# List of deputy speakers of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly

The deputy speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly is subordinate to the speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka. They are responsible for the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka and they are the second highest ranking legislative officer of the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, the lower house of the Government of Karnataka. They act as the presiding officer in case of leave or absence caused by death or illness of the speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka.

## List of Deputy Speakers

| Sl. No. | Name | Constituency | Tenure | Tenure | Tenure | Assembly | Party |
| Mysore ||||||||||
| 1 | Pullareddy | | 1945 | 1949 | | | |
| 1 | M. A. Sreenivasan | | 1945 | 1949 | | | |
| 1 | T.C.M. Rayan | | 1945 | 1949 | | | |
| 1 | O.S. Nasarulla Sharif | | 1945 | 1949 | | | |
| 1 | L. Siddappa | | 1945 | 1949 | | | |
| 2 | L.H. Thimmabhovi | | 1950 | 1952 | | | |
| 3 | R. Channigaramaiah | | 1 July 1952 | 1 November 1956 | 4 years, 123 days | | |
| 4 | M. Madhaiah | | 24 December 1956 | 31 March 1957 | 97 days | | |
| (2) | L.H. Thimmabhovi | | 19 July 1957 | 1 March 1962 | 4 years, 225 days | | |
| 5 | A.R. Panchagavi | | 31 March 1962 | 28 February 1967 | 4 years, 334 days | | |
| 6 | D. Manjunath | | 28 March 1967 | 14 April 1971 | 4 years, 17 days | | |
| 7 | B.P. Kadham | | 26 June 1972 | 31 October 1973 | 1 year, 127 days continued... | 5th (1972-77) continued... | |
| Karnataka ||||||||||
| (7) | B.P. Kadham | | 1 November 1973 | 24 March 1977 | ...continued 3 years, 143 days | 5th ...continued (1972-77) | |
| 8 | G. Puttaswamy | | 20 June 1977 | 31 December 1977 | 194 days | 5th ...continued (1972-77) | |
| 9 | Sumathi B. Madiman | | 10 August 1978 | 21 December 1980 | 2 years, 133 days | 6th (1978-83) | |
| 10 | Bapurao Hulsurkar | | 4 February 1981 | 8 January 1983 | 1 year, 338 days | 6th (1978-83) | |
| 11 | C.Veeranna | Koratagere | 11 March 1983 | 2 January 1985 | 1 year, 297 days | 7th (1983-85) | |
| 12 | Lakshminarasimhaiah | | 8 August 1985 | 26 April 1987 | 1 year, 261 days | 8th (1985-89) | |
| 13 | B.R. Yavagal | | 11 September 1987 | 15 April 1989 | 1 year, 216 days | 8th (1985-89) | |
| 14 | Nagamma Keshavamurthy | | 30 March 1990 | 20 January 1993 | 2 years, 296 days | 9th (1989-94) | |
| 15 | Anjanamurthy | | 18 March 1993 | 17 December 1994 | 1 year, 274 days | 9th (1989-94) | |
| 16 | M.S. Patil | | 30 December 1994 | 6 June 1996 | 1 year, 159 days | 10th (1994-99) | |
| 17 | Anand Mamani | | 8 July 1996 | 14 January 1999 | 2 years, 190 days | 10th (1994-99) | |
| 18 | Chandrashekhar Reddy Deshmukh | | 11 March 1999 | 22 July 1999 | 133 days | 10th (1994-99) | |
| 19 | Manohar H. Tahashildar | | 30 October 1999 | 23 February 2004 | 4 years, 116 days | 11th (1999-04) | |
| 20 | N.Y. Gopalakrishna | | 17 March 2005 | 28 November 2007 | 2 years, 256 days | 12th (2004-08) | |
| 21 | K.G. Bopaiah | | 29 July 2008 | 30 December 2009 | 2 years, 154 days | 13th (2008-13) | |
| 22 | N. Yogish Bhat | | 11 January 2011 | 21 May 2013 | 2 years, 130 days | 13th (2008-13) | |
| 23 | N.H. Shivashankar Reddy | | 18 July 2013 | 18 May 2018 | 4 years, 304 days | 14th (2013-18) | |
| 24 | M. Krishnareddy | | 6 July 2018 | 17 March 2020 | 1 year, 255 days | 15th (2018-23) | |
| (17) | Anand Mamani | | 24 March 2020 | 22 October 2022 | 2 years, 212 days | 15th (2018-23) | BJP |
| 25 | Rudrappa Lamani | Haveri | 6 July 2023 | | Incumbent | 16th (2023-28) | Congress |
| Source: Karanataka Legislative Assembly ||||||||||