Channareddy Patil Tunnur

Patil was born in Yadgir to Mallareddeppa Gouda. He married Bhimavathi and they have three sons and a daughter. He did graduation in science but discontinued in the final year of his B.Sc. in 1970.^[4] He is a former director of Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee. He also served as member of Zilla Panchayat of Gulbarga during 1986. He was also former chairman of Zilla Panchayat Works Committee in Gulbarga, before Yadgir became a district.^[5]

Patil won as an MLA for the first time^[6] from Yadgir Assembly constituency representing Indian National Congress in the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. He polled 53,802 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Venkatreddy Mudnal of Bharatiya Janata Party, by a narrow margin of 3, 673 votes.^[7][8]