Chairperson of the Karnataka Legislative Council
Presiding officer of the upper house of the Karnataka Legislature, India
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The chairperson of the Karnataka Legislative Council is the presiding officer of the Karnataka Legislative Council, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Karnataka.[1] The chairperson is elected by the members of the Karnataka Legislative Council (until 1973, the Mysore Legislative Council). The chairperson is usually a member of the Legislative Council.[2][3][4][5]
TypeChairman
StatusPresiding Officer of Karnataka Legislative Council
Member ofKarnataka Legislative Council
Reports toGovernor of Karnataka
| Chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council | |
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| Karnāṭaka Vidhāna Pariṣattina Adhyaksharu | |
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since 14 August 2026 | |
| Karnataka Legislative Council | |
| Type | Chairman |
| Status | Presiding Officer of Karnataka Legislative Council |
| Member of | Karnataka Legislative Council |
| Reports to | Governor of Karnataka |
| Appointer | Members of the Karnataka Legislative Council |
| Term length | 6 Years |
| Constituting instrument | Article 182 of Indian Constitution |
| Inaugural holder |
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| Deputy | Umashree |
| Website | Karnataka Legislative Council |
List of chairpersons
Mysore was renamed to Karnataka on 1 November 1973.
| Sl. No. | Name | Portrait | Tenure | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mysore State | |||||||
| 1. | K. T. Bhashyam[6] | 17 June 1952[7] | 24 May 1956 | 3 years, 342 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2. | T. Subramanya[8] | 25 September 1956 | 1 November 1956 | 37 days | |||
| 19 December 1956 | 31 March 1957 | 102 days | |||||
| 3. | P. Seetharamaiah | 10 June 1957 | 13 May 1958 | 337 days | |||
| 4. | V. Venkatappa | 5 November 1958 | 13 May 1960 | 1 year, 190 days | |||
| 5. | K. V. Narasappa | 30 August 1960 | 13 May 1962 | 1 year, 256 days | |||
| – | H. F. Kattimani (Pro tem) | 30 June 1962 | 3 July 1962 | 3 days | |||
| 6. | G. V. Hallikeri | 3 July 1962 | 13 May 1966 | 3 years, 314 days | |||
| – | Mahanta Shetty (Acting) | 20 June 1966 | 28 July 1966 | 8 days | |||
| 7. | S. C. Edke | 28 July 1966 | 10 June 1968 | 1 year, 318 days | |||
| – | R. B. Naik (Acting) | 16 August 1968 | 5 September 1968 | 20 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 8. | K. K. Shetty | 5 September 1968 | 18 May 1970 | 1 year, 255 days | |||
| – | K. Subb Rao (Acting) | 16 September 1970 | 23 September 1970 | 7 days | |||
| 9. | R. B. Naik | 26 September 1970 | 26 November 1970 | 61 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 10. | G. V. Hallikeri | 26 December 1970 | 15 May 1971 | 140 days | |||
| 11. | S. D. Gaonkar | 10 April 1972 | 31 October 1973 | 1 year, 204 days | |||
| Karnataka | |||||||
| 1 | S. D. Gaonkar | 1 November 1973 | 13 May 1974 | 193 days | |||
| 2 | M. V. Venkatappa | 30 August 1974 | 30 June 1978 | 3 years, 304 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 3 | S. Shivappa | 10 August 1978 | 14 May 1980 | 1 year, 278 days | |||
| 4 | T. V. Venkataswamy (Acting) | 15 May 1980 | 12 June 1980 | 28 days | |||
| 5 | Basavarajeshwari | 12 June 1980 | 11 June 1982 | 1 year, 364 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 6 | Shantamallappa Patil (Acting) | 11 June 1982 | 30 June 1982 | 19 days | |||
| 7 | K. Rahman Khan[9][10] | .jpg) |
30 June 1982 | 30 June 1984 | 2 years, 0 days | Indian National Congress | |
| 8 | R. B. Potadar (Acting) | 1 July 1984 | 26 March 1985 | 268 days | |||
| 9 | Channabasavaiah (Acting) | 26 March 1985 | 8 April 1985 | 1 year, 13 days | |||
| 10 | R. B. Potadar | 8 April 1985 | 26 April 1987 | 2 years, 18 days | |||
| 11 | S. Mallikarjunaiah (Acting) | 26 April 1987 | 2 September 1987 | 129 days | |||
| 12 | D. Manjunath | 2 September 1987 | 13 May 1992 | 4 years, 254 days | Janata Party | ||
| 13 | B. R. Patil (Acting) | 14 May 1992 | 16 January 1993 | 247 days | |||
| 14 | D. B. Kalmankar | 16 January 1993 | 17 June 1994 | 1 year, 152 days | |||
| 15 | B. R. Patil (Acting) | 17 June 1994 | 7 July 1994 | 20 days | |||
| 16 | T. N. Narasimha Murthy (Pro tem) | 7 July 1994 | 26 August 1994 | 50 days | |||
| 17 | D. B. Kalmankar[7] | 26 August 1994 | 17 June 2000 | 5 years, 296 days | |||
| 18 | David Simeon (Acting) | 18 June 2000 | 5 August 2001 | 1 year, 48 days | |||
| 19 | B. L. Shankar | 6 August 2001 | 14 February 2004 | 2 years, 192 days | |||
| 20 | V. R. Sudarshan (Acting) | 14 February 2004 | 16 March 2005 | 1 year, 30 days | |||
