Government of Karnataka

Portfolio allocations reflect the Governor's notification of 12 August 2026, the most recent full allocation as of this revision (see Cabinet Reshuffles for the sequence of earlier and superseded allocations). Sources:^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]}

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Sr. No.	Name	Portrait	MLA/MLC	Constituency	Designation	Portfolio(s)	Party		Term of Office
									Took Office	Left Office	Duration
Chief Minister
1	D. K. Shivakumar		MLA	Kanakapura	Chief Minister	Finance Cabinet Affairs Dept. of Personnel and Administrative Reforms Intelligence Information, Law, Justice and Human Rights Agriculture Marketing Commissionerate of Town & Country Planning All Urban Local Bodies falling under Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) and Bengaluru Metropolitan Region Development Authority (BMRDA) areas All unallocated portfolios	INC		3 June 2026	Incumbent	78 days
Deputy Chief Minister
2	G. Parameshwara		MLA	Koratagere	Deputy Chief Minister	Revenue Sports	INC		3 June 2026	Incumbent	78 days
Cabinet Ministers
3	K. H. Muniyappa		MLA	Devanahalli	Cabinet Minister	Social Welfare	INC		3 June 2026	Incumbent	78 days
4	K. J. George		MLA	Sarvagnanagar	Cabinet Minister	Energy Tourism	INC		3 June 2026	Incumbent	78 days
5	M. B. Patil		MLA	Babaleshwar	Cabinet Minister	Large & Medium Industries Infrastructure Development[a]	INC		3 June 2026	Incumbent	78
6	Satish Jarkiholi		MLA	Yemkanmardi	Cabinet Minister	Public Works	INC		3 June 2026	Incumbent	78 days
7	Krishna Byre Gowda		MLA	Byatarayanapura	Cabinet Minister	Greater Bengaluru Development[b] Parliamentary Affairs and Legislation	INC		3 June 2026	Incumbent	78 days
8	Priyank Kharge		MLA	Chittapur	Cabinet Minister	Home (excluding Intelligence) Information Technology & Biotechnology E-Governance	INC		3 June 2026	Incumbent	78 days
9	U. T. Khader		MLA	Mangalore	Cabinet Minister	Health & Family Welfare Minority Welfare Haj and Wakf	INC		3 June 2026	Incumbent	78 days
10	Eshwara Khandre		MLA	Bhalki	Cabinet Minister	Rural Development Panchayati Raj	INC		3 June 2026	Incumbent	78 days
11	Yathindra Siddaramaiah		MLC	Legislative Assembly	Cabinet Minister	Urban Development[c]	INC		3 June 2026	Incumbent	78 days
12	Byrathi Suresh		MLA	Hebbal	Cabinet Minister	Transport	INC		3 June 2026	Incumbent	78 days
13	Sharan Prakash Patil		MLA	Sedam	Cabinet Minister	Medical Education Skill Development	INC		3 June 2026	Incumbent	78 days
14	Ramalinga Reddy		MLA	B.T.M Layout	Cabinet Minister	Forest, Ecology and Environment	INC		3 June 2026	Incumbent	78 days[d]
15	B. Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan		MLA	Chamrajpet	Cabinet Minister	Housing	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days
16	Santosh Lad		MLA	Kalghatgi	Cabinet Minister	Labour and Employment	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days
17	Rizwan Arshad		MLA	Shivajinagar	Cabinet Minister	Food and Civil Supplies Consumer Affairs	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days
18	Madhu Bangarappa		MLA	Soraba	Cabinet Minister	Primary and Secondary Education	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days
19	B. Nagendra		MLA	Bellary Rural	Cabinet Minister	Planning and Statistics	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days[e]
20	S. S. Mallikarjun		MLA	Davanagere North	Cabinet Minister	Mines and Geology Horticulture	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days[f]
21	K. S. Basavanthappa		MLA	Mayakonda	Cabinet Minister	Muzrai Fisheries, Ports and Inland Water	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days
22	Laxman Savadi		MLA	Athani	Cabinet Minister	Co-operation excluding Agriculture Marketing	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days
23	Vijayanand Kashappanavar		MLA	Hungund	Cabinet Minister	Small Scale Industries Public Enterprises	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days
24	Basavaraj Rayareddy		MLA	Yelburga	Cabinet Minister	Higher Education	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days
25	H. C. Balakrishna		MLA	Magadi	Cabinet Minister	Municipal Administration	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days
26	K. M. Shivalinge Gowda		MLA	Arsikere	Cabinet Minister	Excise from Finance Department	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days
27	N. Chaluvaraya Swamy		MLA	Nagamangala	Cabinet Minister	Major and Medium Irrigation	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days
28	Ajay Singh		MLA	Jevargi	Cabinet Minister	Minor Irrigation Science and Technology	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days
29	P. M. Narendraswamy		MLA	Malavalli	Cabinet Minister	Agriculture	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days
30	Shivaraj Tangadagi		MLA	Kanakagiri	Cabinet Minister	Backward Classes Welfare Kannada and Culture	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days
31	Rudrappa Lamani		MLA	Haveri	Cabinet Minister	Sugar and Textiles	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days[g]
32	T. Raghumurthy		MLA	Challakere	Cabinet Minister	Scheduled Tribe (ST) Welfare	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days
33	C. Puttarangashetty		MLA	Chamarajanagar	Cabinet Minister	Animal Husbandry and Sericulture	INC		3 August 2026	Incumbent	17 days

