Spread over either side of the national highway that links the Kempegowda International Airport (KIA), the Byatarayanapura Assembly constituency has tech parks, large residential pockets, semi-urban and rural areas close to the airport, and a good number of lakes.
After representing the constituency for three straight terms, former Minister Krishna Byre Gowda from the Congress is again seeking the mandate of voters.
In the previous elections, Mr. Byre Gowda defeated the nearest contender from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) A. Ravi by 5,671 votes. However, he defeated Mr. Ravi in the 2013 elections by a massive margin of 32,299 votes. The drop in margin had rekindled hopes in the BJP that there have a better chance to win the constituency that has remained a stronghold of the Congress.
