K. R. Pura Assembly constituency (also known as, Krishnarajapura) is an Assembly constituency in the Greater Bangalore region and has the largest number of voters among the 21 constituencies. It comes under Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency. Carved out from the erstwhile Varthur Assembly constituency, and a few parts of Hosakote Assembly constituency, it has predominantly urban characteristics.
All wards of the erstwhile K. R. Pura City Municipal Council, and wards 3 to 11 of Mahadevapura City Municipal Council, which includes Sanna Thammanahalli, Medahalli, Bhattrahalli, K. R. Pura, Ramamurthy Nagar, Doorvaninagar, Chikkabasavanapura, Devasandra, Vijnanapura, A. Narayanapura, Singayyanapalya, Annayyanapalya, Mahadevapura, Benniganahalli, Vibhuthipura and Vimanapura now come under K R Pura Assembly.
As many as 11 villages, K. Narayanapura, Kottanur, N. Nagenahalli, Kyalasanahalli, Geddalahalli, Horamavu Agara, K. Channasandra, Kalkere, Horamavu, Babusapalya and Chalkere, that were included within the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike limits when the Greater Bangalore area was formed, are also part of this constituency.[2]
The area has its own set of problems. Traffic congestion, sewage disposal issues, lack of storm-water drains and bad roads are common complaints.[3]
Following are the Wards which come under K. R. Pura Assembly constituency:
| Ward No. | Ward Name | Corporator[4] |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | Horamavu[5] | Radhamma[6] |
| 26 | Ramamurthy Nagar[7] | Padmavathi S.[8] |
| 51 | Vijnanapura[9] | S Raju[10] |
| 52 | K. R. Pura[11] | K Poornima[12] |
| 53 | Basavanpura[13] | B N Jayaprakash[14] |
| 55 | Devasandra[15] | M N Srikanth[16] |
| 56 | A. Narayanapura[17] | V Suresh[18] |
| 81 | Vignana Nagar[15] | S G Nagaraj[19] |
| 87 | HAL Airport[17] | N Manjunath[20] |
K R Pura comes under Bangalore North (Lok Sabha constituency) led by MP D. V. Sadananda Gowda who was also the ex Chief Minister of Karnataka. During the general elections 2014 D. V. Sadananda Gowda contesting through BJP won with 52.91% majority defeating C. Narayanaswamy of INC. MLA Byrati Basavaraj won contesting through INC the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election from K R Pura by a margin of 24001 votes defeating N. S. Nandiesha Reddy of BJP.
K. R. Pura seat did not exist in the 12th Legislative assembly (2004-2008) and parts of it were inside Hosakote and Varathur Assembly constituencies. Varathur was split into two (Mahadevapura & K. R. Pura) by 2008; K. R. Pura has since participated in the 13th, 14th and 15th Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections.
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before 2008: Constituency did not exist | |||
| 2008 | N. S. Nandiesha Reddy | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2013 | Byrati Basavaraj | Indian National Congress | |
| 2018[21][22] | |||
| 2019[a] | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2023[23] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Byrati Basavaraj | 139,925 | 51.93 | −9.50 | |
| INC | D. K. Mohan | 1,15,243 | 42.91 | +9.34 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 4,396 | 1.63 | −0.65 | |
| Majority | 24,682 | 9.02 | −18.84 | ||
| Turnout | 2,69,462 | 52.76 | +6.10 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Byrati Basavaraj | 139,879 | 61.43 | +21.01 | |
| INC | M. Narayanaswamy | 76,436 | 33.57 | −19.74 | |
| JD(S) | C. Krishnamurthy | 2,048 | 0.90 | −1.69 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 5,184 | 2.28 | +1.31 | |
| Majority | 63,443 | 27.86 | +14.97 | ||
| Turnout | 2,27,702 | 46.66 | −7.90 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Byrati Basavaraj | 135,404 | 53.31 | ||
| BJP | N. S. Nandiesha Reddy | 1,02,675 | 40.42 | ||
| JD(S) | D. A. Gopala | 6,578 | 2.59 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,464 | 0.97 | ||
| Majority | 32,729 | 12.89 | |||
| Turnout | 2,53,994 | 54.56 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
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