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Legislative Assembly constituency in Karnataka, India

Yeswanthpur
Constituency No. 153 for the: Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKarnataka
DistrictBangalore Urban
LS constituencyBangalore North
Established1961, 2008
Total electors564,208 (2023)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2023
Preceded byShobha Karandlaje

Yeswanthpur is: one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, southern India. It is also part of Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year Member Party
Before 1961: Constituency did not exist. See Bangalore North
1962 K. V. Byre Gowda Indian National Congress
1967-1973: Constituency did not exist. See Uttarahalli

Karnataka State

Year Member Party
1973-2008: Constituency did not exist. See Uttarahalli
2008 Shobha Karandlaje Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 S. T. Somashekhar Indian National Congress
2018
2019 Bharatiya Janata Party
2023
  1. ^ by-poll

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Yeshwanthpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP S. T. Somashekhar 169,149 47.26 -3.60
JD(S) T. N. Javarayi Gowda 1,54,031 43.04 +37.52
INC S. Balraj Gowda 21,684 6.06 -35.07
UPP Uday Kumar 4,298 1.2
NOTA None of the Above 2,857 0.80 -0.19
Majority 15,118 4.22 -5.51
Turnout 3,57,911 63.44 +4.28
BJP hold Swing

2019

2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-elections: Yeshwanthpur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP S. T. Somashekhar 144,722 50.86 +29.41
INC T. N. Javarayi Gowda 1,17,023 41.13 +0.99
JD(S) P. Nagaraj 15,714 5.52 -30.89
NOTA None of the Above 2812 0.99 +0.48
Majority 27,699 9.73 +6.00
Turnout 284,535 59.16 -1.33
BJP gain from INC Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election:
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. T. Somashekhar 115,273 40.14
JD(S) T. N. Javarayi Gowda 1,04,562 36.41
BJP Jaggesh 59,308 20.65
NOTA None of the Above 1,453 0.51
Majority 10,711 3.73
Turnout 2,87,205 60.49
INC hold Swing

See also

References

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