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
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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)

B. S. Yeddyurappa became the Chief minister of Karnataka for the third time on 17 May 2018.
B. S. Yeddyurappa was sworn in on 17 May 2018, becoming the Chief minister of Karnataka for the third time.
B. S. Yeddyurappa was the Chief minister of Karnataka for the third time on 17 May 2018.

final_sentence: B. S. Yeddyurappa became the Chief minister of Karnataka for the third time on 17 May 2018.
final_sentence: B. S. Yeddyurappa was sworn in on 17 May 2018, becoming the Chief minister of Karnataka for the third time.
final_sentence: B. S. Yeddyurappa was the Chief minister of Karnataka for the third time on 17 May 2018.