Gurupadagouda Patil

Gurupadagouda Sanganagouda Patil (born 1948) is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is a four time MLA from Ron Assembly constituency in Gadag district. He won the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election representing Indian National Congress.

G.S. Patil has been appointed as Chairman for Karnataka Renewable Energy Development Ltd in 2016.

He was appointed chairman for Mineral Development Corporation on 26 January 2024.

Early life and education Patil is from Ron, Gadag district. His father Sanganagouda Basanagouda Patil was a farmer and a former M.P. from Bijapur South Lok Sabha constituency. He completed his Class 12 and discontinued his B.Sc. while at Karnatak Science College, Dharwad.

Career Patil won the Ron Assembly constituency representing Indian National College in the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. He polled 94,865 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Kalakappa Bandi of Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 24,688 votes. He was first elected to Ron seat as an Indian National Congress candidate in 1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election and regained it for the second time in the 1999 Assembly election. Then, he lost to Kalakappa when he contested the 2004 Assembly election and again in 2009 Assembly election. However, he tasted victory for the third time as he won the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election representing Indian National Congress and defeated Kalakappa Bandi of BJP by a margin of votes. Their rivalry continued in 2018 as Kalakappa won the poll but again Patil regained it in the 2023 election to become an MLA for the fourth time.