[2][4] She was re-elected from Nippani in the 2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections polling 87,006 votes.

On 20 August 2019 she was inducted as the Cabinet Minister in the BJP Government led by B.S.

[5] Shashikala defeated Kaka Sao Patil of Congress Party and Ishwar Kamath of BSP.

Annasaheb Jolle later won Chikkodi Lok Sabha seat in 2019 Indian general elections.

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