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List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka (1947-2022)

Chief Minister has a pivotal role in the functioning of a state. The Chief Minister of Karnataka plays the role of the legislative assembly's leader, the council of ministers' leader and the governor's chief advisor.

Over the years, various different leaders became the Chief Minister of Karnataka. Here is a list of Chief Ministers of Karnataka from the year 1947 till 2022.

Serial Number	Name of the party	Tenure	Name of Chief Minister
1	Congress	25^th October 1947 to 30^th March 1952	K. Chengalaraya Reddy
2	Congress	30^th March 1952 to 19^th August 1956	Kengal Hanumanthaiah
3	Congress	19^th August 1956 to 31^st October 1956	Kadidal Manjappa
4	Congress	1^st November 1956 to 10^th April 1957	S. Nijalingappa
5	Congress	10^th April 1957 to 16^th May 1958	S. Nijalingappa
6	Congress	16^th May 1958 to 9^th March 1962	B.D Jatti
7	Congress	14^th March 1962 to 20^th June 1962	S.R Kanthi
8	Congress	29^th May 1968 to 18^th March 1971	Veerendra Patil
9	Congress	20^th March 1972 to 31^st December 1977	D. Devaraj Urs
10	Congress	28^th February 1978 to 7^th January 1980	D. Devaraj Urs
11	Congress	12^th January 1980 to 6^th January 1983	R. Gundu Rao
12	Janata Party	8^th March 1985 to 13^th February 1986	Ramakrishna Hegde
13	Janata Party	16^th February 1986 to 10^th August 1988	Ramakrishna Hegde
14	Janata Party	13^th August 1988 to 21^st April 1989	S.R Bommai
15	Congress	30^th November 1989 to 10^th October 1990	Veerendra Patil
16	Congress	17^th October 1990 to 19^th November 1992	S. Bangarappa
17	Congress	19^th November 1992 to 11^th December 1994	M. Veerappa Moily
18	Janata Dal	11^th December 1994 to 31^st May 1996	H.D Deve Gowda
19	Janata Dal	31^st May 1996 to 7^th October 1999	J.H Patel
20	S.M Krishna	11^th October 1999 to 28^th May 2004	Congress
21	Dharam Singh	28^th May 2004 to 27^th January 2006	Congress
22	H.D Kumaraswamy	3^rd February 2006 to 8^th October 2007	JD (S)
23	B.S Yediyurappa	12^th November 2007 to 19^th November 2007	BJP
24	B.S Yediyurappa	30^th May 2008 to 31^st July 2011	BJP
25	D.V Sadananda Gowda	4^th August 2011 to 12^th July 2012	BJP
26	Jagadish Shivappa Shettar	12^th July 2012 to 12^th May 2013	BJP
27	Siddaramaiah	13^th May 2013 to 17^th May 2018	Congress
28	B.S Yediyurappa	17^th May 2018 to 23^rd May 2018	BJP
29	H.D Kumaraswamy	23^rd May 2018 to 23^rd July 2019	JD(S)
30	B.S Yediyurappa	26^th July 2019 to 28^th July 2021	BJP
31	Basavaraj Bommai	28^th July 2021 – Present	BJP

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