List of speakers of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Presiding officer of the lower house of the Karnataka Legislature of India
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The Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Karnataka. He is elected by the members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly (until 1973, the Mysore Legislative Assembly). The speaker is usually a member of the Legislative Assembly.
TypeSpeaker
StatusPresiding Officer of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Member ofKarnataka Legislative Assembly
NominatorMembers of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
| Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿಧಾನಸಭೆಯ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು | |
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| Karnāṭaka Vidhāna Sabheya Adhyakṣaru | |
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| Karnataka Legislative Assembly | |
| Type | Speaker |
| Status | Presiding Officer of Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Member of | Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Nominator | Members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Appointer | Members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | five years |
| Constituting instrument | article 178 of Indian Constitution |
| Inaugural holder | V. Venkatappa (Mysore) K. S. Nagarathnamma |
| Deputy | Rudrappa Lamani |
List of Speakers
Mysore was renamed to Karnataka on 1 November 1973.
| Sl. No. | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Tenure | Assembly | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mysore | |||||||||
| 1 |  |
V. Venkatappa | Channapatna | 1952 | 1952 | Indian National Congress | |||
| 2 | |
H. Siddaiah | Soraba-Shikaripur | 18 June 1952 | 14 May 1954 | 1 year, 330 days | |||
| 3 | |
H. S. Rudrappa | Honnali | 10 October 1954 | 1 November 1956 | 2 years, 22 days | |||
| 4 | |
S. R. Kanthi | Hungund | 19 December 1956 | 9 March 1962 | 5 years, 80 days | |||
| 5 | |
Bantwal Vaikunta Baliga | Belthangady | 15 March 1962 | 6 June 1968 | 6 years, 83 days | |||
| 6 | |
S. D. Kotavale | Sankeshwar | 5 September 1968 | 24 March 1972 | 3 years, 201 days | |||
| 7 | |
K. S. Nagarathanamma | Gundlupete | 24 March 1972 | 31 October 1973 | 1 year, 221 days continued... |
5th
(1972-77) | ||
| Karnataka | |||||||||
| 1 | |
K. S. Nagarathanamma | Gundlupete | 1 November 1973 | 3 March 1978 | ...continued 4 years, 122 days |
5th
...continued |
Indian National Congress | |
| 2 | |
P. Venkataramana | T. Narasipur | 3 March 1978 | 3 October 1980 | 2 years, 214 days | 6th
(1978-83) | ||
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Sumati B. Madiman | Dharwad Rural | 22 December 1980 | 22 December 1980 | ||||
| 4 | |
K. H. Ranganath | Hiriyur | 30 January 1981 | 24 January 1983 | 2 years, 359 days | |||
| 5 | |
D. B. Chandre Gowda | Tirthahalli | 24 January 1983 | 17 March 1985 | 2 years, 52 days | 7th
(1983-85) |
Janata Party | |
| 6 | |
B. G. Banakar | Hirekerur | 18 March 1985 | 17 December 1989 | 4 years, 274 days | 8th
(1985-89) | ||
| 7 | .jpg) |
S. M. Krishna | Maddur | 18 December 1989 | 20 January 1993 | 3 years, 33 days | 9th
(1989-94) |
Indian National Congress | |
| 8 | |
V. S. Koujalagi | Arabhavi | 15 February 1993 | 26 December 1994 | 1 year, 314 days | |||
| 9 | .jpg) |
K. R. Ramesh Kumar | Srinivasapur | 27 December 1994 | 24 October 1999 | 4 years, 301 days | 10th
(1994-99) |
Janata Dal | |
| 10 | |
M. V. Venkatappa | Mulbagal | 26 October 1999 | 7 June 2004 | 4 years, 225 days | 11th
(1999-04) |
Indian National Congress | |
| 11 | |
Krishna | Krishnarajapete | 10 June 2004 | 4 June 2008 | 3 years, 360 days | 12th
(2004-08) |
Janata Dal (Secular) | |
| 12 |  |
Jagadish Shettar | Hubli-Dharwad Central | 5 June 2008 | 16 November 2009 | 1 year, 164 days | 13th
(2008-13) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 13 |  |
K. G. Bopaiah | Virajapete | 30 November 2009 | 31 May 2013 | 3 years, 195 days | |||
| 14 |  |
Kagodu Thimmappa | Sagara | 31 May 2013 | 5 July 2016 | 3 years, 35 days | 14th
