Karnataka Legislative Council

The Karnataka Legislative Council (formerly the Mysore Legislative Council) is the upper house of the state legislature of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of six Indian states with a bicameral legislature; the Legislative Assembly is the lower house. The Council is a permanent body of 75 members, of whom 64 are elected in various ways in staggered elections and 11 are appointed by the Governor of Karnataka. Members hold their seats for six-year terms.

Karnataka Legislative Council
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿಧಾನ ಪರಿಷತ್ತು
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Term limits
6 years
History
Founded1907 (1907)
Preceded byMysore Legislative Council
Leadership
Basavaraj Horatti, BJP
since 21 December 2022
M. K. Pranesh, BJP
since 29 January 2021
Leader of the House
N. S. Boseraju, INC
since 3 July 2023
Saleem Ahmed, INC
since 3 July 2023
K. R. Mahalaxmi
since 1 October 2017
Structure
Seats75 (64 Elected + 11 Nominated)
Political groups
Government (29)
  •   INC (29)

Opposition (44)

Official Opposition (43)

Other Opposition (1)

Vacant (2)

  •   Vacant (2)
Meeting place
Legislative Council, Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru, Bengaluru Urban district, Karnataka, India
Legislative Council, Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, Belagavi, Belagavi district, Karnataka, India (Winter session)
Website
Karnataka Legislative Council
Constitution
Constitution of India
Footnotes
The Council was established in 1907 for the princely state of Mysore, which was merged with the Union of India and became Mysore State in 1947; Mysore State was re-organized to its current territorial state in 1956 and renamed as Karnataka on 1 November 1973.

History

Originally, the government of the princely state of Mysore comprised the diwan and the unicameral Mysore Representative Assembly (constituted in 1881 by Maharaja Chamarajendra Wadiyar X). With the intent of creating a body composed of a certain number of non-official persons with practical experience and knowledge of local conditions to assist the government in making laws and regulations, the Mysore Legislative Council was established by Regulation I of 1907, in the reign of Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV. In addition to the diwan, the president and the members of the Council, who were ex-officio members, the Council at that time consisted of not less than 10 and not more than 15 additional members to be nominated by the government and approved by the Maharaja, out of which not less than two-fifths were required to be non-officials. The minimum and maximum number of additional members was increased from 15 to 21 respectively by Regulation I of 1914 and the maximum was further increased to 30 by Regulation II of 1919.[1]

In 1923, under the Mysore Legislative Council Regulation, (Regulation XIX of 1923), the strength of the Council was fixed at 50. Of the 50 seats, 28 were allotted to the nominated members (20 official and 8 non-official) and 22 to elected members.[1] In 1914, the Council was empowered to discuss the state budget, and in 1923 it was given power to vote on the demands for grants. From 1919 onwards, resolutions were discussed in the Council. The term of the Council was three years in 1917 and four years in 1940.

After the implementation of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the strength of the Legislative Council of the re-organized Mysore State was increased to 63 under the Legislative Councils Act of 1957[2] and remained as such until 1987. The council was renamed following the renaming of Mysore State as Karnataka in 1973. Following adoption of a resolution in Karnataka Legislative Assembly on 18 August 1986 and subsequent approval by the Parliament of India, the strength of Legislative Council was increased to 75 with effect from 8 September 1987.

Constituencies and Members

The Karnataka Legislative Council is a permanent body with one-third of its members retiring every two years. Members of Legislative Council (MLCs) serve six-year terms, with no limit on reelections.

Of the 75 members of the Council, 25 are elected by local authorities such as municipalities and corporations, 25 are elected by members of the Legislative Assembly, 7 are elected from graduates' constituencies, 7 are elected from teachers' constituencies, and 11 members are nominated by the Governor of Karnataka. The following is the list of the current members:[3][4]

Local Authorities constituencies (25)

Keys:  BJP (11)   INC (11)   JDS (2)   Ind (1)

# Constituency Member Party Term start Term end
1 Bidar Bhimrao Patil INC 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
2 GulbargaYadgir B. G. Patil BJP 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
3 BijapurBagalkot Sunil Gouda B. Patil INC 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
4 BijapurBagalkot P. H. Poojara BJP 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
5 Belgaum Channaraj Hattiholi INC 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
6 Belgaum Lakhan Jarakiholi Ind 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
7 Uttara Kannada Ganapathi Ulvekar BJP 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
8 DharwadGadagHaveri Saleem Ahmed INC 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
9 DharwadGadagHaveri Pradeep Shettar BJP 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
10 RaichurKoppal Sharana Gowda Patil INC 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
11 BellaryVijaynagar Y. M. Satish BJP 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
12 ChitradurgaDavangere K. S. Naveen BJP 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
13 Shimoga D. S. Arun BJP 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
14 Dakshina KannadaUdupi Kota Srinivas Poojary BJP 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
15 Dakshina KannadaUdupi Manjunath Bhandari INC 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
16 Chikmagalur M. K. Pranesh BJP 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
17 Hassan Suraj Revanna JDS 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
18 Tumkur R. Rajendra INC 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
19 Mandya M. G. Gooligowda INC 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
20 Bangalore Urban H. S. Gopinath Reddy BJP 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
21 Bangalore RuralRamanagar Shambulingaiah Ravi INC 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
22 KolarChikkaballapur Anil Kumar INC 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
23 Kodagu Suja Kushalappa BJP 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
24 MysoreChamarajanagara C. N. Manje Gowda JDS 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028
25 MysoreChamarajanagara D. Thimmaiah INC 6-Jan-2022 5-Jan-2028

