A. S. Ponnanna

Ponnanna is from Virajpet, Kodagu district. He is an advocate.  HIs late father was A. K. Subbaiah. He did his B.A. and then completed his LLB in 1987 from University Law College, Bengaluru University. He married a teacher.^[3]

Ponnanna won the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election from Virajpet Assembly constituency representing Indian National Congress. He polled 83,791 votes and defeated his nearest rival, K. G. Bopaiah  of Bharatiya Janata Party, by a narrow margin of 4291 votes.^[4][5][6]