Mangala Suresh Angadi is an Indian politician and a

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

from

Belagavi Belgaum (ISO: ''Bēḷagāma''; also Belgaon and officially known as Belagavi) is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka located in its northern part along the Western Ghats. It is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous Belagavi ...

parliamentary constituency of

Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...

state. She is the first Woman Member of Parliament from

Personal life

She is the wife of Late

Suresh Angadi Suresh Channabasappa Angadi (1 June 195523 September 2020) was an Indian politician who served as the Union Minister of State for Railways of India from 30 May 2019 to 23 September 2020. He was Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha from 2004 to Septe ...

, former Minister of State of Railways. She has two daughters.

Political career

She successfully contested the 2021 by poll from

Lok sabha seat from the

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Modi ...

, after the demise of

. She won against the

Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (or Karnataka PCC) is the unit of the Indian National Congress for the state of Karnataka. Its head office is situated at the ''Congress Bhawan'', Queens Road, Bangalore. Electoral performance Karnataka L ...

working president, Satish Jarkiholi by 5,240 votes. She is the first politician to defeat Satish Jarkiholi. He had never lost an election in his political life of about 30 years.

References

Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka People from Belgaum Kannada people Lok Sabha members from Karnataka India MPs 2019–present 1963 births Living people {{Karnataka-BJP-politician-stub