Chandrakant Bellad is the former member of

Karnataka Legislative Assembly The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses. The two houses ar ...

and an Indian Politician. He first contested

1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election The 1983 Karnataka State Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Karnataka to elect 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The elections resulted in a hung assembly with the Janata Party emerging as the single ...

s as a

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candidate from Dharwad Assembly constituency and lost by a wafer thin margin of 132 votes against S. R. Morey of

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. Later he defeated the same candidate and emerged victorious in

1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election The 1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held in the Indian state of Karnataka to elect 224 members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The elections resulted in a spectacular victory for the Janata Party, led by Chief minister ...

s. He unsuccessfully contested against then 3-time

MP D. K. Naikar from

Dharwad North Lok Sabha constituency Dharwad North Lok Sabha constituency was a 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. Assembly segments Dh ...

during

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s. Despite not having any

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MLA from then

Dharwad district Dharwad is an administrative district of the state of Karnataka in southern India.The administrative headquarters of the district is the city of Dharwad, also known as Dharwar. Dharwad is located 425 km northwest of Bangalore and 421&nb ...

(comprising

Dharwad Dharwad (), also known as Dharwar, is a city located in the north western part of the Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of the Dharwad district of Karnataka and forms a contiguous urban area with the city of Hubballi. It was merge ...

Haveri Haveri is a city in Karnataka, India. It is the administrative headquarters of Haveri district. Haveri is famous for its cardamom garlands and Byadagi red chillies. Around 25 km away, there is a place called Bada, which is the birthplace ...

and

Gadag district Gadag is a district in the state of Karnataka, India. It was formed in 1997, when it was split from Dharwad district. As of 2011, it had a population of 1064570 (of which 35.21 percent was urban). The overall population increased by 13.14 perc ...

s in present day), Chandrakant Bellad gave a close fight by getting 29% votes which was just 22,209 less than D. K. Naikar. He was elected to

(from Dharwad Assembly constituency) in

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and

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. He also represented Hubli-Dharwad West from

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to 2013. He was the President of Border Area Development Authority from 2008 to 2013. He announced retirement from active politics before

2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election The 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held on 5 May 2013 to elect members from 223 constituencies in the Indian state of Karnataka. Five major political parties contested the election: Indian National Congress (INC), Bharatiya Ja ...

Awards

He was awarded Kannada Chalavali Veerasenani M. Ramamurthy award by

Kannada Sahitya Parishat Kannada Saahithya Parishath ( kn, ಕನ್ನಡ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಪರಿಷತ್ತು, Kannaḍa Sāhitya Pariṣattu; ) is an Indian non-profit organisation that promotes the Kannada language and its literature. Its headquarters ar ...

in February 2021.

Personal life

He was born to Gurappa Bellad in Bellad Bagewadi, Belagavi district of

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Kar ...

. He married Leelavathi Bellad and the couple have 5 sons. His youngest son

Aravind Bellad Arvind Bellad (born 3 August 1969) is an Indian politician, who is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, representing Hubli-Dharwad West constituency since May 2013. Bellad is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Early life and edu ...

is representing Hubli-Dharwad West after his political retirement i.e., since

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. The family runs business. He completed

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from RLS High School,

in 1965.

Controversies

He accused former Chief Minister of Karnataka

B. S. Yediyurappa Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa (born 27 February 1943), often referred to by his initials BSY, is an Indian politician currently serving as the member of the Bharatiya Janata Party National Executive of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Parl ...

of betraying him by denying Cabinet berth and went on to claim that he made

the

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. His son

accused that his phone was tapped and complained to Police and then

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Basavaraj Bommai Basavaraj Somappa Bommai (born 28 January 1960) is an Indian politician and engineer who is the current and 23rd Chief Minister of Karnataka. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He is a Member of the Legislative Assembly in the legi ...

. However Chandrakant Bellad suggested

resign if

High-command instructs him.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bellad, Chandrakant Living people 1930s births Year of birth uncertain Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka Karnataka MLAs 1985–1989 Karnataka MLAs 1994–1999 Karnataka MLAs 1999–2004 Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013