[2] The constituency is predominantly urban in nature with a mix of old residential areas, industrial areas and slums. It comprises the northern parts of West Bengaluru such as Mahalakshmi Layout, Nandini Layout, Yeshwanthapur APMC Yard, Goraguntepalya, Kanteerava Nagar, Shankar Nagar, Saraswathipura, Nagapura, Kurubarahalli, Kamalanagar, Vrishabhavathi Nagar and also parts of Basaveshwaranagar and Kamakshipalya.

The MLA for Mahalakshmi Layout as of 2019 is K. Gopalaiah of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[1]

Wards

Mahalakshmi Layout Vidhan Sabha constituency includes the following 7 wards of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP):

Ward No. Ward Name Corporator
43 Nandini Layout[3] K. V. Rajendra Kumar[3]
44 Marappanapalya[4] Mahadev M.[4]
67 Nagapura[5] Badregowda B.[5]
68 Mahalakshmipura[6] S. Keshavamurthy[6]
74 Shakthi Ganapathi Nagar[7] Gangamma Rajanna[7]
75 Shankar Mutt[8] M. Shivaraju[8]
102 Vrishabhavathi Nagar[9] Hemalatha Gopalaiah[9]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

 INC    JD(S)    BJP  

Year Member Political Party
2008N. L. Narendra BabuIndian National Congress
2013K. GopalaiahJanata Dal (Secular)
2018
2019Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

Bye-election, 2019: Mahalakshmi Layout
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP K. Gopalaiah[1] 85,889 58.65 +3.48
INC M. Shivaraju 31,503 21.51 N/A
JD(S) Dr. Girish K. Nashi 23,516 16.06 N/A
Margin of victory 54,386 37.14 +11.43
Turnout 1,46,454 50.92[10] -4.8
BJP gain from JD(S) Swing +42.59
2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mahalakshmi Layout
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(S) K. Gopalaiah[11] 88,218[11] 55.17 +10.44
BJP N. L. Narendra Babu[11] 47,118[11] 29.47 -4.86
INC Manjunatha H. S.[11] 20,496[11] 12.82 N/A
Margin of victory 41,100 25.71 +15.31
Turnout 1,59,880[11] 55.72 -4.49
JD(S) hold Swing
2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mahalakshmi Layout
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
JD(S) K. Gopalaiah[12] 66,127[12] 44.73[12] +19.95
INC N. L. Narendra Babu[12] 50,757[12] 34.33[12] -3.29
BJP S. Harish[12] 23,545[12] 15.93[12] N/A
Margin of victory 15,370[13] 10.4[13] +7.55
Turnout 1,47,849[13] 60.21[13] +8.31
JD(S) gain from INC Swing +7.11
2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mahalakshmi Layout
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC N. L. Narendra Babu[12] 42,652[12] 37.62[12] N/A
BJP R. V. Hareesh[12] 39,427[12] 34.77[12] N/A
JD(S) K. Gopalaiah[12] 28,097[12] 24.78[12] N/A
Margin of victory 3,225[14] 2.85[14] N/A
Turnout 1,13,386[14] 51.9[14] N/A

See also

References

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