Basavaraj Neelappa Shivannanavar (born 1956) is an Indian politician from Karnataka. He is an MLA from Bydagi Assembly constituency in Haveri district. He won the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election representing Indian National Congress.[1]
Shivannanavar is from Byadagi, Haveri district. His father Neelappa Basappa Shivannanavar was a farmer. He completed his B.A. in 1978 at G.H College which is affiliated with Karnatak University, Dharwad.[2]
Shivannanavar won from Bydagi Assembly constituency representing Indian National Congress in the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election. He polled 97,740 votes and defeated his nearest rival, Ballari Virupakshappa Rudrappa of Bharatiya Janata Party, by a huge margin of 23,841 votes.[3] He firs became as an MLA winning the 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election and regained the Bydagi seat in the 2023 Assembly election.[4]