Chief Minister of Karnataka

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Chief Minister of Karnataka
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ
Seal of Karnataka.svg
Emblem of Karnataka
The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri Siddaramaiah.jpg
Incumbent
Siddaramaiah
since 23 May 2023
Government of Karnataka
Style The Honourable (Formal)
Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (Informal)
Type Head of Government
StatusLeader of the Executive
AbbreviationCM
Member of
Reports to
Residence Anugraha, Bangalore
Seat Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru
NominatorMembers of the Government of Karnataka in Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Appointer Governor of Karnataka by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Term length At the confidence of the assembly
Chief minister's term is for 5 years and is subject to no term limits. [1]
Precursor Dewan of Mysore
Inaugural holder
Formation1 November 1956(68 years ago) (1956-11-01)
Deputy Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
Salary
  • ₹200,000 (US$2,400)/monthly
  • ₹2,400,000 (US$28,000)/annually
Website cm.karnataka.gov.in

The chief minister of Karnataka is the chief executive officer of the government of the Indian state of Karnataka. As per the Constitution of India, the governor of Karnataka is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister, a template applicable to all other Indian states. Following elections to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the political party (or a coalition of political parties) with a majority of assembly seats to form the government in the state. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he/she has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years, renewable, and is subject to no term limits. [1]

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Historically, this office replaced that of the dewan of Mysore of the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore with India's constitution into a republic. Since 1947, there have been a total of twenty-three chief ministers of Mysore (as the state was known before 1 November 1973) and Karnataka. A majority of them belonged to the Indian National Congress (INC) party, including the inaugural officeholder K. C. Reddy. The longest-serving chief minister, D. Devaraj Urs, held the office for over seven years in the 1970s. INC's Veerendra Patil had the largest gap between two terms (over eighteen years). One chief minister, H. D. Deve Gowda, went on to become the eleventh prime minister of India, whereas another, B. D. Jatti, served as the country's fifth vice president. B. S. Yediyurappa who was the first chief minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), served as the chief minister of the state for four terms in 2007, 2008, 2018 and 2019, the only one to do so. S. R. Bommai served as the chief minister representing the Janata Parivar, whose son Basavaraj Bommai became chief minister representing the BJP in 2021 becoming the second father-son duo to serve office after HD Deve Gowda and HD Kumaraswamy. There have been six instances of president's rule in Karnataka, most recently from 2007 to 2008.

Predecessors

Diwan of Mysore

The following lists the dalvoys and dewans of Mysore from the 18th century to the 20th.

Prime ministers of Mysore State

#PortraitNameConstituencyTerm [2]

(tenure length)

 Assembly [3]

(election)

Party [a]
1 K. C. Reddy.jpg K. Chengalaraya Reddy N/A 25 October 194726 January 19502 years, 93 daysNot established yet Indian National Congress

Chief ministers of Mysore State

#PortraitNameConstituencyTerm [2]

(tenure length)

 Assembly [3]

(election)

Party [b]
1 K. C. Reddy.jpg K. Chengalaraya Reddy N/A 26 January 195030 March 19522 years, 64 daysNot established yet Indian National Congress
2 Kengal Hanumanthaiah.gif Kengal Hanumanthaiah Ramanagara 30 March 195219 August 19564 years, 142 days1st
(1952 election)

continued...

3 Kadidal Manjappa Tirthahalli 19 August 195631 October 195673 days

Chief Minister of Coorg State

#PortraitNameConstituencyTerm [2]

(tenure length)

 Assembly

(election)

Party [c]
1 C M Poonacha.gif C. M. Poonacha Berriath Nad27 March 195231 October 19564 years, 218 days1st
(1952)		 Indian National Congress

Chief ministers of Karnataka

#PortraitName Constituency Term [2] Assembly [3]

(election)

Party [d]
Chief Minister of Mysore (following the state's reorganization) [e]
1 Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa stamp (cropped).jpg S. Nijalingappa Molakalmuru 31 October 195616 May 19581 year, 197 days...continued

1st
(1952)

 Indian National Congress
2nd

(1957)

2 Basappa Danappa Jatti, 5th Vice President of India.jpg B. D. Jatti Jamkhandi 16 May 195814 March 19623 years, 302 days
3 S. R. Kanthi Hungund 14 March 196221 June 196299 days3rd
(1962)
(1) Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa stamp (cropped).jpg S. Nijalingappa Shiggaon 21 June 196229 May 19685 years, 343 days
Bagalkot 4th
(1967)
4 Veerendra Patil Chincholi 29 May 196818 March 19712 years, 293 days Indian National Congress (O)
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [f]

(President's rule)

N/A18 March 197120 March 19721 year, 2 daysDissolvedN/A
5 Devaraj Urs (cropped).JPG D. Devaraj Urs [g] Hunsur 20 March 197231 December 19775 years, 286 days5th
(1972)		 Indian National Congress (R)
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [f]

(President's rule)

N/A31 December 197728 February 197859 daysDissolvedN/A
(5) Devaraj Urs (cropped).JPG D. Devaraj Urs Hunsur 28 February 197812 January 19801 year, 318 days6th
(1978)		 Indian National Congress
6 R. Gundu Rao Somwarpet 12 January 198010 January 19832 years, 363 days
7 Ramakrishna Hegde Kanakapura 10 January 19837 March 1985 [h] 5 years, 216 days7th
(1983)		 Janata Party
Basavanagudi 8 March 198513 August 1988 [i] 8th
(1985)
8 Somappa Rayappa Bommai 132.jpg S. R. Bommai Hubli Rural 13 August 198821 April 1989251 days
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [f]

(President's rule)

N/A21 April 198930 November 1989223 daysDissolvedN/A
(4) Veerendra Patil Chincholi 30 November 198910 October 1990314 days9th
(1989)		 Indian National Congress
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [f]

