Karnataka Legislature

The Karnataka Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Karnataka.^[1] The Legislature is composed of:

• the Karnataka Legislative Council,^[2] the upper house,
• the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, the lower house, and
• the Governor of Karnataka

Office	Leader's Image	Leader's Name	Leader Since
Governor		Thawar Chand Gehlot	11 July 2021
Chief Minister		Siddaramaiah	20 May 2023
Deputy Chief Minister		D. K. Shivakumar	20 May 2023
Chairperson		Basavaraj Horatti	22 December 2022
Deputy Chairperson		M. K. Pranesh	29 January 2019
Leader of the House in Legislative Council		N. S. Boseraju	3 July 2023
Deputy Leader of the House in Legislative Council		TBA	15 May 2023
Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Council		Chalavadi Narayanaswamy	23 July 2024
Speaker		U. T. Khader	24 May 2023
Deputy Speaker		Rudrappa Lamani	5 July 2023
Leader of the House in Legislative Assembly (Chief Minister)		Siddaramaiah	20 May 2023
Deputy Leader of the House in Legislative Assembly (Deputy Chief Minister)		D. K. Shivakumar	20 May 2023
Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Assembly		R. Ashoka	17 November 2023
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Assembly		Arvind Bellad	25 December 2023

Karnataka Legislature ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಶಾಸಕಾಂಗ
Emblem of Karnataka
Type
Type	Bicameral
Houses	Karnataka Legislative Council (Upper House) Karnataka Legislative Assembly (Lower House)
History
Founded	Karnataka Legislative Council - 1907 (117 years ago) (1907) Karnataka Legislative Assembly - 1881 (143 years ago) (1881)
Leadership
Governor	Thawar Chand Gehlot since 11 July 2021
Chief Minister	Siddaramaiah, INC since 20 May 2023
Chairperson	Basavaraj Horatti, BJP since 22 December 2022
Leader of the House in Legislative Council	N. S. Boseraju, INC since 3 July 2023
Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Council	Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, BJP since 23 July 2023
Speaker	U. T. Khader, INC since 15 May 2023
Deputy Speaker	Rudrappa Lamani, INC since 6 July 2023
Leader of the House in Legislative Assembly (Chief Minister)	Siddaramaiah, INC since 20 May 2023
Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Assembly	R. Ashoka, BJP since 17 November 2023
Structure
Karnataka Legislative Council political groups	Government (35)   INC (35) Opposition (38) NDA (38)   BJP (30)   JD(S) (8) Others (1)   IND (1) Vacant (1)   Vacant (1)
Karnataka Legislative Assembly political groups	Government (136)   INC (135) Confidence & supply (1)   SKP (1) Official opposition (87) NDA (85)   BJP (66)   JD(S) (19) Other opposition (2)   KRPP (1)   IND (1)
Elections
Karnataka Legislative Council voting system	Single transferable vote
Karnataka Legislative Assembly voting system	First past the post
First Karnataka Legislative Council election	1952
First Karnataka Legislative Assembly election	26 March 1952
Last Karnataka Legislative Council election	2022
Last Karnataka Legislative Assembly election	10 May 2023
Next Karnataka Legislative Council election	"TBD"
Next Karnataka Legislative Assembly election	May 2028
Meeting place
Legislature, Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru, Bengaluru Urban district, Karnataka, India.
Legislature, Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, Belagavi, Belagavi district, Karnataka, India (Winter session)
Website
Karnataka Legislature
Constitution
Constitution of India

References

1. Krishnaswamy, K. S. (1993). "Karnataka's New Step Backwards". Economic and Political Weekly. 28 (18): 847–849. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4399668.
2. "The Legislative Councils Act, 1957". Commonwealth Legal Information Institute website. Retrieved 22 April 2010.