K. R. Pura Assembly constituency

K. R. Pura or Krishnarajapura is an Assembly constituency in the Greater Bangalore region and has the largest number of voters among the 21 constituencies. It comes under Bangalore North Lok Sabha. Carved out from the erstwhile Varthur constituency, and a few parts of Hosakote constituency, it has predominantly urban characteristics.

K. R. Pura
Constituency No. 151 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Location of KR Pura assembly, shown in red, in Bangalore
Location of KR Pura assembly, shown in red, in Bangalore
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
StateKarnataka
DistrictBangalore Urban
LS constituencyBangalore North
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAB.A. Basavaraj
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

Ward map of K. R. Pura Assembly

All wards of the erstwhile K. R. Puram City Municipal Council, and wards 3 to 11 of Mahadevapura City Municipal Council, which includes Sanna Thimmanahalli, Medahalli, Bhattrahalli, K. R. Puram, Ramamurthy Nagar, Doorvaninagar, Chikkabasavanapura, Devasandra, Vijnanapura, A. Narayanapura, Singayyanapalya, Annayyanapalya, Mahadevapura, Benniganahalli, Vibhuthipura and Vimanapura now come under K R Pura Assembly.

As many as 10 villages, K. Narayanapura, Kottanur, N. Nagenahalli, Kyalasanahalli, Geddalahalli, Horamavu Agara, K. Channasandra, Kalkere, Horamavu and Chalkere, that were included within the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike limits when the Greater Bangalore area was formed, are also part of this constituency.[1]

The area has its own set of problems. Traffic congestion, sewage disposal issues, lack of storm-water drains and bad roads are common complaints.[2]


Following are the Wards which come under K. R. Pura Assembly constituency:

Ward No. Ward Name Corporator[3]
25 Horamavu[4] Radhamma[5]
26 Ramamurthy Nagar[6] Padmavathi S.[7]
51 Vijnanapura[8] S Raju[9]
52 K. R. Pura[10] K Poornima[11]
53 Basavanpura[12] B N Jayaprakash[13]
55 Devasandra[14] M N Srikanth[15]
56 A. Narayanapura[16] V Suresh[17]
81 Vignana Nagar[14] S G Nagaraj[18]
87 HAL Airport[16] N Manjunath[19]

Civic Administration

K R Pura comes under Bangalore North (Lok Sabha constituency) led by MP D. V. Sadananda Gowda who was also the ex Chief Minister of Karnataka. During the general elections 2014 D. V. Sadananda Gowda contesting through BJP won with 52.91% majority defeating C. Narayanaswamy of INC. MLA B.A. Basavaraj won contesting through INC the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election from K R Pura by a margin of 24001 votes defeating N S Nandiesha Reddy of BJP.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

K. R. Pura seat did not exist in the 12th Legislative assembly (2004-2008) and parts of it were inside Hosakote & Varathur assembly. Varathur assembly was split into two (Mahadevapura & K. R. Pura) by 2008; K. R. Pura since has participated in the 13th, 14th & 15th Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections.

K.R. Puram Assembly's history
Year Member Party
2008 Nandiesha Reddy Bharatiya Janata Party
2013 B.A. Basavaraj Indian National Congress
2018
2019[lower-alpha 1] Bharatiya Janata Party
  1. by-poll

Election results

2018
2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: K. R. Pura
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC B. A. Basavaraja 135,404 53.31
BJP N. S. Nandiesha Reddy 1,02,675 40.42
JD(S) D. A. Gopala 6,578 2.59
NOTA None of the Above 2,464 0.97
Majority 32,729
Turnout 2,53,994 54.56
INC hold Swing

See also

References
  1. K R Pura Assembly Details
  2. "K R Pura: Where Two Worlds Meet".
  3. List of all Bangalore Corporators Archived 2015-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Mar,3,2014
  4. Horamavu ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  5. Horamavu ward details feb,27,2014
  6. Ramamurthy nagar ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  7. Ramamurthy Nagar ward details feb,27,2014
  8. Vijnanapura ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  9. Vijnanapura ward details feb,27,2014
  10. K.R.Pura ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  11. K.R.Pura ward details feb,27,2014
  12. Hudi ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  13. Hudi ward details feb,27,2014
  14. Devasandra ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  15. Deavasandra ward details feb,27,2014
  16. A.Narayanapura ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014
  17. A.Narayanapura ward details feb,27,2014
  18. Vignana Nagar ward details feb,27,2014
  19. HAL Airport ward details feb,27,2014
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