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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = M. Shivanna
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1948|3|8|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kagalvadi]], [[Mysore district]], [[Mysore state]] (now [[Chamarajanagar district]], [[Karnataka]])
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = [[Member of Parliament|MP]]
| constituency = [[Chamarajanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chamarajanagar]]
| term_start = 13 May 2004
| term_end = 26 February 2009
| predecessor = [[Srinivasa Prasad]]
| successor = [[R. Dhruvanarayana]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (2017–present)<ref name=":1" />
| other_party = *[[Indian National Congress]] (Till 1998, 2003-2004, 2008-2017)<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=JD-S MP speaks: Why I cross-voted |url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2008/jul/22upavote46.htm |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=www.rediff.com}}</ref>
*[[Janata Dal (Secular)]] (2004-2008)<ref name=":2" />
*[[Samata Party]] (2000-2003)<ref name=":0" />
| spouse = C. Deepa
| children = 1 son and 1 daughter
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = 25 September
| year = 2006
| source = https://web.archive.org/web/20060619230428/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=4081
}}

'''M. Shivanna''' (born 8 March 1948) was a member of the [[14th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]]. He represented the [[Chamarajanagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chamarajanagar]] constituency of [[Karnataka]] and was a member of the [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] (JD(S)) political party. He was a member of National Commission for Scheduled Castes from 14 November 2010, later became the chairman of the same body till June 2014.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/260317/karnataka-former-mp-m-shivanna-snapped-up-by-saffronists.html | title=Karnataka: M Shivanna- Snapped up by saffronists? | website=www.deccanchronicle.com}}</ref> He was president of Mysore district Youth Congress from 1977 till 1980 and became its general secretary in 1980.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web | url=http://www.ncsc.nic.in/files/Sivanna.pdf | title=Biographical Sketch of Shri M. Shivanna (Ex-M.P.) | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211095302/http://www.ncsc.nic.in/files/Sivanna.pdf | archive-date=2017-02-11}}</ref> He won [[2004 Indian general election]]s from [[Chamarajanagar Lok Sabha constituency]] as a [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] candidate and remained in [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] as a [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] till [[2008 vote of confidence in the Manmohan Singh ministry]] where he voted for the Government and was expelled from the Party for cross voting as violating the whip. He joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] on 27 March 2017 in presence of [[B. S. Yediyurappa]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2017-03-27 |title=Shivanna, former MP, joins BJP |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/shivanna-former-mp-joins-bjp/article17685812.ece |access-date=2023-09-27 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2008-07-23 |title=JD(S) rebel MP Shivanna expelled |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/jd-s-rebel-mp-shivanna-expelled/story-ATzku5AsAd49WqimSxmcAN.html |access-date=2023-09-27 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060505012605/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/homepage.asp?mpsno=4081 Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website]

==References==
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[[Category:1948 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:India MPs 2004–2009]]
[[Category:People from Chamarajanagar]]
[[Category:Janata Dal (Secular) politicians]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Karnataka]]

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