Karnataka Legislative Assembly
16th Legislative Assembly of Karnataka
Type
Type	Lower house of Karnataka Legislature
Term limits	5 years
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
Last election	10 May 2023
Next election	May 2028
Meeting place
Legislative Assembly building, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.
Legislative Assembly building, Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, Belagavi, Karnataka, India (Winter session)
Website
Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Footnotes
The Council was established in 1881 for the Princely State of Mysore. The princely state was merged with the Dominion of India and became Mysore State in 1947; Mysore State was re-organized to its current territorial state in 1956 and renamed as Karnataka on 1 November 1973.

The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Karnataka state in India. Karnataka is one of the six states in India, where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses. The two houses are the Vidhan Sabha (lower house) and the Vidhan Parishad (upper house).

In summer, the seat of the Legislative Assembly is in Bangalore, the capital of the state, while in winter it is at Belagavi, in the northern part of the state. The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years, unless dissolved earlier. Presently, it comprises 224 members who are directly elected from single-seat constituencies.

Since the independence of India, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given Reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs.^{[1][2]: 35, 137} The 2011 census of India stated that indigenous people constitute 7% of the state's total population, while people from the Scheduled Castes constitute 17.5% of the total population. Accordingly, the Scheduled Tribes have been granted a reservation of 15 seats in the assembly, while 36 constituencies are reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Castes.^[3]

Current constituencies

Map of Karnataka Legislative Assembly constituencies

Assembly seats by Lok Sabha Constituencies and districts, 2010

Assembly seats by Lok Sabha Constituencies and districts, 2007

The following is a list of the constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly since the delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies in 2008.^[4]

