Karnataka Legislature

The Karnataka Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Karnataka.[1] The Legislature is composed of:

Office Leader's Image Leader's Name Leader Since
Governor
Thawar Chand Gehlot 11 July 2021
Chief Minister
Basavaraj Bommai 28 July 2021
Pro-tem Chairperson Raghunath Rao Malkapure 17 May 2022
Deputy Chairperson Vacant
Leader of the House in Legislative Council Kota Srinivas Poojary 23 July 2019
Deputy Leader of the House in Legislative Council M. T. B. Nagaraj 31 July 2021
Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Council B. K. Hariprasad 26 January 2022
Speaker
Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri 31 July 2019
Deputy Speaker Anand Chandrashekhar Mamani 24 March 2020
Leader of the House in Legislative Assembly (Chief Minister)
Basavaraj Bommai 28 July 2021
Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Assembly
Siddaramaiah 9 December 2019
Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Legislative Assembly
U. T. Khader 30 January 2022

Karnataka Legislature
Seal of Karnataka
Type
Type
HousesKarnataka Legislative Council (Upper House)
Karnataka Legislative Assembly (Lower House)
History
Founded
Leadership
Thawar Chand Gehlot
since 11 July 2021
Basavaraj Bommai, BJP
since 28 July 2021
Raghunath Rao Malkapure, BJP
since 17 May 2022
Leader of the House in Legislative Council
Kota Srinivas Poojary, BJP
since 23 July 2019
B. K. Hariprasad, INC
since 26 January 2022
Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, BJP
since 31 July 2019
Anand Chandrashekhar Mamani, BJP
since 24 March 2020
Basavaraj Bommai, BJP
since 28 July 2021
Siddaramaiah, INC
since 9 December 2019
Structure
Government (41)
  •   BJP (40)
  •   IND (1)

Opposition (26)

Others (08)

Government (124)

Opposition (70)

Others (30)

Elections
Single transferable vote
First past the post
1952
26 March 1952
2022
12 May 2018
"TBD"
May 2023
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

References

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


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