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class="noprint"> (117 years ago)</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1907</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceded by</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>Mysuru Legislative Council</b></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Leadership</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Chairman_of_the_Karnataka_Legislative_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Chairman of the Karnataka Legislative Council">Chairman</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><b><a href="/wiki/Basavaraj_Horatti" title="Basavaraj Horatti">Basavaraj Horatti</a></b>, <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> <br />since 21 December 2022 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_deputy_chairmen_of_the_Karnataka_Legislative_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="List of deputy chairmen of the Karnataka Legislative Council">Deputy Chairman</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/M._K._Pranesh" title="M. K. Pranesh">M. K. Pranesh</a>, BJP <br />since 29 January 2021 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em">Leader of the House</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/N._S._Boseraju" title="N. S. Boseraju">N. S. Boseraju</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> <br />since 3 July 2023 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Chief_Whip" title="Chief Whip">Govt Chief Whip</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Saleem_Ahmed" title="Saleem Ahmed">Saleem Ahmed</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> <br />since 3 July 2023 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_the_opposition_in_Karnataka_Legislative_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="List of leaders of the opposition in Karnataka Legislative Council">Leader of the Opposition</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Chalavadi_Narayanaswamy" title="Chalavadi Narayanaswamy">Chalavadi Narayanaswamy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> <br />since 23 July 2024 </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><a href="/wiki/Secretary" title="Secretary">Secretary</a> of the Legislative Council</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.3em"><b>K. R. Mahalaxmi</b> <br />since 1 October 2017 </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Structure</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Seats</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>75</b> (64 Elected + 11 Nominated)</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Karnataka_Legislative_Council_2024.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/India_Karnataka_Legislative_Council_2024.svg/300px-India_Karnataka_Legislative_Council_2024.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="154" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/India_Karnataka_Legislative_Council_2024.svg/450px-India_Karnataka_Legislative_Council_2024.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/India_Karnataka_Legislative_Council_2024.svg/600px-India_Karnataka_Legislative_Council_2024.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Political groups</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Government_of_Karnataka" title="Government of Karnataka">Government</a> (35)</b> <dl><dd><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00B7EB; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Developmental_Inclusive_Alliance" title="Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance">INDIA</a> (35) <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#00BFFF; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> (35)</li></ul></dd></dl> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Opposition_(politics)" title="Opposition (politics)">Official Opposition</a> (38)</b> </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#F98C1F; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">NDA</a> (38) <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> (30)</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#02865A; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">JD(S)</a> (8)</li></ul></dd></dl> <p><b>Other (1)</b> </p> <dl><dd><ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#B2B2B2; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_Politician" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Politician">IND</a> (1)</li></ul></dd></dl> <p><b>Vacant (1)</b> </p> <dl><dd><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style=""> </span> Vacant (1)</dd></dl> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Meeting place</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vidhana_Souda_,_Bangalore.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Vidhana_Souda_%2C_Bangalore.jpg/250px-Vidhana_Souda_%2C_Bangalore.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Vidhana_Souda_%2C_Bangalore.jpg/375px-Vidhana_Souda_%2C_Bangalore.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Vidhana_Souda_%2C_Bangalore.jpg/500px-Vidhana_Souda_%2C_Bangalore.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1276" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label">Legislative Council, <a href="/wiki/Vidhana_Soudha" title="Vidhana Soudha">Vidhana Soudha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengaluru" title="Bengaluru">Bengaluru</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bengaluru_Urban_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Bengaluru Urban district">Bengaluru Urban district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Suvarna_Vidhana_Soudha.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Suvarna_Vidhana_Soudha.jpg/250px-Suvarna_Vidhana_Soudha.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Suvarna_Vidhana_Soudha.jpg/375px-Suvarna_Vidhana_Soudha.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Suvarna_Vidhana_Soudha.jpg/500px-Suvarna_Vidhana_Soudha.