| Post: | Chief Minister |
| Body: | Karnataka |
| Insignia: | File:Seal of Karnataka.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 180px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of Karnataka |
| Seat: | Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru |
| Incumbent: | Siddaramaiah |
| Incumbentsince: | 20 May 2023 |
| Department: | Government of Karnataka |
| Type: | Head of Government |
| Status: | Leader of the Executive |
| Abbreviation: | CM |
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| Appointer: | Governor of Karnataka by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Termlength: | At the confidence of the assembly |
| Termlength Qualified: | Chief minister's term is for 5 years and is subject to no term limits. |
| Residence: | Anugraha, Bangalore |
| Deputy: | Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka |
| Salary: |
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| Nominator: | Members of the Government of Karnataka in Karnataka Legislative Assembly |
| Precursor: | Dewan of Mysore |
| Native Name: | Karnāṭakada Mukhya Mantri |
The chief minister of Karnataka is the chief executive officer of the government of the Indian state of Karnataka. As per the Constitution of India, the governor of Karnataka is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister, a template applicable to all other Indian states. Following elections to the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, the governor usually invites the political party (or a coalition of political parties) with a majority of assembly seats to form the government in the state. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he/she has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years, renewable, and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Historically, this office replaced that of the dewan of Mysore of the erstwhile Kingdom of Mysore with India's constitution into a republic. Since 1947, there have been a total of twenty-three chief ministers of Mysore (as the state was known before 1 November 1973) and Karnataka. A majority of them belonged to the Indian National Congress (INC) party, including the inaugural officeholder K. C. Reddy. The longest-serving chief minister, D. Devaraj Urs, held the office for over seven years in the 1970s. INC's Veerendra Patil had the largest gap between two terms (over eighteen years). One chief minister, H. D. Deve Gowda, went on to become the eleventh prime minister of India, whereas another, B. D. Jatti, served as the country's fifth vice president. B. S. Yediyurappa who was the first chief minister from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), served as the chief minister of the state for four terms in 2007, 2008, 2018 and 2019, the only one to do so. S. R. Bommai served as the chief minister representing the Janata Parivar, whose son Basavaraj Bommai became chief minister representing the BJP in 2021 becoming the second father-son duo to serve office after HD Deve Gowda and HD Kumaraswamy. There have been six instances of president's rule in Karnataka, most recently from 2007 to 2008.
| Portarit | Name | Constituency | Term[4] | Assembly[5] | Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. Chengalaraya Reddy | N/A | 26 January 1950 | 30 March 1952 | Not established yet | Indian National Congress | |||
| 2 | Kengal Hanumanthaiah | Ramanagara | 30 March 1952 | 19 August 1956 | 1st (1952 election)continued... | ||||
| 3 | Kadidal Manjappa | Tirthahalli | 19 August 1956 | 31 October 1956 | |||||
| Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term[7] | Assembly[8] | Party | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Minister of Mysore (following the state's reorganization) | ||||||||||
| 4 | S. Nijalingappa | Molakalmuru | 1 November 1956 | 16 May 1958 | 1st | Indian National Congress | ||||
| 2nd | ||||||||||
| 5 | B. D. Jatti | Jamkhandi | 16 May 1958 | 14 March 1962 | ||||||
| 6 | S. R. Kanthi | Hungud | 14 March 1962 | 21 June 1962 | 3rd | |||||
| (4) | S. Nijalingappa | Shiggaon | 21 June 1962 | 29 May 1968 | ||||||
| Bagalkot[9] | 4th | |||||||||
| 7 | Veerendra Patil | Chincholi | 29 May 1968 | 18 March 1971 | Indian National Congress (O) | |||||
| – | Vacant(President's rule) | N/A | 19 March 1971 | 20 March 1972 | Dissolved | N/A | ||||
| 8 | D. Devaraj Urs | Hunasuru | 20 March 1972 | 31 October 1973 | 5th | Indian National Congress (R) | ||||
| Chief Minister of Karnataka | ||||||||||
| (8) | D. Devaraj Urs | Hunasuru | 1 November 1973 | 31 December 1977 | 5th | Indian National Congress (R) | ||||
| – | Vacant(President's rule) | N/A | 31 December 1977 | 28 February 1978 | Dissolved | N/A | ||||
| (8) | D. Devaraj Urs | Hunasuru | 28 February 1978 | 12 January 1980 | 6th | Indian National Congress (I) | ||||
| 9 | R. Gundu Rao | Somwarpet | 12 January 1980 | 10 January 1983 | ||||||
| 10 | Ramakrishna Hegde | Kanakpura | 10 January 1983 | 7 March 1985 | 7th | Janata Party | ||||
| Basavanagudi | 8 March 1985 | 13 August 1988 | 8th | |||||||
| 11 | S. R. Bommai | Hubli Rural | 13 August 1988 | 21 April 1989 | ||||||
| – | Vacant(President's rule) | N/A | 21 April 1989 | 30 November 1989 | Dissolved | N/A | ||||
| (7) | Veerendra Patil | Chincholi | 30 November 1989 | 10 October 1990 | 9th | Indian National Congress | ||||
| – | Vacant(President's rule) | N/A | 10 October 1990 | 17 October 1990 | N/A | |||||
| 12 | Sarekoppa Bangarappa | Soraba | 17 October 1990 | 19 November 1992 | Indian National Congress | |||||
| 13 | Veerappa Moily | Karkala | 19 November 1992 | 11 December 1994 | ||||||
| 14 | H. D. Deve Gowda | Ramanagara | 11 December 1994 | 31 May 1996 | 10th | Janata Dal | ||||
| 15 | J. H. Patel | Channagiri | 31 May 1996 | 11 October 1999 | ||||||
| 16 | S. M. Krishna | Maddur | 11 October 1999 | 28 May 2004 | 11th | Indian National Congress | ||||
| 17 | Dharam Singh | Jevargi | 28 May 2004 | 3 February 2006 | 12th | |||||
| 18 | H. D. Kumaraswamy | Ramanagara | 3 February 2006 | 8 October 2007 | Janata Dal (Secular) | |||||
| – | Vacant(President's rule) | N/A | 8 October 2007 | 12 November 2007 | N/A | |||||
| 19 | B. S. Yediyurappa | Shikaripura | 12 November 2007 | 19 November 2007 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| – | Vacant(President's rule) | N/A | 20 November 2007 | 29 May 2008 | Dissolved | N/A | ||||
| (19) | B. S. Yediyurappa | Shikaripura | 30 May 2008 | 5 August 2011 | 13th | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| 20 | Sadananda Gowda | MLC | 5 August 2011 | 12 July 2012 | ||||||
| 21 | Jagadish Shettar | Hubli-Dharwad-Central | 12 July 2012 | 13 May 2013 | ||||||
| 22 | Siddaramaiah | Varuna | 13 May 2013 | 17 May 2018 | 14th | Indian National Congress | ||||
| (19) | B. S. Yediyurappa | Shikaripura | 17 May 2018 | 23 May 2018 | 15th | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| (18) | H. D. Kumaraswamy | Channapatna | 23 May 2018 | 26 July 2019 | Janata Dal (Secular) | |||||
| (19) | B. S. Yediyurappa | Shikaripura | 26 July 2019 | 28 July 2021 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||
| 23 | Basavaraj Bommai | Shiggaon | 28 July 2021 | 20 May 2023 | ||||||
| (22) | Siddaramaiah | Varuna | 20 May 2023 | Incumbent | 16th | Indian National Congress | ||||