Mahalakshmi Layout Assembly constituency

Mahalakshmi Layout Assembly Constituency is one of the 224 legislative assembly segments of the state of Karnataka. It is a part of Bangalore Urban district and comes under Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency.

Mahalakshmi Layout Mahalakshmipuram
Constituency No. 156 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Urban
Established	2008
Total electors	292,040 (2023)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. Gopalaiah[2]
Party	BJP
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	N. L. Narendra Babu

The constituency was formed in the year 2008, carved out of portions of Rajajinagar, Yelahanka and the erstwhile Uttarahalli Assembly constituencies.^[3] The constituency is predominantly urban in nature with a mix of old residential areas, industrial areas and slums. It comprises the northern parts of West Bengaluru such as Mahalakshmi Layout, Nandini Layout, Yeshwanthapur APMC Yard, Goraguntepalya, Kanteerava Nagar, Shankar Nagar, Saraswathipura, Nagapura, Kurubarahalli, Kamalanagar, Vrishabhavathi Nagar and also parts of Basaveshwaranagar and Kamakshipalya.

The MLA for Mahalakshmi Layout as of 2023 is K. Gopalaiah of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).^[2]

Wards

Mahalakshmi Layout Assembly constituency includes the following 7 wards of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP):

Ward No.	Ward Name	Corporator
43	Nandini Layout[4]	K. V. Rajendra Kumar[4]
44	Marappanapalya[5]	Mahadev M.[5]
67	Nagapura[6]	Badregowda B.[6]
68	Mahalakshmipura[7]	S. Keshavamurthy[7]
74	Shakthi Ganapathi Nagar[8]	Gangamma Rajanna[8]
75	Shankar Mutt[9]	M. Shivaraju[9]
102	Vrishabhavathi Nagar[10]	Hemalatha Gopalaiah[10]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Member	Party
Before 2008: Constituency did not exist
2008	N. L. Narendra Babu		Indian National Congress
2013	K. Gopalaiah		Janata Dal (Secular)
2018
2019			Bharatiya Janata Party
2023[11]

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mahalakshmi Layout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. Gopalaiah	96,424	60.6	+1.95
	INC	S. Keshavamurthy	45,259	28.45	+6.94
	JD(S)	K. C. Rajanna	9,241	5.81	−10.25
	UPP	M. R. Lakshminarayana	2,853	1.79
	AAP	Shanthala Damle	1,600	1.01
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,286	1.44	+0.05
Majority			51,165	32.15	−4.99
Turnout			159,103	54.48	+3.56
	BJP hold		Swing

2019 by-election

By-election, 2019: Mahalakshmi Layout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. Gopalaiah[2]	85,889	58.65	+29.18
	INC	M. Shivaraju	31,503	21.51	+8.69
	JD(S)	Girish K. Nashi	23,516	16.06	−39.12
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,035	1.39	+0.30
Margin of victory			54,386	37.14	+11.43
Turnout			1,46,455	50.92	−4.8
	BJP gain from JD(S)		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mahalakshmi Layout^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	K. Gopalaiah	88,218	55.18	+10.44
	BJP	N. L. Narendra Babu	47,118	29.47	−4.86
	INC	Manjunatha H. S.	20,496	12.82
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,739	1.09
Margin of victory			41,100	25.71	+15.31
Turnout			1,59,880	55.72	−4.49
	JD(S) hold		Swing

2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mahalakshmi Layout^[13][14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	K. Gopalaiah	66,127	44.73	+19.95
	INC	N. L. Narendra Babu	50,757	34.33	−3.29
	BJP	S. Harish	23,545	15.93	N/A
Margin of victory			15,370	10.4	+7.55
Turnout			1,47,849	60.21	+8.31
	JD(S) gain from INC		Swing	+7.11

2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mahalakshmi Layout^[13][15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. L. Narendra Babu	42,652	37.62	N/A
	BJP	R. V. Hareesh	39,427	34.77	N/A
	JD(S)	K. Gopalaiah	28,097	24.78	N/A
Margin of victory			3,225	2.85	N/A
Turnout			1,13,386	51.9	N/A

See also

• Government of Karnataka
• Vidhan Sabha
• Mahalakshmi Layout