Vokkaligas hold a quarter of the seats in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly

in the old Mysuru region The districts comprising Ramanagara, Mandya, Mysuru, Chamarajanagara, Kodagu, Kolar, Tumakuru and Hassan are dominated by the Vokkaliga community. The region has 224 assembly constituencies, which account for more than one-fourth of the total number of seats in the 224 member house. In addition, a significant number of seats in Bengaluru Urban district (27 seats), Bengaluru Rural district (four seats) and Chikkaballapura (eight assembly constituencies) are dominated by the Vokkaliga community. Political activist Raje Gowda claimed that all of the 27 assembly constituencies in Bengaluru Urban district, except Anekal, are dominated by the Vokkaliga community. has dominance. This community has the power to influence the electoral equation in Bengaluru Rural district and Chikkaballapura as well.

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