Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda is an Indian politician who served as the 11th prime minister of India from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997. He was previously the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996. He presently is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha representing Karnataka. He is the national president of the Janata Dal (Secular) party.Born in a farming family,he joined the Indian National Congress party in 1953,and remained a member until 1962. He was imprisoned during the Emergency. He became President of the state unit of Janata Dal in 1994,and was considered to be a driving force in the party's victory in Karnataka. He served as the 8th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996. In the 1996 general elections,no party won enough seats to form a government. When the United Front,a coalition of regional parties,formed the central government with the support of the Congress,Deve Gowda was unexpectedly chosen to head the government and was elected Prime Minister. During his tenure as prime minister,he also served as Home Minister for some time. His prime ministerial tenure lasted for less than a year. After his prime ministerial tenure,he was elected to the 12th (1998),14th (2004),15th,and 16th Lok Sabha,as Member of Parliament for the Hassan Lok Sabha constituency. He lost Lok Sabha elections in 2019 from Tumkuru but has been elected to Rajya Sabha since.
The Janata Dal (Secular) (transl. People Party (Secular);abbr.JD(S)) is an Indian regional political party recognised as a state party in the state of Karnataka,Kerala and Arunachal Pradesh. It was founded by the former prime minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda in July 1999 as a breakaway faction from the Janata Dal. It has a political presence mainly in Karnataka. In Kerala,the party is a part of the Left Democratic Front.
Siddaramaiah,also referred to by his nickname Siddu,is an Indian politician who is serving as the 24th Chief Minister of Karnataka since 2023. He also held that position previously from 2013 to 2018,being only the second person to hold that office for a full five-year term. He belongs to the Indian National Congress and is presently the leader of the Congress Legislative Party. He represented the Varuna Assembly constituency from 2023,previously from 2008 to 2018,Badami Assembly constituency from 2018 to 2023,and from Chamundeshwari Assembly constituency from 2004 to 2007,1994 to 1999 and from 1983 to 1989 in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1996 to 1999 and from 2004 to 2005 while he was a member of the Janata Dal and Janata Dal (Secular). He also served as the Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly on two occasions from 2019 to 2023 and from 2009 to 2013. Siddaramaiah was a member of various Janata Parivar factions for several years.
Chandrashekhar H. Vijayashankar was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Mysore constituency of Karnataka and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party political party. He was elected member of Karnataka legislative assembly from Hunsur in 1994. In 1998,he was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha from Mysore Lok Sabha constituency.
The 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held on 5 May 2013 to elect members from 223 constituencies in the Indian state of Karnataka. The election for the Piriyapatna constituency was postponed to 28 May 2013 due to the death of the BJP candidate for the seat. The voter turnout in the state was 70.23%.
Hanumanthagowda Krishnegowda Patil is an Indian politician from Gadag in Karnataka,India. He is the current Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs,Government of Karnataka. He was the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister in the Government of Karnataka headed by Siddaramaiah. He currently represents the Gadag Assembly Constituency in Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
Halahalli Shreekantha Shetti Mahadeva Prasad was an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka and five-time Member of the Legislative Assembly from the Gundlupet constituency of the Chamarajanagar district. He first won the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections in 1994 while representing Janata Dal. He was re-elected in five straight subsequent elections in 1999,2004,2008 and 2013. Throughout his political career he had been member of Janata Dal,Janata Dal (United),Janata Dal (Secular) and the Indian National Congress. At the time of his death in January 2017,he was the incumbent state minister for Cooperation and Sugar in the Government of Karnataka led by Siddaramaiah as Chief Minister.
Kagodu Thimmappa is an Indian retired politician who was the 21st speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and member of the Indian National Congress and a former member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly elected from the Sagar. He became the Speaker of the 14th Assembly in May 2013. He served as the Minister of Revenue and Muzrai in the Siddaramaiah cabinet between 2016 and 2018,before retiring from active politics.
P. T. Parameshwar Naik is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He is a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the Hoovina Hadagali constituency.
Baburao Chinchansur is an Indian politician and who served as an MLA represented Gurmitkal for three terms and Chittapur for two terms from the state of Karnataka and served as a Minister of Textiles,Ports &Inland Transport of Karnataka from 2013 to 2016. He also served as a Member of Karnataka Legislative Council from 2022 to 2023.
Manohar Tahsildar is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka.
Holalkere Anjaneya is an Indian Politician from the state of Karnataka. He is a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the Holalkere constituency.
Abhayachandra Jain is an Indian Politician from the state of Karnataka. He was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the Moodabidri constituency. He is the honourable president of excellent PU college Moodbidri.
Ramappa Balappa Timmapur is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is currently serving as Cabinet Minister in Government of Karnataka &as a member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Mudhol. He is a former member of Karnataka Legislative Council. He is a leader of the Indian National Congress.
Tanveer Aziz Sait is an Indian politician who was the Minister of State for Primary and Secondary Education of Karnataka from 2016 to 2018. He is Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Narasimharaja constituency since May 2002. Sait is a five-term member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.
Basavaraj Rayareddy is an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress from the state of Karnataka. Rayareddy is a six-term member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and a one-term member of the 11th Lok Sabha. In June 2016 Rayareddy was inducted into the Siddaramaiah led government of Karnataka as a cabinet minister and was the Higher Education Minister.
The 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held on 12 May 2018 in 222 constituencies to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The election was postponed in Jayanagar and Rajarajeshwari Nagar,following the death of the MLA B. N. Vijaya Kumar and a voter fraud scandal respectively till 28 May. The election saw a voter turnout of 72.13 per cent,the highest in Karnataka since several decades. The counting of votes took place on 15 May 2018.
Hullappa Yamanappa Meti is an Indian politician. He is a member of Indian National Congress,a member of the 14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly,and a former minister in the Siddaramaiah cabinet. In the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election,Meti was elected from the Bagalkot assembly constituency,polling 68,216 votes. In the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election,he lost to Veerabhadrayya Charantimath of BJP,by a margin of 15,934 votes.
Hanumappa Nagesh is an Indian politician and a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the constituency of Mulbagal of Kolar district as an independent candidate. He was the minister for small scale industries from the commerce department in the coalition government led by H. D. Kumaraswamy. Later he withdrew his support to the coalition government with its further downfall. He served as Minister For Excise department in B.S. Yediyurappa Cabinet from 20 August 2019. He also served as a Minister for Skill development,Entrepreneurship and Livelihood. On 14th January 2023,He joined the Congress party along with his supporters at the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee office in the presence of state president D K Shivakumar and legislature party leader Siddaramaiah.
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