{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Ashok Pattan | image = Ashok pattan.jpg | birth_date = | birth_place = | office = Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly | term_start = 2023 | term_end = | predecessor = Mahadevappa Yadawad | successor = | constituency = Ramdurg | term_start1 = 2008 | term_end1 = 2018 | predecessor1 = Mahadevappa Yadawad | successor1 = Mahadevappa Yadawad | constituency1 = Ramdurg | spouse = | chief minister = | party = Indian National Congress }}
'''Ashok Mahadevappa Pattan''' (born 1951) is an Indian politician from Karnataka.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Ashok Mahadevappa Pattan(Indian National Congress(INC)):Constituency- RAMDURG(BELGAUM) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/karnataka2018/candidate.php?candidate_id=6883 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref> He is a member of the Indian National Congress. He is currently serving as member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly from the Ramdurg Assembly constituency in Belgaum district.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ashok Pattan in Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023 |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2023/karnataka/ashok-pattan-ramdurg-candidate-s10a018c013/ |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-03 |title=Karnataka: Pattan, Saleem Ahmed are chief whips |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/state/top-karnataka-stories/karnataka-pattan-saleem-ahmed-are-chief-whips-1233630.html |access-date=2023-07-25 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>
== Early life and education == Pattan is from Ramdurg, Belgaum district. He is born to Sharadamma and Mahadevappa C. Pattan, who was a former MLA from Ramdurg. His father, a freedom fighter, lived for 107 years.<ref>{{Cite news | date=2018-03-23 |title=Mahadevappa Pattan passes away at 107 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/mahadevappa-pattan-passes-away-at-107/article23337935.ece |access-date=2024-08-03 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> He has two sisters, Mrunalini Siddaramappa, Madhumati Basavaraj. He completed his graduation in 1982 from APS College in Basavanagudi, Bangalore.<ref name=":0" />
== Career == Pattan won from Ramdurga Assembly constituency representing Indian National Congress in the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.<ref name="Karnataka elections: Congress wins majority of seats in Belagavi district">{{cite news|last1=The Hindu|first1=|title=Karnataka elections: Congress wins majority of seats in Belagavi district|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/karnataka-assembly/karnataka-elections-congress-wins-majority-of-seats-in-belagavi-district/article66847503.ece|accessdate=19 November 2024|date=13 May 2023|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524144310/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/karnataka-assembly/karnataka-elections-congress-wins-majority-of-seats-in-belagavi-district/article66847503.ece|archivedate=24 May 2023|language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-13 |title=Ramdurg Results 2023 Live Updates {{!}} Congress' Ashok Mahadevappa Pattan wins with 52% share - CNBC TV18 |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/politics/ramdurg-election-results-2023-live-updates-congress-ashok-mahadevappa-pattan-bjp-chikkarevanna-16652591.htm |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=CNBCTV18 |language=en}}</ref> He polled 80,294 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Chikka Revanna of Bharatiya Janata Party, by a margin of 11,730 votes. He won as an MLA for the first time in the 2008 Karntaka Legislative Assembly election from Ramdurg seat on Congress ticket polling 49,246 votes to defeat Mahadevappa Yadawad of Bharatiya Janata Party by a narrow margin of 384 votes.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Ashok Pattan in Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023 |url=https://www.news18.com/assembly-elections-2023/karnataka/ashok-pattan-ramdurg-candidate-s10a018c013/ |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=News18 |language=en}}</ref> He retained it in the next election winning the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. In 2013, he polled 42,310 votes and defeated his nearest rival Mahadevappa Shivalingappa Yadawad, of BJP, by a margin of 4,984 votes.<ref name=":1" />
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