K R Pura Constituency Election Results: Assembly seat details, MLAs, candidates & more

K. R. Pura assembly constituency or or Krishnarajapura is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka legislative assembly of the southern state of India. It is a part of the Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency.

It was carved out of from the erstwhile Varthur constituency, and a few parts of Hosakote constituency. It has predominantly urban characteristics.

The seat is led by MP D. V. Sadananda Gowda who was also the ex chief minister of Karnataka.

During the general elections 2014 D. V. Sadananda Gowda contesting through BJP won with 52.91% majority defeating C. Narayanaswamy of INC.

Congress MLA B.A. Basavaraj won the 2013 Karnataka legislative assembly election from K R Pura by a margin of 24,001 votes defeating N S Nandiesha Reddy of BJP.

Present Sitting MLA s of K.R. Pura assembly Constituency is B A Basavaraja from Congress party.

The winning party must have 113 seats to form the government in the state out of 224 seats.

The area has its own set of problems. Traffic congestion, sewage disposal issues, lack of storm-water drains and bad roads are common complaints.