List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka

Chief Minister of Karnataka (Karnataka Mukhya Mantri)
Seal of Karnataka
Incumbent Siddaramaiah since 13 May 2013
Appointer	Governor of Karnataka
Inaugural holder	K. Chengalaraya Reddy
Formation	25 October 1947

The Chief Minister of Karnataka, a south Indian state, is the head of the Government 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. Following elections to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.

Since 1947, twenty-two people have been Chief Minister of Mysore (as the state was known before 1 November 1973) and Karnataka. A majority of them belonged to the Indian National Congress party, including inaugural office-holder K. Chengalaraya Reddy. The longest-serving chief minister, D. Devaraj Urs, held the office for over seven years in the 1970s. As a Janata Party member, Ramakrishna Hegde served the most number of discontinuous terms (three), while the Congress'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 11th Prime Minister of India, while another, B. D. Jatti, served as the country's fifth Vice President. There have been six instances of President's rule in Karnataka, most recently in 2007–08.

The incumbent chief minister is Siddaramaiah of the Congress, who was sworn in on 13 May 2013.

Chief Ministers of Mysore and Karnataka

Colour key for parties

  Bharatiya Janata Party

  Indian National Congress

  Janata Dal

  Janata Dal (Secular)

  Janata Party

  N/A (President's rule)

D. Devaraj Urs, Karnataka's longest-serving chief minister, held the office for 7 years, 234 days across 2 terms.

S. R. Bommai of the Janata Party, one of several leaders whose rule was cut short by imposition of President's rule

Following his tenure as the state's 16th chief minister, S. M. Krishna served as Governor of Maharashtra and Union Minister of External Affairs.

Deve Gowda's son H. D. Kumaraswamy became chief minister in 2006–07.

D. V. Sadananda Gowda of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) served as the 20th Chief Minister of Karnataka.

Jagadish Shettar was the third BJP chief minister to serve during the Thirteenth Assembly.

