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:Karnataka Legislative Council

{{Short description|Upper house of the state legislature of Karnataka}}

{{About|2=the lower house|3=Karnataka Legislative Assembly}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox legislature

|foundation ={{start date and years ago|1907|df=y|p=y}} |founder =Chamarajendra Wadiyar X

| name = Karnataka Legislative Council

| coa_pic = Seal of Karnataka.svg

| coa_res = 250

| house_type = Upper house

| body = Karnataka Legislature

| term_limits = 6 years

| leader1_type = Chairman

| leader1 = Basavaraj Horatti

| party1 = BJP

| election1 = 21 December 2022

| leader2_type = Deputy Chairman

| leader2 = M. K. Pranesh

| party2 = BJP

| election2 = 29 January 2021

| leader3_type =Leader of the House

| leader3 = N. S. Boseraju

| party3 = INC

| election3 = 3 July 2023

| leader4_type = Govt Chief Whip

| leader4 = Saleem Ahmed

| party4 = INC

| election4 = 3 July 2023

| leader5_type = Leader of the Opposition

| leader5 = Chalavadi Narayanaswamy

| party5 = BJP

| election5 = 23 July 2024

| leader6_type =Secretary of the Legislative Council

| leader6 = K. R. Mahalaxmi

| leader_type =

| structure1 = India Karnataka Legislative Council 2025.svg

| structure1_res = 300px

| members = 75 (64 Elected + 11 Nominated)

| political_groups1 =

Government (37)

  • {{Color box|#00BFFF}} INC (37){{Cite news |last=Srivatsa |first=Sharath S. |date=2024-12-06 |title=Majority continues to elude Congress in Legislative Council of Karnataka |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/clear-majority-continues-to-elude-congress-in-legislative-council-of-karnataka/article68947913.ece |access-date=2025-03-17 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}

Official Opposition (36)

:{{Color box|{{Party color|National Democratic Alliance}}}} NDA (36)

:* {{Color box|#FF9933}} BJP (29)

:* {{Color box|#02865A}} JD(S) (7)

Other (1)

:* {{Color box|#B2B2B2}} IND (1)

Vacant (1)

:{{color box|}} Vacant (1)

| session_room = File:Vidhana Souda , Bangalore.jpg

| session_res = 250px

| meeting_place = Legislative Council, Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru, Bengaluru Urban district, Karnataka, India

| website = [https://kla.kar.nic.in/council/council.htm Karnataka Legislative Council]

| footnotes = The Council was established in 1907 for the princely state of Mysore, which was merged with the Union of India and became Mysore State in 1947; Mysore State was re-organized to its current territorial state in 1956 and renamed as Karnataka on 1 November 1973.

|native_name=|native_name_lang=kn|meeting_place2=Legislative Council, Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, Belagavi, Belagavi district, Karnataka, India (Winter session)|session_room2=File:Suvarna Vidhana Soudha.jpg|session_res2=250px |preceded_by=Mysuru Legislative Council

|election6=1 October 2017

|constitution=Constitution of India}}

The Karnataka Legislative Council (formerly the Mysore Legislative Council) is the upper house of the state legislature of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of six Indian states with a bicameral legislature; the Legislative Assembly 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 Governor of Karnataka. Members hold their seats for six-year terms.

History

Originally, the government of the princely state of Mysore comprised the diwan and the unicameral Mysore Representative Assembly (constituted in 1881 by Maharaja Chamarajendra Wadiyar X). 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 Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV. In addition to the diwan, the president and the members of the Council, who were ex-officio 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 Maharaja, 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.Rao, C. Hayavadana (ed.). (1929). Mysore Gazetteer, Vol. IV, Bangalore: Government Press, pp.96-7.

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. In 1914, the Council was empowered to discuss the state budget, 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.

After the implementation of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the strength of the Legislative Council of the re-organized Mysore State was increased to 63 under the Legislative Councils Act of 1957{{cite web|url=http://www.commonlii.org/in/legis/num_act/lca1957219/|title=The Legislative Councils Act, 1957|publisher=Commonwealth Legal Information Institute website|access-date=22 April 2010|archive-date=10 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110181931/http://www.commonlii.org/in/legis/num_act/lca1957219/|url-status=dead}} 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 Parliament of India, the strength of Legislative Council was increased to 75 with effect from 8 September 1987.

Constituencies and Members

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 limit on reelections.

