Biographical Sketch

Member of Parliament

XI LOK SABHA





FERNANDES, SHRI OSCAR
CONGRESS (I) - UDIPI (KARNATAKA)



Father's Name	:   	Shri Roque Fernandes

Date of Birth	:   	27 March 1941

Place of Birth	:   	Udipi in Distt. South Kanara (Karnataka)

Marital Status	:   	Married on 26 August 1981

Spouse's Name	:   	Smt. Blossom Mathias

Children	:   	One son and one daughter

Educational Qualifications :
	B.A.
	Educated at Karnataka University, Udipi (Karnataka) 

Profession :
   	Agriculturist, Political and Social Worker

Permanent Address :
   	Doris Rest Haven, Ambalpady, Udipi-576103 (Karnataka)
	Tel. (08252) 21370
 
Positions Held :
   
1975-76	Member, Municipal Council, Udipi
1980	Elected to Lok Sabha (Seventh)
1983	Joint Secretary, A.I.C.C.
1984	Member, Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House
	Re-elected to Lok Sabha (Eighth)
Dec. 1984-85	Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister
Sep. 1985-Jan. 1986,	General Secretary, A.I.C.C.
Sep. 1987-June 1990 and
Nov. 1996 onwards
Jan. 1986-Sep. 1987	President, P.C.C. (I), Karnataka
1989	Elected to Lok Sabha (Ninth) for the third time
1990-91	Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Energy
1991	Elected to Lok Sabha (Tenth) for the fourth time 
1996	Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh) for the fifth time

Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments :
Got the Syndicate Agricultural Foundation Award for highest yield in paddy and the Karnataka Government State level award for agriculture 
Social and Cultural Activities :
   	Rural Housing and relief work

Special Interests :
   	Agriculture and organising youth

Sports and Clubs :
   	Founder, Jolly Club, Udipi; Active participation in Sports and games

Countries visited :
     U.S.S.R. and Yugoslavia; Member, Indian Delegation to UNCTAD, Belgrade, 1983;
      Congress Delegate to Germany, November, 1985

Other Information :
Member, Council of Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1980-82; Chairman, D.K.S.S.K. Ltd., (Sugar Factory, Brahmavar) 
Election Result :
   
Udipi Lok Sabha constituency
Total electorate	9,93,030
Total votes polled	6,42,416
Votes polled in favour of the
first four leading candidates :
(1) Shri Oscar Fernandes (I.N.C.)	 2,35,932
(2) Shri I.M. Jayarama Shetty (B.J.P.)	 2,33,478
(3) Shri K. Vasantha Bangera (J.D.)	 1,47,293
(4) Shri Airody Dhanyavantha Pai (Ind.)	 3,533