Srinivasapur Assembly constituency


Srinivaspur Assembly constituency is one of the seats in Karnataka Legislative Assembly in India. It is part of Kolar Lok Sabha constituency. Venkata Shiva Reddy is the incumbent MLA, elected in 2023.
The election in 2023 was the tenth consecutive time that K. R. Ramesh Kumar and Venkata Shiva Reddy had contested against each other, K. R. Ramesh Kumar winning five times and Venkata Shiva Reddy also winning five times. Ramesh Kumar has won this seat one more time but against another candidate. K. R. Ramesh Kumar became speaker of the assembly in 2018, and was in the news when a no-onfidence motion against H. D. Kumaraswamy in 2019 dragged out too long, resulting in a clash between the governor and the government. K. R. Ramesh Kumar stepped down as speaker after his coalition was reduced to a minority.

Election results

2013

  • K. R. Ramesh Kumar : 83,426 votes
  • G. K. Venkata Shiva Reddy : 79,533 votes

1983 to 2008

  • 1983 Assembly: G.K. Venkatashiva Reddy defeated K. R. Ramesh Kumar
  • 1985 Assembly: K. R. Ramesh Kumar beat G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy of the Indian National Congress
  • 1989 Assembly: G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy beat K. R. Ramesh Kumar
  • 1994 Assembly: K. R. Ramesh Kumar beat G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy of the Indian National Congress
  • 1999 Assembly: G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy beat K. R. Ramesh Kumar
  • 2004 Assembly: K. R. Ramesh Kumar beat G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy
  • 2008 Assembly: G.K. Venkata Shiva Reddy beat K. R. Ramesh Kumar

1978

  • K. R. Ramesh Kumar : 31,867 votes
  • R.G. Narayanareddy : 12,067 votes

1972

1967

  • B. L. Narayanswamy : 18,801 votes
  • S. B. Reddy : 16,094 votes

1962