A. R. Krishnamurthy is an Indian National Congress politician hailing from the state of Karnataka. He is a current member of Karnataka Legislative Assembly for Kollegal, Karnataka. Krishnamurthy is the former chairman of the Ambedkar Development Co-operative and also operates a petrol station.
Career
A.R. Krishnamurthy had achieved electoral victories in 1994 and 1999 in Santhemarah.
In 2004, he lost the Assembly polls in the former Santemarahalli constituency by just one vote. However, he has now achieved a victory by securing a win in the Kollegal (SC) Constituency of the district. Krishnamurthy obtained 1,08,363 votes, defeating his opponent, N. Mahesh of the BJP, who received 48,844 votes. He won by a margin of over 59,000 votes.
Positions held
2023: Elected to Karnataka Legislative Assembly
References
Living people
Indian National Congress politicians from Karnataka
Karnataka MLAs 2023–2028
Year of birth missing (living people)