Sharanagouda Kandakur (born 1982) is an Indian politician fromKarnataka. He is an MLA fromGurmitkal Assembly constituency inYadgir district representingJanata Dal (Secular). He won the2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.[1][2][3]
Sharanagouda is from Kandakur village,Gurmitkal taluk, Yadgir district. His late father Naganagouda Kandakur, was a former MLA from Gurmitkal.[4] He completed his B.A. from Chandrashekhar Education Society Degree College of Arts, Science, which is affiliated withGulbarga University and later also did BBM in 2005.[5]
Sharanagouda won fromGurmitkal Assembly constituency representingJanata Dal (Secular) party in the2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. He polled 72,297 votes and defeated his nearest rival,Baburao Chinchansur ofIndian National Congress by a narrow margin of 2,579 votes.[6]