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{{short description|Indian politician}} | |||
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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}} | |||
{{Infobox officeholder | {{Infobox officeholder | ||
| name = G.S. Basavaraj | | name = G.S. Basavaraj | ||
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| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | | party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | ||
| spouse = S. Shakunthala | | spouse = S. Shakunthala | ||
| children = 2 sons | | children = 2 sons | ||
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'''Gangasandra Siddappa Basavaraj''' (b 1941) is an | '''Gangasandra Siddappa Basavaraj''' (b 1941) is an Indian politician. He is a member of Lok Sabha (2019-2024), elected from [[Tumkur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tumkur]] constituency in 2019. He started his political career with Congress, and is now a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP).<ref name=bio>{{cite web |url= http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=46|title= G. S. Basavaraj on Lok Sabha website|date= |website= loksabha.nic.in|publisher= [[Lok Sabha]]/[[National Informatics Centre]], [[New Delhi]]|accessdate=28 August 2013}}</ref> He defeated former prime minister Sri [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] in the [[2019 Indian general elections]] by a margin of nearly 15,000 votes in Tumkur Lok Sabha Constituency. He has been elected to Lok Sabha from Tumkur five times, in 1984, 1989 and 1999 as member of [[Indian National Congress]], and in 2009 and 2019 as member of BJP. In 2004 elections, he finished third as Congress candidate behind BJP and JD-S candidates in Tumkur.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/tumkur-lok-sabha|title=Tumkur Lok Sabha Election Result - Parliamentary Constituency}}</ref> He joined BJP after this defeat. In 2014 he was the losing candidate for BJP. | ||
==Political career== | ==Political career== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{15th LS members from Karnataka|state=autocollapse}} | |||
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