Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda 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.
Tumakuru district is an administrative district in the state of Karnataka in India. It is the third largest district in Karnataka by land area with an area of 10,598 km2, and fourth largest by Population. It is a one-and-a-half-hour drive from Bengaluru, the state capital. The district is known for the production of coconuts and is also called as 'Kalpataru Nadu'. It is the only discontiguous district in Karnataka.
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.
Somappa Rayappa Bommai was an Indian Politician who was the 4th Chief Minister of Karnataka. He was also the Human Resource Development Minister in the United Front government from 1996 to 1998. He is widely remembered as the champion for the landmark judgment of the Supreme Court of India, S. R. Bommai v. Union of India.
M. R. Seetharam is an Indian politician, entrepreneur, educationist and philanthropist from the state of Karnataka. He was nominated as a member of Legislative Council in 2012. He was the Minister for Planning, Statistics, Science and Technology in the Congress state Government.
Agrahara (Koratagere) is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Koratagere taluk of Tumkur district in Karnataka.
GangadharaiahParameshwara is an Indian politician who is currently serving as the Home Minister of Karnataka since 27 May 2023. He has also served as the seventh Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, and longest-serving President of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee for two consecutive terms.
N. Chaluvaraya Swamy is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is Cabinet Minister in Government of Karnataka & member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing Nagamangala. He belongs to Indian National Congress.
Gangasandra Siddappa Basavaraj is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is a five time MLA from Tumkur Lok Sabha constituency. He now represents Bharatiya Janata Party.
Thimmanahalli Boraiah Jayachandra is an Indian politician and former member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Indian National Congress. He served as the Minister of Law and Parliamentary Affairs for Karnataka before losing his seat in 2018 assembly elections.
S. R. Srinivas is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He is a five term member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and has remained undefeated in all the 6 elections he has faced in his lifetime, including his initial Zilla Panchayath election in 2000. Gubbi Srinivas is the only Vokkaliga MLA to have won 5 consecutive legislative elections without ever facing an electoral defeat in the history of Karnataka politics.
Veeranna Somanna is an Indian politician currently serving as Union Minister of State (MoS) in Ministry of Railways and Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India. He was the minister of housing and Infrastructure Development department of Karnataka from 4 August 2021 to 13 May 2023. He was Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Govindraj Nagara constituency from May 2018 to 13 May 2023.
Shantheyanda Veena Achaiah is an Indian politician and member of the Karnataka Legislative Council from the Indian National Congress (INC). She is a former president of the Kodagu District Congress Committee, while also having served as the president of the Kodagu Zilla Panchayat.
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.
Subhash Rukmaiah Guttedar is an Indian politician and former Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Aland as a Bharatiya Janata Party member. He was elected to Karnataka Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Aland vidhana sabha constituency in the years 2008, 1999 and 1994 and in 2013 and 2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly he lost from Aland vidhana sabha constituency. He has two sons, Santosh S Guttedar and Harshanand S Guttedar and one daughter.
Turuvekere Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. It is also part of Tumkur Lok Sabha constituency.
Koratagere Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. It is also part of Tumkur Lok Sabha constituency.
Sira is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, in South India. It is a segment of Chitradurga Lok Sabha constituency.
Kyathasandra N. Rajanna is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He is currently serving as Cabinet Minister for Cooperation in the Second Siddaramaiah Ministry. He is member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Indian National Congress (INC) representing Madhugiri. Having begun his career in the cooperative sector, Rajanna has previously served as director of National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India and president of the Karnataka State Co-operative Apex Bank Ltd.
M. T. Krishnappa is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is an MLA from Turuvekere Assembly constituency in Tumkur district. He won the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election representing Janata Dal (Secular).
