List of chief ministers of Karnataka

The Chief Minister of Karnataka, formerly known as the Chief Minister of Mysore, 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 has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years, renewable, and is subject to no term limits.[1]

Chief Minister of Karnataka
Emblem of Karnataka
Incumbent
Basavaraj Bommai
since 28 July 2021
StyleThe Honourable (Formal)
Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (Informal)
StatusHead of Government
AbbreviationCM
Member of
  • Karnataka Legislature
  • Karnataka Council of Ministers
Reports to
  • Governor of Karnataka
  • Karnataka Legislature
ResidenceAnugraha
SeatVidhana Soudha
NominatorMembers of the Government of Karnataka in Karnataka Legislative Assembly
AppointerGovernor of Karnataka by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Term lengthAt the confidence of the assembly
Chief minister's term is for 5 years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
PrecursorDiwan of Mysore
Inaugural holder
  • K. Chengalaraya Reddy (as the Chief Minister of Mysore (before state's reorganization))
  • C. M. Poonacha (as the Chief Minister of Coorg State)
  • S. Nijalingappa (as the Chief Minister of Mysore(after state's reorganization))
  • D. Devaraj Urs (as the Chief Minister of Karnataka)
Formation25 October 1947 (1947-10-25)
DeputyDeputy Chief Minister of Karnataka
Salary
  • ₹350,000 (US$4,400)/monthly
  • ₹4,200,000 (US$53,000)/annually
Websitecm.karnataka.gov.in

Historically, this office replaced that of the diwan 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) or chief ministers of 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 in the history of Karnataka. In total, Yediyurappa ruled the state for 5 years, 75 days and went on to be the fourth longest-serving chief minister after D. Devaraj Urs, S. Nijalingappa, and Ramakrishna Hegde. S. R. Bommai was the chief minister from the Janata Parivar, whose son Basavaraj Bommai, too, became Chief Minister from BJP. There have been six instances of president's rule in Karnataka, most recently from 2007 to 2008. The incumbent chief minister is Basavaraj Bommai from the BJP, sworn in on 28 July 2021.

Chief Ministers of Mysore State
#[lower-alpha 1] Portarit Name Constituency Term[2]
(tenure length)		 Assembly[3]
(election)		 Party[lower-alpha 2]
1 K. Chengalaraya Reddy Legislative Assembly not established 25 October 1947 30 March 1952 4 years, 157 days Not established yet Indian National Congress
2 Kengal Hanumanthaiah Ramanagara 30 March 1952 19 August 1956 4 years, 142 days 1st

(1952–1957)
(1951–52 election)
continued...

3 Kadidal Manjappa Tirthahalli 19 August 1956 31 October 1956 73 days

Chief Ministers of Coorg State
#[lower-alpha 3] Portarit Name Constituency Term[2]
(tenure length)		 Assembly
(election)		 Party[lower-alpha 4]
1 C. M. Poonacha Berriath Nad 27 March 1952 31 October 1956 4 years, 218 days 1st

(1952–57)

(1952)

