List of chief ministers of Karnataka
- Cabinet
- Karnataka Legislature
- Governor of Karnataka
- Karnataka Legislature
Chief minister's term is for 5 years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
- K. Chengalaraya Reddy (as the chief minister of Mysore;before state's reorganization)
- S. Nijalingappa (as the chief minister of Mysore;after state's reorganization)
- D. Devaraj Urs (as the chief minister of Karnataka)
- ₹200,000 (US$2,400)/monthly
- ₹2,400,000 (US$29,000)/annually
The Chief minister of Karnataka is the chief executive officer of the government of the Indian state of Karnataka. As per the Constitution of India, the governor of Karnataka is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister, a template applicable to all other Indian states. Following elections to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the political party (or a coalition of political parties) with a majority of assembly seats to form the government in the state. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he/she has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years, renewable, and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Historically, this office replaced that of the dewan of Mysore of the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore with India's constitution into a republic. Since 1947, there have been a total of twenty-three chief ministers of Mysore (as the state was known before 1 November 1973) and Karnataka. A majority of them belonged to the Indian National Congress (INC) party, including the inaugural officeholder K. C. Reddy. The longest-serving chief minister, D. Devaraj Urs, held the office for over seven years in the 1970s. INC's Veerendra Patil had the largest gap between two terms (over eighteen years). One chief minister, H. D. Deve Gowda, went on to become the eleventh prime minister of India, whereas another, B. D. Jatti, served as the country's fifth vice president. B. S. Yediyurappa who was the first chief minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), served as the chief minister of the state for four terms in 2007, 2008, 2018 and 2019, the only one to do so. S. R. Bommai served as the chief minister representing the Janata Parivar, whose son Basavaraj Bommai became chief minister representing the BJP in 2021 becoming the second father-son duo to serve office after HD Deve Gowda and HD Kumaraswamy. There have been six instances of president's rule in Karnataka, most recently from 2007 to 2008.
Prime ministers of Mysore State
# | Portrait | Prime Minister (Lifespan) Constituency | Term of office | Election (Term) | Party | Government | Appointed by (Dewan) | |||
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1 | K. Chengalaraya Reddy (1902–1976) — | 25 October 1947 | 26 January 1950 | 2 years, 93 days | Not held | Indian National Congress | Reddy | Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar |
Chief ministers of Mysore State
# | Portrait | Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency | Term of office | Election (Term) | Party | Government | Appointed by (Rajpramukh) | |||
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Chief Ministers of Mysore State (1950–1956) | ||||||||||
1 | K. Chengalaraya Reddy (1902–1976) — | 26 January 1950 | 30 March 1952 | 2 years, 64 days | Not held | Indian National Congress | Reddy | Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar | ||
2 | Kengal Hanumanthaiah (1908–1980) MLA for Ramanagara | 30 March 1952 | 19 August 1956 | 4 years, 142 days | 1952 (1st) | Hanumanthaiah | ||||
3 | Kadidal Manjappa (1908–1992) MLA for Tirthahalli | 19 August 1956 | 31 October 1956 | 73 days | Manjappa |
Chief Ministers of Karnataka