Of the 75 members of the Council, 25 are elected by local authorities such as municipalities and corporations, 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 Governor of Karnataka. The following is the list of the current members:{{cite web|url=http://www.kar.nic.in/kla/mlc.html|title=Members of Karnataka Legislative Council|publisher=Karnataka Legislature website|access-date=17 April 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/karnataka-news/2909-list-of-member-of-legislative-council-mlc-from-karnataka.html|title=Members of Karnataka Legislative Council|publisher=infoelections.com|access-date=30 December 2015}}

=Members elected by Legislative Assembly (25)=

Keys:

{{legend2|#00BFFF|INC (13)|border=solid 1px #000000}}

{{legend2|#FF9933|BJP (9)|border=solid 1px #000000}}

{{legend2|#138808|JDS (3)|border=solid 1px #000000}}

class="wikitable sortable"
#

! style="width:200px" |Member

! colspan="2" | Party

! Term start

!Term end

1

| N. S. Boseraju

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 18-Jun-2024

| 17-Jun-2030

2

| Yathindra Siddaramaiah

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 18-Jun-2024

| 17-Jun-2030

3

| K. Govindaraj

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 18-Jun-2024

| 17-Jun-2030

4

| A. Vasanth Kumar

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 18-Jun-2024

| 17-Jun-2030

5

| Bilkis Bano

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 18-Jun-2024

| 17-Jun-2030

6

| Ivan D'Souza

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 18-Jun-2024

| 17-Jun-2030

7

| Jagdev Guttedar

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 18-Jun-2024

| 17-Jun-2030

8

| M. Nagaraju Yadav

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 14-Jun-2022

| 13-Jun-2028

9

| K. Abdul Jabbar

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 14-Jun-2022

| 13-Jun-2028

10

|Basanagouda Badarli

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 11-Jul-2024

| 13-Jun-2028

11

| B. K. Hariprasad

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 1-Jul-2020

| 30-Jun-2026

12

| K. Naseer Ahmed

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 1-Jul-2020

| 30-Jun-2026

13

| Tippannappa Kamaknoor

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 23-Jun-2023

| 30-Jun-2026

14

| C. T. Ravi

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 18-Jun-2024

| 17-Jun-2030

15

| N. Ravikumar

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 18-Jun-2024

| 17-Jun-2030

16

| Marutirao Muley

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 18-Jun-2024

| 17-Jun-2030

17

| S Keshava Prasad

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 14-Jun-2022

| 13-Jun-2028

18

| Hemalatha Nayak

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 14-Jun-2022

| 13-Jun-2028

19

| Chaluvadi Narayanaswamy

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 14-Jun-2022

| 13-Jun-2028

20

|Sunil Vallyapure

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 1-Jul-2020

| 30-Jun-2026

21

| M. T. B. Nagaraj

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 1-Jul-2020

| 30-Jun-2026

22

| Prathap Simha Nayak

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 1-Jul-2020

| 30-Jun-2026

23

| T. N. Javarayi Gowda

| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}" |

| JDS

| 18-Jun-2024

| 17-Jun-2030

24

| T.A. Sharavana

| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}" |

| JDS

| 14-Jun-2022

| 13-Jun-2028

25

| Govindaraju

| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}" |

| JDS

| 1-Jul-2020

| 30-Jun-2026

= Local Authorities constituencies (25) =

Keys:{{legend2|#00BFFF|INC (11) |border=solid 1px #000000}}{{legend2|#FF9933|BJP (11)|border=solid 1px #000000}}

