BTM Layout Elections 2023: Congress candidate Ramalinga Reddy won the BTM Layout Assembly seat for the fourth consecutive term. Reddy defeated his nearest opponent KR Sridhara of BJP with a margin of 9222 votes. Reddy polled 68,175 votes while Sridhara bagged 58,843 votes in the elections that were held on May 10.
There were a total of 2,63,860 eligible voters in the constituency, with 1,39,093 males, 1,24,747 females, and 20 registered voters of the third gender. B T M Layout had a voter turnout of 49.15 per cent.=
BTM Layout Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. This Assembly constituency is in the Bengaluru Urban district of Karnataka. It is also a part of the Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency. Notably, it is a general category assembly seat. During the delimitation exercise of 2008, BTM constituency was created with some portions of the old Jayanagar constituency.
BTM Layout, which is known as the gateway to the IT hub in Bengaluru, has undergone many rapid changes due to the IT sector boom in the area. This is also known for restaurants, shopping malls and paying guest accommodation for students and IT employees. This constituency also hosts slums like Ejipura and NS Palya. This is known for being the city’s most dreaded traffic-congested area.
Major issues of BTM Layout
The residents of the BTM Layout Assembly constituency continue to face significant problems with traffic jams, slums without adequate infrastructure, and garbage issues. The residents are also facing water issues apart from other infrastructure issues.
Major candidates in fray
This seat can be called the stronghold of Congress as the grand old party has won this constituency for three consecutive terms and this time too the party is seeking its fourth term. However, the BJP, JDS and other parties were too hopeful.
For this seat, Congress incumbent MLA Ramalinga Reddy, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Sridhar Reddy, Aam Aadmi Party’s Srinivas Reddy and Janata Dal (Secular) candidate Venkatesh were in the fray. Reddy was earlier fielded by the party from the BTM Layout seat in the 2018, 2013 and 2008 Assembly polls. The leader each time won the seat by a comfortable margin against his opponents.
Also Read: Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023
2018 Assembly elections
In the 2018 Assembly elections, Congres candidate Ramalinga Reddy won this seat by defeating BJP's Lallesh Reddy with a margin of 20,478 votes. The 2018 election was Ramalinga Reddy’s third consecutive win from the BTM Layout seat. According to the Election Commission, Ramalinga Reddy received 67,085 votes whereas Lallesh Reddy got 46,607 votes.
