Bookanakere Yeddyurappa Raghavendra (born 16 August 1973) is an Indian politician and a member of the 16th
Lok Sabha representing
Shimoga district of
Karnataka and was a member of
14th
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Karnataka Legislative Assembly. He previously represented Shikaripura Assembly constituency of
Karnataka and is a member of the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
In the by-elections to
Karnataka Legislative Assembly, he defeated H S Shantaveerappa of
Indian National Congress.
In the
15th Lok Sabha
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Indian National Congress-led United Progressive Alliance won 44 more seats than the previou ...
elections, he contested against the former Chief Minister of Karnataka
Sarekoppa Bangarappa in the Shimoga constituency and won by a margin of 52,893 votes.
Raghavendra is also the Managing Trustee of PES Institute of Technology and Management, Shimoga.
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Raghavendra belongs to the Lingayat community, a dominant community in Karnataka. He is the son of Chief Minister of Karnataka
The chief minister of Karnataka, formerly known as the chief minister of Mysore, is the chief executive officer of the government of the Indian state of Karnataka. As per the Constitution of India, the governor of Karnataka is the state's ''de j ...
B. S. Yediyurappa
Bookanakere Siddalingappa Yediyurappa (born 27 February 1943), often referred to by his initials BSY, is an Indian politician currently serving as the member of the Bharatiya Janata Party Parliamentary board committee since 17 August 2022, t ...
and late Maithradevi. And he has one brother B.Y. Vijayendra.
References
India MPs 2009–2014
1973 births
Kannada people
Living people
People from Shimoga district
Lok Sabha members from Karnataka
Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013
Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka
Karnataka Janata Paksha politicians
India MPs 2019–present
Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023
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