N. Yallappa Gopalakrishna is an Indian social worker and politician from the state 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 ...

. He is a six-time member of the

Karnataka Legislative Assembly The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses. The two houses ar ...

from

Molakalmuru Molakalmuru is a taluk in Chitradurga district in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is near the border of Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It borders the Rayadurg taluk of Ananthpur district of Andhra Pradesh. Legend has it that its name means "bro ...

. He represented

Kudligi Kudligi is a panchayat town in Vijayanagara district in the India state of Karnataka. Kudligi is famous for its local Tamarind. Once upon a time Kudligi was called as "The Land of rich spices" for foreign tourists who came to Hampi. Now it is c ...

and Bellary Rural previously.

Constituency

He is the representative of the Molakalmuru constituency, being elected in 2023. He previously served as MLA from

from 2018 till 2023. He represented Bellary Rural from 2014 till 2018. He won the polls and represented the

constituency from 1997 to 2013. In 2023 Karnataka Assembly Elections N.Y.Gopalakrishna contested against others from the

constituency, defeating the AAP Candidate S.T.HareeshNayaka.

Political party

He belonged to

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ...

until 2018. He joined

BJP 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 ...

in the year 2018. Later, he rejoined Indian National Congress in year 2023.

References

External links

Karnataka Legislative Assembly
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