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{{short description|Politician from Karnataka, India}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|5|7|df=y}}<ref name="loksabha">{{Cite web|url=http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5171|title = Members : Lok Sabha}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Arsikeri]],<ref name="loksabha"/> [[Harapanahalli|Harapanahalli taluk]], [[Vijayanagara district]], [[Madras State]] (Now [[Karnataka]])<ref name="loksabha"/>
| termstart = 18 June 2019
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency = [[Bellary (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bellary]]
| predecessor = [[V. S. Ugrappa]]
| termend1 = 2019
| nationality = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| residence = [[Arsikeri]]<ref name="loksabha"/>
| image =
| caption = Yarabasi Devendrappa |size = 220px
| source =http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5171
}}
'''Yarabasi Devendrappa''' is an Indian politician who is the current [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] from [[Bellary (Lok Sabha constituency)|Bellary]], [[Karnataka]] in the [[2019 Indian general election]] as member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newsnation.in/election/lok-sabha-election-2019/lok-sabha-results-2019-bjp-sweeps-in-karnatakaleaves-ruling-coalition-in-tizzy-article-225223.html | title=Lok Sabha Results 2019: BJP sweeps in Karnataka, leaves ruling coalition in tizzy | publisher=News Nation | date=23 May 2019 | accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref>

==Early life==
Devendrappa was born in Arasikere, Ballari, Karnataka.<ref>{{cite web |title=Devendrappa Y {{!}} National Portal of India |url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/devendrappa-y |website=www.india.gov.in |access-date=21 February 2021}}</ref>

==Political career==
Devendrappa was originally a member of Congress, and unsuccessfully contested from Jagalur in 2010. He was named as a potential Congress candidate during bypolls for the Ballari MP seat in 2018. Devendrappa is a relative and loyalist of [[Ramesh Jarkiholi]], who, at the time was a Congress rebel and closet BJP supporter. He was chosen as BJP nominee because of this, and because he was approved by [[B. Sriramulu|B Sriramulu]], a Ballari BJP strongman, and was supported by Ramesh Jarkiholi.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Malagi|first=Shivakumar G.|date=2019-03-23|title=Ballari BJP nominee Devendrappa is a 'proxy' of Congress rebel Jarkiholi!|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/230319/ballari-bjp-nominee-devendrappa-is-a-proxy-of-congress-rebel-jar.html|access-date=2020-11-08|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref> In the 2019 polls, after being denied the Congress ticket, he defeated [[V. S. Ugrappa]] to win the Ballari seat for the BJP.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Snubbed for another, Devendrappa gets his revenge on Congress|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/karnataka/2019/jun/16/snubbed-for-another-devendrappa-gets-his-revenge-on-cong-1990767.html|access-date=2020-11-08|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://loksabhaph.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=5171 Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]

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[[Category:17th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Karnataka]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Bharatiya Janata Party politicians from Karnataka]]
[[Category:People from Bellary]]
[[Category:1951 births]]

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