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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = Chandraprabha Urs<br />
| image = <br />
| alt = <br />
| constituency_AM = [[Hunsur]]<br />
| assembly = Karnataka Legislative<br />
| term_start = 1983<br />
| term_end = 1991<br />
| predecessor = <br />
| successor = <br />
| office2 = Member of the [[10th Lok Sabha]] from [[Mysore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mysore]]<br />
| term_start2 = 1991<br />
| term_end2 = 1996<br />
| majority2 = 16,882<br />
| predecessor2 = [[Srikanta Datta Narsimharaja Wadiyar]]<br />
| successor2 = Srikanta Datta Narsimharaja Wadiyar<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1946|5|25}}<br />
| birth_place = Hunsur, [[Karnataka]], India<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2016|5|3|1946|5|25}}<br />
| death_place = [[Mysore]], Karnataka, India<br />
| death_cause = Cardiac arrest<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| otherparty = [[Janata Party]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Chandraprabha Urs''' (1946–2016) was a politician from Karnataka. She was a member of the [[10th Lok Sabha]] and [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]. She was with Janata Party and Congress at various times.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Chandraprabha was born on 25 May 1946 in [[Hunsur]], [[Mysore district]].<ref name="LS" /> Her father [[D. Devaraj Urs]] was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) and went on to become the [[Chief Minister of Karnataka]].<ref name="TH">{{cite news|title=Chandraprabha Urs passes away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/chandraprabha-urs-passes-away/article8552163.ece|accessdate=25 November 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=3 May 2016}}</ref> She graduated from the [[Smt. VHD Central Institute of Home Science]] with a degree in [[library science]].<ref name="LS">{{cite web|title=Members Bioprofile: Urs, Smt. Chandraprabha|url=http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/3628.htm|publisher=[[Lok Sabha]]|accessdate=25 November 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
As a member of the [[Janata Party]], Urs won the [[1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] from Hunsur and was appointed the Minister for Social Welfare, [[Sericulture]] and excise in [[Ramakrishna Hegde]]'s cabinet.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chandraprabha Urs cremated with State honours|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/chandraprabha-urs-cremated-with-state-honours/article8559131.ece|accessdate=25 November 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=5 May 2016}}</ref> Later she joined the INC and served her second term in the state assembly from 1989 to 1991.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on the General Elections, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/Statistical%20Report%20karnataka%201989.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=25 November 2017|page=142}}</ref> In the [[1991 Indian general election]], INC made her its official candidate from [[Mysore (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mysore]] against [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]'s [[Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar]], the titular [[Maharaja of Mysore]]. She polled 2,25, 881 votes against his 2,08,999; defeating him by a margin of 16,882 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1991 to the Tenth Lok Sabha|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|accessdate=25 November 2017|page=196}}</ref><br />
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==Personal life==<br />
She married M.C. Mohan Raj Urs.<ref name="LS" /> Urs died on 3 May 2016 at a Mysore hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest.<ref name="TH" /><br />
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[[Category:1946 births]]<br />
[[Category:2016 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Women members of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:10th Lok Sabha members]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 1983–1985]]<br />
[[Category:Karnataka MLAs 1989–1994]]<br />
[[Category:Janata Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress (U) politicians]]</div>imported>Red Director