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{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = PratapPrathap Simha

| image = Pratap Simha (34).jpg

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| caption = Pratap Simha in 2020

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1976|6|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = [[Sakleshpura]], [[Hassan district]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]]

| term_start = 2616 May 2014

| term_end = 4 June 2024

| predecessor = [[Adagur H. Vishwanath]]

| successor = [[Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar|Yaduveer Wadiyar]]

| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]

| spouse = Arpitha

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'''PratapPrathap Simha''' (born 21 June 1976)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/Members/Biography.aspx?mpsno=4708|title=Lok Sabha profile of Pratap Simha}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Centre |first=National Informatics |title=Digital Sansad |url=https://sansad.in/ls |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Digital Sansad |language=en}}</ref> is an Indian journalist and politician who was a [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] from thefor [[17thMysore-Kodagu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mysore]] from 2014 to 2024, as well as a member of the [[IndiaBharatiya Janata Party]].<ref name="ECI">{{cite web |author=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA |date=23 May 2019 |title=GENERAL ELECTION TO LOK SABHA TRENDS & RESULT 2019 |url=https://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS1021.htm?ac=21 |work=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA |date=23 May 2019 |accessdate=2019-06-26 |authorwork=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA |___location=[[Mysore]]}}</ref> HePrior wasto alsohis aparliamentary member of [[16th Lok Sabha]] of [[India]]. He was born in [[Sakleshpur]]aterms, [[Hassan district|Hassan]]. He represents [[Mysore-Kodagu (Lok Sabha constituency)]] of [[Karnataka]] and he iswas the Former Presidentpresident of Yuva Morcha [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP), Karnataka. He won the Mysoreparty's Lokyouth Sabha seatwing in 2019 with a margin of 1.39 Lakh votes by defeating the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] candidate. Also he is the only candidate in history of Mysore lok sabha constituency to secure more than 5 lakh votes in both 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha electionsKarnataka.

Simha was first elected in [[2014 Indian general election|2014]] to the [[16th Lok Sabha|16th assembly]] of Parliament with over 5 lakh votes. He was again voted in [[2019 Indian general election|2019]] to the [[17th Lok Sabha|17th assembly]] with a similar share, defeating his next opponent from the [[Indian National Congress]] with a margin of 1.39 lakh votes. He is the first candidate in the history of the constituency to have secured more than 5 lakh votes, until [[Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar|Yaduveer Wadiyar]] won with almost 8 lakhs in [[2024 Indian general election|2024]].

== Early life and education ==

Prathap Simha was born on 21 June 1976 at [[Belur, Karnataka|Sakaleshpur]], [[Karnataka]] to B.E. Gopal Gowda and Pushpa.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Centre |first=National Informatics |title=Digital Sansad |url=https://sansad.in/ls |access-date=2024-06-04 |website=Digital Sansad |language=en}}</ref> He holds a master's degree in communication and journalism from [[Mangalore University]].

== Career ==

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=== 2023 Indian Parliament breach ===

{{Main article|2023 Indian Parliament breach}}

In December 2023, a group that carried out a [[Smoke bomb|smoke canister]] attack inside [[Lok Sabha]] secured access using visitors' passes issued by Simha. The opposition demanded strict action against Simha and compared it to opposition [[Trinamool Congress]] MP [[Mahua Moitra]]'s suspension. Moitra was suspended after her login credentials were found to be accessible by a businessman in [[Dubai]]. Congress workers protested outside Simha's office in [[Mysore]] and Karnataka chief minister [[Siddaramaiah]] questioned Simha's role and demanded a fair investigation by the centralCentral governmentGovernment into the affair.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BJP MP who issued visitor pass to intruder meets Lok Sabha Speaker, says... |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/parliament-security-breach-intruder-wanted-to-see-new-building-pratap-simha-tells-lok-sabha-speaker-om-birla-2475658-2023-12-13 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-12-13 |title=Lok Sabha security breach: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah questions Mysuru MP Pratap Simha's connection with the accused |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/bengaluru-news/lok-sabha-security-breach-karnataka-cm-siddaramaiah-questions-mysuru-mp-pratap-simhas-connection-with-the-accused-101702467310509.html |access-date=2023-12-15 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

== See also ==

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[[Category:1976 births]]

[[Category:Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2011]]

[[Category:India MPs 2019–present2019–2024]]