#	Name	District[5]	Lok Sabha constituency	Voters / Electors[6]	Map
1	Nippani	Belagavi	Chikkodi	2,26,662
2	Chikkodi-Sadalga			2,24,693
3	Athani			2,29,195
4	Kagwad			1,95,985
5	Kudachi (SC)			1,93,564
6	Raibag (SC)			2,11,461
7	Hukkeri			2,08,204
8	Arabhavi		Belgaum	2,48,632
9	Gokak			2,56,471
10	Yemkanmardi (ST)		Chikkodi	2,03,082
11	Belgaum Uttar		Belgaum	2,51,578
12	Belgaum Dakshin			2,48,626
13	Belgaum Rural			2,59,537
14	Khanapur		Uttara Kannada	2,14,456
15	Kittur			1,95,886
16	Bailhongal		Belgaum	1,95,828
17	Saundatti Yellamma			1,99,847
18	Ramdurg			2,03,880
19	Mudhol (SC)	Bagalkot	Bagalkot	2,01,307
20	Terdal			2,27,749
21	Jamkhandi			2,14,797
22	Bilgi			2,31,594
23	Badami			2,20,435
24	Bagalkot			2,45,532
25	Hungund			2,22,676
26	Muddebihal	Vijayapura	Bijapur	2,17,281
27	Devar Hippargi			2,19,228
28	Basavana Bagevadi			2,10,088
29	Babaleshwar			2,17,491
30	Bijapur City			2,81,726
31	Nagathan (SC)			2,69,309
32	Indi			2,42,910
33	Sindagi			2,36,670
34	Afzalpur	Kalaburagi	Gulbarga	2,28,171
35	Jevargi			2,39,914
36	Shorapur (ST)	Yadgir	Raichur	2,75,483
37	Shahapur			2,38,979
38	Yadgir			2,37,435
39	Gurmitkal		Gulbarga	2,48,181
40	Chittapur (SC)	Kalaburagi		2,35,755
41	Sedam			2,25,688
42	Chincholi (SC)		Bidar	2,03,600
43	Gulbarga Rural (SC)		Gulbarga	2,57,752
44	Gulbarga Dakshin			2,79,251
45	Gulbarga Uttar			3,07,091
46	Aland		Bidar	2,41,750
47	Basavakalyan	Bidar		2,46,581
48	Humnabad			2,45,996
49	Bidar South			2,05,201
50	Bidar			2,28,035
51	Bhalki			2,30,959
52	Aurad (SC)			2,19,444
53	Raichur Rural (ST)	Raichur	Raichur	2,29,071
54	Raichur			2,32,744
55	Manvi (ST)			2,33,867
56	Devadurga (ST)			2,33,492
57	Lingsugur (SC)			2,55,628
58	Sindhanur		Koppal	2,39,285
59	Maski (ST)			2,11,183
60	Kushtagi	Koppal		2,33,835
61	Kanakagiri (SC)			2,24,068
62	Gangawati			2,02,243
63	Yelburga			2,23,211
64	Koppal			2,54,021
65	Shirahatti (SC)	Gadag	Haveri	2,26,999
66	Gadag			2,22,792
67	Ron			2,32,510
68	Nargund		Bagalkot	1,87,212
69	Navalgund	Dharwad	Dharwad	2,07,237
70	Kundgol			1,86,825
71	Dharwad			2,14,132
72	Hubli-Dharwad East (SC)			2,09,530
73	Hubli-Dharwad Central			2,49,371
74	Hubli-Dharwad West			2,63,230
75	Kalghatgi			1,94,742
76	Haliyal	Uttara Kannada	Uttara Kannada	1,81,519
77	Karwar			2,19,544
78	Kumta			1,88,894
79	Bhatkal			2,22,794
80	Sirsi			2,00,755
81	Yellapur			1,82,472
82	Hangal	Haveri	Haveri	2,11,927
83	Shiggaon		Dharwad	2,26,226
84	Haveri (SC)		Haveri	2,33,307
85	Byadgi			2,08,910
86	Hirekerur			1,85,982
87	Ranebennur			2,37,234
88	Hoovina Hadagali (SC)	Vijaynagara	Bellary	1,91,338
89	Hagaribommanahalli (SC)			2,30,042
90	Vijayanagara			2,49,956
91	Kampli (ST)	Ballary		2,14,473
92	Siruguppa (ST)		Koppal	2,17,209
93	Bellary Rural (ST)		Bellary	2,38,361
94	Bellary City			2,59,221
95	Sandur (ST)			2,23,337
96	Kudligi (ST)	Vijaynagara	Bellary	2,03,802
97	Molakalmuru (ST)	Chitradurga	Chitradurga	2,43,788
98	Challakere (ST)			2,20,968
99	Chitradurga			2,62,552
100	Hiriyur			2,43,619
101	Hosadurga			1,97,693
102	Holalkere (SC)			2,35,346
103	Jagalur (ST)	Devangere	Davangere	1,93,028
104	Harapanahalli	Vijayanagara		2,17,175
105	Harihar	Devangere		2,07,589
106	Davanagere North			2,41,278
107	Davanagere South			2,10,708
108	Mayakonda (SC)			1,91,421
109	Channagiri			1,99,517
110	Honnali			1,99,012
111	Shimoga Rural (SC)	Shimoga	Shimoga	2,12,458
112	Bhadravati			2,12,359
113	Shimoga			2,60,757
114	Tirthahalli			1,88,267
115	Shikaripura			1,98,883
116	Sorab			1,95,341
