Ayanur Manjunatha (born 14 November 1955) is an Indian politician. He is a member of

Rajya Sabha Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is the upper house of the Parliament of India and functions as the institutional representation of India’s federal units — the states and union territories.https://rajyasabha.nic.in/ It is a key component o ...

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Karnataka Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...

State for the term Jul 2010- July 2016. He was a member of

Janata Dal (Secular) {{Infobox Indian Political Party , party_name = Janata Dal (Secular) , party_logo = , colorcode = {{party color, Janata Dal (Secular) , abbreviation = JD(S) , president = H. D. Deve Gowda , founder ...

. He was member of

12th Lok Sabha The 12th Lok Sabha (23 March 1998 – 26 April 1999), was constituted after the 1998 Indian general election held during February–March 1998. This was the second consecutive Lok Sabha, like the 11th Lok Sabha elections that did not provide the ...

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Shimoga Shimoga, officially Shivamogga, is a city and the district headquarters of Shimoga district in the Karnataka state of India. The city lies on the banks of the Tunga River. Being the gateway for the hilly region of the Western Ghats, the city ...

and defeated

Sarekoppa Bangarappa Sarekoppa Bangarappa (26 October 1933 – 26 December 2011) was an Indian politician who was the 6th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1990 to 1992. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly for Karnataka between 1967 and 1996, befo ...

of Congress. Earlier during 1994-98 he was Member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He had studied B.A., LL.B. at Sahyadri College at Shivamogga in Karnataka. Ayanur Manjunath resigned from MLC and also from primary membership of the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

on 19 April 2023. He later joined JDS in April 2023 and contested the Karnataka Legislative Assembly election from

district. However, he lost the election along with its deposit. He then joined the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

party in August 2023 and was fielded as an MLC candidate for the South-West Graduate Constituency from the party in March 2024. However, he again lost the election against BJP candidate after the results were announced in June 2024.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Manjunath, Ayanur 1955 births Living people Indian Hindus Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka India MPs 1998–1999 Lok Sabha members from Karnataka Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka Members of the Karnataka Legislative Council