Karnataka election result 2023: The Bangalore South constituency went to poll on May 10 and saw a tight race between BJP leader M Krishnappa and Congress candidate RK Ramesh. The two had previously clashed in 2018 – with the BJP securing a landslide. Krishnappa, a heavyweight leader in the region, had won by a margin of over 30,000 votes. He has incidentally been a MLA from Bangalore South since 2008.
Bangalore South is the largest Assembly constituency in Karnataka and has more than 581,000 voters. This number incidentally is three-and-a-half-times more than the state’s smallest constituency – Sringeri.
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Karnataka Polls Live:
Current Tally| Congress at 136 as it leads in 57 seats, BJP wins 39 seats
Karnataka Election Results 2023:
“PM Modi thinks that by seeing his face voters will vote BJP party, this has been proved wrong,” says Congress leader Siddaramaiah
Bangalore South Constituency Results:
BJP M Krishnappa won the by securing 51.35% of the total vote in Bangalore south constituency. The percentage is equal to 1,95,564 votes he got in the Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023. Congress’ RK Ramesh was the runner up of the election with 38.35% of votes, which was equivalent to 1,46,252 votes.
Bangalore South Constituency Results:
A total of 14 candidates contested in the 2023 elections from this seat. In 2018, there were 14 contestants in the fray for this seat and 14 in the 2013 Assembly polls and 10 in 2009.
Karnataka Election Results Live: “Victory and defeat aren’t new to BJP. Party workers need not be panicked by these results. We will introspect about the party’s setback. I respectfully accept this verdict,” says BJP leader BS Yediyurappa on the party’s defeat in Karnataka polls
Karnataka Election Results: Election tally so far: As per ECI data, Congress at 137 as it leads in 101 seats and wins 36 seats. BJP leading in 45 seats, wins 17 seats.
Bangalore South constituency results live: BJP’s M Krishnappa wins by 49699 votes, defeats Congress’s RK Ramesh
Bangalore South constituency results live: The electorate gender ratio in Bangalore South in 2023 is 867 female voters for every 1,000 male voters.
Karnataka Assembly election results live: The Bangalore South Assembly constituency has an estimated Scheduled Caste population of 17.97% and an estimated Scheduled Tribe population of 2.1%, according to the report of the Delimitation Commission of 2008. The estimated literacy level of the district in which this constituency falls in is 87.67%, according the Census of India, 2011.
Karnataka elections results live: Congress’ Priyakrishna is leading from Govindraj Nagar with a margin of 2054.
Bangalore South election results live: Congress is leading in B.T.M. Layout and Govindraj Nagar.
Bangalore South election results live: M Krishnappa maintains his lead, crosses 40,000 mark
Inching closer to his fourth term as Bangalore South MLA, BJP’s M Krishnappa is leading ahead in the race with 39306 votes. Bangalore South is Karnataka’s largest Assembly constituency.
Bangalore South election results live: M Krishnappa leading ahead with 31,000 votes
Bangalore South election results live: Maintaining his lead, BJP’s M Krishnappa is emerging as the potential MLA of Bangalore South as he is ahead of his fellow competitor,R K Ramesh, by 31342 votes
Bangalore South election results live: M Krishnappa widens gap with R K Ramesh
BJP heavyweight and three times MLA from Bangalore South, M Krishnappa, is leading the race this time as well. Congress R K Ramesh is trailing in the race with 17,000 votes in Bangalore South.
Bangalore South election results live: M Krishnappa leading by 6570 votes
BJP’s M Krishnappa is ahead of Indian National Congress leader R K Ramesh by 6570 votes in Bangalore South, shows Election Commission data.
BJP’s M Krishnappa leading , as per early trends
BJP’s M Krishnappa is leading than Congress’ R K Ramesh as per early trends.
How to check Bangalore South results?
The best way to get all the updates and fastest result of Bangalore South constituency is to stay tuned with this blog. For those, who want to track the the Bangalore South constituency’ vote counting live, they can check Election Commission of India’s website. (Read full report)
Why Bangalore South constituent assembly will be in focus today?
Bangalore South (General) is a constituency for the state Assembly/Vidhan Sabha, located in Bengaluru Urban district, Karnataka. The constituent assembly is a part of the Bangalore Rural Parliamentary constituency. It is Karnataka’s largest assembly constituency. Moreover, it has three-and-a-half-times more voters than the smallest constituency, Sringeri.
Decoding Bangalore South’s voter populations
Bangalore South constituency has a total of 5,81,422 voters. The population includes NRI voters, and service voters. The share of population of male general voters is 311,427, and that of female general voters is 269,878, and 103 voters identify as other. Â Its electorate sex ration stands at 86.66. Literacy rate of the constituency stands at 85 percent.
BJP’s M Krishnappa ruling the seat since 2008
M Krishnappa is one of the tallest leaders of Bhartiya Janata Party in Karnataka. He has been handling the Bangalore South constituency since 2008.
What happened in Karnataka elections 2018?
In 2018 assemly elections, the ruling BJP emerged as the single-largest party with 104 seats. It was followed by the Congress with 78 seats. Janata Dal Secular secured 37 seats. In 224 assembly constituencies, a total of 2,615 candidates contested the polls.
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