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;

S.N.	Name	Party /Period
1	K. Chengalaraya Reddy	Congress, October 25, 1947 – March 30, 1952
2	Kengal Hanumanthaiah	Congress, March 30, 1952 – August 19, 1956
3	Kadidal Manjappa	Congress, August 19, 1956 – October 31, 1956
4	S. Nijalingappa	Congress, November 1, 1956 – April 10, 1957
5	S. Nijalingappa	Congress, April 10, 1957 – May 16, 1958
6	B.D. Jatti	Congress, May 16, 1958 – March 9, 1962
7	S.R. Kanthi	Congress, March 14, 1962 – June 20, 1962
8	S. Nijalingappa	Congress, June 21, 1962 – March 3, 1967
9	S. Nijalingappa	Congress, March 3, 1967 – May 29, 1968
10	Veerendra Patil	Congress, May 29, 1968 – March 18, 1971
	Presidents Rule	March 19, 1971 – March 20, 1972
11	D. Devaraj Urs	Congress, March 20, 1972 – December 31, 1977
	Presidents Rule	December 31, 1977 – February 28, 1978
12	D. Devaraj Urs	Congress, February 28, 1978 – January 7, 1980
13	R. Gundu Rao	Congress, January 12, 1980 – January 6, 1983
14	Ramakrishna Hegde	Janata Party, January 10, 1983 – December 29, 1984
15	Ramakrishna Hegde	Janata Party, March 8, 1985 – February 13, 1986
16	Ramakrishna Hegde	Janata Party, February 16, 1986 – August 10, 1988
17	S.R. Bommai	Janata Party, August 13, 1988 – April 21, 1989
	Presidents Rule	April 21, 1989 – November 30, 1989
18	Veerendra Patil	Congress, November 30, 1989 – October 10, 1990
	Presidents Rule	October 10, 1990 – October 17, 1990
19	S. Bangarappa	Congress, October 17, 1990 – November 19, 1992
20	M. Veerappa Moily	Congress, November 19, 1992 – December 11, 1994
21	H.D. Deve Gowda	Janata Dal, December 11, 1994 – May 31, 1996
22	J.H. Patel	Janata Dal, May 31, 1996 – October 07, 1999
23	S.M. Krishna	Congress, October 11, 1999 – May 28, 2004
24	Dharam Singh	Congress[Congress-JD(s) coalition], May 28, 2004 – Jan  27, 2006
25	H. D. Kumaraswamy	JD(s) [BJP-JD(s)  coalition],  Feb 3, 2006 –  October 8, 2007
	Presidents Rule	October 9, 2007 – November 8, 2007
26	B S Yeddyurappa	BJP [BJP-JD(s) coalition], Nov.12, 2007 – Nov. 19, 2007
	Presidents Rule	November 20, 2007 – May 29, 2008
27	B S Yeddyurappa	BJP, May 30, 2008 – July 31, 2011
28	D.V Sadananda Gowda	BJP, August 4, 2011 – July 11, 2012
29	Jagadish Shivappa  Shettar	BJP, July 12, 2012 – 8 May 2013
30	Siddaramaiah	Congress, May 13, 2013 – May 15, 2018
31	H. D. Kumaraswamy	Congress,  May 23, 2018 – Present

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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