Swaroop Prakash (born 1983) is an Indian politician from

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 ...

. He is elected to

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 Hassan constituency representing

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 ...

Early life

Prakash is from Hassan. He is the son of former MLA H. S. Prakash. He runs his own business and his wife is a doctor. He completed his graduation in Engineering in 2001 from Bahubali Engineering College,

Shravanabelagola Shravanabelagola (pronunciation: ) is a town located near Channarayapatna of Hassan district in the Indian state of Karnataka and is from Bengaluru. The Gommateshwara Bahubali statue at Shravanabelagola is one of the most important tirthas ...

Career

He has earlier served as a Zilla panchayat member from Kandli constituency, Hassan district and vice president of Hassan Zilla Panchayat. He won the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election from Hassan Assembly constituency representing Janata Dal (Secular). He polled 85,176 votes and defeated his nearest rival,

Preetham J. Gowda Preetham J. Gowda is a Karnataka ex MLA from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was elected as the Member of Legislative Assembly from Hassan constituency in 2018. In 2023 he lost the election. In 2020, Gowda made a statement against the Karnataka G ...

of Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 7,854 votes.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Prakash, Swaroop Living people Karnataka MLAs 2023–2028 Janata Dal (Secular) politicians Year of birth missing (living people) 1983 births