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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ashok Pattan
| image = Ashok pattan.jpg
| birth_date =
| birth_place =
| office = Member of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2023
| term_end =
| predecessor = Mahadevappa Yadawad
| successor =
| constituency = [[Ramdurg Assembly constituency|Ramdurg]]
| term_start1 = 2008
| term_end1 = 2018
| predecessor1 = Mahadevappa Yadawad
| successor1 = Mahadevappa Yadawad
| constituency1 = [[Ramdurg Assembly constituency|Ramdurg]]
| spouse =
| chief minister =
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}

'''Ashok Mahadevappa Pattan''' (born 1951) is an Indian politician from Karnataka.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ashok Mahadevappa Pattan(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- RAMDURG(BELGAUM) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/karnataka2018/candidate.php?candidate_id=6883 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref> He is a member of the [[Indian National Congress]]. He is currently serving as member of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Ramdurg Assembly constituency]] in [[Belgaum district]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ashok Pattan in Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023 |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2023/karnataka/ashok-pattan-ramdurg-candidate-s10a018c013/ |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-03 |title=Karnataka: Pattan, Saleem Ahmed are chief whips |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/karnataka-pattan-saleem-ahmed-are-chief-whips-1233630.html |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Pattan is from Ramdurg, Belgaum district. He is born to Sharadamma and Mahadevappa C. Pattan, who was a former MLA from Ramdurg. His father, a freedom fighter, lived for 107 years.<ref>{{Cite news | date=2018-03-23 |title=Mahadevappa Pattan passes away at 107 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/mahadevappa-pattan-passes-away-at-107/article23337935.ece |access-date=2024-08-03 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He has two sisters, Mrunalini Siddaramappa, Madhumati Basavaraj. He completed his graduation in 1982 from APS College in Basavanagudi, [[Bangalore]].<ref name=":0" />

== Career ==
Pattan won from [[Ramdurg Assembly constituency|Ramdurga Assembly constituency]] representing [[Indian National Congress]] in the [[2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]].<ref name="Karnataka elections: Congress wins majority of seats in Belagavi district">{{cite news|last1=The Hindu|first1=|title=Karnataka elections: Congress wins majority of seats in Belagavi district|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/karnataka-assembly/karnataka-elections-congress-wins-majority-of-seats-in-belagavi-district/article66847503.ece|accessdate=19 November 2024|date=13 May 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524144310/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/karnataka-assembly/karnataka-elections-congress-wins-majority-of-seats-in-belagavi-district/article66847503.ece|archivedate=24 May 2023|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-13 |title=Ramdurg Results 2023 Live Updates {{!}} Congress' Ashok Mahadevappa Pattan wins with 52% share - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/ramdurg-election-results-2023-live-updates-congress-ashok-mahadevappa-pattan-bjp-chikkarevanna-16652591.htm |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref> He polled 80,294 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Chikka Revanna of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], by a margin of 11,730 votes. He won as an [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for the first time in the [[2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2008 Karntaka Legislative Assembly election]] from Ramdurg seat on Congress ticket polling 49,246 votes to defeat Mahadevappa Yadawad of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] by a narrow margin of 384 votes.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Ashok Pattan in Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023 |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2023/karnataka/ashok-pattan-ramdurg-candidate-s10a018c013/ |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> He retained it in the next election winning the [[2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]]. In 2013, he polled 42,310 votes and defeated his nearest rival Mahadevappa Shivalingappa Yadawad, of BJP, by a margin of 4,984 votes.<ref name=":1" />

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2023–2028]]
[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:People from Belagavi district]]

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