Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda or Devegowda is an Indian politician who served as the 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 after V. P. Singh and Jyoti Basu declined the post and he 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.
Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna is an Indian politician who served as Minister of External Affairs of India from 2009 to October 2012. He was the 10th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1999 to 2004 and the 19th Governor of Maharashtra from 2004 to 2008. SM Krishna had served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Vidhan Sabha from December 1989 to January 1993. He was also a member of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha at various times from 1971 to 2014. In 2023,Krishna was awarded the Padma Vibhushan,the second highest civilian award of India.
The Janata Dal (Secular) (transl. People's Party (Secular);abbr.JD(S)) is an Indian political party recognised as a state party in the Indian states 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.
Dharam Narayan Singh was an Indian politician who served as the 11th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 28 May 2004 to 28 January 2006 and Member of the Lok Sabha from Bidar Lok Sabha constituency,in 15th Lok Sabha from 2009 to 2014.
Siddaramaiah,also referred to by his nickname Siddu,is an Indian politician who is serving as the 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka from 20 May 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 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 the 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.
Haradanahalli Devegowda Kumaraswamy is an Indian politician and film producer who is serving as the Minister of Heavy Industries and Steel of India since 10 June 2024. He also served as the 18th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 2018 to 2019 and previously from 2006 to 2007. He was also the leader of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 2013 to 2014. He is currently the president of the Karnataka State Janata Dal (Secular). He is a member of Lok Sabha,having been elected from Mandya and the former member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Channapatna from 2018 to 2024,Ramanagara from 2004 to 2009 and from 2013 to 2018. He is the son of former prime minister of India &former Chief Minister of Karnataka H. D. Deve Gowda.
The politics of Karnataka is represented by three major political parties,the Indian National Congress,the Janata Dal (Secular) and the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Janata Dal (Secular) and the Indian National Congress led coalition government was in power in the state since May,2018,till July,2019. H.D. Kumaraswamy of the Janata Dal (Secular) was the Chief Minister from 23 May,2018,to 23 July,2019. Now Siddaramaiah of INC is incumbent,forming the government since 20 May 2023.
Daradahalli Byregowda Chandregowda was an Indian politician who was Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly,three-term MLA,one-term MLC,and Member of Parliament—three-terms from Lok Sabha and one-term from Rajya Sabha.
The 1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election took place in October 1999 in 224 constituencies in Karnataka,India. The elections were conducted to elect the government in the state of Karnataka for the next five years.
R. Roshan Baig is a former seven-time member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and Minister from South Indian state of Karnataka. He has also been vice-chairman of the Al-Ameen Educational Society. A seven-time MLA,from 1984 to 1994 he was the member of the Janata Party for the first two terms as the MLA and from 1994 to 2019 he was the member of the Indian National Congress for 5 of his MLA terms. Baig was suspended from the Indian National Congress in 2019 after he insulted top Congress leaders for the party's poor performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls,Roshan Baig had held former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's "arrogance" and Dinesh Gundu Rao's "immaturity" responsible for the "flop show". He was also blamed for praising Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiatives for inclusive development.
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%.
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.
Kandam Ramaiah Ramesh Kumar is an Indian politician who was the 16th speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 25 May 2018 to 29 July 2019,previously from 1994 to 1999 and member of the Indian National Congress from the state of Karnataka.
Byatarayanapura is an Assembly constituency under Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency. Krishna Byre Gowda is currently the sitting MLA.
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 14 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.
Vemagal was one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka,a southern state of India. It was also part of Kolar Lok Sabha constituency.
Syed Mohid Altaf is an advocate by profession,educationist,politician from Karnataka and former Special representative of the Government of Karnataka to the Union Government.
Vadigenahalli Munishamappa Muniyapppa is an Indian politician who was the Minister of Sericulture department (1991),Minister of Energy (1993) and Minister of Mines &Geology (1999) in cabinet of S. Bangarappa,Veerappa Moily and S. M. Krishna respectively. Currently he is a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Sidlaghatta Constituency. He has been contesting Member of the Legislative Assembly elections from Sidlaghatta of Chikkaballapur district since 1983 as a candidate of Indian National Congress. He is one of the senior leaders of Indian National Congress- Karnataka and elected six times as Member of the Legislative Assembly from Sidlaghatta. He was selected as a candidate to contest Member of Legislative Assembly nine times and one time for Member of Parliament (1996).
Sharanabasappa Gouda Darshanapur,also known as Sharanabasappa Darshanapur is an Indian politician,He was born in Darshanapur village in shahapur taluk,Shahapur in Yadgir District,Karnataka. He is currently serving as the Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Shahapur. He is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is a Civil Engineer graduate from PDA Engineering college in Gulbarga.
Chowdadenahalli Byre Gowda was an Indian politician who served as a cabinet minister in the State of Karnataka. He served as the Minister of Agriculture from 1996 to 1999 in the cabinet of Chief Minister J. H. Patel.
