title: Bangalore South Assembly constituency
text: # Bangalore South Assembly constituency
  
  Bangalore South Assembly seat is one of the seats in Karnataka state assembly in India. It is part of the Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha seat. Notably, the Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency does not contain the Bangalore South Assembly constituency.
  
  Bangalore South Assembly seat was created when delimitation of seats was carried out in 2008. While there are four Lok Sabha seats with the name of the city 'Bangalore' in their title, Bangalore South is the only Assembly seat among dozens in the city boundary which has the word 'Bangalore' in its title.
  
  ## Members of Assembly
  
  | Election | Assembly | Name | Party |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | Mysore State |||||
  | 1952 | 1st | A. V. Narasimha Reddy | Indian National Congress |
  | 1952 | 1st | B. T. Kempa Raj | Indian National Congress |
  | 1957 | 2nd | A. V. Narasimha Reddy | Indian National Congress |
  | 1957 | 2nd | B. Basavalingappa | Indian National Congress |
  | 1962 | 3rd | D. Munichinnappa | Independent |
  | 1967-1973 : Seat did not exist |||||
  | Karnataka State |||||
  | 1973-2008 : Seat did not exist |||||
  | 2008 | 13th | M. Krishnappa | Bharatiya Janata Party |
  | 2013 | 14th | M. Krishnappa | Bharatiya Janata Party |
  | 2018 | 15th | M. Krishnappa | Bharatiya Janata Party |
  | 2023 | 16th | M. Krishnappa | Bharatiya Janata Party |
  
  ## Election results
  
  ### 2008
  
  2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bangalore South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | BJP | M Krishnappa | 71,114 | | |
  | | INC | Sadananda M | 36,979 | | |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | | | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
  | | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) | BJP win (new seat) |
  
  ### 2013
  
  2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bangalore South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | BJP | M Krishnappa | 102,207 |
  | | JD(S) | R. Prabhakara Reddy | 72,045 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
  | | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing |
  
  ### 2018
  
  2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Bangalore South :
  
  | Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | BJP | M Krishnappa | 152,427 | 47.74 |
  | | INC | R K Ramesh | 1,22,068 | 38.24 |
  | | JD(S) | R Prabhakar Reddy | 36,138 | 11.32 |
  | | NOTA | None of the Above | 3,952 | 1.24 |
  | Majority | Majority | Majority | 30,359 | |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,19,255 | 52.86 |
  | | BJP hold | BJP hold | Swing | |
  