Bellary City Assembly Election 2023: Bharatiya Janata Party's G. Somasekhara Reddy failed to retain the seat he won in the 2018 Assembly Election. Nara Bharath Reddy fielded by Indian National Congress defeated Somasekhara Reddy from the seat that comes under the Bellary Lok Sabha constituency. The Congress made a stunning comeback in Karnataka ousting the BJP from its lone southern citadel with a comfortable majority in a morale booster win that will be key for reviving its electoral fortunes ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
In the 2018 assembly election, BJP's G. Somasekhara Reddy won from the same constituency. With this, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP's Y. Devendrappa won from Bellary Lok Sabha (MP) seat with a margin of 55707 votes. Y. Devendrappa outsmarted V. S. Ugrappa of the Congress.
In 2018, the Karnataka Assembly Elections were conducted on May 12. Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) outsmarted Congress and JDS and gained 104 seats. But the saffron party failed to touch the majority 112 mark. Congress and JDS who secured second and third positions with 78 and 38 seats respectively decided to join hands to form a coalition government in the state.
