C. S. Puttaraju is an Indian politician belonging to the

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 ...

party. He was the last MLA from

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constituency in Karnataka, from 2004 to 2008 and also the first MLA of Melukote constituency from 2008-2013.In the

2014 Indian General Election General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 ...

, he defeated incumbent Indian National Congress candidate Ramya (actress), Ramya and became a member of the Parliament 16th Lok Sabha representing Mandya (Lok Sabha constituency), Mandya in Karnataka. In 2018, he was elected to Karnataka Vidhana Sabha from Melukote constituency , and vacated his Lok Sabha seat. He was the Minor Irrigation and Mandya district in-charge Minister in HD Kumaraswamy’s cabinet.

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Living people India MPs 2014–2019 People from Mandya district Janata Dal (Secular) politicians Lok Sabha members from Karnataka 1964 births Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013 {{Karnataka-JDS-politician-stub