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Assembly constituency 176 · Karnataka

Bangalore South is assembly constituency number 176 in Karnataka, in Bangalore district, and one of the segments of the Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha seat. In the 2023 election M Krishnappa of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 51.4% of the vote, 49,699 votes ahead of R K Ramesh (INC).

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Bangalore South · 2023AC 176
  1. 01
    M Krishnappa
    BJP
    1,96,220
    51.35%
  2. 02
    R K Ramesh
    INC
    1,46,521
    38.35%
  3. 03
    H P Rajagopala Reddy
    JD(S)
    24,612
    6.44%
  4. 04
    Manu M M
    UPJP
    4,360
    1.14%
  5. 05
    Ashok Mruthyunjaya
    AAP
    2,585
    0.68%
  6. 9 other candidates · 3,808 votesNOTA · 4,006 (1.05%)

Margin 49,699 votes · 13.01% of valid votes

6,95,797
Registered electors
2023 election
54.9%
Turnout
+2.1 pts vs 2018
49,699
Victory margin
13.0% of valid votes
May 2023 · candidate-wise result

All 14 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 3,82,112 valid votes, NOTA included.

Bangalore South 2023 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1M KrishnappaMale · 61 yrsBJP1,96,220
51.35%
2R K RameshMale · 54 yrsINC1,46,521
38.35%
3H P Rajagopala ReddyMale · 54 yrsJD(S)24,612
6.44%
4Manu M MMale · 30 yrsUPJP4,360
1.14%
—NOTANOTA4,006
1.05%
5Ashok MruthyunjayaMale · 37 yrsAAP2,585
0.68%
6Vijayaraghava MaratheMale · 58 yrsKRS856
0.22%
7Kiran VMale · 29 yrs · SCBSP775
0.20%
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8A Ravi KumarMale · 37 yrs · SCRPPRINAT417
0.11%
9R‌ RajeshMale · 40 yrs · SCIndependent409
0.11%
10ShivakumarMale · 43 yrs · SCIndependent394
0.10%
11G SrinivasaMale · 57 yrs · SCIndependent286
0.07%
12Nishant KoteMale · 35 yrsIndependent271
0.07%
13RajuMale · 36 yrsIndependent217
0.06%
14Altin Anthony RajMale · 55 yrsIndependent183
0.05%
Past results

BJP held the seat: it also won in 2018.

0%20%40%60%2008201320182023BJP 51.4%INC 38.4%JD(S) 6.4%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2023M KrishnappaBJP · 51.4% · margin 49,699Turnout54.9%
2018M KrishnappaBJP · 47.7% · margin 30,359Turnout52.9%
2013M. KrishnappaBJP · 40.8% · margin 30,162Turnout56.0%
2008M KrishnappaBJP · 42.6% · margin 34,135Turnout44.0%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Bangalore South result 2018

Bangalore South 2018 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1M KrishnappaBJP1,52,427
47.74%
2R K RameshINC1,22,068
38.24%
3R Prabhakar ReddyJD(S)36,138
11.32%
—NOTANOTA3,952
1.24%
4K AbhishekAVIRP824
0.26%
5D K ShivashankarIndependent746
0.23%
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6SreenivasuIndependent533
0.17%
7AnbuIndependent479
0.15%
8SirajuddinAIMEP380
0.12%
9M KrishanappaIndependent379
0.12%
10Chand BhashaRPSN344
0.11%
11R RajeshIndependent311
0.10%
12Manjunath K HIndependent276
0.09%
13V ChethanKP208
0.07%
14Appaji GowdaIndependent190
0.06%

Bangalore South result 2013

Bangalore South 2013 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1M. KrishnappaBJP1,02,207
40.76%
2R. Prabhakara ReddyJD(S)72,045
28.73%
3Dr.tejaswini GowdaINC63,849
25.46%
4Jagadish ReddyKJP3,936
1.57%
5Murali MohanIndependent1,975
0.79%
6VasanthBSP1,363
0.54%
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7G.A. GregoryIndependent1,347
0.54%
8E KrishnappaIndependent1,040
0.41%
9A. ChowarappaIndependent691
0.28%
10T.n KamalIndependent639
0.25%
11N.S. RavichandraBSRCP509
0.20%
12K GururajIndependent407
0.16%
13Ashish KapurIndependent394
0.16%
14SundarappaJD(U)335
0.13%

Bangalore South result 2008

Bangalore South 2008 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1M KrishnappaBJP71,114
42.57%
2Sadananda MINC36,979
22.13%
3C ManjunathJD(S)33,529
20.07%
4H P Rajagopala ReddyIndependent17,726
10.61%
5R ManjunathBSP2,300
1.38%
6A SomashekarIndependent1,755
1.05%
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7N S RavichandraIndependent1,494
0.89%
8M KrishnappaIndependent990
0.59%
9Lokesh M RIndependent771
0.46%
10Jayarama YIndependent410
0.25%
Map

Bangalore South outlined in orange among the other Karnataka seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2023. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Bangalore district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

INCBJPJD(S)Others
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Bangalore South is one of the assembly segments of Bangalore Rural. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Bangalore Rural candidates.

  • Dr C N ManjunathBJP2,55,756 61.1%
  • D K SureshINC1,58,627 37.9%
  • Abhishek KUPJP1,247 0.3%
  • Suresh M NIndependent455 0.1%
  • Hemavathi KSUCI373 0.1%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 97,129 EVM votes.

Open Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha result
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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Bangalore South.

Who won the Bangalore South assembly seat in 2023?

M Krishnappa of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Bangalore South in the 2023 Karnataka assembly election with 1,96,220 votes, which was 51.35% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Bangalore South?

The margin was 49,699 votes (13.01% of valid votes). The runner-up was R K Ramesh of the Indian National Congress with 1,46,521 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Bangalore South in 2023?

Turnout was 54.92%: 3,82,161 of 6,95,797 registered electors voted, across 583 polling stations. That is 2.1 points higher than in 2018.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Bangalore South part of?

Bangalore South is an assembly segment of the Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency in Karnataka. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Dr C N Manjunath got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Bangalore South a reserved constituency?

No. Bangalore South is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Bangalore South?

The Karnataka assembly elected in 2023 completes its five-year term in 2028, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Karnataka assembly elections of 2023 and 2018 and 2013 and 2008 (2023 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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