Priyanka Jarkiholi : Youngest Tribal Woman to win from an unreserved seat

June 5, 2024

Priyanka Jarkiholi, running for the Congress party, beat Annasaheb Jolle, the sitting MP for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in the Chikkodi district, which was a big win for her. This win is important because the BJP won all but one of the seats in the Mumbai-Karnataka area.

Historical Achievement

With her recent election win, Priyanka broke a lot of records. She is one of the youngest people to make it into Parliament, at 27 years and one month. She is also the first woman from a tribal background to win a seat in Karnataka’s parliament from an open district. This is similar to what Kotturu Hariharappa Ranganath did when he was a Lok Sabha member from Chitradurga from 1984 to 1989.

Chikkodi’s Political Landscape

Chikkodi has a past of elections that didn’t go as planned. In 1996, Ratnamala Pol Savanur, a law professor and candidate for the Janata Party, beat B Shankaranand, who was an MP and state minister at the time. She did not run again, though, in the 1998 elections. After this, Ramesh Jigajinagi won three more elections, each time as a candidate for a different party.

Priyanka Jarkiholi’s Background

Priyanka Jarkiholi comes from a politically powerful family and has a lot of shares in companies in the tourist, sugar, mining, and infrastructure sectors. She also has an MBA. She strongly supports getting more women involved in politics and government. As part of an interview, Priyanka said that women need to show what they can do through their work.

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