 Indian National Congress

Chief Ministers of Karnataka
#[lower-alpha 5] Portrait Name Constituency Term[2] Assembly[3]
(election)		 Party[lower-alpha 6]
Chief Minister of Mysore (following the state's reorganisation)[lower-alpha 7]
4
S. Nijalingappa Molakalmuru 1 November 1956 16 May 1958 1 year, 197 days ...continued
1st
(1951–52 election)		 Indian National Congress
2nd
(1957 election)
5 B. D. Jatti Jamkhandi 16 May 1958 14 March 1962 3 years, 302 days
6 S. R. Kanthi Hungud 14 March 1962 21 June 1962 99 days 3rd
(1962 election)
(4)
S. Nijalingappa Shiggaon 21 June 1962 29 May 1968 5 years, 343 days
Bagalkot[5] 4th
(1967 election)
7 Veerendra Patil Chincholi 29 May 1968 18 March 1971 2 years, 293 days Indian National Congress (O)
–
Vacant[lower-alpha 8]
(President's rule)		 N/A 19 March 1971 20 March 1972 1 year, 1 day Dissolved N/A
Chief Minister of Karnataka[lower-alpha 9]
8
D. Devaraj Urs Hunasuru 20 March 1972 31 December 1977 5 years, 286 days 5th
(1972 election)		 Indian National Congress
–
Vacant[lower-alpha 8]
(President's rule)		 N/A 31 December 1977 28 February 1978 59 days Dissolved N/A
(8)
D. Devaraj Urs Hunasuru 28 February 1978 12 January 1980 1 year, 318 days 6th
(1978 election)		 Indian National Congress
9
R. Gundu Rao Somwarpet 12 January 1980 10 January 1983 2 years, 363 days
10 Ramakrishna Hegde Kanakpura 10 January 1983 7 March 1985[lower-alpha 10] 5 years, 216 days 7th
(1983 election)		 Janata Party
Basavanagudi 8 March 1985 13 August 1988[lower-alpha 11] 8th
(1985 election)
11
S. R. Bommai Hubli Rural 13 August 1988 21 April 1989 281 days
–
Vacant[lower-alpha 8]
(President's rule)		 N/A 21 April 1989 30 November 1989 193 days Dissolved
(7) Veerendra Patil Chincholi 30 November 1989 10 October 1990 314 days 9th
(1989 election)		 Indian National Congress
–
Vacant[lower-alpha 8]
(President's rule)		 N/A 10 October 1990 17 October 1990 7 days N/A
12 Sarekoppa Bangarappa Soraba 17 October 1990 19 November 1992 2 years, 33 days Indian National Congress
13 M. Veerappa Moily Karkala 19 November 1992 11 December 1994 2 years, 22 days
14
H. D. Deve Gowda Ramanagara 11 December 1994 31 May 1996 1 year, 172 days 10th
(1994 election)		 Janata Dal
15 J. H. Patel Channagiri 31 May 1996 11 October 1999 3 years, 133 days
16 S. M. Krishna Maddur 11 October 1999 28 May 2004 4 years, 230 days 11th
(1999 election)		 Indian National Congress
17
Dharam Singh Jevargi 28 May 2004 3 February 2006 1 year, 251 days 12th
(2004 election)
18
H. D. Kumaraswamy Ramanagara 3 February 2006 8 October 2007 1 year, 253 days Janata Dal (Secular)
–
Vacant[lower-alpha 8]
(President's rule)		 N/A 8 October 2007 12 November 2007 35 days N/A
19
B. S. Yediyurappa Shikaripura 12 November 2007 19 November 2007 7 days Bharatiya Janata Party
–
Vacant[lower-alpha 8]
(President's rule)		 N/A 20 November 2007 29 May 2008 191 days Dissolved N/A
(19)
B. S. Yediyurappa Shikaripura 30 May 2008 5 August 2011 3 years, 67 days 13th
(2008 election)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
20
Sadananda Gowda MLC 5 August 2011 12 July 2012 342 days
21
Jagadish Shettar Hubli-Dharwad-Central 12 July 2012 13 May 2013 305 days
22
Siddaramaiah Varuna 13 May 2013 17 May 2018 5 years, 4 days 14th
(2013 election)		 Indian National Congress
(19)
B. S. Yediyurappa Shikaripura 17 May 2018 23 May 2018 6 days 15th
(2018 election)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
(18)
H. D. Kumaraswamy Channapatna 23 May 2018 26 July 2019 1 year, 64 days Janata Dal (Secular)
(19)
B. S. Yediyurappa Shikaripura 26 July 2019 28 July 2021 2 years, 2 days Bharatiya Janata Party
23 Basavaraj Bommai Shiggaon 28 July 2021 Incumbent 1 year, 99 days

