Mahalakshmi Layout (Vidhana Sabha constituency)

Mahalakshmi Layout Vidhan Sabha Constituency is one of the 224 legislative assembly segments of the state of Karnataka. It is a part of Bengaluru Urban district and comes under the Bengaluru North parliamentary constituency.

Mahalakshmi Layout
Constituency
District	Bengaluru Urban
State	Karnataka
Current constituency
Created	2008
Party	BJP
MLA	K. Gopalaiah[1]
Reservation	No

The constituency was formed in the year 2008, carved out of portions of Rajajinagar, Yelahanka and the erstwhile Uttarahalli Vidhan Sabha constituencies.[2] The constituency is predominantly urban in nature with a mix of old residential areas, industrial areas and slums. It comprises the northern parts of West Bengaluru such as Mahalakshmi Layout, Nandini Layout, Yeshwanthapur APMC Yard, Goraguntepalya, Kanteerava Nagar, Shankar Nagar, Saraswathipura, Nagapura, Kurubarahalli, Kamalanagar, Vrishabhavathi Nagar and also parts of Basaveshwaranagar and Kamakshipalya.

The MLA for Mahalakshmi Layout as of 2019 is K. Gopalaiah of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[1]

Wards

Mahalakshmi Layout Vidhan Sabha constituency includes the following 7 wards of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP):

Ward No.	Ward Name	Corporator
43	Nandini Layout[3]	K. V. Rajendra Kumar[3]
44	Marappanapalya[4]	Mahadev M.[4]
67	Nagapura[5]	Badregowda B.[5]
68	Mahalakshmipura[6]	S. Keshavamurthy[6]
74	Shakthi Ganapathi Nagar[7]	Gangamma Rajanna[7]
75	Shankar Mutt[8]	M. Shivaraju[8]
102	Vrishabhavathi Nagar[9]	Hemalatha Gopalaiah[9]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  INC     JD(S)     BJP  

Year		Member	Political Party
	2008	N. L. Narendra Babu	Indian National Congress
	2013	K. Gopalaiah	Janata Dal (Secular)
	2018
	2019		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election: Mahalakshmi Layout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	BJP	K. Gopalaiah[1]	85,889[1]	58.65	+3.48
	INC	M. Shivaraju[1]	31,503[1]	21.51	N/A
	JD(S)	Dr. Girish K. Nashi[1]	23,516[1]	16.06	N/A
Margin of victory			54,386[1]	37.14	+11.43
Turnout			1,46,454[1]	50.92[10]	-4.8
	BJP gain from JD(S)		Swing	+42.59

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mahalakshmi Layout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	JD(S)	K. Gopalaiah[11]	88,218[11]	55.17	+10.44
	BJP	N. L. Narendra Babu[11]	47,118[11]	29.47	-4.86
	INC	Manjunatha H. S.[11]	20,496[11]	12.82	N/A
Margin of victory			41,100	25.71	+15.31
Turnout			1,59,880[11]	55.72	-4.49
	JD(S) hold		Swing

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mahalakshmi Layout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	JD(S)	K. Gopalaiah[12]	66,127[12]	44.73[12]	+19.95
	INC	N. L. Narendra Babu[12]	50,757[12]	34.33[12]	-3.29
	BJP	S. Harish[12]	23,545[12]	15.93[12]	N/A
Margin of victory			15,370[13]	10.4[13]	+7.55
Turnout			1,47,849[13]	60.21[13]	+8.31
	JD(S) gain from INC		Swing	+7.11

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Mahalakshmi Layout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	INC	N. L. Narendra Babu[12]	42,652[12]	37.62[12]	N/A
	BJP	R. V. Hareesh[12]	39,427[12]	34.77[12]	N/A
	JD(S)	K. Gopalaiah[12]	28,097[12]	24.78[12]	N/A
Margin of victory			3,225[14]	2.85[14]	N/A
Turnout			1,13,386[14]	51.9[14]	N/A

See also

• Government of Karnataka
• Vidhan Sabha
• Mahalakshmi Layout

References

1. Mahalakshmi Layout Constituency Result: BJP' K. Gopalaiah wins by 54,386 votes
2. Know your constituency: Mahalakshmi Layout
3. Ward #43, Nandini Layout
4. Ward #44, Marappana Palya
5. Ward #67, Nagapura
6. Ward #68, Mahalakshimpuram
7. Ward #74, Shakthi Ganapathi Nagar
8. Ward #75, Shankar Matt
9. Ward #102, Vrushabhavathi Nagar
10. Voting peaceful in Mahalakshmi Layout
11. CANDIDATE WISE VOTES DETAILS
12. http://bengaluru.citizenmatters.in/info-for-voters-of-mahalakshmi-layout-constituency-24628 Info for voters of Mahalakshmi Layout Constituency- MLA, Candidate, Voting and more
13. http://www.indiavotes.com/ac/summary/33989 AC Summary: Mahalakshmi Layout 2013
14. http://www.indiavotes.com/ac/info?stateac=43&eid=200 AC: Karnataka 2008

External links

• Mahalakshmi Layout (156) ASSEMBLY ELECTION 2018