Joladarasi Santha is an Indian politician and a Member of

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in the

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. She represents the

Bellary Ballari (formerly Bellary) is a city in the Ballari district in state of Karnataka, India. Ballari houses many steel plants such as JSW Vijayanagar, one of the largest in Asia. Ballari district is also known as the ‘Steel city of South Ind ...

constituency of

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 ...

and is a member of the

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political party. She is the sister of B Sriramulu. J. Shantha joined

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on 2 January 2024 in the presence of party president and Chief Minister

Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy (born 21 December 1972), also known mononymously as Jagan, is an Indian politician, currently serving as the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) representing Pulivendula Assembly constituency in the Andhra ...

and declared as party candidate from Hindupur Loksabha for the upcoming

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Early life and education

Shantha was born in

, Karnataka. Her highest attained education is intermediate.

Political career

Shantha, is the elected Member of Parliament from a constituency which is reserved for scheduled tribe's candidates. She also contested 2018 by election from

Ballari Ballari (formerly Bellary) is a city in the Ballari district in state of Karnataka, India. Ballari houses many steel plants such as JSW Steel, JSW Vijayanagar, one of the largest in Asia. Ballari district is also known as the ‘Steel city of ...

but lost by a huge margin of votes.

Posts held

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Shantha, J. India MPs 2009–2014 1973 births Lok Sabha members from Karnataka People from Ballari People from Ballari district Living people Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka 21st-century Indian women politicians Women members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Early life and education

Political career

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