Pulakeshinagar Assembly constituency

Pulakeshinagar
Pulakeshinagar
Constituency No. 159 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Urban
Lok Sabha constituency	Bangalore North
Established	2008
Total electors	239,090 (2023)
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent A. C. Srinivasa
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	Akhanda Srinivas Murthy

Pulakeshinagar 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 North Lok Sabha constituency.^[2] Muslims are the majority community in the constituency, with 54% of the electorate, while Dalits are a significant minority.^[3]

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. C. Srinivasa	87,316	66.72	−10.46
	BSP	Akhanda Srinivas Murthy	25,106	19.18
	BJP	A. Murali	10,624	8.12	+0.62
	SDPI	B. R. Bhaskar Prasad	4,102	3.13
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,190	0.91	−0.20
Majority			62,210	47.54	−17.03
Turnout			1,30,869	54.74	+1.46
	INC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Akhanda Srinivas Murthy	97,574	77.18
	JD(S)	B. Prasannakumar	15,948	12.61
	BJP	Susheela Devaraj	9,479	7.50
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,402	1.11
Majority			81,626	64.57
Turnout			1,26,432	53.28
	INC gain from JD(S)		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	JD(S)	Akhanda Srinivas Murthy	48,995	48.75
	INC	B. Prasanna Kumar	38,796	38.60
	SDPI	A Hemalatha	5,431	5.40
	BJP	Palani Velu	4,589	4.57
Majority			10,199
Turnout
	JD(S) gain from INC		Swing

Members of Legislative Assembly