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Awaiting induction: Gayathri Shanthegowda (MLC), the twentieth name cleared by the Congress high command for the August expansion, had not taken the ministerial oath as of this revision; her induction was deferred pending her own swearing-in as an MLC. See Cabinet expansion below.

Karnataka State has been divided into 4 revenue divisions, 31 districts, 49 subdivisions, 237 taluks, 747 hoblies/ revenue circles and 6,022 villages for land revenue administrative purposes.^[11] The state has 281 towns and 7 municipal corporations. Bangalore is the largest urban agglomeration. It is among the fastest growing cities in the world.

The state legislature is bicameral and consists of the Legislative Assembly and the Legislative Council. The Legislative Assembly consists of 224 members with one member nominated by the governor to represent the Anglo-Indian community. The term of office of the members is five years and the term of a member elected to the council is six years.^[13] The Legislative Council is a permanent body with one-third of its members retiring every two years.^[14]

The government is headed by the governor who appoints the chief minister and their council of ministers. The governor is appointed for five years and acts as the constitutional head of the state. Even though the governor remains the ceremonial head of the state, the day-to-day running of the government is taken care of by the chief minister and their council of ministers in whom a great deal of legislative powers is vested..

The secretariat headed by the secretary to the governor assists the council of ministers. The council of ministers consists of cabinet ministers, ministers of state and deputy ministers. The chief minister is assisted by the chief secretary, who is the head of the administrative services.

As of August 2021, the Government of Karnataka consists of 30 ministers including Chief Minister.

This is a 3-tier system in the state with elected bodies at the village (grama), taluka and district (zilla) levels. It ensures greater participation of people and effective implementation of rural development programs. There is a Grama Panchayat for a village (grama) or a group of villages (gramas), a Taluka Panchayat at the taluka level and a Zilla Panchayat at the district (zilla) level.

All the 3 institutions are made up of elected representatives and there is no provision for nomination by the governor to any of these councils. Karnataka was the first state in the country to enact the Panchayat Raj Act, incorporating all provisions of the 73rd Amendment to the Constitution.

In 2014, Karnataka State Grama Panchayats Delimitation Committee was constituted by the government of Karnataka, with Chairman S G Nanjaiahna Mutt and 6 members. The joint secretary of the committee was Dr. Revaiah Odeyar. The report was submitted on October 30, 2014. This resulted in the implementation of Gram Panchayath Elections in 2015.

Karnataka Panchayat Administrative Service (KPAS), is the civil service of Karnataka state. The Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department conducts exams to recruit candidates for the service. The KPAS officers are usually appointed as Panchayat Development Officers (PDOs). They are trained under the Abdul Nazeer Sab State Institute of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (ANSSIRDPR), Mysuru.

