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.
Siddaramaiah,also referred to by his nickname Siddu,is an Indian politician who is serving as the 22nd 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.
Haradanahalli Deve Gowda Kumaraswamy,known among followers as Kumaranna,is an Indian politician,film producer and businessman who served as the 12th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 2018 to 2019 and previously from 2006 to 2007. He also the leader of the oppsition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 2013 to 2014. He is a current president of the Karnataka State Janata Dal (Secular),member of Lok Sabha and the current member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Channapatna since 2018,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.
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 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
Hassan Lok Sabha constituency is in Karnataka state in Southern India. The constituency was represented by Former Prime Minister H.D. Deve Gowda from 1991 to 1994,1998 to 1999 and again from 2004 and 2014. This constituency comprises Hassan district and Kaduru Taluk in Chikmagaluru district.
Hardanahalli Devegowda Revanna is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka,and a member of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Karnataka,representing the Holenarasipur constituency in Hassan district. His political party is Janata Dal (Secular).
Chikkamagaluru Lok Sabha Constituency was a former Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituency in Karnataka state in southern India. With the implementation of the delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008,it ceased to exist.
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.
Gangasandra Siddappa Basavaraj is an Indian politician. He is a member of Lok Sabha (2019–present),elected from Tumkur constituency in 2019. He started his political career with Congress,and is now a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He defeated former prime minister Sri H. D. Deve Gowda in the 2019 Indian general elections by a margin of nearly 15,000 votes in Tumkur Lok Sabha Constituency. He has been elected to Lok Sabha from Tumkur five times,in 1984,1989 and 1999 as member of Indian National Congress,and in 2009 and 2019 as member of BJP. In 2004 elections,he finished third as Congress candidate behind BJP and JD-S candidates in Tumkur. He joined BJP after this defeat. In 2014 he was the losing candidate for BJP. However,he defeated the political think-tank HD Deve Gowda in the same constituency in the 2019 Indian general election
A. Manju is an Indian Politician from the state of Karnataka. He was a four-term member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the Arkalgud constituency.
Nikhil Kumaraswamy is an Indian actor and politician known for his work in Kannada films. He made his acting debut with the Kannada-Telugu bilingual film Jaguar (2016).
H. N. Nanje Gowda was an Indian politician from Karnataka.
Malavalli Venkatappa Chandrashekara Murthy,sometimes spelled M. V. Chandrashekhara Murthy,was an Indian Union Minister of State for Finance and a member of parliament representing Kanakapura of Karnataka State in the 6th,7th,8th,9th,10th and 13th Lok Sabhas.
Magadi Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka a south state of India. It is also part of Bangalore Rural 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.
Deve Gowda ministry was the Council of Ministers in Karnataka,a state in South India headed by H. D. Deve Gowda that was formed after the 1994 Karnataka elections.
Suraj Revanna is an Indian politician and physician who is serving as a Member of Karnataka Legislative Council from Hassan district. His political party is the Janata Dal (Secular).
