Srinivasapur Assembly constituency

Legislative Assembly constituency in Karnataka, India

Srinivaspur
Constituency No. 144 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Kolar
LS constituency	Kolar
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. R. Ramesh Kumar
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2018

Srinivaspur Assembly constituency is one of the seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is part of Kolar Lok Sabha seat. Presently VenkataShiva Reddy is the Nominated MLA from 2023 Election

The election in 2023 was the tenth consecutive time that Ramesh Kumar and Venkata Shiva Reddy had contested against each other, Ramesh Kumar winning 5 times and Venkata Shiva Reddy also five times. Ramesh Kumar has won this seat one more time but against some other candidate.^[1] Ramesh Kumar became speaker of the assembly in 2018, and was in the news when No Confidence motion against Kumaraswamy in 2019 dragged out too long, resulting in a clash between the governor and the government. He stepped down as speaker after his coalition was reduced to minority.

Members of legislative Assembly

Year	Name
Till 1962: Seat does not exist. See Mulbagal and Mulbagal Srinivasapur
1962	G. Narayana Gowda	Indian National Congress
1967	B. L. Narayanswamy	Independent
1972	S. Bachi Reddy	Indian National Congress
1978	K. R. Ramesh Kumar	Indian National Congress
1983	G.K. Venkatashiva Reddy	Indian National Congress
1985	K. R. Ramesh Kumar	Janata Party
1989	G.K. Venkatashiva Reddy	Indian National Congress
1994	K. R. Ramesh Kumar	Janata Dal
1999	G.K. Venkatashiva Reddy	Indian National Congress
2004	K. R. Ramesh Kumar	Indian National Congress
2008	G.K. Venkatashiva Reddy	Janata Dal
2013	K. R. Ramesh Kumar	Indian National Congress
2018^[2]	K. R. Ramesh Kumar	Indian National Congress
2023^[3]	G.K. Venkatashiva Reddy	Janata Dal

Election results

2023 Assembly Elections

G. K. Venkata Shiva Reddy (JD-S) : 95,463 ^[4]
Ramesh Kumar (Cong) : 85,020 votes
Gunjuru Srinivas Reddy (BJP) : 6,644

2018 Assembly Election

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election:Srinivasapur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	K. R. Ramesh Kumar	93,571	50.71
	JD(S)	G K Venkatashiva Reddy	83,019	44.99
	BJP	Dr Venu Gopal K N	4,208	2.28
	CPI(M)	P R Surya Narayana Swami	784	0.42
	NOTA	None of the Above	689	0.37
Majority			10,552
Turnout			1,84,508	89.56
	INC hold		Swing

2013 Assembly Elections

Ramesh Kumar (Cong) : 83,426 votes ^[5]
G. K. Venkata Shiva Reddy (JD-S) : 79,533

Results 1983 to 2008

1983 Assembly : G.K. Venkatashiva Reddy (Cong) defeated Ramesh Kumar (Ind) ^[6]
1985 Assembly : Ramesh Kumar (Janata Party) beat G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy of the Indian National Congress^[7]
1989 Assembly : G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy (Congress) beat Ramesh Kumar (Janata Dal)^[8]
1994 Assembly : Ramesh Kumar (Janata Party) beat G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy of the Indian National Congress^[9]
1999 Assembly : G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy (Congress) beat Ramesh Kumar (Independent)
2004 Assembly : Ramesh Kumar (Congress) beat G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy (BJP)^[10]
2008 Assembly : G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy (Janada Dal (S)) beat Ramesh Kumar (Congress)^[11]

1978 Assembly Elections

Ramesh Kumar (Congress-I) : 31,867 votes ^[12]
R.G. Narayanareddy (Congress) : 12,067

1972 Assembly Elections

S. Bachi Reddy (Congress-O) with 29,616 votes
H Syed Abdul Aleem (Congress) who got 11,728 votes

1967 Assembly Elections

B. L. Narayanswamy (Independent) with 18,801 votes
S. B. Reddy (INC) who got 16094 votes.^[13]

1962 Assembly Elections

G. Narayana Gowda (INC) with 20,311 votes
B. L. Narayanaswamy (Ind) : 15,082 votes.

References

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^ India Today (14 May 2023). "Karnataka Election Results 2023 winners: Full list of winning candidates". Archived from the original on 14 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
^ "Srinivaspur Election Result 2023 LIVE: Srinivaspur MLA Election Result & Vote Share - Oneindia".
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^ "Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 1967".