The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Karnataka state in India. Karnataka is one of the six states in India, where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses. The two houses are the Vidhan Sabha (lower house) and the Vidhan Parishad (upper house).

In summer, the seat of the Legislative Assembly is in Bangalore, the capital of the state, while in winter it is at Belagavi, in the northern part of the state. The term of the Legislative Assembly is five years, unless dissolved earlier. Presently, it comprises 224 members who are directly elected from single-seat constituencies.

Since the independence of India, the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) have been given Reservation status, guaranteeing political representation, and the Constitution lays down the general principles of positive discrimination for SCs and STs. The 2011 census of India stated that indigenous people constitute 7% of the state's total population, while people from the Scheduled Castes constitute 17.5% of the total population. Accordingly, the Scheduled Tribes have been granted a reservation of 15 seats in the assembly, while 36 constituencies are reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Castes.

Current constituencies

The following is a list of the constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly since the delimitation of legislative assembly constituencies in 2008. # Name District Lok SabhaconstituencyVoters / electors Map 1NippaniBelagaviChikkodi2,26,662 2Chikkodi-Sadalga2,24,693 3Athani2,29,195 4Kagwad1,95,985 5Kudachi (SC)1,93,564 6Raibag (SC)2,11,461 7Hukkeri2,08,204 8ArabhaviBelgaum2,48,632 9Gokak2,56,471 10Yemkanmardi (ST)Chikkodi2,03,082 11Belgaum UttarBelgaum2,51,578 12Belgaum Dakshin2,48,626 13Belgaum Rural2,59,537 14KhanapurUttara Kannada2,14,456 15Kittur1,95,886 16BailhongalBelgaum1,95,828 17Saundatti Yellamma1,99,847 18Ramdurg2,03,880 19Mudhol (SC)BagalkotBagalkot2,01,307 20Terdal2,27,749 21Jamkhandi2,14,797 22Bilgi2,31,594 23Badami2,20,435 24Bagalkot2,45,532 25Hungund2,22,676 26MuddebihalVijayapura Bijapur2,17,281 27Devar Hippargi2,19,228 28Basavana Bagevadi2,10,088 29Babaleshwar2,17,491 30Bijapur City2,81,726 31Nagathan (SC)2,69,309 32Indi2,42,910 33Sindagi2,36,670 34AfzalpurKalaburagiGulbarga2,28,171 35Jevargi2,39,914 36Shorapur (ST)YadgirRaichur2,75,483 37Shahapur2,38,979 38Yadgir2,37,435 39GurmitkalGulbarga2,48,181 40Chittapur (SC)Kalaburagi2,35,755 41Sedam2,25,688 42Chincholi (SC)Bidar2,03,600 43Gulbarga Rural (SC)Gulbarga2,57,752 44Gulbarga Dakshin2,79,251 45Gulbarga Uttar3,07,091 46Aland Bidar2,41,750 47BasavakalyanBidar2,46,581 48Humnabad2,45,996 49Bidar South2,05,201 50Bidar2,28,035 51Bhalki2,30,959 52Aurad (SC)2,19,444 53Raichur Rural (ST)RaichurRaichur2,29,071 54Raichur2,32,744 55Manvi (ST)2,33,867 56Devadurga (ST)2,33,492 57Lingsugur (SC)2,55,628 58SindhanurKoppal2,39,285 59Maski (ST)2,11,183 60KushtagiKoppal2,33,835 61Kanakagiri (SC)2,24,068 62Gangawati2,02,243 63Yelburga2,23,211 64Koppal2,54,021 65Shirahatti (SC)GadagHaveri2,26,999 66Gadag2,22,792 67Ron2,32,510 68NargundBagalkot1,87,212 69NavalgundDharwadDharwad2,07,237 70Kundgol1,86,825 71Dharwad2,14,132 72Hubli-Dharwad East (SC)2,09,530 73Hubli-Dharwad Central2,49,371 74Hubli-Dharwad West2,63,230 75Kalghatgi1,94,742 76HaliyalUttara KannadaUttara Kannada1,81,519 77Karwar2,19,544 78Kumta1,88,894 79Bhatkal2,22,794 80Sirsi2,00,755 81Yellapur1,82,472 82HangalHaveriHaveri2,11,927 83ShiggaonDharwad2,26,226 84Haveri (SC)Haveri2,33,307 85Byadgi2,08,910 86Hirekerur1,85,982 87Ranebennur2,37,234 88Hoovina Hadagali (SC)VijayanagaraBellary1,91,338 89Hagaribommanahalli (SC)2,30,042 90Vijayanagara2,49,956 91Kampli (ST)Ballary2,14,473 