The Karnataka Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj Act, 1993 (5) was substituted by Act 44 of 2015 with effect from 25.02.2016, as follows:

CHAPTER XVI 1 [Administration, Inspection, Supervision and Creation of Commissionerate of Gram Swaraj and Panchayat Raj]

Section 232B of the Constitution of the Karnataka Panchayat Administrative Service: The Government shall constitute a Karnataka Panchayat Administrative Service consisting of such category of posts from the rural development and panchayat raj department, the number of posts, scale of pay, method of recruitment and minimum qualifications shall be such as may be prescribed]. Inserted by Act 44 of 2015 with effect from 25.02.2016.

Urban areas in Karnataka are governed by different municipal bodies; 10 Municipal Corporations, 59 City Municipal Councils, 116 Town Municipal Councils, 97 Town Panchayats and 4 Notified Area Committees.^[16] The Municipal Corporations are administered under the State under Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976, while the rest are under the Karnataka Municipalities Act, 1964. The administration at Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike is overseen by the state government directly, while the Directorate of Municipal Administration does it for the rest of the urban local governments in Karnataka.^[17] The categorisation of urban areas is done on the following basis:^[18][19]

The Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 1976 mandates constituting both Ward Committees and Area Sabha in each corporation.^[19] The rules for setting these up are given in Karnataka Municipal Corporations (Wards Committees) Rules, 2016.^[20] Ward Committees in the state have been defunct in cities where they have been formed, with the meetings being erratic or not publicised to the ward members.^[21][22][23] Since the provision for setting up Ward Committees was only given in the municipal act meant for municipal corporations, only cities with population of 3 lakh or more were mandated to form them. In January 2020, the Urban Development Department of the Karnataka Government announced that Ward Committees would be formed in all urban local bodies in the state, irrespective of their population.^[24]

A district of an Indian state is an administrative unit headed by a deputy commissioner or district magistrate, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Karnataka Civil Service and other Karnataka state services.

A Superintendent of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of the district. The District SP is assisted by the officers of the Karnataka Police Service and other Karnataka Police officials. A Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service, is responsible for managing the forests, environment and wildlife related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Karnataka Forest Service and other Karnataka forest and wildlife officials. Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as PWD, Health, Education, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, etc. These officers belong to the State Services.

The state is divided into 30 police districts, 77 sub-divisions, 178 circles, State Police consists of 20 police districts, 6 Police Commissioners at Bangalore, Mysore, Mangalore, Belagavi, Hubli-Dharwad and Kalaburgi cities, 77 sub-divisions, 178 circles, 927 police stations, and 317 police outposts. There are seven ranges: Central Range at Bangalore, Eastern Range at Davanagere, Northern Range at Belagavi, Southern Range at Mysore and Western Range at Mangalore, North Eastern Range Kalaburgi and Ballari range. The government Railway Police is headed by a ADGP of Police.^[25]

Units that assist the state in law and order include Criminal Investigation Department (Forest Cell, Anti-Dowry Cell, etc.), Dog Squad, Civil Rights Enforcement Wing, Police Wireless and Police Motor Transport Organization and special units. Village Defence Parties protect persons and property in the village and assist the police when necessary. The police force is at times supplemented by Home Guards.

Karnataka politics is dominated by the Indian National Congress (INC), Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) and Janata Dal (Secular).

In recent election conducted in May 2023, the Indian National Congress won in a landslide by getting 135 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (Secular) conceded defeat, finishing second and third, respectively.

Previously, in the 2018 Assembly Election, BJP emerged as single largest party with 104 seats leaving behind INC with 79, JDS with 38, BSP with 1 and other 2 independent seats. While B. S. Yeddyurappa went ahead with the intention of making the government and requested the governor to allow him to form a government without the numbers though. Governor allowed him to take oath as Chief Minister on 17 May 2018 although his happiness was short-lived, as SC struck down 2 weeks of time provided by the governor for the floor test to just 2 days. He was forced to resign unable to prove the majority. After his resignation H. D. Kumaraswamy was sworn in as the Chief Minister on 23 May 2018 with absolute majority support from Congress total of 117.

In later bypolls JDS+Congress combine won 4 out of 5 seats 3MP & 2 MLA seats making the numbers up by 119.

On 23 July 2019 the government headed by H. D. Kumaraswamy fell short of majority in the trust vote due to the resignation of 17 MLAs from the Congress and the JDS.

B. S. Yeddiyurappa once again took oath as the chief minister for the 4th time on 26 July 2019.

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