Shivajinagar, Karnataka Assembly constituency

Shivajinagar is one of the seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is a segment of Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency.[2][3][4] After the boundaries of this constituency were redrawn in 2008 delimitation exercise, it became a stronghold of Roshan Baig. But he left Congress in 2019. Muslims and Christians make up 38% and 4% of the electorate in this constituency respectively.[5][6]

Shivajinagar
Constituency No. 162 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictBangalore Urban
LS constituencyBangalore Central
Total electors194,070 (2023)[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2023
Preceded byR. Roshan Baig

Member of the Legislative Assembly

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Mysore State

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Year Member Party
Till 1967: Seat does not exist. See Broadway
1967 H. R. Abdul Gaffar Indian National Congress
1972 Hamid Sha Indian National Congress (Organization)

Karnataka State

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Year Member Party
1978 C. M. Ibrahim Janata Party
1983 M. Rahupathy
1985 Roshan Baig
1989 A. K. Anantha Krishna Indian National Congress
1994 Roshan Baig Janata Dal
1999 Katta Subramanya Naidu Bharatiya Janata Party
2004
2008 R. Roshan Baig Indian National Congress
2013
2018[7][8]
2019[a] Rizwan Arshad
2023
  1. ^ bypoll

Election results

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2023

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2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shivajinagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rizwan Arshad 64,913 58.77 +5.23
BJP N. Chandra 41,719 37.77 -1.27
AAP Prakash Nedungadi 1,634 1.48
NOTA None of the Above 1,235 1.12 +0.06
Majority 23,194 21.0 +6.50
Turnout 110,447 56.91 +8.86
INC hold Swing

2019

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2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-elections: Shivajinagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rizwan Arshad 49,890 53.54 -1.50
BJP M. Saravana 36,369 39.04 -2.15
SDPI Abdul Hannan 3,141 3.37
JD(S) Tanveer Ahmed Ullah 1,098 1.18 -0.03
NOTA None of the above 986 1.06 -0.46
Margin of victory 13,521 14.50 +0.65
Turnout 93,149 48.05 -7.11
BJP gain from INC Swing

2018

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2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shivajinagar
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Roshan Baig 59,742 55.04
BJP Katta Subramanya Naidu 44,702 41.19
JD(S) Shaik Masthan Ali 1,313 1.21
NOTA None of the Above 1,654 1.52
Majority 15,040 13.85
Turnout 1,08,534 55.16
INC hold Swing

1999 Vidhan Sabha

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  • Katta Subramanya Naidu (BJP) : 28756 votes [9]
  • K Govindaraj (INC) : 18,203 votes

1983 Vidhan Sabha

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  • M. Raghupathy (Janatha Party) : 21,319
  • C. M. Ibrahim (Congress) : 13,792

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
  2. ^ Sitting and previous MLAs from Shivajinagar Assembly constituency
  3. ^ List of elected members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
  4. ^ DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008
  5. ^ Mondal, Dhanya Rajendran,Shivani Kava,Sudipto (23 February 2023). "BJP is pushing for thousands of voters to be deleted in a Muslim-dominated Bengaluru area". The News Minute. Retrieved 6 July 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Assembly Constituency Details: Sarvagnanangar". chanakyya.com.
  7. ^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Karnataka 2018 - Candidate-wise Votes Details" (PDF). ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in. Chief Election Office - Karnataka. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  9. ^ "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1999".

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