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'''Sunitha Veerappa Gowda''' is an Indian politician from [[Karnataka]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=2007-01-26 |title=Woman legislators furious |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/woman-legislators-furious/articleshow/1461875.cms |access-date=2026-05-01 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> She is a former Member of the Legislative Assembly from Bannur Assembly constituency in Mysore district representing the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC: Bannur 2004 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha-details/2004/karnataka/bannur/43/26329/www.indiavotes.com/vidhan-sabha-details/2004/karnataka/bannur/43/26329/175 |access-date=2026-05-01 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-30 |title=Elections 2004 - Constituency Wise Results - Karnataka Assembly |url=https://www.karnataka.com/elections/karnataka-assembly-election-2004-results/ |access-date=2026-05-01 |language=en-US}}</ref>

Sunitha is from Somanathapura, Mysore.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=High political drama brings JD(S)-BJP together |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/136950/high-political-drama-brings-jds.html |access-date=2026-05-01 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>

Sunitha became an MLA for the first time winning the [[2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] from [[Bannur Assembly constituency]] representing the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. She polled 33,522 votes and defeated her nearest rival, Chikkamada Nayaka of the [[Indian National Congress]], by a margin of 5,663 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=IndiaVotes AC: Winner Candidates of BJP for 2004 |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/www.indiavotes.com/ac/detailwrank?stateac=43&emid=175&party=143 |access-date=2026-05-01 |website=IndiaVotes}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Karnataka Assembly Election Results in 2004 |url=https://www.elections.in/karnataka/assembly-constituencies/2004-election-results.html |access-date=2026-05-01 |website=www.elections.in}}</ref> She later shifted to the Janata Dal (S) in January 2023 joined the Indian National Congress Party.<ref>{{Cite web |last=S |first=Gururaj |date=2023-01-20 |title=Breaking; ಜೆಡಿಎಸ್‌ ಬಿಟ್ಟು ಕಾಂಗ್ರೆಸ್ ಸೇರಿದ ಮಾಜಿ ಶಾಸಕಿ |url=https://kannada.oneindia.com/news/karnataka/former-mla-sunitha-veerappa-gowda-quits-jds-joins-congress-281729.html |access-date=2026-05-01 |website=Kannada One India |language=kn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-20 |title=T Narsipura: Former MLA Sunitha Verappa Gowda finally joins Congress |url=https://tv9kannada.com/karnataka/mysuru/t-naraseepur-former-mla-sunita-veerappa-gowda-finally-joined-hands-some-more-jds-party-leaders-joined-congress-krn-au62-504985.html |access-date=2026-05-01 |website=TV9 Kannada |language=kn}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kumar |first=K. Shiva |date=2023-05-07 |title=No easy waters at this confluence of rivers as top three fight it out |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2023/May/06/no-easy-waters-at-this-confluence-of-rivers-as-top-three-fight-it-out-2572796.html |access-date=2026-05-01 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>

In February 2011, she was elected as the president of the Mysuru Zilla Parishad for the second time following an alliance between JD (S) and BJP.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-09-10 |title=ZP members give suggestions on how to prevent farm suicides |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/zp-members-give-suggestions-on-how-to-prevent-farm-suicides/article7635705.ece |access-date=2026-05-01 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

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[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Women members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:21st-century women politicians]]
[[Category:20th-century women politicians]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:People from Mysore district]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2004–2007]]

Sunitha Veerappa Gowda - Revision history

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