Karnataka Chief Ministers list 1947 to 2023 Latest Updates

Karnataka Chief Ministers list

Karnataka state was formerly known as Mysore State. Mysore State attained statehood in 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act and was later renamed Karnataka in 1973. The First Karnataka Chief Minister was K. Chengalaraya Reddy after Independence and he served as the Karnataka Chief Minister from 25 October 1947 to 30 March 1952. The current Karnataka Chief Minister is Basavaraj Bommai from 28 July 2021. Now that the State Elections are being conducted and the result is scheduled to be released on 13 May 2023, Karnataka might get a New Karnataka Chief Minister.

Chengalaraya Reddy was the first chief minister of Karnataka and served from 25^th October 1947 to 30^th March 1952. Let’s uncover the list of all chief ministers of Karnataka starting from 1947 to 2023.

Basavaraj Bommai took the oath as the Chief Minister of Karnataka for the 15th Assembly (2019-24) on July 27, 2021, while R. Ashoka, Govind Karjol, V. Somanna were sworn in as Cabinet Ministers of Karnataka.

Karnataka Chief Minister List 1947 to 2023

Check below the list of all CM of Karnataka for the period 1947-2023:

SL. No	Name of CM	Period	Party
1.	Sri K. Chengalaraya Reddy	25 October 1947 to 30 March 1952	Indian National Congress
2.	K. Hanumanthaiah	30 March 1952 to 19 August 1956	Indian National Congress
3.	Kadidal Manjappa	19 August 1956 to 31 October 1956	Indian National Congress
4.	C. M. Poonacha	27 March 1952 to 31 October 1956	Indian National Congress
5.	S. Nijalingappa	1 November 1956 to 16 May 1958	Indian National Congress
6.	B. D. Jatti	16 May 1958 to 9 March 1962	Indian National Congress
7.	S. R. Kanthi	14 March 1962 to 20 June 1962	Indian National Congress
8.	S. Nijalingappa	21 June 1962 to 28 May 1968	Indian National Congress
9.	Veerendra Patil	29 May 1968 to 18 March 1971	Indian National Congress (O)
10.	D. Devaraj Urs	20 March 1972 to 31 December 1977 28 February 1978 to 7 January 1980	Indian National Congress
11.	R. Gundu Rao	12 January 1980 to 6 January 1983	Indian National Congress
12.	Ramakrishna Hegde	10 January 1983 to 29 December 1984 8 March 1985 to 13 February 198616 February 1986 to 10 August 1988	Janata Party
13.	S. R. Bommai	13 August 1988 to 21 April 1989	Janata Party
14.	Veerendra Patil	30 November 1989 to 10 October 1990	Indian National Congress
15.	S. Bangarappa	17 October 1990 to 19 November 1992	Indian National Congress
16.	M. Veerappa Moily	19 November 1992 to 11 December 1994	Indian National Congress
17.	H. D. Deve Gowda	11 December 1994 to 31 May 1996	Janata Dal
18.	J. H. Patel	31 May 1996 to 7 October 1999	Janata Dal
19.	S. M. Krishna	11 October 1999 to 28 May 2004	Indian National Congress
20.	Dharam Singh	28 May 2004 to 2 February 2006	Indian National Congress
21.	H. D. Kumaraswamy	3 February 2006 to 8 October 2007	Janata Dal (Secular)
22.	B. S. Yediyurappa	12 November 2007 to 19 November 2007 30 May 2008 to 4 August 2011	Bharatiya Janata Party
23.	D. V. Sadananda Gowda	5 August 2011 to 11 July 2012	Bharatiya Janata Party
24.	Jagadish Shettar	12 July 2012 to 12 May 2013	Bharatiya Janata Party
25.	Siddaramaiah	13 May 2013 to 15 May 2018	Indian National Congress
26.	B. S. Yediyurappa	17 May 2018 to 23 May 2018	Bharatiya Janata Party
27.	H. D. Kumaraswamy	23 May 2018 to 23 July 2019	Janata Dal (Secular)
28.	B. S. Yediyurappa	26 July 2019 to 28 July 2021	Bharatiya Janata Party
29	Basavaraj Bommai	28 July 2021 to 15 May 2023	Bharatiya Janata Party

*We have prepared the table of Chief Ministers of Karnataka with utmost care. If we have committed certain mistakes then let us know through the comment box below. We’ll verify and update it no time.

GK Questions on Chief Ministers of Karnataka

Question 1: Who was the first chief minister of Karnataka?

Answer: Sri K. Chengalaraya Reddy

Question 2: Who is current chief minister of Karnataka?

Answer: Basavaraj Bommai

Question 3: How many members are in Karnataka Legislative Council?

Answer: 75 out of which 64 are elected and 11 are nominated

Question 4: Who is the chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council?

Answer: Raghunath Rao Malkapure is the chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council

Question 5: How many members are there in Karnataka Legislative Assembly?

Answer: 224

Question 6: Who is the speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly?

Answer: Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri, BJP

Question 7: Who is the Governor of Karnataka?

Answer: Thawar Chand Gehlot

Current Cabinet Ministers of Karnataka 2023

Shri Basavaraj Bommai	Chief Minister,Finance.Department Personnel and Administrative Reforms.Cabinet Affairs.Bengaluru Development.Intelligence (from Home)All other unallocated portfolios.
Govind M. Karjola	Major and Medium Irrigation
R. Ashoka	Revenue (excluding Muzrai)
B. Sriramulu	TransportSchedule Tribes Welfare
V. Somanna	HousingInfrastructure development
Umesh Katti	ForestFood, Civil Supplies and Consumer affairs
Angara S.	Fisheries, Ports and Inland Transport
J.C. Madhu Swamy	Law, Parliamentary affairs and LegislationMinor Irrigation
Araga Jnanendra	Home Affairs. (excluding Intelligence Wing)
C.N. Ashwath Narayan	Higher education. IT & BT. Science & Technology. Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
C.C. Patil	Public Works Department
Anand Singh	Tourism Ecology and Environment
Kota Srinivas Poojary	Social Welfare Backward Classes Welfare
Prabhu Chauhan	Animal Husbandry
Murugesh Nirani	Large and Medium Scale Industries. (Excluding Sugar, Public Enterprises)
Arbail Shivaram Hebber	Labour
S.T. Somashekhar	Co-operation
B.C. Patil	Agriculture
Byrati Basavaraj	Urban Development (including KUWSDB & KUIDFC, excluding Bengaluru development, BBMP, BDA, BWSSB, BMRDA, BMRCI and Directorate of Town Planning, Urban development department)
K. Sudhakar	Health and Family Welfare Medical Education
K. Gopalaiah	Excise (from Finance)
Shashikala Jolle	Muzrai Haj and Wakf
M.T.B. Nagaraj	Small Scale Industries, Public Sector Industries Municipal Administration
K.C. Narayana Gowda	Youth Empowerment and Sports Sericulture
B.C. Nagesh	Primary and Secondary Education Sakala
V. Sunil Kumar	Energy Kannada and Culture
Halappa Achar	Mines and Geology (from Commerce & Industries) Women, Child development and Disabled & Senior citizens empowerment
Shankar B Patil	Handloom and Textiles (from Commerce & Industries) Sugarcane Development And Directorate of Sugar
Munirathna	Horticulture Planning, Program monitoring and Statistics

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