# | Portrait | Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency | Term of office | Election (Term) | Party | Government | Appointed by (Governor) | |||
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Chief Minister of Mysore (following the state's reorganization)[a] | ||||||||||
4 | S. Nijalingappa (1902–2000) MLA for Molakalmuru | 1 November 1956 | 16 May 1958 | 1 year, 196 days | 1952 (1st) | Indian National Congress | Nijalingappa I | Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar | ||
1957 (2nd) | Nijalingappa II | |||||||||
5 | B. D. Jatti (1912–2002) MLA for Jamkhandi | 16 May 1958 | 14 March 1962 | 3 years, 302 days | Jatti | |||||
6 | S. R. Kanthi (1908–1969) MLA for Hungund | 14 March 1962 | 21 June 1962 | 99 days | 1962 (3rd) | Kanthi | ||||
(4) | S. Nijalingappa (1902–2000) MLA for Bagalkot, until 1967 MLA for Shiggaon, from 1968 | 21 June 1962 | 29 May 1968 | 5 years, 343 days | Nijalingappa III | S. M. Shrinagesh | ||||
Nijalingappa IV | G. S. Pathak | |||||||||
1967 (4th) | ||||||||||
7 | Veerendra Patil (1924–1997) MLA for Chincholi | 29 May 1968 | 18 March 1971 | 2 years, 293 days | Patil I | |||||
President's rule was imposed during the period (19 March 1971 – 20 March 1972) | ||||||||||
8 | D. Devaraj Urs (1915–1982) MLA for Hunsur | 20 March 1972 | 31 October 1973 | 1 year, 225 days | 1972 (5th) | Indian National Congress (R) | Urs I | Mohanlal Sukhadia | ||
Chief Minister of Karnataka[b] | ||||||||||
– | D. Devaraj Urs (1915–1982) MLA for Hunsur | 1 November 1973 | 31 December 1977 | 4 years, 60 days | 1972 (Continued) | Indian National Congress (R) | Urs I (Continued) | Mohanlal Sukhadia (Continued) | ||
President's rule was imposed during the period (31 December 1977 – 28 February 1978) | ||||||||||
(8) | D. Devaraj Urs (1915–1982) MLA for Hunsur | 28 February 1978 | 12 January 1980 | 1 year, 318 days | 1978 (6th) | Indian National Congress (I) | Urs II | Govind Narain | ||
9 | R. Gundu Rao (1937–1993) MLA for Somwarpet | 12 January 1980 | 6 January 1983 | 2 years, 359 days | Gundu Rao | |||||
10 | Ramakrishna Hegde (1926–2004) MLA for Kanakapura, until 1985 MLA for Basavanagudi, from 1985 | 10 January 1983 | 7 March 1985[c] | 2 years, 56 days | 1983 (7th) | Janata Party | Hegde I | Ashoknath Banerji | ||
8 March 1985 | 13 August 1988[d] | 3 years, 158 days | 1985 (8th) | Hegde II | ||||||
Hegde III | ||||||||||
11 | S. R. Bommai (1924–2007) MLA for Hubli Rural | 13 August 1988 | 21 April 1989 | 251 days | S. R. Bommai | Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah | ||||
President's rule was imposed during the period (21 April – 30 November 1989) | ||||||||||
(7) | Veerendra Patil (1924–1997) MLA for Chincholi | 30 November 1989 | 10 October 1990 | 314 days | 1989 (9th) | Indian National Congress | Patil II | Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah (Continued) | ||
President's rule was imposed during the period (10 October – 17 October 1990) | ||||||||||
12 | S. Bangarappa (1933–2011) MLA for Soraba | 17 October 1990 | 19 November 1992 | 2 years, 33 days | 1989 (Continued) | Indian National Congress | Bangarappa | Bhanu Pratap Singh | ||
13 | M. Veerappa Moily (born 1940) MLA for Karkala | 19 November 1992 | 11 December 1994 | 2 years, 22 days | Moily | Khurshed Alam Khan | ||||
14 | H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933) MLA for Ramanagara | 11 December 1994 | 31 May 1996 | 1 year, 172 days | 1994 (10th) | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | |||
15 | J. H. Patel (1930–2000) MLA for Channagiri | 31 May 1996 | 11 October 1999 | 3 years, 133 days | Patel | |||||
16 | S. M. Krishna (born 1932) MLA for Maddur | 11 October 1999 | 28 May 2004 | 4 years, 230 days | 1999 (11th) | Indian National Congress | Krishna | |||
17 | Dharam Singh (1936–2017) MLA for Jevargi | 28 May 2004 | 28 January 2006 | 1 year, 245 days | 2004 (12th) | Dharam Singh | T. N. Chaturvedi | |||
