Sobaganahalli Papegowda Muddahanumegowda (born 4 March 1954)[2] is an Indian former advocate, former Judicial Officer and Member of Parliament in 16th Lok Sabha.
[4][5][6][7][8] Muddahanumegowda was born to Karigowda alias Papegowda and Sharadamma on 8 June 1954 in Sobaganahalli, Tumkur District, Karnataka.
[6] In the 2014 general election, Muddahanumegowda defeated the sitting Bharatiya Janata Party candidate G. S. Basavaraj by 74,041 votes and became a member of the 16th Lok Sabha representing Tumkur in Karnataka.
[9][10] On 2 September 2022, he resigned from Indian National Congress and Joined Bharatiya Janata Party, Karnataka in presence of Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai, on 3 November 2022.
In February 2024, he rejoined the Congress,[11] and contested from Tumkur again in the 2024 general election.