Ganesh Hukkeri (born 24 July 1978) is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is a three-time member of the

Karnataka Legislative Assembly The Karnataka Legislative Assembly (formerly the Mysore Legislative Assembly) is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature ...

. He won the

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representing

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from

Chikkodi-Sadalga Assembly Constituency Chikkodi-Sadalga Assembly constituency is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. Chikkodi-Sadalga seat is a segment of Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency. Two Assembly seats, Ch ...

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Early life and education

Ganesh was born to Prakash Babanna Hukkeri in Belagavi. His father Babanna was a Member of Legislative Council and former Cabinet Minister of Sugar, Small Business and Charity, Karnataka. He is a graduate. He holds

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degree from Bharatesh College of Business Administration in

Belagavi Belgaum (Kannada ISO 15919, ISO: ''Bēḷagāma'', ), officially known as Belagavi (also Belgaon), is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located near its northern western border in the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters ...

. He married Swapnali Hukkeri and has two children.

Career

Ganesh started his political career as Belagavi Zilla Parishad member from the Examba constituency. He defeated

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, who is now a sitting MLA from

Nippani Assembly Constituency Nippani is one of the 224 constituencies in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, a southern state of India. It is a segment of Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency. Members of Vidhan Sabha Election results 2023 201 ...

. His father who won the

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from Chikkodi-Sadalga resigned the seat in 2014 after he was elected to the Lok Sabha. In the bypoll held in 2014, Ganesh, his son was nominated by the Indian National Congress Party and he defeated the BJP candidate Mahantesh Kavatagimath (MLC) by more than 33,000 votes. In September 2016, Hukkeri was appointed a parliamentary secretary in the Revenue Department of Karnataka as a special power of the Chief Minister of Karnataka. He was elected for the second time in May 2018 defeating

Annasaheb Jolle Annasaheb Shankar Jolle (born 1963) is an Indian politician who is the ex Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Chikkodi. Annasaheb Jolle and his wife Shashikala Jolle both contested on BJP tickets from Chikkodi-Sadalga and Nippani co ...

of BJP in the

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by a margin of 10,569 votes. Later, Hukkeri was appointed the Chief Whip of the Government of Karnataka. In 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 ...

Hukkeri won for the third time defeating Ex.MP and DCC Bank Chairman Ramesh Vishwanath Katti by record breaking margin of 78500 votes. He won by second highest margin of victory after D. K. Shivakumar. He declared assets worth Rs.12.13 crore in the election affidavit. He also served as Director of Karnataka Sugar Federation and Director of District Co-op Bank Belgavi.

References

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