KR Pura Constituency Bypolls Result: BJP's B.A. Basavaraja wins by 63,443 votes

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Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election 2019 Results KR Puram

KR Pura Constituency Result: KR Pura is a Legislative Assembly Constituency in the Bengaluru Urban District of Karnataka. BJP's B.A. Basavaraja won the KR Pura constituency by 63,443 votes. The 2019 Bypoll candidates were BA Basavaraja - BJP, M Narayanaswamy - Congress, C Krishnamurthy - JD(S).

There are a total of 4,38,156 voters in the constituency that include general voters, NRI voters and service voters. Amongst the general voters, 2,29,986 are males, 2,07,982 females and 114 others. The electorate sex ratio in the constituency is 90.4 and the approximate literacy rate is 90%.

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O.S.N.	Candidate	Party	EVM Votes	Postal Votes	Total Votes	% of Votes
Karnataka-K.R.Pura
Result Status
1	C.KRISHNAMURTHY	Janata Dal (Secular)	2048	0	2048	0.9
2	M.NARAYANASWAMY	Indian National Congress	76428	8	76436	33.57
3	B.A.BASAVARAJA	Bharatiya Janata Party	139833	46	139879	61.43
4	KEMPARAJU.N	Raita Bharat Party	420	0	420	0.18
5	JAGADEESHA KAGEPURA	Karnataka Rashtra Samithi	208	0	208	0.09
6	VENUGOPALA	Yuva Karnataka Paksha	309	0	309	0.14
7	SANTHOSH.M	Uttama Prajaakeeya Party	1619	1	1620	0.71
8	KRISHNAMURTHY V	Independent	242	0	242	0.11
9	T.K.DASAR GOWDA	Independent	81	0	81	0.04
10	CHALUVALI RAJANNA	Independent	209	0	209	0.09
11	L.RAMA KRISHNA	Independent	198	0	198	0.09
12	STANLEY PRASANNA. J	Independent	627	0	627	0.28
13	SURYAKANTH SUBRAMANYAM	Independent	241	0	241	0.11
14	NOTA	None of the Above	5181	3	5184	2.28
	Total		227644	58	227702

In 2013 Karnataka Assembly Elections, Congress won KR Puram with a margin of 24,001 votes (11.99%) securing 53.1% of the total votes polled. In 2013 the seat witnessed a voter turnout of 58.91%.

In 2008 Assembly Elections, BJP won this seat with a margin of 8,792 votes (6.46%) registering 48.73% of the votes polled. In 2018 elections this seat witnessed a voter turnout of 47.6%.

Counting of votes is currently underway.