Raja Venugopal Naik (born 1982) is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is a 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 ...

from Shorapur Assembly constituency representing

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Early life

Naik is from Surpur, which is also called Shorapur, in Yadgir district. His late father Raja Venkatappa Naik was a four time MLA from Shorapur. After his death in February 2024, Venugopal Naik won the by election in June 2024.

Career

Naik became an MLA for the first time in June 2024. He won the 2024 Karnataka by election representing Indian National Congress from Shorapur Assembly constituency defeating his nearest rival and former minister, Narasimha Naik of

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. He polled 114,886 votes and won by a margin of 18,320 votes.https://results.eci.gov.in/AcResultByeJune2024/candidateswise-S1036.htm

References

Living people 1982 births {{Karnataka-politician-stub