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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Prathap 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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'''Prathap 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]] for [[Mysore-Kodagu (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mysore]] from 2014 to 2024, as well as a member of the [[Bharatiya 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 |accessdate=2019-06-26 |work=ELECTION COMMISSION OF INDIA |___location=[[Mysore]]}}</ref> Prior to his parliamentary terms, he was the president of the party's youth wing in Karnataka.
 
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|BelurSakaleshpur]], [[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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[[Category:1976 births]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Rajyotsava Award 2011]]
[[Category:India MPs 2019–present2019–2024]]