Basavaraj Havgiappa Patil

Basavaraj Havgiappa Patil (1942 – 10 August 2016)^[3][4] commonly Known as, Basavaraj Patil, was an Indian politician from Karnataka who served as a minister in the Karnataka government and served multiple terms as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council and Karnataka Legislative Assembly.

Basavaraj Havgiappa Patil
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
In office 1978[1]–1989[2]
Preceded by	V. N. Patil Neelappa
Succeeded by	Merajuddin Patel
Constituency	Humnabad
Personal details
Born	1942 Humnabad, Mysore State, British India
Died	10 August 2016(2016-08-10) (aged 73–74) Humnabad, Karnataka, India

Early life and education

Basavaraj Havgiappa Patil was born in 1942 in Humnabad, Bidar district, Karnataka.^[5] He was the son of Havgiappa Patil. He completed his education up to the Intermediate level.^[5]

Personal life

Patil was married to Umadevi and had seven children - four sons and three daughters.^[5] His son Rajshekhar Patil served as a Congress MLA from Humnabad constituency.^[6]

Career

Patil was engaged in agriculture and business throughout his professional life.^[5] His interests included reading and gardening.^[5]

Political career

Basavaraj Havgiappa Patil had a long and distinguished political career spanning several decades. He served as a minister in the Karnataka government^[7] and was originally associated with the Janata Party before joining the Indian National Congress and later the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in 2009.^[8][6]

In December 2009, Patil switched from Congress to BJP after being denied a ticket by the Congress party for the legislative council election. He was a sitting MLC at the time and had hoped to be renominated by Congress.^[6]

Karnataka Legislative Assembly

• Member of the 7th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Humnabad constituency^[5]
• Elected from Humnabad in 1978 on a Janata Party (JNP) ticket with 16,167 votes^[9][10][11]
• Member of the 8th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Humnabad constituency^[5]
• Elected from Humnabad in 1983 on an Indian National Congress (INC) ticket with 26,528 votes^[12][13][14]
• Member of the 9th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Humnabad constituency^[5]
• Re-elected from Humnabad in 1985 on an INC ticket, defeating Dayanandrao Chandrabhanu of JNP^[15][16][17]
• Re-elected from Humnabad in 1989 on an INC ticket with 29,610 votes^[18][19][20]

Karnataka Legislative Council

• Member of Karnataka Legislative Council (1998–2004)^[5]
• Member of Karnataka Legislative Council (2004–2009)^[5][21]
• Member of Karnataka Legislative Council (6 January 2010 - 5 January 2016)^[5][22]

Death

Basavaraj Havgiappa Patil died on 10 August 2016.^[5][7]