Timeline
H. D. Deve Gowda

Statistics
List of chief ministers by length of term
# Name Party Length of term
Longest continuous term Total years of chief ministership
1 D. Devaraj Urs INC 5 years, 286 days 7 years,
239 days
2 S. Nijalingappa INC 5 years, 343 days 7 years,
175 days
3 Ramakrishna Hegde JP 5 years, 216 days 5 years, 216 days
4 B. S. Yediyurappa BJP 3 years, 67 days 5 years,
82 days
5 Siddaramaiah INC 5 years, 4 days 5 years, 4 days
6 S. M. Krishna INC 4 years, 230 days 4 years, 230 days
7 K. Chengalaraya Reddy INC 4 years, 157 days 4 years, 157 days
8 Kengal Hanumanthaiah INC 4 years, 142 days 4 years, 142 days
9 B. D. Jatti INC 3 years, 302 days 3 years, 302 days
10 Veerendra Patil INC 2 years, 293 days 3 years,
342 days
11 J. H. Patel JD 3 years, 133 days 3 years, 133 days
12 R. Gundu Rao INC 2 years, 363 days 2 years, 363 days
13 H. D. Kumaraswamy JDS 1 year, 253 days 2 years,
317 days
14 Sarekoppa Bangarappa INC 2 years, 33 days 2 years, 33 days
15 Veerappa Moily INC 2 years, 22 days 2 years, 22 days
16 Dharam Singh INC 1 year, 251 days 1 year, 251 days
17 H. D. Deve Gowda JD 1 year, 172 days 1 year, 172 days
18 Basavaraj Bommai BJP 1 year, 99 days 1 year, 99 days
19 Sadananda Gowda BJP 342 days 342 days
20 Jagadish Shettar BJP 305 days 305 days
21 S. R. Bommai JP 281 days 281 days
22 S. R. Kanthi INC 99 days 99 days
23 Kadidal Manjappa INC 73 days 73 days

Living former chief ministers

As of 1 August 2022, there are eight living former chief ministers of Karnataka.

  • Veerappa Moily
    (1992–1994)
    (1940-01-12) 12 January 1940
  • H. D. Deve Gowda
    (1994–1996)
    (1933-05-18) 18 May 1933
  • S. M. Krishna
    (1999–2004)
    (1932-05-01) 1 May 1932
  • H. D. Kumaraswamy
    (2006-2007, 2018–2019)
    (1959-12-16) 16 December 1959
  • D.V. Sadananda Gowda
    (2011–2012)
    (1953-03-18) 18 March 1953
  • Jagadish Shettar
    (2012–2013)
    (1955-12-17) 17 December 1955
  • Siddaramaiah
    (2013–2018)
    (1948-08-03) 3 August 1948
  • B.S. Yediyurappa
    (2007, 2008–2011, 2018, 2019-2021)
    (1943-02-27) 27 February 1943

The most recent death of a former chief minister was that of Dharam Singh on 27 July 2017, aged 80.[8]

See also
  • Deputy chief minister of Karnataka
  • Diwan of Mysore
  • List of Diwans of Mysore
  • List of deputy chief ministers of Karnataka

Notes
The modern state of Karnataka (within the blue border), as Mysore State has been known as since 1 November 1973, is composed of the erstwhile princely states of Mysore and Coorg, and the Kannada-speaking districts of the erstwhile states of Bombay, Hyderabad and Madras.
Footnotes
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  1. A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
  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. A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
  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. A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
  6. 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.
  7. 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]
  8. 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
  9. 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.
  10. 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 on the grounds that 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."[6]
  11. According to Frontline, Hegde resigned "in February 1986 when the Karnataka High Court censured his government for the way it handled arrack bottling contracts".[6] He withdrew his resignation after a couple of days, "following pressure from his party legislators".[7]
References
  1. Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Karnataka as well.
  2. Chief Ministers of Karnataka since 1947. Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Archived on 6 December 2016.
  3. Assemblies from 1952. Karnataka Legislative Assembly. Archived on 6 December 2016.
  4. M. S. Prabhakara. "New names for old". The Hindu. 24 July 2007.
  5. kla.kar.nic.in http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/member/3assemblymemberslist.htm. Retrieved 6 November 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. Parvathi Menon. "A politician with elan: Ramakrishna Hegde, 1926–2004". Frontline. Volume 21: Issue 03, 31 January – 13 February 2004.
  7. A. Jayaram. "Pillar of anti-Congress movement". The Hindu. 13 January 2004.
  8. "Dharam Singh cremated with full state honours at his birthplace". Deccan Herald. 29 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
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