92Siruguppa (ST)Koppal2,17,209 93Bellary Rural (ST) Bellary2,38,361 94Bellary City2,59,221 95Sandur (ST)2,23,337 96Kudligi (ST)VijayanagaraBellary2,03,802 97Molakalmuru (ST)ChitradurgaChitradurga2,43,788 98Challakere (ST)2,20,968 99Chitradurga2,62,552 100Hiriyur2,43,619 101Hosadurga1,97,693 102Holalkere (SC)2,35,346 103Jagalur (ST)DevangereDavangere1,93,028 104HarapanahalliVijayanagara2,17,175 105HariharDevangere2,07,589 106Davanagere North2,41,278 107Davanagere South2,10,708 108Mayakonda (SC)1,91,421 109Channagiri1,99,517 110Honnali1,99,012 111Shimoga Rural (SC)ShimogaShimoga2,12,458 112Bhadravati2,12,359 113Shimoga2,60,757 114Tirthahalli1,88,267 115Shikaripura1,98,883 116Soraba1,95,341 117Sagar2,05,262 118ByndoorUdupi2,35,716 119KundapuraUdupi Chikmagalur2,09,592 120Udupi2,16,989 121Kapu1,89,007 122Karkala1,90,611 123SringeriChikmagalur1,70,579 124Mudigere (SC)1,72,084 125Chikmagalur2,30,738 126Tarikere1,93,745 127KadurHassan2,06,584 128ChiknayakanhalliTumakuruTumkur2,18,952 129Tiptur1,84,334 130Turuvekere1,82,717 131KunigalBangalore Rural1,98,794 132Tumkur CityTumkur2,58,925 133Tumkur Rural2,08,826 134Koratagere (SC)2,04,692 135Gubbi1,81,139 136SiraChitradurga2,23,648 137Pavagada (SC)1,93,100 138MadhugiriTumkur1,93,581 139GauribidanurChikkaballapuraChikballapur2,10,462 140Bagepalli2,01,055 141Chikkaballapur2,09,846 142SidlaghattaKolar2,03,564 143Chintamani2,25,460 144SrinivaspurKolar2,16,763 145Mulbagal (SC)2,16,636 146Kolar Gold Field (SC)1,99,982 147Bangarapet (SC)2,05,294 148Kolar2,40,487 149Malur1,92,717 150YelahankaBangalore Urban Chikballapur4,39,087 151KrishnarajapuramBangalore North5,10,777 152Byatarayanapura5,08,799 153Yeshwantpur5,64,208 154RajarajeshwarinagarBangalore Rural4,85,815 155DasarahalliBangalore North4,57,187 156Mahalakshmi Layout2,92,040 157Malleshwaram2,27,484 158Hebbal2,88,971 159Pulakeshinagar (SC)2,39,090 160SarvagnanagarBangalore Central3,66,876 161C. V. Raman Nagar (SC)2,71,340 162Shivajinagar1,94,070 163Shanti Nagar2,20,880 164Gandhi Nagar2,31,449 165Rajaji Nagar2,07,557 166Govindraj NagarBangalore South2,96,389 167Vijay Nagar3,05,856 168ChamrajpetBangalore Central2,29,914 169ChickpetBangalore South2,21,216 170Basavanagudi2,33,600 171Padmanabhanagar2,78,959 172B.T.M. Layout2,75,067 173Jayanagar2,10,079 174Mahadevapura (SC)Bangalore Central6,07,255 175BommanahalliBangalore South4,52,808 176Bangalore SouthBangalore Rural6,95,797 177Anekal (SC)4,02,620 178HosakoteBangalore RuralChikballapur2,34,098 179Devanahalli (SC)2,12,209 180Doddaballapur2,14,240 181Nelamangala (SC)2,17,473 182MagadiRamanagaraBangalore Rural2,33,433 183Ramanagaram2,16,086 184Kanakapura2,24,987 185Channapatna2,30,381 186Malavalli (SC)MandyaMandya2,48,577 187Maddur2,13,854 188Melukote2,00,184 189Mandya2,24,370 190Shrirangapattana2,13,244 191Nagamangala2,14,272 192Krishnarajapet2,19,983 193ShravanabelagolaHassanHassan2,05,242 194Arsikere2,16,204 195Belur1,97,840 196Hassan2,28,436 197Holenarasipur2,20,511 198Arkalgud2,27,985 199Sakleshpur (SC)2,05,876 200BelthangadyDakshina KannadaDakshina Kannada2,28,941 201Moodabidri2,05,099 202Mangalore City North2,49,464 203Mangalore City South2,45,805 204Mangalore2,05,149 205Bantval2,28,415 206Puttur2,12,848 207Sullia (SC)2,06,210 208MadikeriKodaguMysore2,32,799 209Virajpet2,24,936 210PeriyapatnaMysore1,95,631 211KrishnarajanagaraMandya2,18,050 212HunsurMysore2,41,653 213Heggadadevankote (ST)Chamarajanagar2,25,857 214Nanjangud (SC)2,20,420 215ChamundeshwariMysore3,29,223 216Krishnaraja2,50,435 217Chamaraja2,46,297 218Narasimharaja2,88,775 219VarunaChamarajanagar2,34,533 220T. Narasipur (SC)2,04,865 221HanurChamarajanagar2,21,630 222Kollegal (SC)2,16,643 223Chamarajanagar2,09,521 224Gundlupet2,13,888

