Manorama Madhwaraj is an Indian politician, social worker and officeholder who was the first woman cabinet minister of India elected as an MLA in the 5th, 8th and 9th Karnataka Legislative Assembly.

On all of these occasions she was elected from Udupi constituency and was a member of the Indian National Congress.

She represented the Udupi constituency of Karnataka and was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.

[citation needed] Her son, Pramod Madhwaraj was a minister in Siddaramaiah's Congress Government between 2013-18.

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