List of chairpersons of the Karnataka Legislative Council

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]

Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿಧಾನ ಪರಿಷತ್ತಿನ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು
Karnāṭaka Vidhāna Pariṣattina adhyaksharu
Emblem of Karnataka
Incumbent Basavaraj Horatti since 21 December 2022
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	K. T. Bhashyam (Mysuru State)
Deputy	M. K. Pranesh
Website	Karnataka Legislative Council

The state of Karnataka in India

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
3	T. Subramanya		19 December 1956	31 March 1957	102 days
4	P. Seetharamaiah		10 June 1957	13 May 1958	337 days
5	V. Venkatappa		5 November 1958	13 May 1960	1 year, 190 days
6	K. V. Narasappa		30 August 1960	13 May 1962	1 year, 256 days
7	H. F. Kattimani (Pro tem)		30 June 1962	3 July 1962	3 days
8	G. V. Hallikeri		3 July 1962	13 May 1966	3 years, 314 days
9	Mahanta Shetty (Acting)		20 June 1966	28 July 1966	8 days
10	S. C. Adke		28 July 1966	10 June 1968	1 year, 318 days
11	R. B. Naik (Acting)		16 August 1968	5 September 1968	20 days
12	K. K. Shetty		5 September 1968	18 May 1970	1 year, 255 days		Indian National Congress
13	K. Subb Rao (Acting)		16 September 1970	23 September 1970	7 days
14	R. B. Naik		26 September 1970	26 November 1970	61 days
15	G. V. Hallikeri		26 December 1970	15 May 1971	140 days
16	S. D. Gaonkar		10 April 1972	31 October 1973	1 year, 204 days
Karnataka
16	S. D. Gaonkar		1 November 1973	13 May 1974	193 days
17	M. V. Venkatappa		30 August 1974	30 June 1978	3 years, 304 days		Indian National Congress
18	S. Shivappa		10 August 1978	14 May 1980	1 year, 278 days
19	T. V. Venkataswamy (Acting)		15 May 1980	12 June 1980	28 days
20	Basavarajeshwari		12 June 1980	11 June 1982	1 year, 364 days		Indian National Congress
21	Shantamallappa Patil (Acting)		11 June 1982	30 June 1982	19 days
22	K. Rahman Khan[9][10]		30 June 1982	30 June 1984	2 years, 0 days		Indian National Congress
23	R. B. Potadar (Acting)		1 July 1984	26 March 1985	268 days
24	Channabasavaiah (Acting)		26 March 1985	8 April 1985	1 year, 13 days
25	R. B. Potadar		8 April 1985	26 April 1987	2 years, 18 days
26	S. Mallikarjunaiah (Acting)		26 April 1987	2 September 1987	129 days
27	D. Manjunath		2 September 1987	13 May 1992	4 years, 254 days		Janata Party
28	B. R. Patil (Acting)		14 May 1992	16 January 1993	247 days
29	D. B. Kalmankar		16 January 1993	17 June 1994	1 year, 152 days
30	B. R. Patil (Acting)		17 June 1994	7 July 1994	20 days
31	T. N. Narasimha Murthy (Pro tem)		7 July 1994	26 August 1994	50 days
32	D. B. Kalmankar[11]		26 August 1994	17 June 2000	5 years, 296 days
33	David Simeon (Acting)		18 June 2000	5 August 2001	1 year, 48 days
34	B. L. Shankar		6 August 2001	14 February 2004	2 years, 192 days
35	V. R. Sudarshan (Acting)		14 February 2004	16 March 2005	1 year, 30 days
36	V. R. Sudarshan		17 March 2005	17 June 2006	1 year, 92 days
37	Koth Sachidananda (Acting)		18 June 2006	5 April 2007	291 days
38	B. K. Chandrashekar		5 April 2007	30 June 2008	1 year, 86 days
39	N. Thipanna (Acting)		1 July 2008	5 August 2008	35 days
40	Veeranna Mathikatti		5 August 2008	5 July 2010	1 year, 334 days		Indian National Congress
41	D. H. Shankaramurthy		5 July 2010	21 June 2012	1 year, 352 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
42	M. V. Rajasekharan (Pro tem)		22 June 2012	27 June 2012	5 days		Indian National Congress
43	D. H. Shankaramurthy		28 June 2012	21 June 2018	5 years, 358 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
44	Basavaraj Horatti		22 June 2018	12 December 2018	173 days		Janata Dal
45	K. Prathapachandra Shetty		12 December 2018	4 February 2021	2 years, 54 days		Indian National Congress
46	Basavaraj Horatti[12]		9 February 2021	17 May 2022	1 year, 97 days		Janata Dal
47	Raghunath Rao Malkapure (Acting)		17 May 2022	21 December 2022	218 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
48	Basavaraj Horatti[13]		21 December 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 336 days

See also

• List of deputy chairpersons of the Karnataka Legislative Council
• Chief Ministers of Karnataka
• Karnataka Legislature

References

1. Rao, C. Hayavadana (ed.). (1929). Mysore Gazetteer, Vol. IV, Bangalore: Government Press, pp.96-7.
2. "The Legislative Councils Act, 1957". Commonwealth Legal Information Institute website. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
3. Anttila, Ahti (17 January 2013). "Alternative technologies in cervical cancer screening". doi:10.1186/isrctn23885553. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
4. "Members of Karnataka Legislative Council". infoelections.com. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
5. "Legislative Council Members". www.kla.kar.nic.in.
6. https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/764115/1/jpi_October_1956.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
7. http://www.kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/elib/pdf/eresources/K%20T%20Bhashyam.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
8. "Previous Chairmen list". kla.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
9. "Error Page". rajyasabha.nic.in. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
10. https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/764126/1/jpi_September_1985.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
11. http://www.kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/elib/pdf/eresources/K%20T%20Bhashyam.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
12. "JD(S) MLC Basavaraj Horatti elected as Karnataka Legislative Council chairman". Hindustan Times. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
13. "JD(S) MLC Basavaraj Horatti elected as Karnataka Legislative Council chairman". Hindustan Times. 9 February 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.

External links

• Speaker's list on onlinebangalore.com