Venkatesh Nayak

A. Venkatesh Naik (6 June 1936 – 24 August 2015) was an Indian politician and a member of the Indian National Congress (INC) political party, with whom he had been a member for nearly 50 years. He was elected to the 10th Lok Sabha in 1991 from Raichur constituency in Karnataka. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998, 1999 and 2004 from the same constituency. He secured a seat in the Karnataka legislative assembly elections of 2013 from Devdurga constituency. On 24 August 2015, Nayak was among 5 killed in a train accident in Andhra Pradesh.^[1][2]

A. Venkatesh Naik
Member of Legislative Assembly of Karnataka
In office 13 May 2013 – 24 August 2015
Preceded by	K. Shivana Gouda Naik
Constituency	Devadurga
Member of the Indian Parliament for Raichur
In office 1991–1996
Preceded by	R. Ambanna Naik Dore
Succeeded by	Raja Rangappa Naik
In office 1998–2009
Preceded by	Raja Rangappa Naik
Succeeded by	Sanna Pakirappa
Personal details
Born	(1936-06-06)6 June 1936 Raichur, Kingdom of Mysore, British India
Died	24 August 2015(2015-08-24) (aged 79) Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Political party	Indian National Congress (1968–2015)
Spouse	Savitri (1964–2015)
Children	5