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Lakshmi Ravindra Hebbalkar

Lakshmi Ravindra Hebbalkar
Wednesday, May 28, 1975
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Belagavi Rural
Lakshmi Ravindra Hebbalkar (born 28 May 1975) is an Indian politician from Karnataka. She is currently serving as the Minister of Women and Child Development, and Disabled and Senior Citizens Empowerment in the Government of Karnataka. Lakshmi Ravindra Hebbalkar presently serves as MLA representing the Belgaum Rural Assembly constituency. She is associated with the Indian National Congress political party. Previously, Lakshmi got appointed as the Karnataka State Women Congress Chief in 2015. Later, in 2018 and 2023, she won the Karnataka state assembly from Belgavi (Rural) Vidhan Sabha seat. She is the current Women & Child Development and Disabled & Senior Citizens Empowerment Minister in the Karnataka govt. Lakshmi pursued her education at the University of Mysore. Later, she tied the knot to Ravindra Hebbalkar, and the couple has a son named Mrinal Hebbalkar.

1. In 2023 She was elected as MLA from Belagavi Rural[ INC ].


  • Hebbalkar held the position of general secretary of the Karnataka Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee for a brief period before being asked to head the Belagavi District Congress Committee in 2010 as its first woman president.
  • She unsuccessfully contested from the Belgavi (Rural) Vidhan Sabha seat in 2013, and then from Belagavi Lok Sabha seat in 2014. In 2015, she was appointed the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee women's wing president.
  • In the legislative assembly election that followed, she defeated Sanjay Patil of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected as a legislator first time, while contesting from the same constituency. Hebbalkar was quizzed for two days by Enforcement Directorate in September 2019 in connection with a probe into a money laundering case.
  • Hebbalkar was reelected to the assembly in 2023 and was appointed the Minister of Women and Child Development as part of the Siddaramaiah ministry.



  • Hebbalkar held the position of general secretary of the Karnataka Pradesh Mahila Congress Committee for a brief period before being asked to head the Belagavi District Congress Committee in 2010 as its first woman president.
  • She unsuccessfully contested from the Belgavi (Rural) Vidhan Sabha seat in 2013, and then from Belagavi Lok Sabha seat in 2014. In 2015, she was appointed the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee women's wing president.
  • In the legislative assembly election that followed, she defeated Sanjay Patil of the Bharatiya Janata Party and was elected as a legislator first time, while contesting from the same constituency. Hebbalkar was quizzed for two days by Enforcement Directorate in September 2019 in connection with a probe into a money laundering case.
  • Hebbalkar was reelected to the assembly in 2023 and was appointed the Minister of Women and Child Development as part of the Siddaramaiah ministry.


Lakshmi Hebbalkar Personal Life

Full Name:Lakshmi Hebbalkar

Date of Birth:28 May 1975 (Age 48)

Place of Birth:Belagavi

Party name:Indian National Congress

Education:Post Graduate

Profession:Social service, Agriculture, Business and Politician

Spouse's Name:Ravindra Hebbalkar

Spouse's Profession:Agriculture

Children:1 Son(s)

Religion:Hindu

Caste:Lingayat

Permanent address:Hanuman Nagar, Belgaum, India, Karnataka

Website:laxmihebbalkarmla.com


Lakshmi Hebbalkar's Election History

Sr.No.

Year

Party

Constituency

Election

Result

Description

1

2023

INC

Belagavi Rural

MLA

Won

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