| Gandhi Nagar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 164 for theKarnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Karnataka |
| Division | Bangalore |
| District | Bangalore Urban |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Bangalore Central |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 231,449 (2023)[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | INC |
| Alliance | UPA |
| Elected year | 2023 |
| Preceded by | B. Muniyappa |
Gandhi Nagar Assembly constituency is one of the224 constituencies in theLegislative Assembly ofKarnataka, a southern state ofIndia. It is also part ofBangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency.[2]
| Election | Name | Party | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | D. Venkatesh | Indian National Congress | [3] | |
| 1957 | Nagarathnamma Hiremath | [4][5][6] | ||
| 1962 | [7][8][9] | |||
| 1967 | Independent | [10][11] | ||
| 1972 | K. Sreeramulu | Indian National Congress | [12][13] | |
| Election | Name | Party | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | K. Lakshman | Indian National Congress (Indira) | [14][15][16] | |
| 1983 | M. S. Narayana Rao | Janata Party | [17][18] | |
| 1985 | [19][20] | |||
| 1989 | R. Dayananda Rao | Indian National Congress | [21][22][23] | |
| 1994 | B. Muniyappa | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | [24][25][26] | |
| 1999 | Dinesh Gundurao | Indian National Congress | [27][28] | |
| 2004 | [29][30] | |||
| 2008 | [31][32] | |||
| 2013 | [33][34][35] | |||
| 2018 | [36] | |||
| 2023 | [37] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Dinesh Gundu Rao | 54,118 | 40.81 | ||
| BJP | A. R. Sapthagiri Gowda | 54,013 | 40.73 | ||
| JD(S) | V. Narayanaswamy | 12,857 | 9.70 | ||
| Independent | Krisshnaiah Setty S. N. Maluru | 6,871 | 5.18 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,692 | 1.28 | ||
| Majority | 105 | 0.08 | |||
| Turnout | 1,32,609 | 57.30 | |||
| INChold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Dinesh Gundu Rao | 47,354 | 37.34 | ||
| BJP | A. R. Sapthagiri Gowda | 37,284 | 29.40 | ||
| JD(S) | V. Narayanaswamy | 36,635 | 28.89 | ||
| Independent | V. Nagaraj | 1,476 | 1.16 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 2,074 | 1.64 | ||
| Majority | 10,070 | 7.94 | |||
| Turnout | 1,26,825 | 55.19 | |||
| INChold | Swing | ||||