P. C. Gaddigoudar

Parvatgouda Gaddigoudar
MP
Incumbent
Assumed office 2004
Preceded by	R.S. Patil
Constituency	Bagalkot
Personal details
Born	1 June 1951 (1951-06-01) (age 60) Bagalkot, Karnataka
Political party	BJP
Spouse(s)	Savitra
Children	3 sons and 1 daughter
Residence	Bagalkot
Religion	Hinduism
As of September 23, 2006 Source: [4]

Parvatagouda Gaddigoudar (born , 1951) is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He also represented the 14th Lok Sabha. He represents the Bagalkot constituency of Karnataka since 2004 and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.

Early life

Parvatagouda Gaddigoudar was born on June 1, 1951 at a small hamlet Heballi in Bagalkot District 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 bachelors degree in Law from the prestigious Raja Lakhamagouda College of Belgaum.

He married Savitra Devi on February 6, 1976 and continued to practice law at Badami.^[1]

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 reorganization of districts.^[2] 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. 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 Mr. Gaddigoudar had denied the allegations that he would be leaving All India Progressive Janata Dal (a splinter group of Janata Dal with allegiance to Ramakrishna Hegde) to join Bharatiya Janata Party.^[3] However just before the elections he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party with his followers and got the party's nomination from Bagalkot Lok Sabha Constituency. He entered the fourteenth Loksabha by securing 459,451 votes while his nearest rival Mr. R.S. Patil of Indian National Congress secured 292,068 votes. ^[4]

Positions held

• Member of the Legislative Council of Karnataka 1988
• Member of the 14th Lok Sabha
• Member of the 15th Lok Sabha
• Member of the Parliamentary Committee on External Affairs

Reference and notes

1. ^ Biographical Skech of Members of Parliament - Parliament of India.NIC.in [1]
2. ^ Deccan Herald: Online edition - Published on Tuesday, April 13, 2004
3. ^ The Hindu, daily newspaper's Online edition Published Tuesday, Jan 20, 2004 [2]
4. ^ India Elections.Com: Fourteenth Loksabha Elections results for Bagalkot constituency [3]

External links

• Affidavit furnished by Parvatagouda Gaddigoudar to the Election Commission while contesting the Lok Sabha elections [5]
• Member's home page on Parliament of India's Website [6]

Persondata
Name	Gaddigoudar, Parvatagouda
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Date of birth	June 1, 1951
Place of birth	Bagalkot, Karnataka
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