Nikhil Kumaraswamy (born 22 January 1988) is an Indian actor and politician known for his work in Kannada films. He made his acting debut with the

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

Telugu Telugu may refer to: * Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of South India ** Telugu literature, is the body of works written in the Telugu language. * Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India * Telugu script, used to write the Tel ...

bilingual film ''

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'' (2016).

Personal life

Nikhil Kumarswamy is the son of former Karnataka Chief Minister

H. D. Kumaraswamy Haradanahalli Devegowda Kumaraswamy (born 16 December 1959) is an Indian politician and film producer who is serving as the Ministry of Heavy Industries, Minister of Heavy Industries and Ministry of Steel, Steel of India since 10 June 2024. He ...

and grandson of former Indian Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda. On 10 February 2020, Nikhil was engaged to Revathi, the grand-niece of

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leader and realtor M. Krishnappa at the

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. The wedding took place on 17 April 2020 near Janapada Loka in

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. The couple has a son.

Political career

Nikhil ran in the 2019 Indian general election in Karnataka from the

Mandya Mandya is a city in the state of Karnataka. It is the headquarter of Mandya district, Sugar factories contribute to the major economic output. It is also called Sugar City (Kannada: ''Sakkare Nagara'') because sugarcane is a major crop grown ...

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constituency, as a

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 ...

candidate.

was considered a safe bastion for the erstwhile Congress-JDS alliance as historically,

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was the most successful party, followed by

to contest in the district. He lost in the elections to

Sumalatha Sumalatha Ambareesh (born 27 August 1963) is an Indian actress and politician. She has acted in over 220 films across multiple languages, primarily in Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada, with a few appearances in Tamil and Hindi cinema. She received ...

, who is the wife of late

veteran

Ambareesh Malavalli Huchchegowda Amarnath (29 May 1952 – 24 November 2018), known by his screen name Ambareesh, was an Indian actor, media personality, politician from the state of Karnataka. Alongside Rajkumar and Vishnuvardhan, he is counted ...

, by a margin of 128,876 votes. He contested in the

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, from

where his father

, mother Anitha and grandfather

H. D. Devegowda Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda (; born 18 May 1933) is an Indian politician who served as the prime minister of India from 1996 to 1997. He previously served as the Chief Minister of Karnataka, chief minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 199 ...

had previously represented. In spite of all these he conceded defeat against Iqbal Hussain from Congress by a margin of 11,000 votes. He contested in the bypolls held in

Channapatna Channapattana or Chennapattana is a city and taluk headquarters in Bengaluru South District, Karnataka, India. Channapatna is approximately 60 km from Bangalore and 80 km from Mysore. Channapatna toys are popular all over the world ...

in November 2024. This assembly seat was vacant after his father

, who was elected to the

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in the 2023 State Assembly Elections, went on to contest the 2024 General Elections from

and was victorious in the same. Nikhil conceded defeat to C. P. Yogeshwara, candidate of the

party.

Electoral statistics

Filmography

Awards

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kumar, Nikhil 1987 births Living people Male actors from Bengaluru Male actors in Kannada cinema Indian male film actors Kannada actors 21st-century Indian male actors Male actors in Telugu cinema South Indian International Movie Awards winners Janata Dal (Secular) politicians People from Ramanagara Politicians from Bengaluru People from Hassan Indian actor-politicians