117	Sagar			2,05,262
118	Byndoor	Udupi		2,35,716
119	Kundapura		Udupi Chikmagalur	2,09,592
120	Udupi			2,16,989
121	Kapu			1,89,007
122	Karkala			1,90,611
123	Sringeri	Chikmagalur		1,70,579
124	Mudigere (SC)			1,72,084
125	Chikmagalur			2,30,738
126	Tarikere			1,93,745
127	Kadur		Hassan	2,06,584
128	Chiknayakanhalli	Tumakuru	Tumkur	2,18,952
129	Tiptur			1,84,334
130	Turuvekere			1,82,717
131	Kunigal		Bangalore Rural	1,98,794
132	Tumkur City		Tumkur	2,58,925
133	Tumkur Rural			2,08,826
134	Koratagere (SC)			2,04,692
135	Gubbi			1,81,139
136	Sira		Chitradurga	2,23,648
137	Pavagada (SC)			1,93,100
138	Madhugiri		Tumkur	1,93,581
139	Gauribidanur	Chikkaballapura	Chikballapur	2,10,462
140	Bagepalli			2,01,055
141	Chikkaballapur			2,09,846
142	Sidlaghatta		Kolar	2,03,564
143	Chintamani			2,25,460
144	Srinivaspur	Kolar		2,16,763
145	Mulbagal (SC)			2,16,636
146	Kolar Gold Field (SC)			1,99,982
147	Bangarapet (SC)			2,05,294
148	Kolar			2,40,487
149	Malur			1,92,717
150	Yelahanka	Bangalore Urban	Chikballapur	4,39,087
151	Krishnarajapuram		Bangalore North	5,10,777
152	Byatarayanapura			5,08,799
153	Yeshwantpur			5,64,208
154	Rajarajeshwarinagar		Bangalore Rural	4,85,815
155	Dasarahalli		Bangalore North	4,57,187
156	Mahalakshmi Layout			2,92,040
157	Malleshwaram			2,27,484
158	Hebbal			2,88,971
159	Pulakeshinagar (SC)			2,39,090
160	Sarvagnanagar		Bangalore Central	3,66,876
161	C. V. Raman Nagar (SC)			2,71,340
162	Shivajinagar			1,94,070
163	Shanti Nagar			2,20,880
164	Gandhi Nagar			2,31,449
165	Rajaji Nagar			2,07,557
166	Govindraj Nagar		Bangalore South	2,96,389
167	Vijay Nagar			3,05,856
168	Chamrajpet		Bangalore Central	2,29,914
169	Chickpet		Bangalore South	2,21,216
170	Basavanagudi			2,33,600
171	Padmanabhanagar			2,78,959
172	B.T.M. Layout			2,75,067
173	Jayanagar			2,10,079
174	Mahadevapura (SC)		Bangalore Central	6,07,255
175	Bommanahalli		Bangalore South	4,52,808
176	Bangalore South		Bangalore Rural	6,95,797
177	Anekal (SC)			4,02,620
178	Hoskote	Bangalore Rural	Chikballapur	2,34,098
179	Devanahalli (SC)			2,12,209
180	Doddaballapur			2,14,240
181	Nelamangala (SC)			2,17,473
182	Magadi	Ramanagara	Bangalore Rural	2,33,433
183	Ramanagaram			2,16,086
184	Kanakapura			2,24,987
185	Channapatna			2,30,381
186	Malavalli (SC)	Mandya	Mandya	2,48,577
187	Maddur			2,13,854
188	Melukote			2,00,184
189	Mandya			2,24,370
190	Shrirangapattana			2,13,244
191	Nagamangala			2,14,272
192	Krishnarajapet			2,19,983
193	Shravanabelagola	Hassan	Hassan	2,05,242
194	Arsikere			2,16,204
195	Belur			1,97,840
196	Hassan			2,28,436
197	Holenarasipur			2,20,511
198	Arkalgud			2,27,985
199	Sakleshpur (SC)			2,05,876
200	Belthangady	Dakshina Kannada	Dakshina Kannada	2,28,941
201	Moodabidri			2,05,099
202	Mangalore City North			2,49,464
203	Mangalore City South			2,45,805
204	Mangalore			2,05,149
205	Bantval			2,28,415
206	Puttur			2,12,848
207	Sullia (SC)			2,06,210
208	Madikeri	Kodagu	Mysore	2,32,799
209	Virajpet			2,24,936
210	Periyapatna	Mysore		1,95,631
211	Krishnarajanagara		Mandya	2,18,050
212	Hunsur		Mysore	2,41,653
213	Heggadadevankote (ST)		Chamarajanagar	2,25,857
214	Nanjangud (SC)			2,20,420
215	Chamundeshwari		Mysore	3,29,223
216	Krishnaraja			2,50,435
217	Chamaraja			2,46,297
218	Narasimharaja			2,88,775
219	Varuna		Chamarajanagar	2,34,533
220	T. Narasipur (SC)			2,04,865
221	Hanur	Chamarajanagar		2,21,630
222	Kollegal (SC)			2,16,643
223	Chamarajanagar			2,09,521
224	Gundlupet			2,13,888

Former constituencies