List of leaders of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly explained

Border:parliamentary
Minister:not_prime
Post:Leader of the Opposition
Insignia:File:Seal of Karnataka.svg
Insigniasize:180px
Insigniacaption:Emblem of Karnataka
Incumbent:R. Ashoka
Incumbentsince:17 November 2023
Appointer:Speaker of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Style:The Honourable
Status:Leader of Opposition
Member Of:Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Termlength:During the life of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly(5 years)
Inaugural:S. Shivappa
Body:Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Nominator:Members of the Official Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Department:Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Deputy:Deputy Leader of the Opposition of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly

The Leader of the Opposition of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The position is currently held by R. Ashoka.[1]

Leaders of opposition

Source:[2]

PortraitNameConstituencyTenureAssemblyParty
1S. ShivappaShravanabelagola22 March 196228 January 19673rd(1962 election)Praja Socialist Party
15 March 196722 February 19704th(1967 election)
23 February 197022 December 1970
2H. SiddhaveerappaHarihar23 December 197014 April 1971Indian National Congress (R)
3H. D. Deve GowdaHolenarasipur24 March 197217 March 19765th(1972 election)Indian National Congress (O)
4H. T. KrishnappaNagamangala[3] 18 March 197625 October 1976
(3)H. D. Deve GowdaHolenarasipur18 November 197631 December 1977UOP"
5S. R. BommaiHubli Rural18 March 197817 July 19796th(1978 election)Janata Party
6R. Gundu RaoSomvarpet17 December 197922 January 1980Indian National Congress (I)
7D. Devaraj UrsHunsur23 January 198011 June 1981Indian National Congress (U)
8A. LakshmisagarChickpet10 February 19828 January 1983Janata Party
9Veerappa MoilyKarkala24 January 19832 January 19857th(1983 election)Indian National Congress (I)
10Sarekoppa BangarappaSoraba18 March 198511 June 19868th(1985 election)
11K. S. NagarathanammaGundlupet29 January 198721 April 1989
12D. B. ChandregowdaTirthahalli18 December 198917 August 19929th(1989 election)Janata Dal
13R. V. DeshpandeHaliyal18 August 199216 December 1994
14B. S. YediyurappaShikaripur27 December 199418 December 199610th(1994 election)Bharatiya Janata Party
15Mallikarjun KhargeGurmitkal19 December 19967 July 1999Indian National Congress
16Jagadish ShettarHubli Rural26 October 199923 February 200411th(1999 election)Bharatiya Janata Party
(14)B. S. YediyurappaShikaripur9 June 20042 February 200612th(2004 election)
17Dharam SinghJevargi8 February 200628 November 2007Indian National Congress
(15)Mallikarjun KhargeChittapur5 June 200828 May 200913th(2008 election)
18SiddaramaiahVaruna8 June 200912 May 2013
19H. D. KumaraswamyRamanagara31 May 201322 January 201414th(2013 election)Janata Dal (Secular)
(16)Jagadish ShettarHubli-Dharwad Central23 January 201417 May 2018Bharatiya Janata Party
(14)B. S. YediyurappaShikaripura25 May 201826 July 201915th(2018 election)
(18)SiddaramaiahBadami9 October 201920 May 2023Indian National Congress
InterimBasavaraj BommaiShiggaon4 July 202317 November 202316th
Bharatiya Janata Party
20R. AshokaPadmanaba Nagar17 November 2023Incumbent

Statistics

data-sort-type=number rowspan = "2" Opposition LeaderPartyTerm of office
Longest continuous termTotal duration of Opposition Leader
data-sort-value="1" 1Jagadish Shettar4 years, 120 days8 years, 234 days
data-sort-value="2" 2S. Shivappa8 years, 229 days8 years, 229 days
data-sort-value="3" 3Siddaramaiah3 years, 338 days7 years, 196 days
data-sort-value="4" 4H. D. Deve Gowda / UOP3 years, 359 days5 years, 37 days
data-sort-value="5" 5Mallikarjun Kharge2 years, 200 days3 years, 192 days
data-sort-value="6" 6B. S. Yediyurappa1 year, 357 days4 years, 292 days
data-sort-value="7" 7D. B. Chandregowda2 years, 243 days2 years, 243 days
data-sort-value="8" 8R. V. Deshpande2 year, 120 days2 year, 120 days
data-sort-value="9" 9K. S. Nagarathanamma2 years, 82 days2 years, 82 days
data-sort-value="10" 10Veerappa Moily1 year, 344 days1 year, 344 days
data-sort-value="11" 11Dharam Singh1 year, 293 days1 year, 293 days
data-sort-value="12" 12D. Devaraj Urs1 year, 139 days1 year, 139 days
data-sort-value="13" 13S. R. Bommai1 year, 121 days1 year, 121 days
data-sort-value="14" 14Sarekoppa Bangarappa1 year, 85 days1 year, 85 days
data-sort-value="16" 15R. Ashoka
data-sort-value="15" 16A. Lakshmisagar332 days332 days
data-sort-value="17" 17H. D. Kumaraswamy236 days236 days
data-sort-value="18" 18H. T. Krishnappa221 days221 days
data-sort-value="19" 19Basavaraj Bommai136 days136 days
data-sort-value="20" 20H. Siddhaveerappa112 days112 days
data-sort-value="21" 21R. Gundu Rao36 days36 days

References

  1. Web site: 2023-11-17 . Karnataka Opposition Leader: ವಿಪಕ್ಷ ನಾಯಕರಾಗಿ ಆರ್ ಅಶೋಕ್ ಆಯ್ಕೆ; ಯಡಿಯೂರಪ್ಪಗೆ ತಲೆ ಬಾಗಿದ ಬಿಜೆಪಿ ಹೈಕಮಾಂಡ್ . News18 ಕನ್ನಡ .
  2. Web site: Leaders of the Opposition of Karnataka Legislative Assembly since 1962. 2021-08-09. kla.kar.nic.in.
  3. https://eci.gov.in/files/file/2511-details-of-bye-elections-from-1952-to-1995/

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