Shimoga,officially known as Shivamogga,is a city and the district headquarters of Shimoga district in the central part of the state of Karnataka,India. The city lies on the banks of the Tunga River. Being the gateway for the hilly region of the Western Ghats,the city is popularly nicknamed the "Gateway of Malnad". The population of Shimoga city is 322,650 as per 2011 census. The city has been selected for the Smart Cities project,standing in the fourth position in the state and 25th in the country as of November 2020.
Siddaramanahundi Siddarame Gowda Siddaramaiah,also referred to by his nickname Siddu is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Karnataka from 13 May 2013 to 17 May 2018. He currently serves as the Leader of the Opposition in Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 9 December 2019. He belongs to Indian National Congress party and a member of Congress Working Committee.
Ramakrishna Mahabaleshwar Hegde was an Indian politician who served as the third Chief Minister of Karnataka for three terms between 1983 and 1988. He was elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1957,1962,1967,1983,1985 and 1989,and to the Rajya Sabha for two terms,1978–83 and 1996–2002. He also served as Minister of Commerce and Industry in the Union government (1998–1999).
Sarekoppa Bangarappa was an Indian politician who was the 6th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1990 to 1992.
K. S. Eshwarappa is an Indian senior Bharatiya Janata Party politician who was Minister of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj of Karnataka from 20 August 2019 to 14 April 2022. He was the 6th Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka from 2012 to 2013 headed by Jagdish Shettar. He was Minister of State for Rural development and Panchayat Raj of Karnataka from 20 August 2019 to 26 July 2021. He is a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Karnataka. On 20 August 2019 he was inducted as a Cabinet Minister in the BJP government led by B.S. Yediyurappa. He served as Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council (2014-2018).
Jayadevappa Halappa Patel was the 9th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 31 May 1996 to 7 October 1999.
Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa,often referred to by his initials BSY,is an Indian politician and statesman currently serving as a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party Parliamentary board committee since 17 August 2022,termed as the highest office of authority in the party. He served as the 13th Chief Minister of Karnataka,and currently a Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is also the only politician so far in Karnataka to have served four times as Chief Minister and three times as Leader of the Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He is the longest serving Chief Minister of Karnataka from BJP. He is a MLA from Shikaripura constituency in Shimoga district,from where he has been elected eight times.
The Government of Karnataka,abbreviated as,GoK,or simply Karnataka Government,formerly Government of Mysore,is a democratically-elected state body with the governor as the ceremonial head to govern the Southwest Indian state of Karnataka. The governor who is appointed for five years appoints the chief minister and on the advice of the chief minister appoints his council of ministers. Even though the governor remains the ceremonial head of the state,the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the chief minister and his council of ministers in whom a great amount of legislative powers are vested.
Prem Kumar Dhumal is an Indian politician and has twice served as the Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh,from March 1998 to March 2003 and again from 1 January 2008 to 25 December 2012. He was the Bharatiya Janata Party's Chief Ministerial candidate for the 2017 Himachal Assembly Election,in which he lost his seat.
Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha (Parliamentary) constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. Currently the seat is held by Tejasvi Surya of Bharatiya Janata Party who won against B. K. Hariprasad of Indian National Congress by a margin of 3,31,192 votes in the 2019 Indian general election.
Nalin Kumar Niranjan Shetty Kateel is an Indian politician who is the current and 9th State President of Bharatiya Janata Party of Karnataka since from 20 August 2019 and Member of Parliament from Dakshina Kannada constituency since from 2009.
Sarekoppa Vasanth Kumar (Kumar Bangarappa) (born 28 September 1963) is an Indian actor and politician from Karnataka.
Basavaraj Somappa Bommai is an Indian politician and engineer who is the current and 17th Chief Minister of Karnataka. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the legislature of Karnataka for Shiggaon,from where he has been elected three times since 2008. He is graduate in Mechanical engineering,Bommai started his political career with the Janata Dal. Between 1998 and 2008,he was a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council.
Araga Jnanendra is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister of Home Department Excluding Intelligence Wing of Karnataka from 04 August 2021. He is the Member of the Karnataka Legislative assembly from Thirthahalli constituency.
Prasanna Kumar Basavalingappa better known as B. Prasanna Kumar is an Indian politician. He was a Member of Legislative Assembly for Yelahanka constituency from 1999 to 2008 and Pulakeshinagar constituency from 2008 to 2013.
Madhu Bangarappa is an Indian politician,producer and actor from Karnataka. Karnataka state Congress declared him as OBC president of state.
Vasudev Sunil Kumar is an Indian politician who is the current Minister of Kannada and Culture and the Energy Department of Karnataka from 4 August 2021. He is the member of the legislative assembly from Bharatiya Janata Party representing Karkala constituency. Before he served as Chief Whip of BJP Government in Karnataka Legislative Assembly. In November 2020,he was appointed the Co-Incharge of BJP in Kerala.
Khimi Ram Sharma is an Indian politician from the federating unit of Himachal Pradesh of the state of India. He started his career as a Government school teacher serving in different sub divisions in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh. Before he has also worked as a labourer in Public Works Department in Kullu district. He has been elected onto dignified posts since he first contested his election as Zila parishad chairman in Kullu district. He served as MLA from Banjar assembly constituency of Kullu district twice since 2003 to 2012. He has also served as deputy speaker of Vidhan Sabha of Himachal Pradesh in 2007 and later he was elected as BJP chief of Himachal Pradesh. In 2011 he was in state cabinet as forest minister.
Shimoga Assembly constituency is one of the seats in Karnataka State Assembly in India. It is part of Shimoga Lok Sabha seat.
Legislative Assembly elections are scheduled to be held in Karnataka on 10 May 2023 to elect all 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The votes will be counted and the results will be declared on 13 May 2023.
