Anekal Assembly constituency

Anekal
Anekal
Constituency No. 177 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Urban
LS constituency	Bangalore Rural
Total electors	402,620
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent B. Shivanna
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	A. Narayanaswamy

Anekal is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka a south state of India. It is also part of Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency.^[2] It is in Bangalore Urban district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Member
1952-1957: Seat does not exist. See Hoskote Anekal and Bangalore South^[3]^[4]
1957	J. C. Ramaswami Reddy	Indian National Congress
1962	R. K. Prasad
1967	R. Muniswamaiah
1972	M. B. Ramaswamy

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Anekal
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Shivanna	134,797	53.55	+3.53
	BJP	Srinivas. C. Hullahalli	103,472	41.11	-5.13
	JD(S)	K. P. Raju	6,415	2.55
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,354	0.94	+0.01
Majority			31,325	12.44	+8.66
Turnout			251,702	62.52	-0.80
	INC hold		Swing

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election: Anekal^[5]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	B. Shivanna	113,894	50.02
	BJP	A. Narayanaswamy	1,05,267	46.24
	BSP	G. Srinivas	2,932	1.29
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,115	0.93
Majority			8,627	3.78
Turnout			2,27,677	63.32
	INC hold		Swing