Karnataka Legislative assembly - Wikipedia Karnataka Legislative assembly Karnataka Legislative Assembly 15th Legislative Assembly of Karnataka Type Type Lower house Term limits 5 years Leadership Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar, INC Since 25 May 2018 Deputy Speaker M. Krishna Reddy, JD ( S ) Since 7 July 2018 Leader of the House ( Chief Minister ) H.D. Kumaraswamy, JD ( S ) Since 23 May 2018 Deputy Leader of the House ( Deputy Chief Minister ) G. Parameshwara, INC Since 23 May 2018 Leader of the Opposition B.S. Yeddyurappa, BJP Since 25 May 2018 Deputy Leader of the Opposition Govind M. Karjol, BJP Since 25 May 2018 Structure Seats 225 ( 224 + 1 Nominated ) Political groups Government ( 118 ) INC ( 79 ) JD ( S ) ( 36 ) BSP ( 1 ) KPJP ( 1 ) Independent ( 1 ) Opposition ( 104 ) BJP ( 104 ) Others ( 1 ) Nominated ( 1 ) Vacant ( 2 ) Vacant ( 2 ) Elections Voting system First past the post Last election 12 May 2018 Meeting place Legislative Assembly Chamber, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Website Karnataka Legislative Assembly Footnotes The Council was established in 1881 for the Princely State of Mysore. The Princely state was merged with the Union of India and became Mysore State in 1950 ; Mysore State was re-organized to its current territorial state in 1956 and renamed as Karnataka on 1 November 1973. The Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the lower house of the bicameral legislature of Karnataka state in southern India. Karnataka is one of the seven states in India, where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses. The two houses are the Vidhan Sabha ( lower house ) and the Vidhan Parishad ( upper house ). The members of the Vidhana Sabha are directly elected by people through adult franchise. There are 224 members of the Vidhana Sabha or the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka state. One member is a representative of the Anglo - Indian community nominated by the Governor of Karnataka. The state of Karnataka is divided into 224 constituencies used to elect the Legislative assembly members. Each constituency elects one member of the assembly. Members are popularly known as MLAs. The assembly is elected using the simple plurality or `` first past the post '' electoral system. The elections are conducted by the Election Commission of India. The normal term of the members lasts for five years. In case of death, resignation or disqualification of a member, a by - election is conducted for constituency represented by the member. The party which wins the most seats becomes the ruling party. Contents 1 List of Assemblies 2 List of Speakers 3 See also 4 References List of assemblies Assembly Period Chief Minister ( s ) First Assembly 18 June 1952 - 31 March 1957 K.C. Reddy, Kengal Hanumanthaiah, Kadidal Manjappa, S. Nijalingappa Second Assembly 10 June 1957 - 1 March 1962 S. Nijalingappa, B.D. Jatti Third Assembly 15 March 1962 - 28 February 1967 S.R. Kanthi, S. Nijalingappa Fourth Assembly 15 March 1967 - 14 April 1971 S. Nijalingappa, Veerendra Patil Fifth Assembly 24 March 1972 - 31 December 1977 ( Dissolved ) D. Devaraj Urs Sixth Assembly 17 March 1978 - 8 June 1983 ( Dissolved ) D. Devaraj Urs, R. Gundu Rao Seventh Assembly 24 July 1983 - 2 January 1985 ( Dissolved ) Ramakrishna Hegde Eighth Assembly 18 March 1985 - 21 April 1989 ( Dissolved ) Ramakrishna Hegde, S.R. Bommai Ninth Assembly 18 December 1989 - 20 September 1994 ( Dissolved ) Veerendra Patil, S. Bangarappa, M. Veerappa Moily Tenth Assembly 25 December 1994 -- 22 July 1999 ( Dissolved ) H.D. Deve Gowda, J.H. Patel Eleventh Assembly 25 October 1999 - 28 May 2004 S.M. Krishna Twelfth Assembly 28 May 2004 - 19 November 2007 ( Dissolved ) Dharam Singh, H.D. Kumaraswamy, B.S. Yeddyurappa Thirteenth Assembly 30 May 2008 - 5 May 2013 B.S. Yeddyurappa, D.V. Sadananda Gowda, Jagadish Shettar Fourteenth Assembly 13 May 2013 - 17 May 2018 Siddaramaiah Fifteenth Assembly 17 May 2018 - Present B.S. Yeddyurappa, H.D. Kumaraswamy President 's rule in the state Period Assembly 19.03. 