(2013-18) |
Indian National Congress | |
| 15 | _(cropped).jpg) |
K. B. Koliwad | Ranibennur | 5 July 2016 | 15 May 2018 | 1 year, 314 days | |||
| Pro-term | |
K. G. Bopaiah[1] | Virajapete | 18 May 2018 | 25 May 2018 | 7 days | 15th
(2018-23) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| (9) | |
K. R. Ramesh Kumar | Srinivasapur | 25 May 2018 | 29 July 2019 | 1 year, 65 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 16 |  |
Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri | Sirsi | 31 July 2019 | 20 May 2023 | 3 years, 293 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 17 |  |
U. T. Khader | Mangalore | 24 May 2023 | Incumbent | 2 years, 364 days | 16th
(2023-28) |
Indian National Congress | |
List of Deputy Speakers
| Sl. No. | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Tenure | Assembly | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mysore | |||||||||
| 1 | |
Pullareddy | 1945 | 1949 | |||||
|
M. A. Sreenivasan | ||||||||
|
T. C. M. Rayan | ||||||||
|
O. S. Nasarulla Sharif | ||||||||
|
L. Siddappa | ||||||||
| 2 | |
L. H. Thimmabhovi | 1950 | 1952 | |||||
| 3 | |
R. Channigaramaiah | 1 July 1952 | 1 November 1956 | 4 years, 123 days | ||||
| 4 | |
M. Madhaiah | 24 December 1956 | 31 March 1957 | 97 days | ||||
| (2) | |
L. H. Thimmabhovi | 19 July 1957 | 1 March 1962 | 4 years, 225 days | ||||
| 5 | |
A. R. Panchagavi | 31 March 1962 | 28 February 1967 | 4 years, 334 days | ||||
| 6 | |
D. Manjunath | 28 March 1967 | 14 April 1971 | 4 years, 17 days | ||||
| 7 | |
B. P. Kadham | 26 June 1972 | 31 October 1973 | 1 year, 127 days continued... | 5th
(1972-77) |
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| Karnataka | |||||||||
| 1 | |
B.P. Kadham | 1 November 1973 | 24 March 1977 | ...continued 3 years, 143 days |
5th
...continued |
|||
| 2 | |
G. Puttaswamy | 20 June 1977 | 31 December 1977 | 194 days | ||||
| 3 | |
Sumathi B. Madiman | 10 August 1978 | 21 December 1980 | 2 years, 133 days | 6th
(1978-83) |
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| 4 | |
Bapurao Hulsurkar | 4 February 1981 | 8 January 1983 | 1 year, 338 days | ||||
| 5 | |
C. Veeranna | Koratagere | 11 March 1983 | 2 January 1985 | 1 year, 297 days | 7th
(1983-85) |
||
| 6 | |
Lakshminarasimhaiah | 8 August 1985 | 26 April 1987 | 1 year, 261 days | 8th
(1985-89) |
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| 7 | |
B. R. Yavagal | 11 September 1987 | 15 April 1989 | 1 year, 216 days | ||||
| 8 | |
Nagamma Keshavamurthy | 30 March 1990 | 20 January 1993 | 2 years, 296 days | 9th
(1989-94) |
|||
| 9 | |
Anjanamurthy | 18 March 1993 | 17 December 1994 | 1 year, 274 days | ||||
| 10 | |
M.S. Patil | 30 December 1994 | 6 June 1996 | 1 year, 159 days | 10th
(1994-99) |
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| 11 | |
Anand Mamani | 8 July 1996 | 14 January 1999 | 2 years, 190 days | ||||
| 12 | |
Chandrashekhar Reddy Deshmukh | 11 March 1999 | 22 July 1999 | 133 days | ||||
| 13 | |
Manohar H. Tahashildar | 30 October 1999 | 23 February 2004 | 4 years, 116 days | 11th
(1999-04) |
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| 14 | |
N. Y. Gopalakrishna | 17 March 2005 | 28 November 2007 | 2 years, 256 days | 12th
(2004-08) |
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| 15 | |
K.G. Bopaiah | 29 July 2008 | 30 December 2009 | 2 years, 154 days | 13th
(2008-13) |
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| 16 | |
N. Yogish Bhat | 11 January 2011 | 21 May 2013 | 2 years, 130 days | ||||
| 17 | |
N.H. Shivashankar Reddy | 18 July 2013 | 18 May 2018 | 4 years, 304 days | 14th
(2013-18) |
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| 18 | |
M. Krishnareddy | 6 July 2018 | 17 March 2020 | 1 year, 255 days | 15th
(2018-23) |
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| (11) | |
Anand Mamani | 24 March 2020 | 22 October 2022 | 2 years, 212 days | BJP | |||
| 19 | Rudrappa Lamani[2] | Haveri | 6 July 2023 | Incumbent | 16th
(2023-28) |
Congress | |||
| Source: Karanataka Legislative Assembly | |||||||||
Pro tem Speaker
List of Pro tem Speakers
R. V. Deshpande 2023