The chairperson of the Karnataka Legislative Council is the presiding officer of the Karnataka Legislative Council, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Karnataka.Rao, C. Hayavadana (ed.). (1929). Mysore Gazetteer, Vol. IV, Bangalore: Government Press, pp.96-7. The chairperson is elected by the members of the Karnataka Legislative Council (until 1973, the Mysore Legislative Council). The chairperson is usually a member of the Legislative Council.
List of chairpersons Mysore was renamed to Karnataka on 1 November 1973.
Sl. No.NamePortraitTenurePartyMysore State1.K. T. Bhashyam17 June 195224 May 19562.T. Subramanya25 September 19561 November 195619 December 195631 March 19573.P. Seetharamaiah10 June 195713 May 19584.V. Venkatappa5 November 195813 May 19605.K. V. Narasappa30 August 196013 May 1962–H. F. Kattimani (Pro tem)30 June 19623 July 19626.G. V. Hallikeri3 July 196213 May 1966–Mahanta Shetty (Acting)20 June 196628 July 19667.S. C. Edke28 July 196610 June 1968–R. B. Naik (Acting)16 August 19685 September 19688.K. K. Shetty5 September 196818 May 1970–K. Subb Rao (Acting)16 September 197023 September 19709.R. B. Naik26 September 197026 November 197010.G. V. Hallikeri26 December 197015 May 197111.S. D. Gaonkar10 April 197231 October 1973Karnataka1S. D. Gaonkar1 November 197313 May 19742M. V. Venkatappa30 August 197430 June 19783S. Shivappa10 August 197814 May 19804T. V. Venkataswamy (Acting)15 May 198012 June 19805Basavarajeshwari12 June 198011 June 19826Shantamallappa Patil (Acting)11 June 198230 June 19827K. Rahman Khan30 June 198230 June 19848R. B. Potadar (Acting)1 July 198426 March 19859Channabasavaiah (Acting)26 March 19858 April 198510R. B. Potadar8 April 198526 April 198711S. Mallikarjunaiah (Acting)26 April 19872 September 198712D. Manjunath2 September 198713 May 199213B. R. Patil (Acting)14 May 199216 January 199314D. B. Kalmankar16 January 199317 June 199415B. R. Patil (Acting)17 June 19947 July 199416T. N. Narasimha Murthy (Pro tem)7 July 199426 August 199417D. B. Kalmankar26 August 199417 June 200018David Simeon (Acting)18 June 20005 August 200119B. L. Shankar6 August 200114 February 200420V. R. Sudarshan (Acting)14 February 200416 March 2005(20)V. R. Sudarshan17 March 200517 June 200621Koth Sachidananda (Acting)18 June 20065 April 200722B. K. Chandrashekar5 April 200730 June 200823N. Thippanna (Acting)1 July 20085 August 200824Veeranna Mathikatti5 August 20085 July 201025D. H. Shankaramurthy5 July 201021 June 201226M. V. Rajasekharan (Pro tem)22 June 201227 June 201227D. H. Shankaramurthy28 June 201221 June 201828Basavaraj Horatti22 June 201812 December 201829K. Prathapachandra Shetty12 December 20184 February 2021(28)Basavaraj Horatti9 February 202117 May 202230Raghunath Rao Malkapure(Acting)17 May 202221 December 2022(28)Basavaraj Horatti21 December 20227 August 20263 years, 229 days31Puttanna(Acting)7 August 202614 August 20267 days32Saleem Ahmed14 August 2026Incumbent
List of deputy chairpersons # Name TenurePartyMysore State 1 P. Gopalkrishna Shetty 23 July 1952 13 May 1956 2 L. H. Thimmabovi 29 September 1956 1 November 1956 3 Mahadevappa Rampure 26 December 1956 31 March 1957 4 K. Kanatappa Shetty 18 June 1957 18 May 1958 5 Keshavarao Nitturkar 19 November 1958 30 June 1960 6 B. J. Deshpande 3 December 1960 10 June 1962 7 M. R. Lakshmamma 9 July 1962 13 May 1964 8 H. F. Kattimani 2 July 1964 13 June 1966 9 S. D. Gaonvkar 30 July 1966 13 May 1968 10 M. Mandayya 12 September 1968 18 May 1970 11 S. P. Rajanna 15 October 1970 30 June 1972 12 T. N. Narasimhamurty 5 August 1972 31 October 1973 Karnataka1T. N. Narasimhamurthy 1 November 1973 4 April 1975 29 April 1975 11 June 1976 2 R. G. Jagirdar 17 November 1976 14 May 1980 3 V. S. Krishna Iyer 18 June 1980 11 June 1982 4 A. B. Malaka Reddy 19 July 1982 30 June 1984 5S. Mallikarjunaiah 10 April 1985 30 June 1990 12 July 1990 2 July 1991 6 B. R. Patil 5 September 1991 7 July 1994 7 Rani Satish 29 August 1994 13 May 1998 8 David Simeon 1 April 1999 4 December 2002 9 V. R. Sudarshan 8 July 2003 17 March 2005 10 Sachidananda L. Khot 31 March 2005 30 June 2008 11 Puttanna 21 January 2009 14 January 2011 12Vimala Gowda 17 October 2011 17 June 2012 20 July 2012 7 October 2014 (11) Puttanna 15 July 2014 30 July 2015 13 Maritibbe Gowda 1 August 2015 21 June 2018 14 S. L. Dharmegowda 19 December 2018 28 December 2020 15 M. K. Pranesh 29 January 2021 1 August 2026 16 Umashree 18 August 2026 Incumbent
See also Chief Ministers of Karnataka Karnataka Legislature
References
External links
Speaker's list on onlinebangalore.com