1971 to 20.03. 1972 Fourth Assembly 31.12. 1977 to 28.02. 1978 Fifth Assembly 21.04. 1989 to 30.11. 1989 Eighth Assembly 09.10. 2007 to 11.11. 2007 Twelfth Assembly 20.11. 2007 to 29.05. 2008 Twelfth Assembly At 11 : 00 am on 18 June 1952, Wednesday, the first session of the legislative assembly was held at the old public office building conference hall ( the present high court building ) in Bangalore. On 16 December 1949 the maharaja of Mysore dissolved the representative assembly and the legislative assembly. The constituent assembly which was constituted in 1947 became the provisional assembly of Mysore until the elections were held in 1952. The first assembly formed under the Constitution had 99 elected and one nominated member. In the first sitting of the assembly, V. Venkatappa was the honorary speaker who administered oath to the members including the then Chief Minister Kengal Hanumanthaiah. He conducted election to the post of speaker, which was contested by socialist leader Shantaveri Gopalagowda, and H. Siddaiah, where H. Siddaiah secured 74 votes and emerged victorious and the first CM of Karnataka state Kengal Hanumanthaiah delivered the speech. With the formation of Andhra state in 1953, parts of Bellary district from Madras State were added to Mysore state and the strength of the Assembly increased to five members. After the re-organisation of state of Mysore came into being on 1 November 1956 with four districts from the former Bombay state, three districts of Hyderabad state, a district and a taluk of the old Madras state of Coorg and the princely state of Mysore. The state was renamed as Karnataka in 1973. The first sitting of the new assembly was held on 19 December 1956 in the newly built Vidhana Soudha. The strength of the assembly, which was 208 in 1957 increased to 216 in 1967 and to 224 plus a nominated member in 1978. The lone women Speaker of Karnataka assembly was K.S. Nagaratnamma from 24 March 1972 to 3 March 1978. Legislature sessions was held twice outside Bangalore in Belgaum - from September 25 to 29, 2006 and from January 16 to 24, 2009. List of Speakers Sl.No. Speaker Party Period V. Venkatappa INC 26.01. 1952 to 17.06. 1952 H. Siddaiah INC 18.06. 1952 to 14.05. 1954 H.S. Rudrappa INC 13.10. 1954 to 01.11. 1956 S.R. Kanthi INC 19.12. 1956 to 09.03. 1962 B. Vaikunta Baliga INC 15.03. 1962 to 06.06. 1968 6 S.D. Kotavale INC 05.09. 1968 to 24.03. 1972 7 K.S. Nagarathanamma INC 24.03. 1972 to 17.03. 1978 8 P. Venkataramana INC 17.03. 1978 to 03.10. 1980 9 K.H. Ranganath INC 30.01. 1981 to 24.01. 1983 10 D.B. Chandre Gowda JP 24.01. 1983 to 17.03. 1985 11 B.G. Banakar JP 18.03. 1985 to 17.12. 1989 12 S.M. Krishna INC 18.12. 1989 to 20.01. 1993 13 V.S. Koujalagi INC 15.02. 1993 to 26.12. 1994 14 K.R. Ramesh Kumar JD 27.12. 1994 to 24.10. 1999 15 M.V. Venkatappa INC 26.10. 1999 to 07.06. 2004 16 N. Krishna JD ( S ) 10.06. 2004 to 04.06. 2008 17 Jagadish Shettar BJP 05.06. 2008 to 16.11. 2009 18 K.G. Bopaiah BJP 17.11. 2009 to May 2013 19 Kagodu Thimmappa INC 31.05. 2013 to 19.06. 2016 20 K.B. Koliwad INC 05.07. 2016 to 18.05. 2018 21 K.R. Ramesh Kumar INC 25.05. 2018 to present See also Vidhana Soudha Government of Karnataka Karnataka Legislative Council List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka List of Speakers of the Karnataka Legislature References Jump up ^ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/krishna-reddy-elected-karnataka-assembly-deputy-speaker/articleshow/64885590.cms Wikimedia Commons has media related to Karnataka Legislative Assembly. 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Question: who is the present speaker of karnataka legislative assembly
Answer: K. R. Ramesh Kumar