K. R. Pura Assembly constituency (also known as 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 constituency. Carved out from the erstwhile Varthur Assembly constituency, and a few parts of Hosakote Assembly constituency, it has predominantly urban characteristics.
Ward map
All wards of the erstwhile K. R. Pura City Municipal Council, and wards 3 to 11 of Mahadevapura City Municipal Council, which includes Sanna Thammanahalli, Medahalli, Bhattrahalli, K. R. Pura, 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 11 villages, K. Narayanapura, Kottanur, N. Nagenahalli, Kyalasanahalli, Geddalahalli, Horamavu Agara, K. Channasandra, Kalkere, Horamavu, Babusapalya 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.K R Pura Assembly Details
The area has its own set of problems. Traffic congestion, sewage disposal issues, lack of storm-water drains and bad roads are common complaints.
Following are the Wards which come under K. R. Pura Assembly constituency:
Ward No. Ward Name CorporatorList of all Bangalore Corporators Mar,3,201425 HoramavuHoramavu ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014 RadhammaHoramavu ward details feb,27,2014 26 Ramamurthy NagarRamamurthy nagar ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014 Padmavathi S.Ramamurthy Nagar ward details feb,27,201451 VijnanapuraVijnanapura ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014 S RajuVijnanapura ward details feb,27,2014 52 K. R. PuraK.R.Pura ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014 K PoornimaK.R.Pura ward details feb,27,2014 53 BasavanpuraHudi ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014 B N JayaprakashHudi ward details feb,27,201455 DevasandraDevasandra ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014 M N SrikanthDeavasandra ward details feb,27,2014 56 A. NarayanapuraA.Narayanapura ward infrastructure Mar,3,2014 V SureshA.Narayanapura ward details feb,27,201481 Vignana Nagar S G NagarajVignana Nagar ward details feb,27,2014 87 HAL Airport N ManjunathHAL Airport ward details feb,27,2014
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 Byrati 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 Election MemberParty 2008 N. S. Nandiesha Reddy 2013 Byrati Basavaraj 2018 2019 By-election 2023
Election results Assembly Election 2023
Assembly By-election 2019
Assembly Election 2018
Assembly Election 2013
Assembly Election 2008
See also List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly Bangalore Urban district
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