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Karnataka Legislature

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Karnataka Legislature
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಶಾಸಕಾಂಗ
Seal of Karnataka
Type
Type
Houses
History
Founded
Leadership
Thawar Chand Gehlot
since 11 July 2021
Siddaramaiah, INC
since 20 May 2023
Basavaraj Horatti, BJP
since 22 December 2022
Leader of the House in Legislative Council
N. S. Boseraju, INC
since 3 July 2023
Kota Srinivas Poojary, BJP
since 25 December 2023
U. T. Khader, INC
since 15 May 2023
Rudrappa Lamani, INC
since 6 July 2023
Siddaramaiah, INC
since 20 May 2023
R. Ashoka, BJP
since 17 November 2023
Structure
Government (28)
  •   INC (28)

Opposition (44)
NDA (43)

Others (1)

Vacant (2)[1]

  •   Vacant (2)
Government (136)

Confidence & supply (1)

Official opposition (87)
NDA (85)

Other opposition (2)

Elections
Single transferable vote
First past the post
1952
26 March 1952
2022
10 May 2023
"TBD"
May 2028
Meeting place
Legislature, Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru, Bengaluru Urban district, Karnataka, India.
Legislature, Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, Belagavi, Belagavi district, Karnataka, India (Winter session)
Website
Karnataka Legislature
Constitution
Constitution of India

The Karnataka Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Karnataka.[2] The Legislature is composed of:

Office Leader's Image Leader's Name Leader Since
Governor
Thawar Chand Gehlot 11 July 2021
Chief Minister
Siddaramaiah 20 May 2023
Deputy Chief Minister D. K. Shivakumar 20 May 2023
Chairperson Basavaraj Horatti 22 December 2022
Deputy Chairperson M. K. Pranesh 29 January 2019
Leader of the House in Legislative Council 10258 27 5 2023 19 49 34 4 RCR NS BOSERAJU (1) N. S. Boseraju 3 July 2023
Deputy Leader of the House in Legislative Council TBA 15 May 2023
Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Council Kota Srinivas Poojary 25 December 2023
Speaker
U. T. Khader 24 May 2023
Deputy Speaker Rudrappa Lamani 5 July 2023
Leader of the House in Legislative Assembly (Chief Minister) Siddaramaiah 20 May 2023
Deputy Leader of the House in Legislative Assembly (Deputy Chief Minister) D. K. Shivakumar 20 May 2023
Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Assembly R. Ashoka 17 November 2023
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Assembly Arvind Bellad 25 December 2023

References

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  1. ^ "Karnataka BJP MLC Baburao Chinchansur resigns".
  2. ^ Krishnaswamy, K. S. (1993). "Karnataka's New Step Backwards". Economic and Political Weekly. 28 (18): 847–849. ISSN 0012-9976. JSTOR 4399668.
  3. ^ "The Legislative Councils Act, 1957". Commonwealth Legal Information Institute website. Retrieved 22 April 2010.