K. R. Pura Assembly constituency explained

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 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 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.^[2]

The area has its own set of problems. Traffic congestion, sewage disposal issues, lack of storm-water drains and bad roads are common complaints.^[3]

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

Ward No.	Ward Name	Corporator[4]
25	Horamavu[5]	Radhamma[6]
26	Ramamurthy Nagar[7]	Padmavathi S.[8]
51	Vijnanapura[9]	S Raju[10]
52	K. R. Pura[11]	K Poornima[12]
53	Basavanpura[13]	B N Jayaprakash[14]
55	Devasandra[15]	M N Srikanth[16]
56	A. Narayanapura[17]	V Suresh[18]
81	Vignana Nagar	S G Nagaraj[19]
87	HAL Airport	N Manjunath[20]

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 Legislative Assembly

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

K. R. Pura Assembly's history

Year	Member	Party
Before 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008	N. S. Nandiesha Reddy
2013	Byrati Basavaraj
2018[21] [22]
2019
2023[23]

Election results

2018

See also

• List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Bangalore Urban district

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023 . . eci.gov.in . 24 July 2023.
2. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/kr-pura-has-the-largest-number-of-voters/article1236651.ece K R Pura Assembly Details
3. Web site: K R Pura: Where Two Worlds Meet. https://web.archive.org/web/20150828034205/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/K-R-Pura-Where-Two-Worlds-Meet/2015/08/15/article2975333.ece. dead. 28 August 2015.
4. http://bbmp.gov.in/councillors-contact-details?p_p_id=councillors_WAR_councillorsportlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-2&p_p_col_count=1&_councillors_WAR_councillorsportlet_keywords=&_councillors_WAR_councillorsportlet_advancedSearch=false&_councillors_WAR_councillorsportlet_andOperator=true&_councillors_WAR_councillorsportlet_resetCur=false&_councillors_WAR_councillorsportlet_delta=75 List of all Bangalore Corporators
5. http://www.ichangemycity.com/wards/horamavu/wqs Horamavu ward infrastructure
6. http://www.vigeyegpms.in/bbmp/?module=public&action=wardinfo&wardid=69 Horamavu ward details
7. http://www.ichangemycity.com/wards/ramamurthy-nagar/wqs Ramamurthy nagar ward infrastructure
8. http://www.vigeyegpms.in/bbmp/?module=public&action=wardinfo&wardid=70 Ramamurthy Nagar ward details
9. http://www.ichangemycity.com/wards/vijnanapura/wqs Vijnanapura ward infrastructure
10. http://www.vigeyegpms.in/bbmp/?module=public&action=wardinfo&wardid=71 Vijnanapura ward details
11. http://www.ichangemycity.com/wards/k-r-pura/wqs K.R.Pura ward infrastructure
12. http://www.vigeyegpms.in/bbmp/?module=public&action=wardinfo&wardid=72 K.R.Pura ward details
13. http://www.ichangemycity.com/wards/hudi/wqs Hudi ward infrastructure
14. http://www.vigeyegpms.in/bbmp/?module=public&action=wardinfo&wardid=78 Hudi ward details
15. http://www.ichangemycity.com/wards/devasandra/wqs Devasandra ward infrastructure
16. http://www.vigeyegpms.in/bbmp/?module=public&action=wardinfo&wardid=74 Deavasandra ward details
17. http://www.ichangemycity.com/wards/a-narayanapura/wqs A.Narayanapura ward infrastructure
18. http://www.vigeyegpms.in/bbmp/?module=public&action=wardinfo&wardid=75 A.Narayanapura ward details
19. http://www.vigeyegpms.in/bbmp/?module=public&action=wardinfo&wardid=76 Vignana Nagar ward details
20. http://www.vigeyegpms.in/bbmp/?module=public&action=wardinfo&wardid=77 HAL Airport ward details
21. News: Karnataka election results 2018: Full list of constituency wise winners and losers from BJP, Congress, JD(S) in Karnataka assembly elections. Financialexpress. 16 May 2018. 4 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230104174553/https://www.financialexpress.com/elections/karnataka-election-results-2018-full-list-of-winners-losers-from-bjp-congress-jds/1167608/. 4 January 2023. en.
22. Web site: Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election -2018 . . eci.gov.in . 7 September 2021.
23. News: Karnataka Election Results 2023 winners: Full list of winning candidates. India Today. 14 May 2023. 14 May 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230514043110/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/karnataka-assembly-polls-2023/story/karnataka-assembly-election-results-2023-full-list-of-winners-2378524-2023-05-13. 14 May 2023. en.