Constituency
159. Pulakeshinagar
Community mirrorKarnataka · Karnataka Assembly Election, 2023
KA-PULAKESHINAGAR
INC 66.7%won by 47.5%BSP 19.2%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 64.6% to 47.5%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) finished second with 19.2% — it did not contest here in 2018.
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Electorate
2,38,856
Turnout
54.8%
Valid votes
1,30,869
Margin
62,210
47.54%
Candidates
16 contested · winner INC- 1A C SRINIVASAIndian National Congress · INC87,31666.7%
- 2AKANDA SRINIVASA MURTHY RBahujan Samaj Party · BSP25,10619.2%
- 3A MURALIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP10,6248.1%
- 4B R BHASKAR PRASADSDPI · SDPI4,1023.1%
- 5NOTANOTA · NOTA1,1900.9%
- 6ANURADHA VJanata Dal (Secular) · JDS8440.6%
- 7SURESH RATHODAam Aadmi Party · AAP6940.5%
- 8PRIYAIndependent · IND2230.2%
- 9SHAKTIVELUIndependent · IND1830.1%
- 10V J SANJAY KUMARIndependent · IND1290.1%
- 11SUNSTAR D JAIRAMGAP · GAP980.1%
- 12KARTHIK AJanata Dal · JD940.1%
- 13A CHANDRA KUMARIndependent · IND820.1%
- 14NIRANJAN D RAJIndependent · IND680.1%
- 15MOHAN KUMARKarnataka Rashtra Samithi · KRS660.1%
- 16R MOHAN RAJURPOI · RPOI500.0%
Since 2018
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–BSP swing
- −29.6%
- INC share
- 77.2% → 66.7%
- BSP share
- 0.0% → 19.2%
- Turnout
- 54.5% → 54.8%