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2234" data-file-height="868" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data label">Legislative Council, <a href="/wiki/Suvarna_Vidhana_Soudha" title="Suvarna Vidhana Soudha">Suvarna Vidhana Soudha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belagavi" class="mw-redirect" title="Belagavi">Belagavi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belagavi_district" title="Belagavi district">Belagavi district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> (Winter session)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://kla.kar.nic.in/council/council.htm">Karnataka Legislative Council</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Constitution</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #ededed">Footnotes</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">The Council was established in 1907 for the <a href="/wiki/Princely_state" title="Princely state">princely state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore" title="Kingdom of Mysore">Mysore</a>, which was merged with the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_India" title="Dominion of India">Union of India</a> and became <a href="/wiki/Mysore_State" title="Mysore State">Mysore State</a> in 1947; Mysore State was re-organized to its current territorial state in 1956 and renamed as <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> on 1 November 1973.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Karnataka Legislative Council</b> (formerly the <b>Mysuru Legislative Council</b>) is the upper house of the <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislature" title="Karnataka Legislature">state legislature of Karnataka</a>. <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a> is one of six <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">Indian states</a> with a <a href="/wiki/Bicameralism" title="Bicameralism">bicameral</a> legislature; the <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Legislative Assembly</a> is the lower house. The Council is a permanent body of 75 members, of whom 64 are elected in various ways in staggered elections and 11 are appointed by the <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Karnataka" title="List of governors of Karnataka">Governor of Karnataka</a>. Members hold their seats for six-year terms. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karnataka_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Originally, the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Karnataka" title="Government of Karnataka">government</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore" title="Kingdom of Mysore">princely state of Mysore</a> comprised the <a href="/wiki/Diwan_of_Mysore" class="mw-redirect" title="Diwan of Mysore"><i>diwan</i></a> and the unicameral <a href="/wiki/Karnataka_Legislative_Assembly" title="Karnataka Legislative Assembly">Mysore Representative Assembly</a> (constituted in 1881 by Maharaja <a href="/wiki/Chamarajendra_Wadiyar_X" title="Chamarajendra Wadiyar X">Chamarajendra Wadiyar X</a>). With the intent of creating a body composed of a certain number of non-official persons with practical experience and knowledge of local conditions to assist the government in making laws and regulations, the Mysore Legislative Council was established by Regulation I of 1907, in the reign of <a href="/wiki/Krishna_Raja_Wadiyar_IV" title="Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV">Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV</a>. In addition to the <i>diwan</i>, the president and the members of the Council, who were <i>ex-officio</i> members, the Council at that time consisted of not less than 10 and not more than 15 additional members to be nominated by the government and approved by the <a href="/wiki/Maharaja_of_Mysore" title="Maharaja of Mysore">Maharaja</a>, 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.<sup id="cite_ref-gazetteer_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazetteer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1923, under the Mysore Legislative Council Regulation, (Regulation XIX of 1923), the strength of the Council was fixed at 50. Of the 50 seats, 28 were allotted to the nominated members (20 official and 8 non-official) and 22 to elected members.<sup id="cite_ref-gazetteer_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gazetteer-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1914, the Council was empowered to discuss the state <a href="/wiki/Government_budget" title="Government budget">budget</a>, and in 1923 it was given power to vote on the demands for grants. From 1919 onwards, resolutions were discussed in the Council. The term of the Council was three years in 1917 and four years in 1940. </p><p>After the implementation of the <a href="/wiki/States_Reorganisation_Act,_1956" title="States Reorganisation Act, 1956">States Reorganisation Act, 1956</a>, the strength of the Legislative Council of the re-organized <a href="/wiki/Mysore_State" title="Mysore State">Mysore State</a> was increased to 63 under the Legislative Councils Act of 1957<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and remained as such until 1987. The council was renamed following the renaming of Mysore State as Karnataka in 1973. Following adoption of a resolution in Karnataka Legislative Assembly on 18 August 1986 and subsequent approval by the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a>, the strength of Legislative Council was increased to 75 with effect from 8 September 1987. