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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| name = K. S. Nagarathanamma<br />
| image = <br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| constituency_AM = [[Gundlupet (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gundlupet]]<br />
| assembly = Karnataka Legislative<br />
| term_start = 1957<br />
| term_end = 1978<br />
| predecessor = ''New constituency''<br />
| successor = [[H. K. Shivarudrappa]]<br />
| office2 = [[List of speakers of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]<br />
| term_start2 = 1972<br />
| term_end2 = 1978<br />
| predecessor2 = [[S. D. Kotavale]]<br />
| successor2 = [[P. Venkataramana]]<br />
| constituency_AM3 = Gundlupet<br />
| assembly3 = Karnataka Legislative<br />
| term_start3 = 1983<br />
| term_end3 = 1994<br />
| predecessor3 = H. K. Shivarudrappa<br />
| successor3 = [[H. S. Mahadeva Prasad]]<br />
| birth_date = 1923<br />
| birth_place = <br />
| death_date = 17 October {{death year and age|1993|1923}}<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
}}<br />
'''K. S. Nagarathanamma''' (1923 &ndash; 17 October 1993) was an Indian politician from the southern state of [[Karnataka]]. She was elected seven times from the [[Gundlupet (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gundlupet constituency]] to be member of the [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]. She was the first female [[List of speakers of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly|speaker]] of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from 1972 to 1978, the erstwhile Mysore Legislative Assembly.<br />
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==Political career==<br />
Before entering politics, Nagarathanamma was vice-president of [[The Bharat Scouts and Guides]] and senate member of the [[University of Mysore]].<ref name="first">{{cite web|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/7990/first-women-all.html |title='First women' all |work=Deccan Herald |date=14 June 2009 |accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> In 1957 when the Gundlupet constituency was formed, she contested the [[1957 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|Mysore Legislative Assembly election]] as [[independent politician]] and won the election by securing 24,955 votes where as her only opponent [[H. K. Shivarudrappa]] of [[Indian National Congress]] received 13,053.<ref name="1957e">{{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Mysore_1957.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |pages= 10, 177 |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate= 8 January 2017}}</ref> She thus became the first MLA of the constituency. She again defeated Shivarudrappa in 1962 elections winning 22,765 as against to his 20,010 votes.<ref name="1962e">{{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Mysore_1962.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |pages= 10, 217 |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate= 8 January 2017}}</ref> She contested the 1967 elections as member of Indian National Congress and defeated K. B. Jayadevappa with a large margin of 21,423 by securing 30,778 as against to his 9,355 votes.<ref name="1967e">{{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Mysore%201967.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |pages= 8, 130 |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate= 8 January 2017}}</ref><br />
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Nagarathanamma retained the constituency for the fourth time in 1972 elections defeating B. Basappa of [[Indian National Congress (Organisation)]]. She won 30,055 votes and Basappa won 20,255 votes.<ref name="1972e">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisRep_Mysore_72.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |pages= 8, 129 |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate= 9 January 2017}}</ref> She was elected as the speaker of the assembly in 1972 till 1978 and became the first female speaker of the house.<ref name="first"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/speakeroffice.htm |title=Speakers of Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 1949 |work=Government of Karnataka |date=2016 |accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref> In the [[1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1978 elections]] she faced defeat when Shivarudrappa, her long time contender, won by a close margin of 271 votes and received 27,141 votes while both were independent candidates.<ref name="1978e">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%20Karnataka%201978.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |page= 8 |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate= 9 January 2017}}</ref><br />
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[[1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|The 1983 elections]] again saw her come back to her seat as INC member by defeating H. N. Srikanta Setty of [[Janata Party]] and won 44,085 votes.<ref name="1983e">{{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1983/Statistical%20Report%201983%20karnatkaa.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |pages= 9, 137 |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate= 9 January 2017}}</ref> In the following [[1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1985 elections]] she defeated [[H. S. Mahadeva Prasad]] of [[Janata Party]] with a large margin of 19,140 securing 40,857 votes for herself.<ref name="1985e">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%20Karnataka%201985.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |pages= 8, 12, 140 |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate= 9 January 2017}}</ref> She again defeated Prasad in [[1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1989 elections]] winning 50,643 votes.<ref name="1989e">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/Statistical%20Report%20karnataka%201989.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |pages= 8, 12, 140|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate= 9 January 2017}}</ref> Following that she became the Minister for Health and Family Welfare in 1990.<ref name="first"/> She lost the following [[1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1994 elections]] and Mahadeva Prasad was elected.<ref name="1994e">{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1994/StatisticalReport-KT94.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |pages=9, 13, 142 |publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate= 9 January 2017}}</ref> Prasad went on to win the elections further four times.<ref name="rare">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/28/stories/2008052857580300.htm |title=Mahadev Prasad earns a rare distinction |date=28 May 2008 |website=[[The Hindu]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531114502/http://www.hindu.com/2008/05/28/stories/2008052857580300.htm |archive-date=31 May 2008 |access-date=2017-01-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Nagarathanamma had also served as the leader of opposition and is appreciated for her work as speaker of the house and her working style as opposition leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Layout/Includes/TOINEW/ArtWin.asp?From=Archive&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIBG%2F2010%2F03%2F10&ViewMode=HTML&EntityId=Ar01400&AppName=1 |title=Making a mark on the reservation front|work=[[The Times of India]] |date=2010 |author=M B Maramkal, Rishikesh Bahadur Desai |accessdate=10 January 2016}}</ref><br />
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