S.T. Somashekar — MLA, Yeshwantpur (Bharatiya Janata Party)
S.T. Somashekar
S.T. Somashekar is the MLA from the Yeshwantpur 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.
Yeshwantpur constituency
Yeshwantpur is seat number 153 of the 224 in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and lies in Bangalore Urban district. It is a general (unreserved) seat. The seat had about 564,208 registered electors at the last election.
At a general election Yeshwantpur votes as part of the Bangalore North 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. S.T. Somashekar was returned from Yeshwantpur 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
- 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
- Rizwan Arshad — Shivajinagar, Indian National Congress
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 Yeshwantpur?
- S.T. Somashekar of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the sitting MLA for Yeshwantpur, elected in 2023.
- Which party does S.T. Somashekar belong to?
- S.T. Somashekar represents the Bharatiya Janata Party, which holds 65 of the 224 seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
- Which district is Yeshwantpur constituency in?
- Yeshwantpur is seat number 153 and lies in Bangalore Urban district of Karnataka.
- Is Yeshwantpur a reserved constituency?
- Yeshwantpur is a general (unreserved) seat.
- Which Lok Sabha seat does Yeshwantpur fall under?
- Yeshwantpur is one of the assembly segments of the Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency.
- How many voters are there in Yeshwantpur?
- Yeshwantpur had about 564,208 registered electors at the last assembly election.
MPs and MLAs explained
हिंदी में जानकारी
S.T. Somashekar, Karnataka की Yeshwantpur विधानसभा सीट से विधायक हैं। पार्टी: Bharatiya Janata Party। निर्वाचन: 2023 के विधानसभा चुनाव।
Yeshwantpur सीट Bangalore Urban ज़िले में है और इसमें लगभग 5,64,208 मतदाता हैं। सीट का पूरा विवरण Yeshwantpur 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।