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Constituencies_and_Members">Constituencies and Members</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karnataka_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Constituencies and Members"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Karnataka Legislative Council is a permanent body with one-third of its members retiring every two years. Members of Legislative Council (MLCs) serve six-year terms, with no <a href="/wiki/Term_limit" title="Term limit">limit on reelections</a>. </p><p>Of the 75 members of the Council, 25 are elected by local authorities such as <a href="/wiki/Municipal_governance_in_India" title="Municipal governance in India">municipalities and corporations</a>, 25 are elected by members of the Legislative Assembly, 7 are elected from graduates' constituencies, 7 are elected from teachers' constituencies, and 11 members are nominated by the <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Karnataka" title="List of governors of Karnataka">Governor of Karnataka</a>. The following is the list of the current members:<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Members_elected_by_Legislative_Assembly_(25)"><span id="Members_elected_by_Legislative_Assembly_.2825.29"></span>Members elected by Legislative Assembly (25)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karnataka_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Members elected by Legislative Assembly (25)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Keys: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#00BFFF; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> (13)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#FF9933; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> (9)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#138808; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">JDS</a> (3)</span> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th style="width:200px">Member </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Term start </th> <th>Term end </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._S._Boseraju" title="N. S. Boseraju">N. S. Boseraju</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>18-Jun-2024 </td> <td>17-Jun-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yathindra_Siddaramaiah" title="Yathindra Siddaramaiah">Yathindra Siddaramaiah</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>18-Jun-2024 </td> <td>17-Jun-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Govindaraj" title="K. Govindaraj">K. Govindaraj</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>18-Jun-2024 </td> <td>17-Jun-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>A. Vasanth Kumar </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>18-Jun-2024 </td> <td>17-Jun-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>Bilkis Bano </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>18-Jun-2024 </td> <td>17-Jun-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ivan_D%27Souza" title="Ivan D'Souza">Ivan D'Souza</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>18-Jun-2024 </td> <td>17-Jun-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td>Jagdev Guttedar </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>18-Jun-2024 </td> <td>17-Jun-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td>M. Nagaraju Yadav </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>14-Jun-2022 </td> <td>13-Jun-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td>K. Abdul Jabbar </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>14-Jun-2022 </td> <td>13-Jun-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td>Basanagouda Badarli </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>11-Jul-2024 </td> <td>13-Jun-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/B._K._Hariprasad" title="B. K. Hariprasad">B. K. Hariprasad</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>1-Jul-2020 </td> <td>30-Jun-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td>K. Naseer Ahmed </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>1-Jul-2020 </td> <td>30-Jun-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td>Tippannappa Kamaknoor </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>23-Jun-2023 </td> <td>30-Jun-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._T._Ravi" title="C. T. Ravi">C. T. Ravi</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>18-Jun-2024 </td> <td>17-Jun-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/N._Ravikumar" title="N. Ravikumar">N. Ravikumar</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>18-Jun-2024 </td> <td>17-Jun-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td>Marutirao Muley </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>18-Jun-2024 </td> <td>17-Jun-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td>S Keshava Prasad </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>14-Jun-2022 </td> <td>13-Jun-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td>Hemalatha Nayak </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>14-Jun-2022 </td> <td>13-Jun-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td>Chaluvadi Narayanaswamy </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>14-Jun-2022 </td> <td>13-Jun-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sunil_Vallyapure" title="Sunil Vallyapure">Sunil Vallyapure</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>1-Jul-2020 </td> <td>30-Jun-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._T._B._Nagaraj" title="M. T. B. Nagaraj">M. T. B. Nagaraj</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>1-Jul-2020 </td> <td>30-Jun-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 </td> <td>Prathap Simha Nayak </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>1-Jul-2020 </td> <td>30-Jun-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 </td> <td>T. N. Javarayi Gowda </td> <td bgcolor="#02865A"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">JDS</a> </td> <td>18-Jun-2024 </td> <td>17-Jun-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 </td> <td>T.A. Sharavana </td> <td bgcolor="#02865A"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">JDS</a> </td> <td>14-Jun-2022 </td> <td>13-Jun-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 </td> <td>Govindaraju </td> <td bgcolor="#02865A"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">JDS</a> </td> <td>1-Jul-2020 </td> <td>30-Jun-2026 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_Authorities_constituencies_(25)"><span id="Local_Authorities_constituencies_.2825.29"></span>Local Authorities constituencies (25)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karnataka_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Local Authorities constituencies (25)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Keys:<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#00BFFF; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> (11) </span><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#FF9933; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> (11)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#138808; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">JDS</a> (2)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#DDDDDD; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Independent_Politician" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent