Bellary | |
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Constituency for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Karnataka |
District | Bellary |
LS constituency | Bellary |
Established | 2008 |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Indian National Congress |
Elected year | 2023 |
Bellary Rural Assembly seat (or just Bellary) 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.
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%.
Year | Member | Party | |
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Till 2008 | See: Bellary | ||
2008 | B Sriramulu | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
2011^ | Independent | ||
2013 | Badavara Shramikara Raitara Congress | ||
2014^ | NY Gopalkrishna | Indian National Congress | |
2018[1] | B Nagendra | ||
2023[2] |
^By election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | B Nagendra | 103,836 | 57.84% | ||
BJP | B Sriramulu | 74,536 | 40.80% | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 1,142 | 1.04 | ||
Margin of victory | 29,300 | 16.04% | |||
Turnout | 1,81,566 | 76.1% | |||
Registered electors | 2,14,975 | ||||
INC hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | B Nagendra | 79,186 | 48.54% | ||
BJP | Sanna Pakirappa | 76,507 | 46.90% | ||
JD(S) | D Ramesh | 3,212 | 1.97% | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 1,695 | 1.04 | ||
Margin of victory | 2,679 | 1.64% | |||
Turnout | 1,63,128 | 74.39% | |||
Registered electors | 2,14,975 | ||||
INC hold | Swing |
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