Editing Kalaburagi (section)

==Government and politics==
Kalaburagi has been home to two ex-[[List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka|chief ministers of Karnataka]], namely [[Veerendra Patil]] (1968–1971, 1988–1992) and [[Dharam Singh]] (2004–2006); both belonged to the [[Indian National Congress]] party.

Kalaburagi comes under [[Gulbarga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kalaburagi Lok Sabha constituency]]. [[Radhakrishna Doddamani]] from [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) is the Member of Parliament (MP) since 2024. Mallikarjun Kharge (born 21 July 1942) is an Indian politician, who is the current president of the Indian National Congress, and Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha from Karnataka since 16 February 2021. He was also Leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha from 16 February 2021 to 1 October 2022. He was the Former Minister of Railways and Minister of Labour and Employment in the Government of India. Kharge was a Member of Parliament for Gulbarga, Karnataka from 2009 to 2019.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lok Sabha Result 2019: कर्नाटक की गुलबर्गा सीट पर बीजेपी के उमेश जाधव ने कांग्रेस के मल्लिकार्जुन खड़गे को दी शिकस्त |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/lok-sabha-election/story-karnataka-gulbarga-lok-sabha-election-results-2019-bjp-umesh-jadhav-win-know-all-seats-2544540.html |last=Khushboo |access-date=25 May 2019 |work=[[Hindustan (newspaper)|Hindustan]] |date=24 May 2019 |language=hi}}</ref>

Kalaburagi city has two [[Vidhan Sabha]] constituencies: [[Gulbarga Uttar (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Kalaburagi Uttar (North)]] and [[Gulbarga Dakshin (Vidhana Sabha constituency)|Kalaburagi Dakshin (South)]]. Both are part of the Kalaburagi Lok Sabha constituency. The MLA for Kalaburagi Uttar is Kaneez Fatima from Indian National Congress, while the MLA for Kalaburagi Dakshin is from Indian National congress (2023).