| (20) | V. R. Sudarshan | 17 March 2005 | 17 June 2006 | 1 year, 92 days | |||
| 21 | Koth Sachidananda (Acting) | 18 June 2006 | 5 April 2007 | 291 days | |||
| 22 | B. K. Chandrashekar | 5 April 2007 | 30 June 2008 | 1 year, 86 days | |||
| 23 | N. Thippanna (Acting) | 1 July 2008 | 5 August 2008 | 35 days | Janata Dal (Secular) | ||
| 24 | Veeranna Mathikatti | 5 August 2008 | 5 July 2010 | 1 year, 334 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 25 | D. H. Shankaramurthy | 5 July 2010 | 21 June 2012 | 1 year, 352 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 26 | M. V. Rajasekharan (Pro tem) |  |
22 June 2012 | 27 June 2012 | 5 days | Indian National Congress | |
| 27 | D. H. Shankaramurthy | 28 June 2012 | 21 June 2018 | 5 years, 358 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 28 | Basavaraj Horatti |  |
22 June 2018 | 12 December 2018 | 173 days | Janata Dal (Secular) | |
| 29 | K. Prathapachandra Shetty | 12 December 2018 | 4 February 2021 | 2 years, 54 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| (28) | Basavaraj Horatti[11] | |
9 February 2021 | 17 May 2022 | 1 year, 97 days | Janata Dal (Secular) | |
| 30 | Raghunath Rao Malkapure[12][13] (Acting) |
17 May 2022 | 21 December 2022 | 218 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| (28) | Basavaraj Horatti[14][15] | |
21 December 2022 | 7 August 2026[16][17] | 3 years, 229 days | ||
| 31 | Puttanna[18][19] (Acting) |
7 August 2026 | 14 August 2026 | 7 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 32 | Saleem Ahmed[20][21] |  |
14 August 2026 | Incumbent | 12 days | ||
List of deputy chairpersons
| # | Name | Tenure | Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mysore State | |||||||
| 1 | P. Gopalkrishna Shetty[22] | 23 July 1952 | 13 May 1956 | 3 years, 295 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2 | L. H. Thimmabovi | 29 September 1956 | 1 November 1956 | 33 days | |||
| 3 | Mahadevappa Rampure | 26 December 1956 | 31 March 1957 | 95 days | |||
| 4 | K. Kanatappa Shetty | 18 June 1957 | 18 May 1958 | 334 days | |||
| 5 | Keshavarao Nitturkar | 19 November 1958 | 30 June 1960 | 1 year, 224 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 6 | B. J. Deshpande | 3 December 1960 | 10 June 1962 | 1 year, 189 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 7 | M. R. Lakshmamma | 9 July 1962 | 13 May 1964 | 1 year, 309 days | |||
| 8 | H. F. Kattimani | 2 July 1964 | 13 June 1966 | 1 year, 346 days | |||
| 9 | S. D. Gaonvkar | 30 July 1966 | 13 May 1968 | 1 year, 288 days | |||
| 10 | M. Mandayya | 12 September 1968 | 18 May 1970 | 1 year, 248 days | |||
| 11 | S. P. Rajanna | 15 October 1970 | 30 June 1972 | 1 year, 259 days | |||
| 12 | T. N. Narasimhamurty | 5 August 1972 | 31 October 1973 | 1 year, 87 days | |||
| Karnataka[a] | |||||||
| 1 | T. N. Narasimhamurthy | 1 November 1973 | 4 April 1975 | 1 year, 154 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 29 April 1975 | 11 June 1976 | 1 year, 43 days | |||||
| 2 | R. G. Jagirdar | 17 November 1976 | 14 May 1980 | 3 years, 179 days | |||
| 3 | V. S. Krishna Iyer | 18 June 1980 | 11 June 1982 | 1 year, 358 days | Janata Party | ||
| 4 | A. B. Malaka Reddy | 19 July 1982 | 30 June 1984 | 1 year, 347 days | Independent politician | ||
| 5 | S. Mallikarjunaiah | 10 April 1985 | 30 June 1990 | 5 years, 81 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 12 July 1990 | 2 July 1991 | 355 days | |||||
| 6 | B. R. Patil | 5 September 1991 | 7 July 1994 | 2 years, 305 days | Janata Dal | ||
| 7 | Rani Satish | 29 August 1994 | 13 May 1998 | 3 years, 257 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 8 | David Simeon | 1 April 1999 | 4 December 2002 | 3 years, 247 days | Janata Dal (Secular) | ||
| 9 | V. R. Sudarshan | 8 July 2003 | 17 March 2005 | 1 year, 252 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 10 | Sachidananda L. Khot | 31 March 2005 | 30 June 2008 | 3 years, 91 days | Janata Dal (Secular) | ||
| 11 | Puttanna | 21 January 2009 | 14 January 2011 | 1 year, 358 days | |||
| 12 | Vimala Gowda | 17 October 2011 | 17 June 2012 | 244 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 20 July 2012 | 7 October 2014 | 2 years, 79 days | |||||
| (11) | Puttanna | 15 July 2014 | 30 July 2015 | 1 year, 15 days | Janata Dal (Secular) | ||
| 13 | Maritibbe Gowda | 1 August 2015 | 21 June 2018 | 2 years, 324 days | |||
| 14 | S. L. Dharmegowda[23] | 19 December 2018 | 28 December 2020 | 2 years, 9 days | |||
| 15 | M. K. Pranesh[b] | 29 January 2021 | 1 August 2026 | 5 years, 184 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 16 | Umashree | 18 August 2026[28][29] | Incumbent | 8 days | Indian National Congress | ||