Basavanagudi Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. Basavanagudi is also part of Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency. It has also been considered as a stronghold of the BJP as it has won the constituency by a large margin multiple times. Congress has only won the seat once in 2004 in the span of the past 45 years. The constituency is dominated by Brahmins and Vokkaligas. Middle and upper-middle-class people are in significant numbers and senior citizens make up almost a third of the electorate.
Members of the Legislative Assembly Election MemberParty 1952 P. R. Ramaiya 1957 L. S. Venkaji Rao 1962 M. Krishnappa 1967 P. Thimmaiah 1972 Amir Rahamathulla Khan 1978 T. R. Shamanna 1980 By-election H. L. Thimme Gowda 1983 1985 Ramakrishna Hegde 1989 1994 H. N. Nanje Gowda 1999 K. N. Subbareddy 2004 Chandrashekhar. K 2008 L. A. Ravi Subramanya 2013 2018 2023
Election results Assembly Election 2023
Assembly Election 2018
Assembly Election 2013
Assembly Election 2008
Assembly Election 2004
Assembly Election 1999
Assembly Election 1994
Assembly Election 1989
Assembly Election 1985
Assembly Election 1983
Assembly By-election 1980
Assembly Election 1978
Assembly Election 1972
Assembly Election 1967
Assembly Election 1962
Assembly Election 1957
Assembly Election 1952
See also Basavanagudi Bangalore Urban district List of constituencies of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
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