Basavaraju V. Shivaganga (born 1981) is an Indian politician from

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 ...

. He is an MLA from Channagiri Assembly constituency in

Davangere district Davanagere district is an administrative district of Karnataka state in India. It is the centre of Karnataka. The city of Davanagere is the district headquarters. It had a population of 1,643,494 of which 32.31% was urban as of 2011. This dis ...

. He won the

2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election Legislative Assembly elections were held in Elections in Karnataka, Karnataka on 2023 elections in India, 10 May 2023 to elect all List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. T ...

representing

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 ...

Early life and education

Shivaganga is from

Channagiri Channagiri is a town in Davanagere district in the state of Karnataka, India. It is a taluk headquarters in Davanagere District from 1997. Before it was the part of Shivamogga District. Etymology During Ganga Possession in this place called '' ...

, Davangere district. His father Veerappa D is a farmer. He completed his B.A. in 2001 at A.R.M. Pre University College,

Davanagere Dāvanagere is a city in the centre of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the seventh largest city in the state, and the administrative headquarters of eponymous Davangere district. Hitherto being a cotton hub and hence popularly kno ...

Career

Shivaganga won from Channagiri Assembly constituency representing

in the

. He polled 78,263 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Madal Mallikarjuna, an independent candidate, by a margin of 16,435 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shivaganga, Basavaraju V. Living people 1981 births Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka Karnataka MLAs 2023–2028 Kannada people