The List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka

arnataka state was formed on 25 October 1947. Since its formation the state was known as the Mysore state. Mysore is known as the Karnataka since 1 November 1973. Karnataka has Bicameral Legislature i.e 224 seats in Legislative Assembly and 75 in Legislative Council.

K.Chengalaraya Reddy of Congress was the first Chief Minister of the (Mysore) Karnataka state. Mr. Reddy served as the Chief Minister (CM) from October 25, 1947 to March 30, 1952.

President's rule had been imposed 6 times in the Karnataka; most recently was during November 20, 2007 – May 29, 2008.

In the recently held Karnataka Legislative Assembly elections; BJP emerged as the single largest party by securing 104 seats. B. S.Yeddyurappa of BJP has sworn in as the 25th (in person) Chief Minister of the Karnataka. It is worth to mention that majority of CMs of Karnataka belonged to the Indian National Congress Party.

In this article we are publishing the names of all the Chief Ministers of the Karnataka state;

1. Name: K. Chengalaraya Reddy

Party:    Congress

Tenure: October 25, 1947 – March 30, 1952

2. Name: Kengal Hanumanthaiah
Party: Congress
Tenure:    March 30, 1952 – August 19, 1956

3. Name: Kadidal Manjappa
Party: Congress
Tenure:    19 August 1956 – 31 October 1956

4. Name: S. Nijalingappa
Party: Congress
Tenure:    1 November 1956 – 16 May 1958

5. Name: B. D. Jatti
Party: Congress
Tenure:    16 May 1958 – 9 March 1962

6. Name: S. R. Kanthi
Party: Congress
Tenure:    14 March 1962 – 20 June 1962

7. Name: Veerendra Patil
Party: Congress
Tenure:    29 May 1968 – 18 March 1971

8. Name: D. Devaraj Urs
Party: Congress
Tenure:    20 March 1972 – 31 December 1977

9. Name: R. Gundu Rao
Party: Congress
Tenure:    12 January 1980 – 6 January 1983

10. Name:Ramakrishna Hegde
Party: Janata Party
Tenure:    8 March 1985 – 13 February 1986

Here is the complete list of the all the Chief Ministers of the Karnatak;

On the basis of the list given above some crucial facts can be drawn as;

1. S. Nijalingappa of the Congress Party became Chief Minister for 4 times.

2. The longest-serving chief minister, was D. Devaraj Urs,he held the office for over 7 years in the 1970s.

3. As a Janata Party member, Ramakrishna Hegde served the most number (3) of discontinuous terms.

4. Congress's Veerendra Patil had the largest gap between two terms (over 17 years).

5. B. D. Jatti, served as the country's fifth Vice President.

6. H. D. Deve Gowda cut short his tenure as Chief Minister (1994–96) to become the Prime Minister of India.

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