Karnataka Legislative Council - Wikipedia Karnataka Legislative Council Karnataka Legislative Council Type Type Upper house Leadership Chairman D.H. Shankaramurthy, BJP Deputy Chairman Marithibbe Gowda, JD ( S ) Government 's Chief Whip Ivan D'Souza, INC Leader of the House G. Parameshwara, INC Leader of the Opposition K.S. Eshwarappa, BJP Structure Seats 75 ( 64 elected, 11 nominated ) Political groups Government ( 35 ) INC ( 35 ) Opposition ( 40 ) BJP ( 22 ) JD ( S ) ( 13 ) Independents ( 5 ) Meeting place Legislative Council Chamber at the Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore, Karnataka Website http://kla.kar.nic.in/ Footnotes The Council was established in 1907 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 Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Karnataka state in south western India. Karnataka is one of the seven states in India, where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses : the Vidhan Sabha ( Legislative Assembly ), and the Vidhan Parishad ( Legislative Council ). The Karnataka Legislative Council is a permanent body comprising 75 members. Contents 1 History 2 Term 3 Constituencies and members 3.1 Elected by the Legislative Assembly members 3.2 Elected from Graduates ' constituencies 3.3 Elected from Teachers ' constituencies 3.4 Elected from Local Authorities ' constituencies 3.5 Nominated 4 See also 5 Notes 6 External links History It was established as the Mysore Legislative Council in 1907 ( under Regulation I of 1907 ) in the Princely State of Mysore with a view to associate with the Government certain number of non-official persons having practical experience and knowledge of local conditions and requirements to assist government in making Laws and Regulations. In addition to the Dewan, President and the Members of Council, who were ex officio members, at that time the Council consisted of not less than 10 and not more than 15 additional members to be nominated by the Government, out of which not less than two - fifths were required to be non-officials. The minimum and maximum number of additional members was increased from 15 to 21 respectively by Regulation I of 1914 and the maximum was further increased to 30 by Regulation II of 1919. In 1923, under the Mysore Legislative Council Regulation, ( Regulation XIX of 1923 ), the strength of Legislative Council was fixed at 50. Of the 50 seats, 28 were allotted to the nominated members ( official 20 and non-official 8 ) and 22 to elected members. In 1914 the Council was empowered to discuss the Budget and in 1923 it was given power to vote on the demands for grants. From 1919 onwards Resolution were discussed in the Council. The term of the Council was three years in 1917 and four years in 1940. After the implementation of the States Reorganisation Act in 1956, the strength of the Legislative Council of the re-organized Mysore State was increased to 63 under the Legislative Councils Act, 1957 and it remained same until 1987. Following adoption of a resolution in Karnataka Legislative Assembly on 18 August 1986 and subsequent approval by the Parliament of India, the strength of Legislative Council was increased to 75 with effect from 8 September 1987. Term The Karnataka Legislative Council is a permanent body with one - third of its members retiring every two years. Constituencies and members At present, among the 75 members of the Legislative Council, 25 are elected by the Karnataka Legislative Assembly members, 25 are elected by local authorities, 7 are elected by the Graduates, 7 are elected by the Teachers and 11 members are nominated by the Governor of Karnataka. The following is the list of the current members : New 2015 Karnataka MLC Results were declared on 30th December 2015 and can be obtained from here. Elected by the Legislative Assembly members # Member Political Party Term S.M. Agha JD ( S ) 18 June 2012 to 17 June 2018 K. Govindaraj INC 18 June 2012 to 17 June 2018 M. Sitaram INC 18 June 2012 to 17 June 2018 B.J. Puttaswamy BJP 18 June 2012 to 17 June 2018 5 Raghunath rao Malkapur BJP 18 June 2012 to 17 June 2018 6 Rizwan Arshad INC 14 June 2016 - 14 June 2022 7 M. Bhanuprakash BJP 18 June 2012 to 17 June 2018 8 C. Motamma INC 18 June 2012 to 17 June 2018 9 C.M. Ibrahim INC 26 August 2017 to 17 June 2018 10 D.S. Veeraiah BJP 18 June 2012 to 17 June 2018 11 B.S. Suresh Independent 18 June 2012 to 17 June 2018 12 Ramappa Timmapur INC 14 June 2016 - 14 June 2022 13 V. Somanna BJP 14 June 2016 - 14 June 2022 14 Allum Veerabhadrappa INC 14 June 2016 - 14 June 2022 15 K.V. Narayana Swamy JD ( S ) 14 June 2016 - 14 June 2022 17 Jayamma INC 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2020 18 G. Parameshwara INC 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2020 19 N.S. Boseraju INC 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2020 20 K.S. Eshwarappa BJP 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2020 21 H.M. Revanna INC 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2020 22 TA Sharavana JD ( S ) 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2020 23 DU Mallikarjuna Independent 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2020 24 Veena Achaiah INC 14 June 2016 - 14 June 2022 25 Lehar Singh Siroya BJP 14 June 2016 - 14 June 2022 Elected from Graduates ' constituencies # Constituency Member Political Party Karnataka South - East Graduates R Chowdareddy Thoopalli JD ( S ) 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2020 Karnataka North - East Graduates N. Amaranath patil BJP 22 June 2012 - 21 June 2018 Karnataka North - West Graduates Hanumant Nirani BJP 5 July 2016 - 4 July 2022 Karnataka South Graduates K.T. Srikante Gowda JD ( S ) 5 July 2016 - 4 July 2022 5 Karnataka West Graduates S.V. Sankanur BJP 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2020 6 Bangalore Graduates Ramachandra Gowda BJP 22 June 2012 - 21 June 2018 7 Karnataka South - West Graduates D.H. Shankaramurthy BJP 22 June 2012 - 21 June 2018 Elected from Teachers ' constituencies # Constituency Member Political Party Term Karnataka South Teachers Maritibbe Gowda JD ( S ) 22 June 2012 - 21 June 2018 Karnataka South - East Teachers Ramesh Babu JD ( S ) 7 Feb 2017 - 21 June 2018 Karnataka North - East Teachers Sharanappa Mattur INC 