R. Ashoka — MLA, Padmanabhanagar (Bharatiya Janata Party)
R. Ashoka
R. Ashoka is the MLA from the Padmanabhanagar assembly constituency in Karnataka, representing the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 16th Karnataka Legislative Assembly (elected 2023).
Member identity and party: Karnataka Legislative Assembly, member list, cross-checked with PRS Legislative Research. Sitting-member roster checked on 17 October 2026. Party labels retain the elected party unless a formal change is verified.
Padmanabhanagar constituency
Padmanabhanagar is seat number 171 of the 224 in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and lies in Bangalore Urban district. It is a general (unreserved) seat. The seat had about 278,959 registered electors at the last election.
At a general election Padmanabhanagar votes as part of the Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency, whose sitting member is listed on this site.
Bharatiya Janata Party in the Karnataka assembly
Bharatiya Janata Party holds 65 of the 224 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, against a majority mark of 113. R. Ashoka was returned from Padmanabhanagar in 2023.
Other MLAs in Bangalore Urban district
Bangalore Urban district returns 28 members to the Karnataka assembly. The others are:
- S R Vishwanath — Yelahanka, Bharatiya Janata Party
- B. A. Basavaraja — Krishnarajapuram, Bharatiya Janata Party
- Krishna Byregowda — Byatarayanapura, Indian National Congress
- S.T. Somashekar — Yeshwantpur, Bharatiya Janata Party
- Munirathna — Rajarajeshwarinagar, Bharatiya Janata Party
- S. Muniraju — Dasarahalli, Bharatiya Janata Party
- K. Gopalaiah — Mahalakshmi Layout, Bharatiya Janata Party
- Ashwath Narayan C N — Malleshwaram, Bharatiya Janata Party
- Suresha B S — Hebbal, Indian National Congress
- A C Srinivasa — Pulakeshinagar, Indian National Congress
- Kelachandra Joseph George — Sarvagnanagar, Indian National Congress
- S. Raghu — C. V. Raman Nagar, Bharatiya Janata Party
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly
The assembly has 224 seats and was last elected in 2023. The next election is expected in April–May 2028.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is the MLA of Padmanabhanagar?
- R. Ashoka of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the sitting MLA for Padmanabhanagar, elected in 2023.
- Which party does R. Ashoka belong to?
- R. Ashoka represents the Bharatiya Janata Party, which holds 65 of the 224 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
- Which district is Padmanabhanagar constituency in?
- Padmanabhanagar is seat number 171 and lies in Bangalore Urban district of Karnataka.
- Is Padmanabhanagar a reserved constituency?
- Padmanabhanagar is a general (unreserved) seat.
- Which Lok Sabha seat does Padmanabhanagar fall under?
- Padmanabhanagar is one of the assembly segments of the Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency.
- How many voters are there in Padmanabhanagar?
- Padmanabhanagar had about 278,959 registered electors at the last assembly election.
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हिंदी में जानकारी
R. Ashoka, Karnataka की Padmanabhanagar विधानसभा सीट से विधायक हैं। पार्टी: Bharatiya Janata Party। निर्वाचन: 2023 के विधानसभा चुनाव।
Padmanabhanagar सीट Bangalore Urban ज़िले में है और इसमें लगभग 2,78,959 मतदाता हैं। सीट का पूरा विवरण Padmanabhanagar विधानसभा क्षेत्र पर देखें।
मतदाता सूची में अपना नाम देखने, नया वोटर आईडी बनवाने या उसमें सुधार कराने के लिए मतदाता गाइड देखें। यदि आप चुनाव लड़ने की तैयारी कर रहे हैं तो चुनाव प्रचार सेवाएँ देखें।