18 | H. D. Kumaraswamy (born 1959) MLA for Ramanagara | 3 February 2006 | 8 October 2007 | 1 year, 247 days | Janata Dal (Secular) | Kumaraswamy I | ||||
President's rule was imposed during the period (8 October – 12 November 2007) | ||||||||||
19 | B. S. Yediyurappa (born 1943) MLA for Shikaripura | 12 November 2007 | 19 November 2007 | 7 days | 2004 (Continued) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Yediyurappa I | Rameshwar Thakur | ||
President's rule was imposed during the period (20 November 2007 – 29 May 2008) | ||||||||||
(19) | B. S. Yediyurappa (born 1943) MLA for Shikaripura | 30 May 2008 | 5 August 2011 | 3 years, 67 days | 2008 (13th) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Yediyurappa II | Rameshwar Thakur (Continued) | ||
20 | D. V. Sadananda Gowda (born 1953) MLC | 5 August 2011 | 12 July 2012 | 342 days | Sadananda Gowda | H. R. Bhardwaj | ||||
21 | Jagadish Shettar (born 1955) MLA for Hubli-Dharwad Central | 12 July 2012 | 13 May 2013 | 305 days | Shettar | |||||
22 | Siddaramaiah (born 1947) MLA for Varuna | 13 May 2013 | 17 May 2018 | 5 years, 4 days | 2013 (14th) | Indian National Congress | Siddaramaiah I | |||
(19) | B. S. Yediyurappa (born 1943) MLA for Shikaripura | 17 May 2018 | 20 May 2018 | 3 days | 2018 (15th) | Bharatiya Janata Party | – | Vajubhai Vala | ||
(18) | H. D. Kumaraswamy (born 1959) MLA for Channapatna | 23 May 2018 | 23 July 2019 | 1 year, 61 days | Janata Dal (Secular) | Kumaraswamy II | ||||
(19) | B. S. Yediyurappa (born 1943) MLA for Shikaripura | 26 July 2019 | 28 July 2021 | 2 years, 2 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Yediyurappa III | ||||
23 | Basavaraj Bommai (born 1960) MLA for Shiggaon | 28 July 2021 | 20 May 2023 | 1 year, 296 days | Basavaraj Bommai | Thawar Chand Gehlot | ||||
(22) | Siddaramaiah (born 1947) MLA for Varuna | 20 May 2023 | Incumbent | 1 year, 55 days | 2023 (16th) | Indian National Congress | Siddaramaiah II |
See also
Notes
- ^ On 1 November 1956, via the States Reorganisation Act, Mysore State was significantly expanded along linguistic lines. The Kannada-speaking districts of Bombay, Hyderabad and Madras states, as well as the entirety of Coorg, were added to it.[2]
- ^ On 1 November 1973, via the Mysore State (Alteration of Name) Act, Mysore State was renamed as Karnataka.[2] Thus, Devaraj Urs was Chief Minister of Mysore between 20 March 1972 and 31 October 1973, and Chief Minister of Karnataka after that.
- ^ According to Frontline magazine, "Following the poor performance of the Janata Party in the 1984 [general] elections (it won only four out of the 28 seats), Hegde resigned because his party had lost its popular mandate. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi allowed him to head a caretaker government. In the 1985 [assembly] elections, the Janata Party came to power with a comfortable majority."[3]
- ^ According to Frontline, Hegde resigned "in February 1986 when the Karnataka High Court censured his government for the way it handled arrack bottling contracts".[3] He withdrew his resignation after a couple of days, "following pressure from his party legislators".[4]
References
- ^ a b Durga Das Basu (1960). Introduction to the Constitution of India. Nagpur: LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa. pp. 241, 245. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9.
- ^ a b M. S. Prabhakara. "New names for old". The Hindu. 24 July 2007.
- ^ a b Menon, Parvathi (13 February 2004). "A politician with elan: Ramakrishna Hegde, 1926–2004". Frontline. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
- ^ Jayaram, A. (13 January 2004). "Pillar of anti-Congress movement". The Hindu. Retrieved 1 December 2023.