| Sarvagnanagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 160 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| District | Bangalore Urban |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bangalore Central |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 366,876 (2023)[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Elected year | 2023 |
Sarvagnanagar 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 Central Lok Sabha constituency.[2][3][4] The constituency has 32% Muslims, 14.01% Dalits and 9% Christians.[5][6][7]
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Kelachandra Joseph George | Indian National Congress | |
| 2013 | |||
| 2018 | |||
| 2023 | |||
Election results
Assembly Election 2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kelachandra Joseph George | 118,783 | 61.04% |  0.70 | |
| BJP | Padmanabha Reddy | 63,015 | 32.38% |  0.57 | |
| JD(S) | Mohammed Mustafa | 3,839 | 1.97% | 0.80 | |
| SDPI | Abdul Hannan | 2,995 | 1.54% | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,116 | 1.09% | 0.26 | |
| AAP | Mohamed Ibrahim | 1,488 | 0.76% | 0.28 | |
| Margin of victory | 55,768 | 28.66% | 1.27 | ||
| Turnout | 194,605 | 53.04% | 1.80 | ||
| Total valid votes | 194,604 | ||||
| Registered electors | 366,876 | 5.56 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | 0.70 |
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Assembly Election 2018
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kelachandra Joseph George | 109,955 | 61.74% | 3.88 | |
| BJP | M. N. Reddy | 56,651 | 31.81% | 12.29 | |
| JD(S) | Anwar Sharieff | 4,926 | 2.77% | 4.49 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,405 | 1.35% | New | |
| AAP | Prithvi Reddy | 1,861 | 1.04% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 53,304 | 29.93% | 8.41 | ||
| Turnout | 178,091 | 51.24% | 1.00 | ||
| Total valid votes | 178,091 | ||||
| Registered electors | 347,559 | 24.10 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | 3.88 |
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Assembly Election 2013
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kelachandra Joseph George | 69,673 | 65.62% | 23.48 | |
| BJP | Padmanabha Reddy | 46,820 | 44.10% | 22.90 | |
| SDPI | Mahboob Shariff | 11,161 | 10.51% | New | |
| JD(S) | Syed Mohid Altaf | 7,711 | 7.26% | 8.98 | |
| KJP | Michael. B. Fernandes | 2,223 | 2.09% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 22,853 | 21.52% | 0.58 | ||
| Turnout | 140,703 | 50.24% | 14.83 | ||
| Total valid votes | 106,178 | ||||
| Registered electors | 280,059 | 8.14 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | 23.48 |
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Assembly Election 2008
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kelachandra Joseph George | 45,488 | 42.14% | New | |
| BJP | R. Shankar | 22,880 | 21.20% | New | |
| JD(S) | Padmanabha Reddy | 17,532 | 16.24% | New | |
| BSP | Ismail Sharieff | 15,797 | 14.63% | New | |
| ANC | Syed Umraj Pasha | 1,768 | 1.64% | New | |
| Independent | Vivek Menon | 1,291 | 1.20% | New | |
| Independent | A. Sathya | 836 | 0.77% | New | |
| CPI | G. Gilbert Selvin | 816 | 0.76% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 22,608 | 20.94% | |||
| Turnout | 107,946 | 35.41% | |||
| Total valid votes | 107,941 | ||||
| Registered electors | 304,880 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
See also
References
- "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- Sitting and previous MLAs from Sarvagnanagar Assembly constituency
- List of elected members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
- DELIMITATION OF PARLIAMENTARY AND ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES ORDER, 2008
- "Karnataka: BJP's outreach among Christians a challenge for Congress". The Times of India. 27 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- "Karnataka assembly elections 2023: In post-hattrick battle in Sarvagnanagar, will rivals push KJ George to a coupe-gorge?". The Times of India. 29 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- "Assembly Constituency Details: Sarvagnanangar". chanakyya.com.
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 : To the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
- "General Election Karnataka Legislative Assembly 2008 Election Statistics" (PDF). Government of Karnataka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2021.
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