Bellary City Assembly constituency

Bellary City Assembly constituency is one of the seats in Karnataka State Assembly in India. It is part of Bellary Lok Sabha constituency. The constituency includes 28 wards of Ballari Mahanagara Palika. The constituency came into existence after the 2008 delimitation. It was a part of Bellary Rural Assembly constituency.

Bellary City
Constituency No. 94 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictBellary
LS constituencyBellary
Established2008
Total electors259,221[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Nara Bharath Reddy
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2023
Preceded byGali Somasekhara Reddy

Nara Bharath Reddy is the current MLA from Bellary City.

Geographical scope

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The constituency comprises ward nos. 1-24 and 36-39 wards of Ballari Municipal Corporation. Urban voters at Bellary City assembly is approximately 242,170 which is around 99.78% as per 2011 Census.

Members of Legislative Assembly

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Year Member Party
Before 2008 See: Bellary
2008 Gali Someshkar Reddy Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 Anil Lad Indian National Congress
2018[2] Gali Somasekhara Reddy Bharatiya Janata Party
2023[3][4] Nara Bharath Reddy Indian National Congress

Election results

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2023

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2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bellary City
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Nara Bharath Reddy 86,440 48.47 +8.52
KRPP Gali Lakshmi Aruna 48,577 27.24 New
BJP Gali Somasekhara Reddy 37,155 20.83 −29.80
NOTA None of the Above 983 0.55 −0.12
Majority 37,863 21.23 +10.55
Turnout 178,350 68.80 +3.96
INC gain from BJP Swing

2018

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2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bellary City[5][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP G. Somasekhara Reddy 76,589 50.63
INC Anil Lad 60,434 39.95
JD(S) Mohamad Iqbal Hothur 6,255 4.14
NOTA None of the Above 1,016 0.67
Majority 16,155 10.68
Turnout 1,51,267 64.84
BJP gain from INC Swing

2008

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  • Gali Somashekar Reddy (BJP): 54,831 votes[7]
  • Anil H. Lad (INC): 53,809 votes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "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. ^ India Today (14 May 2023). "Karnataka Election Results 2023 winners: Full list of winning candidates". Archived from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  4. ^ Sakshi (8 May 2023). "గాలి లక్ష్మీ అరుణపై కాంగ్రెస్‌ అభ్యర్థి నారా భరత్‌ రెడ్డి విజయం" (in Telugu). Archived from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
  5. ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Karnataka 2018 - Candidate-wise Votes Details" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Chief Election Office - Karnataka. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 2008". elections.in. Retrieved 18 June 2020.

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