| Office | Member of the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka for Hassan
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|---|---|
| Term start | 8 May 2013 |
| Term end | 16 May 2018
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| Born | 1951-09-13 |
| Born | Hassan, Mysore State, India |
| Died | Template:Death date and age |
| Place of death | Hassan, India |
| Nationality | Indian
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| Political party | Janata Dal (Secular) |
| Spouse | Lalitha Prakash |
| Children | 2 sons, 1 daughter
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| Occupation | Agriculture
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Hassan Sanniah Prakash (13 September 1951 – 27 November 2018) was an Indian politician and a four-term MLA in the state of Karnataka, representing the Hassan constituency. He was a member of Janata Dal (Secular). Prakash served as a member of Hassan city municipal council from 1983 to 1989, and was president of the municipal council from 1985 to 1987. He was elected for the fourth time as a member of the legislative assembly in the 2013 Karnataka state assembly election.
He was first elected as MLA for the Hassan constituency in the 1994 election.[1] He unsuccessfully contested the next elections in 1999, but was elected again in the 2004, 2008 and 2013 Karnataka state assembly elections.[2] His son Swaroop Prakash is the present sitting MLA from Hassan assembly constituency.
He was also the chairman of Sanjeevini co-operative hospital from 2001, co-founded by Dr. A. C. Munivenkate Gowda and Dr. Gururaj Hebbar, which also runs an institution H. D. Deve Gowda college of nursing and paramedical science.
References
- ↑ Welcome H. S. Prakash ! Congratulations on your victory Template:Webarchive. mpmla.in
- ↑ Karnataka Elections 2008 Template:Webarchive. Karnatakaelections.in. Retrieved on 2011-11-11.