No	Name	Term (tenure length)	Assembly (election)	Party
Chief Minister of Mysore
1	K. Chengalaraya Reddy	25 October 1947 – 30 March 1952 (70004000000000000004 years, 7002157000000000000157 days)	Not established yet	Indian National Congress
2	K. Hanumanthaiah	30 March 1952 – 19 August 1956 (70004000000000000004 years, 7002142000000000000142 days)	First Assembly (1952–57) (1951/52 election) continued...
3	Kadidal Manjappa	19 August 1956 – 31 October 1956 (50000000000000000000 years, 700173000000000000073 days)
Chief Minister of Mysore (following reorganisation of states)
4	S. Nijalingappa	1 November 1956 – 16 May 1958 (70001000000000000001 year, 7002197000000000000197 days)	...continued First Assembly (1952–57) (1951/52 election)	Indian National Congress
			Second Assembly (1957–62) (1957 election)
5	B. D. Jatti	16 May 1958 – 9 March 1962 (70003000000000000003 years, 7002297000000000000297 days)
6	S. R. Kanthi	14 March 1962 – 20 June 1962 (50000000000000000000 years, 700198000000000000098 days)	Third Assembly (1962–67) (1962 election)
(4)	S. Nijalingappa	21 June 1962 – 28 May 1968 (70005000000000000005 years, 7002342000000000000342 days)
			Forth Assembly (1967–71) (1967 election)
7	Veerendra Patil	29 May 1968 – 18 March 1971 (70002000000000000002 years, 7002293000000000000293 days)
–	Vacant (President's rule)	19 March 1971 – 20 March 1972 (70001000000000000001 year, 70001000000000000001 day)	Dissolved	N/A
Chief Minister of Karnataka
8	D. Devaraj Urs	20 March 1972 – 31 December 1977 (70005000000000000005 years, 7002286000000000000286 days)	Fifth Assembly (1972–77) (1972 election)	Indian National Congress
–	Vacant (President's rule)	31 December 1977 – 28 February 1978 (50000000000000000000 years, 700159000000000000059 days)	Dissolved	N/A
(8)	D. Devaraj Urs	28 February 1978 – 7 January 1980 (70001000000000000001 year, 7002313000000000000313 days)	Sixth Assembly (1978–83) (1978 election)	Indian National Congress
9	R. Gundu Rao	12 January 1980 – 6 January 1983 (70002000000000000002 years, 7002359000000000000359 days)
10	Ramakrishna Hegde	10 January 1983 – 29 December 1984 (70001000000000000001 year, 7002354000000000000354 days)	Seventh Assembly (1983–85) (1983 election)	Janata Party
		29 December 1984 - 8 March 1985 (50000000000000000000 years, 700169000000000000069 days)	Dissolved with a Caretaker CM
		8 March 1985 – 13 February 1986 (50000000000000000000 years, 7002342000000000000342 days)	Eighth Assembly (1985–89) (1985 election)
		16 February 1986 – 10 August 1988 (70002000000000000002 years, 7002176000000000000176 days)
11	S. R. Bommai	13 August 1988 – 21 April 1989 (50000000000000000000 years, 7002281000000000000281 days)
–	Vacant (President's rule)	21 April 1989 – 30 November 1989 (50000000000000000000 years, 7002193000000000000193 days)	Dissolved	N/A
(7)	Veerendra Patil	30 November 1989 – 10 October 1990 (50000000000000000000 years, 7002314000000000000314 days)	Ninth Assembly (1989–94) (1989 election)	Indian National Congress
–	Vacant (President's rule)	10 October 1990 – 17 October 1990 (50000000000000000000 years, 70007000000000000007 days)		N/A
12	S. Bangarappa	17 October 1990 – 19 November 1992 (70002000000000000002 years, 700133000000000000033 days)		Indian National Congress
13	M. Veerappa Moily	19 November 1992 – 11 December 1994 (70002000000000000002 years, 700122000000000000022 days)
14	H. D. Deve Gowda	11 December 1994 – 31 May 1996 (70001000000000000001 year, 7002172000000000000172 days)	Tenth Assembly (1994–99) (1994 election)	Janata Dal
15	J. H. Patel	31 May 1996 – 7 October 1999 (70003000000000000003 years, 7002129000000000000129 days)
16	S. M. Krishna	11 October 1999 – 28 May 2004 (70004000000000000004 years, 7002230000000000000230 days)	Eleventh Assembly (1999–2004) (1999 election)	Indian National Congress
17	Dharam Singh	28 May 2004 – 28 January 2006 (70001000000000000001 year, 7002245000000000000245 days)	Twelfth Assembly (2004–07) (2004 election)
18	H. D. Kumaraswamy	3 February 2006 – 8 October 2007 (70001000000000000001 year, 7002253000000000000253 days)		Janata Dal (Secular)
–	Vacant (President's rule)	9 October 2007 – 11 November 2007 (50000000000000000000 years, 700133000000000000033 days)		N/A
19	B. S. Yeddyurappa	12 November 2007 – 19 November 2007 (50000000000000000000 years, 70007000000000000007 days)		Bharatiya Janata Party
–	Vacant (President's rule)	20 November 2007 – 27 May 2008 (50000000000000000000 years, 7002189000000000000189 days)	Dissolved	N/A
(19)	B. S. Yeddyurappa	30 May 2008 – 31 July 2011 (70003000000000000003 years, 700162000000000000062 days)	Thirteenth Assembly (2008–13) (2008 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
20	D. V. Sadananda Gowda	4 August 2011 – 12 July 2012 (50000000000000000000 years, 7002343000000000000343 days)
21	Jagadish Shettar	12 July 2012 – 13 May 2013 (50000000000000000000 years, 7002305000000000000305 days)
22	Siddaramaiah	13 May 2013 – present (50000000000000000000 years, 70005000000000000005 days)	Fourteenth Assembly (2013–18) (2013 election)	Indian National Congress

• I^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
• II^ When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.

External links

• CM List on Karnataka.com