Vittal Katakadhond

Vittal Dhondiba Katakdhond (Kannada: ವಿಠ್ಠಲ್ ದೊಂಡಿಬಾ ಕಟಕಧೊಂಡ; born 12 September 1959) is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka and a member of the Indian National Congress (INC). He is serving as the Member of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly representing the Nagthan (SC) Assembly constituency in Vijayapura district since 2023. Katakdhond was first elected to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly in the 2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election as a candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), becoming the first MLA of the newly created Nagthan Assembly constituency following the delimitation of constituencies in Karnataka. He was re-elected from the same constituency in the 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election as an Indian National Congress candidate, defeating Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Sanjeev Malasiddappa Aihole by a margin of 30,815 votes.