Ravikumar Gowda Ganiga

Ravikumar Gowda Ganiga (born 1980), is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is a member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Mandya Assembly constituency in Mandya district. He represents Indian National Congress Party and won the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.^[1][2]

Ravikumar Gowda
Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2023
Chief Minister	Siddaramaiah
Preceded by	M. Srinivas
Constituency	Mandya
Personal details
Born	Puttaswamy Ravikumar (1980-12-31) 31 December 1980 (age 44) Ganiga, Mandya district, Karnataka, India
Political party	INC
Education	Government Pre University College, Malleshwaram, Bengaluru (PUC)
Occupation	Politician Businessman
Nickname	Ravikumar Gowda Ganiga

Early life and education

Gowda was born in Mandya to L. Puttaswamy. He runs his own business. He completed his pre university course from Government Pre-University College, Malleshwaram, Bangalore.^[3]

Career

Gowda won the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election from Mandya Assembly constituency representing Indian National Congress. He polled 61,411 votes and defeated his nearest rival, B. R. Ramachandra of Janata Dal (S) by a narrow margin of 2,019 votes.^[4][5]