Friday, May 9, 2008

K.R. Puram has the largest number of voters


BANGALORE: K.R. Puram is a new Assembly constituency in the Greater Bangalore region and it has the largest number of voters among the 21 constituencies. Carved out from the erstwhile Varthur Assembly constituency (which no longer exists) and a few parts of Hoskote Assembly constituency, it has predominantly urban characteristics.
All wards of the erstwhile K.R. Puram City Municipal Council, and wards 3 to 11 of Mahadevapura City Municipal Council, which includes Sanna Thimmanahalli, Medahalli, Bhattrahalli, K.R. Puram, Ramamurthy Nagar, Doorvaninagar, Chikkabasavanapura, Devasandra, Vijnanapura, A. Narayanapura, Singayyanapalya, Annayyanapalya, Mahadevpura, Benniganahalli, Vibhuthipura and Vimanapura.
As many as 10 villages, K. Narayanapura, Kottanur, N. Nagenahalli, Kyalasanahalli, Geddalahalli, Horamavu Agara, K. Channasandra, Kalkere, Horamavu and Chalkere, that were included within the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike limits when the Greater Bangalore area was formed, are also part of this constituency.
Six polling booths from Bhattrahalli and Shegehalli of Hoskote Assembly constituency have been included in this segment, which is part of Bangalore North Parliamentary constituency. HAL Airport and ITI Colony are prominent land marks of this new constituency.

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