constituency date predecessor religion children birth_place party office birth_date term residence spouse article_title name
dharwad 1962 11 27 y k. s. eshwarappa k. s. eshwarappa hindu 3 daughters bijapur , karnataka bjp karnataka = state bjp unit = karnataka state bjp unit 27 november 1962 incumbent hubli jyothi joshi pralhad joshi
 pralhad joshi
pralhad joshi

pralhad joshi -lrb- born 27 november 1962 -rrb- is a member of the 16th lok sabha -lrb- 2014-2019 -rrb- of india .
he represents the dharwad constituency of karnataka and is the president of the karnataka state unit of the bharatiya janata party .
he is also part of the pool -lrb- as of 2014 -rrb- which helps lok sabha speaker by chairing the house proceedings when both the speaker and the deputy speaker are not present .
pralhad joshi -lrb- sometimes spelled prahlad joshi -rrb- first came to public notice with rastradwaja horata samiti sanchalak when they organised a movement to hoist the tri-colour flag at idagah maidan -lrb- also known as kittur rani chennamma maidan -rrb- hubli karnataka during 1992-1994 .
recently the supreme court has upheld the karnataka high court order restoring the ownership of the said maidan to the hubli-dharwad municipal corporation .
pralhad joshi was re elected to the loksabha in the may 2009 general election in dharwad constituency .
his winning margin was the second highest amongst 28 constituencies of karnataka .
in the year 2014 the elections held for loksabha joshi was elected for third time against the sitting mla vinay kulkarni contested from congress .