Members elected by Legislative Assembly (25)

Keys:   BJP (12)   INC (10)   JDS (3)

# Member Party Term start Term end
1 S Keshava Prasad BJP 14-Jun-2022 13-Jun-2028
2 Hemalatha Nayak BJP 14-Jun-2022 13-Jun-2028
3 Chaluvadi Narayanaswamy BJP 14-Jun-2022 13-Jun-2028
4 Sunil Vallyapure BJP 1-Jul-2020 30-Jun-2026
5 M. T. B. Nagaraj BJP 1-Jul-2020 30-Jun-2026
6 Prathap Simha Nayak BJP 1-Jul-2020 30-Jun-2026
7 Tejaswini Gowda BJP 18-Jun-2018 17-Jun-2024
8 Raghunath Rao Malkapure BJP 18-Jun-2018 17-Jun-2024
9 K. P. Nanjundi BJP 18-Jun-2018 17-Jun-2024
10 S. Rudregowda BJP 18-Jun-2018 17-Jun-2024
11 N. Ravikumar BJP 18-Jun-2018 17-Jun-2024
12 P. Muniraju Gowda BJP 15-Mar-2021 17-Jun-2024
13 M. Nagaraju Yadav INC 14-Jun-2022 13-Jun-2028
14 K. Abdul Jabbar INC 14-Jun-2022 13-Jun-2028
15 Jagadish Shettar INC 23-Jun-2023 13-Jun-2028
16 B. K. Hariprasad INC 1-Jul-2020 30-Jun-2026
17 K. Naseer Ahmed INC 1-Jul-2020 30-Jun-2026
18 Tippannappa Kamaknoor INC 23-Jun-2023 30-Jun-2026
19 K. Govindaraj INC 18-Jun-2018 17-Jun-2024
20 K. Harishkumar INC 18-Jun-2018 17-Jun-2024
21 Aravind Kumar Arali INC 18-Jun-2018 17-Jun-2024
22 N. S. Boseraju INC 23-Jun-2023 17-Jun-2024
23 T.A. Sharavana JDS 14-Jun-2022 13-Jun-2028
24 Govindaraju JDS 1-Jul-2020 30-Jun-2026
25 B. M. Farooq JDS 18-Jun-2018 17-Jun-2024

Elected from Graduates constituencies (7)

Keys:   BJP (4)   INC (2)   Vacant (1)

# Constituency Member Party Term start Term end
1 Karnataka South-East Graduates Chidanand M. Gowda BJP 10-Nov-2020 9-Nov-2026
2 Karnataka North-East Graduates Chandrasekhar Patil INC 22-Jun-2018 21-Jun-2024
3 Karnataka North-West Graduates Hanumant Nirani BJP 5-Jul-2022 4-Jul-2028
4 Karnataka South Graduates Madhu Madhe Gowda INC 5-Jul-2022 4-Jul-2028
5 Karnataka West Graduates S. V. Sankanura BJP 10-Nov-2020 9-Nov-2026
6 Bangalore Graduates A. Devegowda BJP 22-Jun-2018 21-Jun-2024
7 Karnataka South-West Graduates Vacant 22-Jun-2018 21-Jun-2024

Elected from Teachers constituencies (7)

Keys:   BJP (3)   JDS (2)   INC (1)   Vacant (1)

# Constituency Member Party Term start Term end
1 Karnataka South Teachers Maritibbe Gowda JDS 22-Jun-2018 21-Jun-2024
2 Karnataka South-East Teachers Y. A. Narayanaswamy BJP 22-Jun-2018 21-Jun-2024
3 Karnataka North-East Teachers Shashil G. Namoshi BJP 10-Nov-2020 9-Nov-2026
4 Bangalore Teachers Vacant 9-Nov-2026
5 Karnataka West Teachers Basavaraj Horatti BJP 5-Jul-2022 4-Jul-2028
6 Karnataka North-West Teachers Prakash Hukkeri INC 5-Jul-2022 4-Jul-2028
7 Karnataka South-West Teachers S. L. Bhojegowda JDS 22-Jun-2018 21-Jun-2024

Nominated by the Governor (11)

[5] Keys:   INC (5)   BJP (5)   JDS (1)

# Member Party Term start Term end
1 Umashree INC 21-Aug-2023 20-Aug-2029
2 M. R. Seetharam INC 21-Aug-2023 20-Aug-2029
3 H. P. Sudham Das INC 21-Aug-2023 20-Aug-2029
4 Prakash Rathod INC 30-Oct-2018 29-Oct-2024
5 U. B. Venkatesh INC 30-Oct-2018 29-Oct-2024
6 C. P. Yogeeshwara BJP 22-Jul-2020 21-Jul-2026
7 Adagur H. Vishwanath BJP 22-Jul-2020 21-Jul-2026
8 Shantaram Siddi BJP 22-Jul-2020 21-Jul-2026
9 Bharathi Shetty BJP 22-Jul-2020 21-Jul-2026
10 Talwar Sabanna BJP 22-Jul-2020 21-Jul-2026
11 K.A Thippeswamy JDS 28-Jan-2019 27-Jan-2025

See also

Notes

  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. "Members of Karnataka Legislative Council". Karnataka Legislature website. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  4. "Members of Karnataka Legislative Council". infoelections.com. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  5. "Legislative Council Members". www.kla.kar.nic.in.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.