K. S. Basavanthappa

Basavanthappa is from Mayakonda, Davangere district. His late father KM Sangappa was a farmer. He completed his Class 10 and later after studying first P.U.C. in 1988 at A.R.G. College, Davangere, he discontinued his studies.^[4]

Basavanthappa won the Mayakonda Assembly constituency representing Indian National Congress in the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. He polled 70,916 votes and defeated his nearest rival, B. M. Pushpa Vageeshaswamy, an independent candidate by a margin of 33,614 votes.^[2]