The Karnataka Legislative Council (formerly the Mysore Legislative Council) is the upper house of the state legislature of Karnataka in India. Karnataka is one of six Indian states with a bicameral legislature; the Legislative Assembly is the lower house. The Council is a permanent body of 75 members, of whom 64 are elected in various ways in staggered elections and 11 are appointed by the Governor of Karnataka. Members hold their seats for six-year terms.
History Originally, the government of the princely state of Mysore comprised the diwan and the unicameral Mysore Representative Assembly (constituted in 1881 by Maharaja Chamarajendra Wadiyar X). With the intent of creating a body composed of a certain number of non-official persons with practical experience and knowledge of local conditions to assist the government in making laws and regulations, the Mysore Legislative Council was established by Regulation I of 1907, in the reign of Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV. In addition to the diwan, the president and the members of the Council, who were ex-officio members, the Council at that time consisted of not less than 10 and not more than 15 additional members to be nominated by the government and approved by the Maharaja, out of which not less than two-fifths were required to be non-officials. The minimum and maximum number of additional members was increased from 15 to 21 respectively by Regulation I of 1914 and the maximum was further increased to 30 by Regulation II of 1919.Rao, C. Hayavadana (ed.). (1929). Mysore Gazetteer, Vol. IV, Bangalore: Government Press, pp.96-7.
In 1923, under the Mysore Legislative Council Regulation, (Regulation XIX of 1923), the strength of the Council was fixed at 50. Of the 50 seats, 28 were allotted to the nominated members (20 official and 8 non-official) and 22 to elected members. In 1914, the Council was empowered to discuss the state budget, and in 1923 it was given power to vote on the demands for grants. From 1919 onwards, resolutions were discussed in the Council. The term of the Council was three years in 1917 and four years in 1940.
After the implementation of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the strength of the Legislative Council of the re-organized Mysore State was increased to 63 under the Legislative Councils Act of 1957 and remained as such until 1987. The council was renamed following the renaming of Mysore State as Karnataka in 1973. Following adoption of a resolution in Karnataka Legislative Assembly on 18 August 1986 and subsequent approval by the Parliament of India, the strength of Legislative Council was increased to 75 with effect from 8 September 1987.
Constituencies and Members The Karnataka Legislative Council is a permanent body with one-third of its members retiring every two years. Members of Legislative Council (MLCs) serve six-year terms, with no limit on reelections.
Of the 75 members of the Council, 25 are elected by local authorities such as municipalities and corporations, 25 are elected by members of the Legislative Assembly, 7 are elected from graduates' constituencies, 7 are elected from teachers' constituencies, and 11 members are nominated by the Governor of Karnataka. The following is the list of the current members:
Members elected by Legislative Assembly (25) Keys:
#Member Party Term startTerm end 1 B. K. Hariprasad 1-Jul-2026 30-Jun-2032 2 P. V. Mohan 1-Jul-2026 30-Jun-2032 3 Tippannappa Kamaknoor 1 July 2026 30-Jun-2032 4Shivanna Malavalli 1 July 2026 30-Jun-2032 5 Vinay Karthik Prakash 1-Jul-2026 30-Jun-2032 6 N. S. Boseraju 18-Jun-2024 17-Jun-2030 7 Yathindra Siddaramaiah 18-Jun-2024 17-Jun-2030 8 K. Govindaraj 18-Jun-2024 17-Jun-2030 9 A. Vasanth Kumar 18-Jun-2024 17-Jun-2030 10 Bilkis Bano 18-Jun-2024 17-Jun-2030 11 Ivan D'Souza 18-Jun-2024 17-Jun-2030 12 Jagdev Guttedar 18-Jun-2024 17-Jun-2030 13 M. Nagaraju Yadav 14-Jun-2022 13-Jun-2028 14 K. Abdul Jabbar 14-Jun-2022 13-Jun-2028 15Basanagouda Badarli 11-Jul-2024 13-Jun-2028 16 Raghu Kautilya 1-Jul-2026 30-Jun-2032 17 Lingaraj Patil 1-Jul-2026 30-Jun-2032 18 C. T. Ravi 18-Jun-2024 17-Jun-2030 19 N. Ravikumar 18-Jun-2024 17-Jun-2030 20 Marutirao Muley 18-Jun-2024 17-Jun-2030 21 S Keshava Prasad 14-Jun-2022 13-Jun-2028 22 Hemalatha Nayak 14-Jun-2022 13-Jun-2028 23 Chalavadi Narayanaswamy 14-Jun-2022 13-Jun-202824 T. N. Javarayi Gowda JDS 18-Jun-2024 17-Jun-2030 25 T.A. Sharavana JDS 14-Jun-2022 13-Jun-2028