Politician">Ind</a> (1)</span> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Constituency </th> <th style="width:200px">Member </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Term start </th> <th>Term end </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>Bidar </td> <td>Bhimrao Patil </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>Kalaburagi–Yadgir </td> <td>B. G. Patil </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>Bijapur–Bagalkot </td> <td>Sunil Gouda B. Patil </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>Bijapur–Bagalkot </td> <td>P. H. Poojara </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>Belgaum </td> <td>Channaraj Hattiholi </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td>Belgaum </td> <td>Lakhan Jarakiholi </td> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Ind</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td>Uttara Kannada </td> <td>Ganapathi Ulvekar </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td>Dharwad–Gadag–Haveri </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saleem_Ahmed" title="Saleem Ahmed">Saleem Ahmed</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td>Dharwad–Gadag–Haveri </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pradeep_Shettar" title="Pradeep Shettar">Pradeep Shettar</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td>Raichur–Koppal </td> <td>Sharana Gowda Patil </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 </td> <td>Bellary–Vijaynagar </td> <td>Y. M. Satish </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>12 </td> <td>Chitradurga–Davangere </td> <td>K. S. Naveen </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 </td> <td>Shivamogga </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=D._S._Arun&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="D. S. Arun (page does not exist)">D. S. Arun</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>14 </td> <td>Dakshina Kannada–Udupi </td> <td colspan="4"><i>Vacant since 5-Jun-2024</i> </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 </td> <td>Dakshina Kannada–Udupi </td> <td>Manjunath Bhandari </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>16 </td> <td>Chikmagaluru </td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._K._Pranesh" title="M. K. Pranesh">M. K. Pranesh</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>17 </td> <td>Hassan </td> <td>Suraj Revanna </td> <td bgcolor="#02865A"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">JDS</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 </td> <td>Tumakuru </td> <td>R. Rajendra </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>19 </td> <td>Mandya </td> <td>M. G. Gooligowda </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>20 </td> <td>Bengaluru Urban </td> <td>H. S. Gopinath Reddy </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 </td> <td>Bengaluru Rural–Ramanagar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shambulingaiah_Ravi" title="Shambulingaiah Ravi">Shambulingaiah Ravi</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>22 </td> <td>Kolar–Chikkaballapur </td> <td>Anil Kumar </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>23 </td> <td>Kodagu </td> <td>Suja Kushalappa </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 </td> <td>Mysuru–Chamarajanagara </td> <td>C. N. Manje Gowda </td> <td bgcolor="#02865A"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">JDS</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>25 </td> <td>Mysuru–Chamarajanagara </td> <td>D. Thimmaiah </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>6-Jan-2022 </td> <td>5-Jan-2028 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elected_from_Graduates_constituencies_(7)"><span id="Elected_from_Graduates_constituencies_.287.29"></span>Elected from Graduates constituencies (7)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Karnataka_Legislative_Council&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Elected from Graduates constituencies (7)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Keys: <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#FF9933; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> (4)</span> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend nowrap"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: solid 1px #000000;background-color:#00BFFF; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a>(3)</span> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th>Constituency </th> <th style="width:200px">Member </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Term start </th> <th>Term end </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td>Karnataka South-East Graduates </td> <td>Chidanand M. Gowda </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>10-Nov-2020 </td> <td>9-Nov-2026 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td>Karnataka North-East Graduates </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandrasekhar_Patil" class="mw-redirect" title="Chandrasekhar Patil">Chandrasekhar Patil</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>22-Jun-2024 </td> <td>21-Jun-2030 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td>Karnataka North-West Graduates </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hanumant_Nirani" title="Hanumant Nirani">Hanumant Nirani</a> </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #FF9933;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata Party"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>5-Jul-2022 </td> <td>4-Jul-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td>Karnataka South Graduates </td> <td>Madhu Madhe Gowda </td> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #19AAED;" data-sort-value="Indian National Congress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>5-Jul-2022 </td> <td>4-Jul-2028 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td>Karnataka West Graduates </td> <td>S. V. 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