Former constituencies

#NameReserved for(SC/ST/)District RemarksAnkolaUttara KannadaBagepalli GudibandeKolar districtBallolliBijapur districtBangalore NorthBangalore districtBannurMysore districtBaradolBijapur districtBelgaumBelagavi districtBelgaum IBelagavi districtBelgaum IIBelagavi districtBellaryBallari districtBellaviTumakuru districtBethamangalaKolar districtBhagamandala NadKodagu districtPart of Coorg State until 31 October 1956 (before merger to Mysore State)BharamasagaraChitradurga districtBharathinagarBengaluru Urban districtBijapur Bijapur districtBiligereMysore districtBinnypetBengaluru Urban districtBirurChikmagalur districtBrahmavarUdupi districtBroadwayBengaluru Urban districtChandrashekarapuraTumakuru districtChannarayapatnaHassan districtChikkodi Belagavi districtChikmagalur MudigereChikmagalur districtCubbonpetBangalore districtDavanagereDavanagere districtDharwad RuralDharwad districtFortBangalore districtGandasiHassan districtGokak IBelagavi districtGokak IIBelagavi districtGulbarga Gulbarga districtGuledgud Bagalkot districtGulurTumakuru districtGundlupet HeggadadevanakoteMysore districtHalasuruBangalore districtHebburTumakuru districtHire BagewadiBelagavi districtHolehonnurShimoga districtHonnavarUttara KannadaHubli CityDharwad districtHubli RuralDharwad districtHosakote AnekalBangalore districtHosanagarShimoga districtHospetBallari districtHuliyurdurgaTumakuru districtHulsoorBidar districtHuvina HippargiBijapur districtJavagalHassan districtJayamahalBengaluru Urban districtKalgiKalaburagi districtKallambellaTumakuru districtKalmalaRaichur districtKamalapurGulbarga districtKeragoduMandya districtKiragavalMandya districtKoraTumakuru districtKoratagere-MadhugiriTumakuru districtKotturBellary districtKudurBangalore districtKurugoduBellary districtKushalnagarKodagu districtPart of Coorg State until 31 October 1956 (before merger to Mysore State)Madikeri TownKodagu districtPart of Coorg State until 31 October 1956 (before merger to Mysore State)Mangalore CityDakshina KannadaMulbagal SrinivasapurKolar districtMundargiGadag districtMurnadKodagu districtPart of Coorg State until 31 October 1956 (before merger to Mysore State)Mysore City NorthMysore districtMysore City SouthMysore districtMysore TalukMysore districtPalyaMysore districtPandavapuraMandya districtPanemangaloreDakshina KannadaParasgad Belagavi districtRobertsonpetKolar districtSadalga Belagavi districtSagar HosanagarShimoga districtSampagaon IBelagavi districtSampagaon IIBelagavi districtSankeshwar Belagavi districtSanthemarahalliChamarajanagar districtSathanurBangalore Rural districtSantpurBidar districtShahabadGulbarga districtSanivarasantheKodagu districtPart of Coorg State until 31 October 1956 (before merger to Mysore State)Sidlaghatta ChikballapurKolar districtSolurBangalore districtSomvarpetKodagu districtSomwarpet NorthKodagu districtPart of Coorg State until 31 October 1956 (before merger to Mysore State)Somwarpet SouthKodagu districtPart of Coorg State until 31 October 1956 (before merger to Mysore State)Soraba ShikaripurShimoga districtSt. John's HillBengaluru Urban districtSuntikoppaKodagu districtPart of Coorg State until 31 October 1956 (before merger to Mysore State)SurathkalDakshina KannadaTalikotiBijapur districtTirthahalli KoppaShimoga district and Chikmagalur districtTikotaBijapur districtTumkurTumkur districtUchagaonBelagavi districtUllalDakshina KannadaUttarahalli Bengaluru Urban districtVarthurBengaluru Urban districtVemgal Kolar districtVittalDakshina KannadaVirupakshipuraBangalore districtYelandurMysore district

See also State legislative assemblies of India Karnataka Legislative Assembly

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