K R Puram, the largest of the 21 constituencies in the city has a total electorate of 3,08,400. Carved out from the erstwhile Varthur Assembly constituency (which no longer exists) and a few parts of Hoskote Assembly constituency, this new constituency comprises of all wards of the erstwhile K R Puram City Municipal Council (CMC).
K R PURAMWhile localities form only 23 per cent of the entire population, Malayalam speaking people dominate the area.None of the roads here are tarred and open sewers, severe shortage of drinking water and rampant encroachment of lake beds are the other problems that are worrying citizens. Carved out from the erstwhile Varthur Assembly constituency (which no longer exists) and a few parts of Hoskote Assembly constituency, this new constituency comprises of all wards of the erstwhile K R Puram City Municipal Council (CMC).
It also includes ward numbers 3 to 11 of Mahadevapura CMC, this constituency includes Sanna Thimmanahalli, Medahalli, Bhattrahalli, K R Puram, Ramamurthy Nagar, Doorvaninagar, Chikkabasavanapura, Devasandra, Vijnanapura, A Narayanapura, B Narayanapura, Singayyanapalya, Annayyanapalya, Mahadevpura, Benniganahalli, Vibhuthipura and Vimanapura areas. Ten villages - K. Narayanapura, Kottanur, N. Nagenahalli, Kyalasanahalli, Geddalahalli, Horamavu Agara, K Channasandra, Kalkere, Horamavu and Chalkere - are also part of this constituency with six polling booths from Bhattrahalli and Sigehalli of Hoskote Assembly constituency.
Nandish Reddy is the BJP candidate and the Congress and JD(S) candidates are A Krishnappa and Muniswamy respectively. B T Naganna of Lok Paritran, the party of ex-IITians is also in the run. CPI(M) candidate Gowramma has contested in this election.
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