Local Authorities constituencies (25) Keys:
# ConstituencyMember Party Term startTerm end 1 Bidar Bhimrao Patil6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 2 KalaburagiYadgir B. G. Patil6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 3 BijapurBagalkot Sunil Gouda B. Patil6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 4 BijapurBagalkot P. H. Poojara6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 5 Belgaum Channaraj Hattiholi6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 6 Belgaum Lakhan Jarakiholi Ind6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 7 Uttara Kannada Ganapathi Ulvekar6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 8 DharwadGadagHaveri Saleem Ahmed6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 9 DharwadGadagHaveri Pradeep Shettar6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 10 RaichurKoppal Sharana Gowda Patil6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 11 BellaryVijaynagar Y. M. Satish6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 12 ChitradurgaDavangere K. S. Naveen6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 13 Shivamogga D. S. Arun6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 14 Dakshina KannadaUdupi Kishore B.R.21-Oct-20245-Jan-2028 15 Dakshina KannadaUdupi Manjunath Bhandari6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 16 Chikmagaluru A. V. Gayatri Shanthegowda16-Jul-20265-Jan-202817 Hassan Suraj Revanna JDS6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 18 Tumakuru R. Rajendra6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 19 Mandya M. G. Gooligowda6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 20 Bengaluru Urban H. S. Gopinath Reddy6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 21 Bengaluru RuralRamanagar Shambulingaiah Ravi6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 22 KolarChikkaballapur Anil Kumar6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 23 Kodagu Suja Kushalappa6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 24 MysuruChamarajanagara C. N. Manje Gowda JDS6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028 25 MysuruChamarajanagara D. Thimmaiah6-Jan-20225-Jan-2028
Elected from Graduates constituencies (7) Keys:
# ConstituencyMember Party Term startTerm end 1 Karnataka South-East Graduates Chidanand M. Gowda 10-Nov-2020 9-Nov-2026 2 Karnataka North-East Graduates Chandrasekhar Patil 22-Jun-2024 21-Jun-2030 3 Karnataka North-West Graduates Hanumant Nirani 5-Jul-2022 4-Jul-2028 4 Karnataka South Graduates Madhu Madhe Gowda 5-Jul-2022 4-Jul-2028 5 Karnataka West Graduates S. V. Sankanura 10-Nov-2020 9-Nov-2026 6 Bangalore Graduates Dr. Ramoji Gowda 22-Jun-2024 21-Jun-2030 7 Karnataka South-West Graduates Dhananjaya Sarji 22-Jun-2024 21-Jun-2030
Elected from Teachers constituencies (7) Keys:
# ConstituencyMember Party Term startTerm end 1 Karnataka South Teachers K. Vivekananda JDS 22-Jun-2024 21-Jun-2030 2 Karnataka South-East Teachers D. T. Srinivas Yadav 8-Jun-2024 9-Jun-2030 3 Karnataka North-East Teachers Shashil G. Namoshi 10-Nov-2020 9-Nov-2026 4 Bangalore TeachersPuttanna 20-Feb-2024 9-Nov-2026 5 Karnataka West Teachers Basavaraj Horatti 5-Jul-2022 4-Jul-2028 6 Karnataka North-West TeachersPrakash Hukkeri 5-Jul-2022 4-Jul-2028 7 Karnataka South-West Teachers S. L. Bhojegowda JDS 22-Jun-2024 21-Jun-2030
Nominated by the Governor (11)
Keys:
#Member Party Term startTerm end 1Arathi Krishna 10-Sep-2025 09-Sep-2031 2K Shivakumar 10-Sep-2025 09-Sep-2031 3FH Jakkappanavar 10-Sep-2025 09-Sep-2031 4 Umashree 21-Aug-2023 20-Aug-2029 5 M. R. Seetharam 21-Aug-2023 20-Aug-2029 6 H. P. Sudham Das 21-Aug-2023 20-Aug-2029 7TBD 2026 21-Jul-2032 8TBD202621-Jul-2032 9TBD 2026 21-Jul-2032 10TBD 2026 21-Jul-2032 11TBD 2026 21-Jul-2032
See also List of members of the Karnataka Legislative Council, current and past Chairperson of the Karnataka Legislative Council Karnataka Legislative Assembly
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External links Karnataka Legislative Council official website