List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka
Chief Ministers of Mysore and Karnataka

List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka

Section Title: Chief Ministers of Mysore and Karnataka
Table Section Text: None

No.	Name	Term (tenure length)	Assembly (election)	Party

Chief Minister of Mysore

1	K. Chengalaraya Reddy	25 October 1947 – 30 March 1952 (4 years, 157 days)	Not established yet	Indian National Congress

2	K. Hanumanthaiah	30 March 1952 – 19 August 1956 (4 years, 142 days)	First Assembly (1952–57) (1951/52 election) continued...

3	Kadidal Manjappa	19 August 1956 – 31 October 1956 (73 days)

Chief Minister of Mysore (following the state's reorganisation)

4	S. Nijalingappa MLA for Molakalmuru	1 November 1956 – 16 May 1958 (1 year, 197 days)	...continued First Assembly (1952–57) (1951/52 election)	Indian National Congress

Second Assembly (1957–62) (1957 election)

5	B. D. Jatti MLA for Jamkhandi	16 May 1958 – 9 March 1962 (3 years, 297 days)

6	S. R. Kanthi MLA for Hungund	14 March 1962 – 20 June 1962 (98 days)	Third Assembly (1962–67) (1962 election)

(4)	S. Nijalingappa MLA for Shiggaon	21 June 1962 – 28 May 1968 (5 years, 342 days)

Fourth Assembly (1967–71) (1967 election)

7	Veerendra Patil	29 May 1968 – 18 March 1971 (2 years, 293 days)	Indian National Congress (O)

–	Vacant (President's rule)	19 March 1971 – 20 March 1972 (1 year, 1 day)	Dissolved	N/A

Chief Minister of Karnataka

8	D. Devaraj Urs MLA for Hunsur	20 March 1972 – 31 December 1977 (5 years, 286 days)	Fifth Assembly (1972–77) (1972 election)	Indian National Congress

–	Vacant (President's rule)	31 December 1977 – 28 February 1978 (59 days)	Dissolved	N/A

(8)	D. Devaraj Urs MLA for Hunsur	28 February 1978 – 7 January 1980 (1 year, 313 days)	Sixth Assembly (1978–83) (1978 election)	Indian National Congress (I)

9	R. Gundu Rao MLA for Somwarpet	12 January 1980 – 6 January 1983 (2 years, 359 days)

10	Ramakrishna Hegde MLA for Basavanagudi	10 January 1983 – 29 December 1984 (1 year, 354 days)	Seventh Assembly (1983–85) (1983 election)	Janata Party

8 March 1985 – 13 February 1986 (342 days)	Eighth Assembly (1985–89) (1985 election)

16 February 1986 – 10 August 1988 (2 years, 176 days)

11	S. R. Bommai MLA for Hubli Rural	13 August 1988 – 21 April 1989 (281 days)

–	Vacant (President's rule)	21 April 1989 – 30 November 1989 (193 days)	Dissolved	N/A

(7)	Veerendra Patil MLA for Chincholi	30 November 1989 – 10 October 1990 (314 days)	Ninth Assembly (1989–94) (1989 election)	Indian National Congress

–	Vacant (President's rule)	10 October 1990 – 17 October 1990 (7 days)	N/A

12	S. Bangarappa MLA for Sorab	17 October 1990 – 19 November 1992 (2 years, 33 days)	Indian National Congress

13	M. Veerappa Moily MLA for Karkala	19 November 1992 – 11 December 1994 (2 years, 22 days)

14	H. D. Deve Gowda MLA for Ramanagara	11 December 1994 – 31 May 1996 (1 year, 172 days)	Tenth Assembly (1994–99) (1994 election)	Janata Dal

15	J. H. Patel MLA for Channagiri	31 May 1996 – 7 October 1999 (3 years, 129 days)

16	S. M. Krishna MLA for Maddur	11 October 1999 – 28 May 2004 (4 years, 230 days)	Eleventh Assembly (1999–2004) (1999 election)	Indian National Congress

17	Dharam Singh MLA for Jewargi	28 May 2004 – 2 February 2006 (1 year, 250 days)	Twelfth Assembly (2004–07) (2004 election)

18	H. D. Kumaraswamy MLA for Ramanagara	3 February 2006 – 8 October 2007 (1 year, 253 days)	Janata Dal (Secular)

–	Vacant (President's rule)	8 October 2007 – 12 November 2007 (35 days)	N/A

19	B. S. Yeddyurappa MLA for Shikaripura	12 November 2007 – 19 November 2007 (7 days)	Bharatiya Janata Party

–	Vacant (President's rule)	20 November 2007 – 29 May 2008 (191 days)	Dissolved	N/A

(19)	B. S. Yeddyurappa MLA for Shikaripura	30 May 2008 – 4 August 2011 (3 years, 66 days)	Thirteenth Assembly (2008–13) (2008 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party

20	D. V. Sadananda Gowda	5 August 2011 – 11 July 2012 (341 days)

21	Jagadish Shettar MLA for Hubli-Dharwad-Central	12 July 2012 – 12 May 2013 (304 days)

22	Siddaramaiah MLA for Varuna	13 May 2013 – 15 May 2018 (5 years, 2 days)	Fourteenth Assembly (2013–18) (2013 election)	Indian National Congress

(19)	B. S. Yeddyurappa MLA for Shikaripura	17 May 2018 – 23 May 2018 (6 days)	Fifteenth Assembly (2018–23) (2018 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party

(18)	H. D. Kumaraswamy MLA for Channapatna	23 May 2018 – present (342 days)	Janata Dal (Secular)

Sentence(s)

H. D. Deve Gowda was the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996.

final_sentence: H. D. Deve Gowda was the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996.