Kannavara Mallappa, popularly known as K. Mallappa (13 April 1928 – 12 October 2020) was an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka.
Career Mallappa served as a member of the Karnataka Legislative Council from 10 June 1998 until 30 June 2002. He was elected to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of incumbent member A. Lashmisagar.http://kla.kar.nic.in/council/LCmem1952tilldate.pdf KARNATAKA LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OATH REGISTER Prior to that, he unsuccessfully contested the West Teachers’ Constituency Legislative Council Polls in 1980 against Basavaraj Horatti, who was a six-time member.Horatti makes it six times in a row as MLC https://www.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/horatti-makes-it-six-times-in-a-row-as-mlc-110070500021_1.html
Mallappa was defeated by Pampathi of the Communist Party of India in Davanagere during the 1978 elections.https://resultuniversity.com/election/davangere-karnataka-assembly-constituency 1978 Assembly Constituency Electionhttps://elections.traceall.in/vidhan-sabha-assembly-election-results/Davangere-in-Karnataka Previous Year's Election Results in Davangere, Karnataka He was elected to the 7th Karnataka Legislative Assembly from Harihar.http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/7assemblymemberslist.htm Seventh Karnataka Legislative Assembly (ಏಳನೇ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿಧಾನ ಸಭೆ) Later, he won the 1985 elections from Mayakonda but was defeated by C. Nagamma Keshavamurthy in the 1989 elections.http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/8assemblymemberslist.htm Eighth Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Mallappa unsuccessfully contested the 13th Lok Sabha elections from Davangere against Gowdara Mallikarjunappa in the 1999 Indian general elections.https://resultuniversity.com/election/davangere-lok-sabha 1999 Lok Sabha Election
Positions held Source:http://www.kla.kar.nic.in/council/members/EXMEMBERS/MallappaK.htm Sri Mallappa K. Ex-Member, Karnataka Legislative Council 1956–1960 & 1968–1974: Davanagere City Municipal Councillor. 1960: Vice President of Davanagere City Municipality. 1968: Member of City Municipality Davanagere. 1974: Twice elected as Member of Regulated Market Davanagere. 1983–1985: M.L.A. from Harihar Constituency. 1985–1989: M.L.A. from Mayakonda Constituency. 1984–1985: Served as State Vice President of Karnataka Pradesh Janatha Party. 1998–2002: Member of Legislative Council.
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External links Karnataka Legislative Assembly