Parvatagouda Gaddigoudar (1 June 1951) is a member of the

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of India. He also represented the

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. He represents the

Bagalkot Bagalakote, is a city in the state of Karnataka, India, which is also the headquarters of Bagalakote district. It is situated on branch of River Ghataprabha about 481 km (299 mi) northwest of state capital Bengaluru, 410 km (2 ...

constituency of Karnataka since 2004 and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.

Early life

Parvatagouda Gaddigoudar was born on 1 June 1951 at a small hamlet Heballi in

Bagalkot District Bagalakote district(), is an administrative district in the Indian state of Karnataka. The district headquarters is located in the town of Bagalakote. The district is located in northern Karnataka and borders Belgaum, Gadag, Koppal, Raichur an ...

to Balavva and Chandanagouda Gaddigoudar. He graduated in the faculty of Arts from Basveshwar Arts College at Bagalkot affiliated to the Karnatak University. Later, he completed his bachelor's degree in Law from the prestigious Raja Lakhamagouda College of

Belgaum Belgaum (ISO 15919, 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 ...

. He married Savitra Devi on 6 February 1976 and continued to practice law at Badami.

Public life

He started his public life in the early 1980s and his major boost came when he was appointed by the then chief minister of Karnataka, Ramakrishna Hegde in 1987 as chairman of the committee to study the reorganisation of districts. The report was implemented by J.H. Patel in 1997-98. He is considered instrumental in the creation of Bagalkot district, which was created after separating it from

Bijapur Bijapur, officially known as Vijayapura, is the district headquarters of Bijapur district of the Karnataka state of India. It is also the headquarters for Bijapur Taluk. Bijapur city is well known for its historical monuments of architectural ...

. Parvatagouda Gaddigoudar was nominated to The Legislative Council of Karnataka in 1988. However, in 1994, he was unable to secure ticket from Janata Dal and contested the elections to the Assembly as an independent candidate. Just before the elections for the 14th Lok Sabha, Gaddigoudar had denied allegations that he would be leaving All India Progressive Janata Dal (a splinter group of Janata Dal with allegiance to Ramakrishna Hegde) to join the Bharatiya Janata Party. However just before the elections, he did join the Bharatiya Janata Party with his followers and got the party's nomination from

Lok Sabha Constituency. He entered the 14th Lok Sabha by securing 459,451 votes while his nearest rival, R.S. Patil of Indian National Congress, secured 292,068. India Elections.Com: Fourteenth Loksabha Elections results for Bagalkot constituenc

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Positions held

* Member of the Legislative Council of Karnataka 1988 * Member of the

* Member of the

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* Member of the Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs * Member of the

* Member of the

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Reference and notes

External links

* Affidavit furnished by Parvatagouda Gaddigoudar to the Election Commission while contesting the Lok Sabha election

* Member's home page on Parliament of India's Websit

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaddigoudar, Parvatagouda 1951 births Living people India MPs 2004–2009 India MPs 2009–2014 People from Bagalkot Members of the Karnataka Legislative Council Lok Sabha members from Karnataka India MPs 2014–2019 Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka