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List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka
The Chief Minister of Karnataka, formerly known as the Chief Minister of Mysore, is the chief executive officer of the government of the Indian state of Karnataka.
According to the Constitution of India, the Governor of Karnataka is the legal head of state, but actual executive authority rests with the Chief Minister, which applies to all other Indian states.
Following elections to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, the Governor usually invites the political party (or coalition of political parties) with the majority of assembly seats to form the government in the state.
The Governor appoints the Chief Minister, whose Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly. Given that he enjoys the confidence of the Assembly, the Chief Minister’s tenure is five years, renewable, and with no term limits.
Historically, this office replaced the office of Diwan of the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore as a republic with the Constitution of India. Since 1947, there have been a total of twenty-three Chief Ministers of Mysore (as the state was known before 1 November 1973) or Karnataka.
Most of them belonged to the Indian National Congress (INC) party, including inaugural leader K.C. were also included. Reddy was also included. The longest-serving Chief Minister was D. Devaraj Urs, who held office for more than seven years in the 1970s.
The largest gap (over eighteen years) between the two tenures was that of Virendra Patil of the Congress. One Chief Minister, H. D. Deve Gowda, became the eleventh Prime Minister of India, while the other, B. D. Jatti, served as the fifth Vice President of the country. B.S. Yediyurappa, who was the first Chief Minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), served as Chief Minister of the state four times in 2007, 2008, 2018, and 2019, the only person to do so in the history of Karnataka.
Overall, Yediyurappa ruled the state for 5 years, and 75 days, and was succeeded by D. Devaraj Urs, S. Became the fourth longest-serving Chief Minister after Nijalingappa and Ramakrishna Hegde. S. R. Bommai was the Chief Minister from the Janata family, whose son Basavaraj Bommai also became the Chief Minister of BJP.
There have been six instances of President’s rule in Karnataka, the most recent from 2007 to 2008. Earlier Basavaraj Bommai had served as the caretaker Chief Minister until the new government was formed.
Here is the complete Karnataka Chief Minister List 1947 to 2023
| S No. | Karnataka CM Name | CM 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 – May 16, 1958 |
| 5 | B.D. Jatti | Congress, May 16, 1958 – March 9, 1962 |
| 6 | S.R. Kanthi | Congress, March 14, 1962 – June 20, 1962 |
| 7 | S. Nijalingappa | Congress, June 21, 1962 – May 28, 1968 |
| 8 | Veerendra Patil | Congress, May 29, 1968 – March 18, 1971 |
| President’s Rule | 19 March 1971 – 20 March 1972 | |
| 9 | D. Devaraj Urs | Congress, March 20, 1972 – December 31, 1977 |
| President’s Rule | December 31, 1977 – February 28, 1978 | |
| 9 | D. Devaraj Urs | Congress, February 28, 1978 – January 7, 1980 |
| 10 | R. Gundu Rao | Congress, January 12, 1980 – January 6, 1983 |
| 11 | Ramakrishna Hegde | Janata Party, January 10, 1983 – August 10, 1988 |
| 12 | S.R. Bommai | Janata Party, August 13, 1988 – April 21, 1989 |
| President’s Rule | April 21, 1989 – November 30, 1989 | |
| 13 | Veerendra Patil | Congress, November 30, 1989 – October 10, 1990 |
| President’s Rule | October 10, 1990 – October 17, 1990 | |
| 14 | S. Bangarappa | Congress, October 17, 1990 – November 19, 1992 |
| 15 | M. Veerappa Moily | Congress, November 19, 1992 – December 11, 1994 |
| 16 | H.D. Deve Gowda | Janata Dal, December 11, 1994 – May 31, 1996 |
| 17 | J.H. Patel | Janata Dal, May 31, 1996 – October 07, 1999 |
| 18 | S.M. Krishna | Congress, October 11, 1999 – May 28, 2004 |
| 19 | Dharam Singh | Congress, May 28, 2004 – February 2, 2006 |
| 20 | H. D. Kumaraswamy | JD(S), Feb 3, 2006 – October 8, 2007 |
| President’s Rule | October 8, 2007 – November 12, 2007 | |
| 21 | BS Yediyurappa | BJP, November 12, 2007 – November 19, 2007, |
| President’s Rule | November 20, 2007 – May 29, 2008 | |
| 22 | BS Yeddyurappa | BJP, May 30, 2008 – August 4, 2011 |
| 23 | D.V Sadananda Gowda | BJP, 5 August 2011 – July 11, 2012 |
| 24 | Jagadish Shivappa Shettar | BJP, July 12, 2012 – 8 May 2013 |
| 25 | Siddaramaiah | Congress, May 13, 2013 – May 15, 2018 |
| 26 | BS Yeddyurappa | BJP, May 17, 2018 – May 23, 2018 |
| 27 | H. D. Kumaraswamy JD | JD (S), May 23, 2018 – 23 July 2019 |
| 28 | B.S. Yediyurappa | BJP, 26 July 2019 – 26 July 2021 |
| 29 | Basavaraj Bommai | BJP, 28 July 2021-13 May 2023 |
| 30 | Siddaramaiah | Congress, 20 May 2023-NA |
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