Bokanakere Yeddyurappa Raghavendra (born August 16, 1973) is a member of the 15th Lok Sabha

15th Lok Sabha

Members of the 15th Lok Sabha were elected in 2009 during the General Elections in India.- Important members :* Speaker: Meira Kumar, Indian National Congress, Sasaram, Bihar...

 of India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. He represents the Shimoga

Shimoga (Lok Sabha constituency)

Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka state in southern India. As of 2005 it had 1,286,181 voters, of whom Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes account for 2.2 lakhs, Lingayats for two lakhs, Deevaru for 1.8 lakh, Muslims for 1.6 lakh, and Brahmins...

 constituency of Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

 and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party

Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party ,; translation: Indian People's Party) is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Indian National Congress. Established in 1980, it is India's second largest political party in terms of representation in the parliament...

 (BJP).
In the 15th Lok Sabha

Indian general election, 2009

India held general elections to the 15th Lok Sabha in five phases between 16 April 2009 and 13 May 2009. With an electorate of 714 million , it was the largest democratic election in the world to date.By constitutional requirement, elections to the Lok Sabha must be...

 elections, he contested against the former Chief Minister of Karnataka S. Bangarappa in the Shimoga constituency and won by a margin of 52,893 votes.
Raghavendra is also the Managing Trustee of PES Institute of Technology and Management, Shimoga.
Raghavendra belongs to the Lingayat community, a dominant community in Karnataka. He is the son of Karnataka

Karnataka

Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...

 Ex-chief minister B. S. Yeddyurappa and late Maithradevi.