Govindraj Nagar Assembly constituency

Govindraj Nagar Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. It is also part of Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency.^[2]

Govindraj Nagar
Constituency No. 166 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Urban
Lok Sabha constituency	Bangalore South
Established	2008
Total electors	296,389 (2023)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Priya Krishna
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	V. Somanna

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Before 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008[3][4]	V. Somanna		Indian National Congress
2009^[5]	Priya Krishna
2013[6][7][8]
2018[9][10]	V. Somanna		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023[1]	Priya Krishna		Indian National Congress

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Govindraj Nagar^[1][11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Priya Krishna	81,663	50.87	+7.77
	BJP	Umesh Shetty	69,147	43.12	−7.21
	JD(S)	R. Prakash	4,547	2.84	−1.67
	UPP	M. Balakrishna	2,146	1.33
	NOTA	None of the above	1,498	0.93	−0.08
Majority			12,516	7.75	+0.52
Turnout			161,453	54.47	+1.20
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Govindraj Nagar^[10][12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	V. Somanna	79,135	50.33
	INC	Priya Krishna	67,760	43.10
	JD(S)	A. Nagendra Prasad	7,090	4.51
	NOTA	None of the above	1,589	1.01
Majority			11,375	7.23
Turnout			1,57,231	53.67
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Govindraj Nagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Priya Krishna	72,654	55.36
	BJP	H. Ravindra	30,194	23.01
	JD(S)	T. M. Range Gowda	20,662	15.74
	KJP	P. Doddaiah	5,227	3.98
Majority			42,460	32.35
Turnout
	INC hold		Swing

See also

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