Pralhad Joshi is a member of the 16th Lok Sabha. He represents the Dharwad constituency of Karnataka. He is the ex-president of the Karnataka state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is also part of the pool (as of 2014) which helps Lok Sabha Speaker by chairing the house proceedings when both the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker are not present. Pralhad Joshi was re-elected to the Loksabha in the May 2009 General Election in Dharwad constituency. His winning margin was the second highest amongst 28 constituencies of Karnataka. In the year 2014, the elections held for Lok Sabha Joshi was elected for the third time against the sitting MLA Vinay Kulkarni contested from Congress.