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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
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| office = Member of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]], from Arabhavi
| term_start = 2013
| term_end =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office4 = [[Chairman]] of the [[Karnataka Milk Federation]]
| term_start4 = 1 September 2019
| term_end4 =
| predecessor4 = [[H. D. Revanna]]
| successor4 =
| office1 = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] for Municipalities and Local Bodies<br />Member of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| primeminister1 =
| term_start1 = 2008
| term_end1 = 2013
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| office2 = [[Minister (government)|Minister]] for Social Welfare<br />and<br /> Member of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
| primeminister2 =
| term_start2 = 2004
| term_end2 = 2008
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|6|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Gokak]]
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| children =
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| alma_mater =
| profession =
| nationality = {{flag|India|name=Indian}}
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}}

'''Balachandra Laxmanrao Jarkiholi''' (b 1966) is an Indian politician who is the current MLA from Arabhavi, Belgaum district and chairman of [[Karnataka Milk Federation]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.elections.in/karnataka/assembly-constituencies/arabhavi.html | title=Sitting and previous MLAs from Arabhavi Assembly Constituency | work=elections.in | accessdate=18 May 2016}}</ref> He and his 4 brothers are all very active in local politics.

==Political career==
He was elected to the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] from '''[[Arabhavi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Arabhavi]]''' constituency in [[Belgaum]] district in 2004 and 2008 on a [[Janata Dal (Secular)]] ticket. In 2013 and 2018 he fought the election on a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ticket and won again from Arabhavi.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://myneta.info/karnataka2013/candidate.php?candidate_id=93 | title=Balachandra Laxmanrao Jarkiholi (Winner) | work=myneta.info | accessdate=18 May 2016}}</ref>

==Ministry==
He was a Minister in the [[H.D. Kumaraswamy]] led 2004 and 2008 Government.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/profiles-of-new-ministers/article1294087.ece | title=Profiles of new Ministers | work=thehindu.com | accessdate=18 May 2016| date=11 July 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/balachandra-jarkiholi-bereaved/article2765182.ece | title=Balachandra Jarkiholi bereaved | date=1 January 2012 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=22 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/fraternal-fight-brought-down-karnataka-government-and-threatens-next-one-106019 |title=A fraternal fight that brought down the Karnataka government and threatens the next one |publisher=The News Minute |date=2019-07-24 |accessdate=2019-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/what-is-operation-kamal-bjp-congress-jds-horse-trading-poaching-5178843/|title=What is Operation Kamal?|date=May 16, 2018}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/members.htm Karnataka Legislative Assembly]

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2004–2007]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2008–2013]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2013–2018]]
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 2018–2023]]
[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:Janata Dal (Secular) politicians]]

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