(President's rule)

N/A10 October 199017 October 19907 daysN/A
9 Sarekoppa Bangarappa Sorab 17 October 199019 November 19922 years, 33 days Indian National Congress
10 M. Veerappa Moily addressing a Press Conference on Electoral Reforms (cropped).jpg Veerappa Moily Karkal 19 November 199211 December 19942 years, 22 days
11 H. D. Deve Gowda BNC.jpg H. D. Deve Gowda Ramanagaram 11 December 199431 May 19961 year, 172 days10th
(1994)		 Janata Dal
12 J. H. Patel Channagiri 31 May 199611 October 19993 years, 133 days
13 SMKrishna.jpg S. M. Krishna Maddur 11 October 199928 May 20044 years, 230 days11th
(1999)		 Indian National Congress
14 The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri Dharam Singh meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize Annual Plan 2005-06 of the State in Delhi on January 19, 2005 (cropped).jpg Dharam Singh Jevargi 28 May 20043 February 20061 year, 251 days12th
(2004)
15 H. D. Kumaraswamy meets union Minister.jpg H. D. Kumaraswamy Ramanagaram 3 February 20068 October 20071 year, 247 days Janata Dal (Secular)
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [f]

(President's rule)

N/A8 October 200712 November 200735 daysN/A
16 The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize annual plan 2008-09 of the State, in New Delhi on August 12, 2008 (1) (cropped).jpg B. S. Yediyurappa Shikaripura 12 November 200719 November 20077 days Bharatiya Janata Party
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [f]

(President's rule)

N/A19 November 200729 May 2008193 daysDissolvedN/A
(16) The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize annual plan 2008-09 of the State, in New Delhi on August 12, 2008 (1) (cropped).jpg B. S. Yediyurappa Shikaripura 30 May 20085 August 20113 years, 67 days13th
(2008)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
17 Sadananda Gowda.jpg Sadananda Gowda MLC 5 August 201112 July 2012342 days
18 Jagdish Shettar, in Belagavi, Karnataka on November 13, 2016 (1) (cropped).jpg Jagadish Shettar Hubli-Dharwad Central 12 July 201213 May 2013305 days
19 The Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah visits PMO.jpg Siddaramaiah Varuna 13 May 201317 May 20185 years, 4 days14th
(2013)		 Indian National Congress
(16) The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize annual plan 2008-09 of the State, in New Delhi on August 12, 2008 (1) (cropped).jpg B. S. Yediyurappa Shikaripura 17 May 201823 May 20186 days 15th
(2018)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
(15) H. D. Kumaraswamy meets union Minister.jpg H. D. Kumaraswamy Channapatna 23 May 201826 July 20191 year, 64 days Janata Dal (Secular)
(16) The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize annual plan 2008-09 of the State, in New Delhi on August 12, 2008 (1) (cropped).jpg B. S. Yediyurappa Shikaripura 26 July 201928 July 20212 years, 2 days Bharatiya Janata Party
20 Shri Basavaraj Bommai calling on the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on July 30 2021.jpg Basavaraj Bommai Shiggaon 28 July 202120 May 20231 year, 296 days
(19) The Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah visits PMO.jpg Siddaramaiah Varuna 20 May 2023Incumbent2 years, 111 days 16th
(2023)		 Indian National Congress

Statistics

Fraction of time of holding CMO by party (as of December 2024)
  1. Indian National Congress (65.8%)
  2. Bharatiya Janata Party (13.2%)
  3. Janata Dal (7.24%)
  4. Janata Party (9.53%)
  5. Janata Party (Secular) (4.27%)

Parties by total duration (in years) of holding Chief Minister's Office

10
20
30
40
50
INC
BJP
JD
JP
JD(S)

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
  2. ↑ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
  3. ↑ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
  4. ↑ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
  5. ↑ On 1 November 1956, via the States Reorganisation Act, Mysore State was significantly expanded along linguistic lines. The Kannada-speaking districts of Bombay, Hyderabad and Madras states, as well as the entirety of Coorg, were added to it. [4]
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's_rule#Karnataka
  7. ↑ On 1 November 1973, via the Mysore State (Alteration of Name) Act, Mysore State was renamed as Karnataka. [4] Thus, Devaraj Urs was Chief Minister of Mysore between 20 March 1972 and 31 October 1973, and Chief Minister of Karnataka after that.
  8. ↑ According to Frontline magazine, "Following the poor performance of the Janata Party in the 1984 [general] elections (it won only four out of the 28 seats), Hegde resigned because his party had lost its popular mandate. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi allowed him to head a caretaker government. In the 1985 [assembly] elections, the Janata Party came to power with a comfortable majority." [5]
  9. ↑ According to Frontline, Hegde resigned "in February 1986 when the Karnataka High Court censured his government for the way it handled arrack bottling contracts". [5] He withdrew his resignation after a couple of days, "following pressure from his party legislators". [6]

References

  1. 1 2 Durga Das Basu (1960). Introduction to the Constitution of India. Nagpur: LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa. pp. 241, 245. ISBN   978-81-8038-559-9.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  2. 1 2 3 4 Chief Ministers of Karnataka since 1947. Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Archived on 6 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Assemblies from 1952. Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Archived on 6 December 2016.
  4. 1 2 M. S. Prabhakara. "New names for old". The Hindu. 24 July 2007.
  5. 1 2 Parvathi Menon. "A politician with elan: Ramakrishna Hegde, 1926–2004". Frontline . Volume 21: Issue 03, 31 January – 13 February 2004.
  6. ↑ A. Jayaram. "Pillar of anti-Congress movement". The Hindu. 13 January 2004.
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