Mahalakshmi Layout Assembly constituency

Mahalakshmi Layout
Mahalakshmipuram
Mahalakshmi Layout; Mahalakshmipuram
Constituency No. 156 for the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Karnataka
District	Bangalore Urban
Established	2008
Total electors	292,040 (2023)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent K. Gopalaiah
Party	BJP
Elected year	2023
Preceded by	N. L. Narendra Babu

Mahalakshmi Layout Assembly Constituency is one of the 224 legislative assembly segments of the state of Karnataka. It is a part of Bangalore Urban district and comes under Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency.

The constituency was formed in the year 2008, carved out of portions of Rajajinagar, Yelahanka and the erstwhile Uttarahalli Assembly constituencies. The constituency is predominantly urban in nature with a mix of old residential areas, industrial areas and slums. It comprises the northern parts of West Bengaluru such as Mahalakshmi Layout, Nandini Layout, Yeshwanthapur APMC Yard, Goraguntepalya, Kanteerava Nagar, Shankar Nagar, Saraswathipura, Nagapura, Kurubarahalli, Kamalanagar, Vrishabhavathi Nagar and also parts of Basaveshwaranagar and Kamakshipalya.

The MLA for Mahalakshmi Layout as of 2023 is K. Gopalaiah of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Wards

Mahalakshmi Layout Assembly constituency includes the following 7 wards of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP):

Ward No.	Ward Name	Corporator
43	Nandini Layout	K. V. Rajendra Kumar
44	Marappanapalya	Mahadev M.
67	Nagapura	Badregowda B.
68	Mahalakshmipura	S. Keshavamurthy
74	Shakthi Ganapathi Nagar	Gangamma Rajanna
75	Shankar Mutt	M. Shivaraju
102	Vrishabhavathi Nagar	Hemalatha Gopalaiah

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
2008	N. L. Narendra Babu	Indian National Congress
2013	K. Gopalaiah	Janata Dal
2018		Janata Dal
2019 By-election		Bharatiya Janata Party
2023		Bharatiya Janata Party

↑ Disqualified by the Hon'ble Speaker under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution with effect from 25/07/2019

Election results

Assembly Election 2023

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Mahalakshmi Layout
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. Gopalaiah	96,424	60.60	1.13
	INC	Keshavamurthy. S	45,259	28.45	6.64
	JD(S)	K. C. Rajanna	9,241	5.81	10.47
	UPP	Lakshminarayana. M. R	2,853	1.79	0.56
	NOTA	None of the above	2,286	1.44	0.03
	AAP	Shanthala Damle	1,600	1.01	New
Margin of victory			51,165	32.16	5.50
Turnout			159,167	54.50	3.29
Total valid votes			159,103
Registered electors			292,040		2.15
	BJP hold		Swing	1.13

Assembly By-election 2019

2019 Karnataka Legislative Assembly by-election : Mahalakshmi Layout
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	K. Gopalaiah	85,889	59.47	30.00
	INC	M. Shivaraju	31,503	21.81	8.99
	JD(S)	Dr. Girish K. Nashi	23,516	16.28	38.90
	NOTA	None of the above	2,035	1.41	0.32
	UPP	Asha Rani .V	1,771	1.23	New
Margin of victory			54,386	37.66	11.95
Turnout			146,400	51.21	3.48
Total valid votes			144,420
Registered electors			285,897		2.21
	BJP gain from JD(S)		Swing	4.29

Assembly Election 2018

2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Mahalakshmi Layout
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	K. Gopalaiah	88,218	55.18	5.88
	BJP	N. L. Narendra Babu	47,118	29.47	7.73
	INC	Manjunatha. H. S	20,496	12.82	34.05
	NOTA	None of the above	1,739	1.09	New
Margin of victory			41,100	25.71	11.52
Turnout			159,881	54.69	5.59
Total valid votes			159,880
Registered electors			292,364		19.04
	JD(S) hold		Swing	5.88

Assembly Election 2013

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Mahalakshmi Layout
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	K. Gopalaiah	66,127	61.06	36.28
	INC	N. L. Narendra Babu	50,757	46.87	9.25
	BJP	S. Harish	23,545	21.74	13.03
	KJP	Veeresh Kumar. T	2,936	2.71	New
	LSP	Rajshree Muralidhar	1,168	1.08	New
	Independent	K. N. Sridhar	967	0.89	New
Margin of victory			15,370	14.19	11.35
Turnout			148,061	60.28	8.78
Total valid votes			108,299
Registered electors			245,603		11.53
	JD(S) gain from INC		Swing	23.44

Assembly Election 2008

2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election : Mahalakshmi Layout
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. L. Narendra Babu	42,652	37.62	*New*
	BJP	R. V. Hareesh	39,427	34.77	New
	JD(S)	K. Gopalaiah	28,097	24.78	New
	Independent	V. Harish	1,054	0.93	New
	BSP	Somu	708	0.62	New
Margin of victory			3,225	2.84
Turnout			113,404	51.50
Total valid votes			113,386
Registered electors			220,222
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
1 2 Mahalakshmi Layout Constituency Result: BJP' K. Gopalaiah wins by 54,386 votes
↑ Know your constituency: Mahalakshmi Layout
1 2 Ward #43, Nandini Layout
1 2 Ward #44, Marappana Palya
1 2 Ward #67, Nagapura
1 2 Ward #68, Mahalakshimpuram
1 2 Ward #74, Shakthi Ganapathi Nagar
1 2 Ward #75, Shankar Matt
1 2 Ward #102, Vrushabhavathi Nagar
↑ "Bye-Election Results - Election Commission of India". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
↑ CANDIDATE WISE VOTES DETAILS
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 : To the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
↑ "General Election Karnataka Legislative Assembly 2008 Election Statistics" (PDF). Government of Karnataka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2021.

External links

Mahalakshmi Layout (156) ASSEMBLY ELECTION 2018

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[11] Disqualified by the Hon'ble Speaker under the 10th Schedule of the Constitution with effect from 25/07/2019

[election2023-1] "Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 24 July 2023.

[gopalaiah_bjp-2] 1 2 Mahalakshmi Layout Constituency Result: BJP' K. Gopalaiah wins by 54,386 votes

[3] Know your constituency: Mahalakshmi Layout

[nandini_layout-4] 1 2 Ward #43, Nandini Layout

[marappanapalya-5] 1 2 Ward #44, Marappana Palya

[nagapura-6] 1 2 Ward #67, Nagapura

[mahalakshmipura-7] 1 2 Ward #68, Mahalakshimpuram

[sgnagar-8] 1 2 Ward #74, Shakthi Ganapathi Nagar

[shankarmutt-9] 1 2 Ward #75, Shankar Matt

[vsbvnagar-10] 1 2 Ward #102, Vrushabhavathi Nagar

[12] "Bye-Election Results - Election Commission of India". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.

[mlo2018-13] CANDIDATE WISE VOTES DETAILS

[14] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 : To the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 December 2013. Retrieved 3 April 2014.

[15] "General Election Karnataka Legislative Assembly 2008 Election Statistics" (PDF). Government of Karnataka. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 February 2021.