Shivajinagar, Karnataka Assembly constituency

For the constituency in Maharashtra, see Shivajinagar, Maharashtra Assembly constituency.

Shivajinagar Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is a segment of Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency.^[2][3][4] After the boundaries of this constituency were redrawn in 2008 delimitation exercise, it became a stronghold of Roshan Baig, but he left Congress in 2019. Muslims and Christians make up 38% and 4% of the electorate in this constituency respectively.^[5][6]

Shivajinagar
Constituency No. 162 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Urban
Lok Sabha constituency	Bangalore Central
Established	1966
Total electors	194,070 (2023)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Rizwan Arshad
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	R. Roshan Baig

Member of the Legislative Assembly

Mysore State

Year	Member	Party
Until 1966: Seat does not exist. See Broadway
1967	H. R. Abdul Gaffar		Indian National Congress
1972	Hamid Sha		Indian National Congress (Organization)

Karnataka State

Year	Member	Party
1978	C. M. Ibrahim		Janata Party
1983	M. Rahupathy
1985	R. Roshan Baig
1989	A. K. Anantha Krishna		Indian National Congress
1994	R. Roshan Baig		Janata Dal
1999	Katta Subramanya Naidu		Bharatiya Janata Party
2004
2008	R. Roshan Baig		Indian National Congress
2013
2018[7][8]
2019[a]	Rizwan Arshad
2023

1. by-election

Election results

2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shivajinagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rizwan Arshad	64,913	58.77	+5.23
	BJP	N. Chandra	41,719	37.77	−1.27
	AAP	Prakash Nedungadi	1,634	1.48
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,235	1.12	+0.06
Majority			23,194	21.0	+6.50
Turnout			110,447	56.91	+8.86
	INC hold		Swing

2019

2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-elections: Shivajinagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rizwan Arshad	49,890	53.54	−1.50
	BJP	M. Saravana	36,369	39.04	−2.15
	SDPI	Abdul Hannan	3,141	3.37
	JD(S)	Tanveer Ahmed Ullah	1,098	1.18	−0.03
	NOTA	None of the above	986	1.06	−0.46
Margin of victory			13,521	14.50	+0.65
Turnout			93,149	48.05	−7.11
	INC hold		Swing

2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Shivajinagar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Roshan Baig	59,742	55.04
	BJP	Katta Subramanya Naidu	44,702	41.19
	JD(S)	Shaik Masthan Ali	1,313	1.21
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,654	1.52
Majority			15,040	13.85
Turnout			1,08,534	55.16
	INC hold		Swing

1999

• Katta Subramanya Naidu (BJP): 28,756 votes^[9]
• K Govindaraj (INC): 18,203 votes

1983

• M. Raghupathy (Janatha Party): 21,319 votes
• C. M. Ibrahim (Congress): 13,792 votes

See also

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