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2020 Bangalore Teachers Puttanna JD ( S ) 1 July 2014 - 30 June 2020 5 Karnataka West Teachers Basawaraj Horatti JD ( S ) 5 July 2016 - 4 July 2022 6 Karnataka North - West Teachers Arun Shahapur BJP 5 July 2016 - 4 July 2022 7 Karnataka South - West Teachers Capt Ganesh Karnik BJP 22 June 2012 - 21 June 2018 Elected from Local Authorities ' constituencies # Constituency Member Political Party Term Bidar Local Authorities Vijay Singh INC Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 Gulbarga Local Authorities B.G. Patil BJP Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 Bijapur Local Authorities Basangouda Patil Yatnal Independent Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 Bijapur Local Authorities S.R. Patil INC Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 5 Belgaum Local Authorities Kavatagimath Mahantesh Mallikarjun BJP Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 6 Belgaum Local Authorities Vivek Patil Independent Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 7 Uttara Kannada Local Authorities Shrikant Laxman Ghotnekar INC Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 8 Dharwad Local Authorities Srinivas Mane INC Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 9 Dharwad Local Authorities Pradeep Shettar BJP Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 10 Raichur Local Authorities Basavaraj Patil Itagi INC Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 11 Bellary Local Authorities K.C. Kondaiah INC Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 12 Chitradurga Local Authorities G. Raghu Achar INC Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 13 Shimoga Local Authorities Prasanna Kumar INC Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 14 Dakshina Kannada Local Authorities Kota Srinivasa Poojary BJP Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 15 Dakshina Kannada Local Authorities K. Prathapachandra Shetty INC Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 16 Chickmagaluru Local Authorities M.K. Pranesh BJP Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 17 Hassan Local Authorities Gopalaswamy INC Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 18 Tumkur Local Authorities Kanthraj JD ( S ) Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 19 Mandya Local Authorities N. Appaji Gowda JD ( S ) Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 20 Bangalore Local Authorities M Narayanaswamy INC Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 21 Bangalore Rural Local Authorities S. Ravi INC Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 22 Kolar Local Authorities C.R. Manohar JD ( S ) Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 23 Kodagu Local Authorities Sunil Subramani Mandepanda BJP Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 24 Mysore Local Authorities Sandesh Nagaraju JD ( S ) Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 25 Mysore Local Authorities Dharmasena INC Jan 2016 - Jan 2022 Nominated # Member Political Party Term M.D. Lakshminarayana Independent 10 August 2012 - 9 August 2018 V.S. Ugrappa INC 24 June 2014 - 23 June 2020 Iqbal Ahmed Saradagi INC 24 June 2014 - 23 June 2020 K. Abdul Jabbar INC 24 June 2014 - 23 June 2020 5 Ivan D'Souza INC 24 June 2014 - 23 June 2020 6 Dr. Jayamala Ramchandra INC 24 June 2014 - 23 June 2020 7 Tara Anuradha BJP 10 August 2012 - 9 August 2018 8 K.B. Shanappa BJP 10 August 2012 - 9 August 2018 9 P.R. Ramesh INC 3 May 2017 - 2 May 2023 10 Mohan Kondaji INC 3 May 2017 - 2 May 2023 11 C.M. Lingappa INC 3 May 2017 - 2 May 2023 See also Karnataka Legislative Assembly TA / DA scam Notes Jump up ^ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/marithibbe-gowda-elected/article7491368.ece Jump up ^ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Ivan-D'Souza-is-Cong.-chief-whip/article14468016.ece ^ Jump up to : Rao, C. Hayavadana ( ed. ). ( 1929 ). Mysore Gazetteer, Vol. IV, Bangalore : Government Press, pp. 96 - 7. Jump up ^ `` The Legislative Councils Act, 1957 ''. Commonwealth Legal Information Institute website. Retrieved 22 April 2010. Jump up ^ `` Members of Karnataka Legislative Council ''. Karnataka Legislature website. Retrieved 17 April 2010. Jump up ^ `` Members of Karnataka Legislative Council ''. infoelections.com. Retrieved 30 December 2015. Jump up ^ http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=398830 Jump up ^ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/ibrahim-elected-unopposed/article19556689.ece Jump up ^ http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/140616/congress-likely-to-draw-a-blank.html Jump up ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/historic-victory-for-horatti/article8725921.ece Jump up ^ http://ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in/ Jump up ^ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/historic-victory-for-horatti/article8725921.ece Jump up ^ http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/140616/congress-likely-to-draw-a-blank.html Jump up ^ http://www.kla.kar.nic.in/council/lcmem.html External links Karnataka Legislative Council official website Legislatures of India British Raj Council of India Imperial Legislative Council Council of State Central Legislative Assembly Chamber of Princes Constituent Assembly of India Sansad Rajya Sabha Lok Sabha Vidhan Sabha Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh National Capital Territory of Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal Vidhan Parishad Andhra Pradesh Bihar Jammu and Kashmir Karnataka Maharashtra Telangana Uttar Pradesh Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Karnataka_Legislative_Council&oldid=818221353 '' Categories : Karnataka - related lists Karnataka Legislative Council 1907 establishments in India Hidden categories : Use dmy dates from January 2018 Use Indian English from January 2018 All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English Talk Contents About Wikipedia ಕನ್ನಡ Edit links This page was last edited on 2 January 2018, at 08 : 51. 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Question: the number of members nominated to the karnataka legislative council by legislative assembly is
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