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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Shakunthala T. Shetty<br />
| constituency_AM = [[Puttur, Karnataka|Puttur]]<br />
| assembly = Karnataka Legislative<br />
| term_start = 2004<br />
| term_end = 2008<br />
| predecessor = [[D. V. Sadananda Gowda]]<br />
| successor = Mallika Prasad<br />
| term_start1 = 8 May 2013<br />
| term_end1 = May 2018<br />
| predecessor1 = Mallika Prasad<ref name="shetty">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/CONTENT/May262008/state2008052670089.asp |title=Shakunthala Shetty loses battle |publisher=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=26 May 2008 |accessdate=26 February 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920105600/http://www.deccanherald.com/Content/May262008/state2008052670089.asp |archivedate=20 September 2008 }}</ref><br />
| successor1 = Sanjeeva Matandoor<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|3|1|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Perla, Kasaragod|Perla]],<br/>[[Kerala]]<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br/>({{small|2013-Present}})<br />
| otherparty = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br/>({{small|Till 2013}})<br />
| spouse = A. Thimmappa Shetty<br />
| children = 3<br />
}}<br />
'''Shakunthala Thimmappa Shetty''' (born 1 March 1947)<ref>{{cite web|title=Shakunthala T. Shetty bio|url=http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/14thWhoSwho/171.pdf|publisher=kla.kar.nic.in|accessdate=4 February 2018}}</ref> is an [[India]]n politician and a former member of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly of Karnataka]]. Representing Puttur at the assembly, she was elected as a member from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] first and the [[Indian National Congress]] in her second term. She retired from electoral politics following her defeat at the [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2018 election]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Shakunthala Shetty says goodbye to electoral politics - Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mangaluru/shakunthala-shetty-says-goodbye-to-electoral-politics/articleshow/64227398.cms |accessdate=20 June 2018 |work=The Times of India |date=19 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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== Career ==<br />
Shetty joined the [[Indian National Congress]] after she was expelled from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] in May 2008.<ref>{{cite news |title=BJP expels Shakuntala Shetty |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/BJP-expels-Shakuntala-Shetty/article15215475.ece |accessdate=20 June 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=3 May 2008 |language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
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=== Film ===<br />
Shakunthala Shetty played the lead role in a [[Tulu language|Tulu]] film ''[[Kanchilda Baale]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tulu Movie 'Kanchilda Baale' Released|url=http://www.mangaloretoday.com/main_Tulu-Movie-rsquo-Kanchilda-Baale-rsquo-Released.html|publisher=MangaloreToday.com|accessdate=18 May 2013}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:People from Dakshina Kannada district]]<br />
[[Category:21st-century Indian women politicians]]<br />
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