| 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 |
| Deputy | Rudrappa Lamani |
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.
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) | ||
| 3 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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 | | 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, 161 days | 16th (2023-28) | Indian National Congress | |
| 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 dayscontinued... | 5th (1972-77) | |||
| 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) | |||
| 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) | |||
| 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) | |||
| 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) | |||
| 14 | | N. Y. Gopalakrishna | 17 March 2005 | 28 November 2007 | 2 years, 256 days | 12th (2004-08) | |||
| 15 | | K.G. Bopaiah | 29 July 2008 | 30 December 2009 | 2 years, 154 days | 13th (2008-13) | |||
| 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) | |||
| 18 | | M. Krishnareddy | 6 July 2018 | 17 March 2020 | 1 year, 255 days | 15th (2018-23) | |||
| (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 | |||||||||
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