Bellary Rural Assembly constituency
Bellary Assembly seat is one of the 224 seats in Karnataka State Assembly in India. It is part of Bellary Lok Sabha seat. The constituency is reserved for Scheduled Tribes after delimitation in 2008. 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 votes.
| Bellary | |
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| Constituency for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency Details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Bellary |
| LS constituency | Bellary |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | B Nagendra |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2018 |
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | M Gangappa | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | Tg Satyanarayana | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | V Nagappa | Swatantra Party | |
| 1972 | |||
| 1978 | K Bhasker Naidu | Indian National Congress | |
| 1983 | M Ramappa | Janata Party | |
| 1985 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | M Diwakar Babu | Independent | |
| 1999 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2004 | B Sriramulu | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2008 | |||
| 2011 | Independent | ||
| 2013 | Badavara Shramikara Raitara Congress | ||
| 2014 | NY Gopalkrishna | Indian National Congress | |
| 2018 | B Nagendra | Indian National Congress | |
Election results
2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | B Nagendra | 79,186 | 48.54% | ||
| BJP | Sanna Pakkirappa | 76507 | 46.90% | ||
| JD(S) | D Ramesh | 3212 | 1.97% | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,679 | 1.64% | |||
| Turnout | 1,63,500 | 70.04% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,14,975 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
1967 Assembly Election
- V. Nagappa (Swatantra) : 27,052 votes [2]
- T. G. Sathyanarayan (INC) : 11,963 votes
2018 Assembly Election
- B Nagendra (INC) : 79,186 votes [3]
- Sanna Pakirappa (BJP) : 76,507 votes
References
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 2014-10-14.
- "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1967". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
- "Karnataka Election Results 2018, Karnataka Assembly Elections Results 2018". elections.in. Retrieved 2020-06-18.
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