{{legend2|#138808|JDS (2)|border=solid 1px #000000}}

{{legend2|#DDDDDD|Ind (1)|border=solid 1px #000000}}

class="wikitable sortable"
#

! Constituency

! style="width:200px" |Member

! colspan="2" | Party

! Term start

!Term end

1

| Bidar

| Bhimrao Patil

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

2

| Kalaburagi{{En dash

-}}Yadgir

| B. G. Patil

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

3

| Bijapur{{En dash

-}}Bagalkot

| Sunil Gouda B. Patil

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

4

| Bijapur{{En dash

-}}Bagalkot

| P. H. Poojara

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

5

| Belgaum

| Channaraj Hattiholi

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

6

| Belgaum

| Lakhan Jarakiholi

| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |

| Ind

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

7

| Uttara Kannada

| Ganapathi Ulvekar

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

8

| Dharwad{{En dash

-}}Gadag{{En dash
-}}Haveri

|Saleem Ahmed

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

9

| Dharwad{{En dash

-}}Gadag{{En dash
-}}Haveri

| Pradeep Shettar

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

10

| Raichur{{En dash

-}}Koppal

| Sharana Gowda Patil

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

11

| Bellary{{En dash

-}}Vijaynagar

| Y. M. Satish

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

12

| Chitradurga{{En dash

-}}Davangere

| K. S. Naveen

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

13

| Shivamogga

| D. S. Arun

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

14

| Dakshina Kannada{{En dash

-}}Udupi

| colspan="4" | Vacant since 5-Jun-2024

|5-Jan-2028

15

| Dakshina Kannada{{En dash

-}}Udupi

| Manjunath Bhandari

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

16

| Chikmagaluru

| M. K. Pranesh

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

17

| Hassan

| Suraj Revanna

| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}" |

| JDS

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

18

| Tumakuru

| R. Rajendra

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

19

| Mandya

| M. G. Gooligowda

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

20

| Bengaluru Urban

| H. S. Gopinath Reddy

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

21

| Bengaluru Rural{{En dash

-}}Ramanagar

| Shambulingaiah Ravi

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

22

| Kolar{{En dash

-}}Chikkaballapur

| Anil Kumar

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

23

| Kodagu

| Suja Kushalappa

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

24

| Mysuru{{En dash

-}}Chamarajanagara

| C. N. Manje Gowda

| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}" |

| JDS

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

25

| Mysuru{{En dash

-}}Chamarajanagara

| D. Thimmaiah

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|6-Jan-2022

|5-Jan-2028

=Elected from Graduates constituencies (7)=

Keys: {{legend2|#FF9933|BJP (4)|border=solid 1px #000000}}

{{legend2|#00BFFF|INC(3)|border=solid 1px #000000}}

class="wikitable sortable"
#

! Constituency

! style="width:200px" |Member

! colspan="2" | Party

! Term start

!Term end

1

| Karnataka South-East Graduates

| Chidanand M. Gowda

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 10-Nov-2020

| 9-Nov-2026

2

| Karnataka North-East Graduates

| Chandrasekhar Patil

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 22-Jun-2024

| 21-Jun-2030

3

| Karnataka North-West Graduates

| Hanumant Nirani

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 5-Jul-2022

| 4-Jul-2028

4

| Karnataka South Graduates

| Madhu Madhe Gowda

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 5-Jul-2022

| 4-Jul-2028

5

| Karnataka West Graduates

| S. V. Sankanura

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 10-Nov-2020

| 9-Nov-2026

6

| Bangalore Graduates

| Dr. Ramoji Gowda

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 03-Jun-2024

| 02-Jun-2030

7

| Karnataka South-West Graduates

| Dhananjaya Sarji

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 22-Jun-2024

| 21-Jun-2030

=Elected from Teachers constituencies (7)=

Keys:

{{legend2|#00BFFF|INC (3)|border=solid 1px #000000}}

{{legend2|#FF9933|BJP (2)|border=solid 1px #000000}}

{{legend2|#138808|JDS (2)|border=solid 1px #000000}}

class="wikitable sortable"
#

! Constituency

! style="width:200px" |Member

! colspan="2"| Party

! Term start

!Term end

1

| Karnataka South Teachers

| K. Vivekananda

|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}" |

| JDS

| 22-Jun-2024

| 21-Jun-2030

2

| Karnataka South-East Teachers

| D. T. Srinivas

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 8-Jun-2024

| 9-Jun-2030

3

| Karnataka North-East Teachers

| Shashil G. Namoshi

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 10-Nov-2020

| 9-Nov-2026

4

| Bangalore Teachers

|Puttanna

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 20-Feb-2024

| 9-Nov-2030

5

| Karnataka West Teachers

| Basavaraj Horatti

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 5-Jul-2022

| 4-Jul-2028

6

| Karnataka North-West Teachers

|Prakash Hukkeri

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 5-Jul-2022

| 4-Jul-2028

7

| Karnataka South-West Teachers

| S. L. Bhojegowda

|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}" |

| JDS

| 22-Jun-2024

| 21-Jun-2030

=Nominated by the Governor (11)=

{{Cite web|url=http://www.kla.kar.nic.in/council/lcmem.html|title=Legislative Council Members|website=www.kla.kar.nic.in}}

Keys:

{{legend2|#00BFFF|INC (6)|border=solid 1px #000000}}

{{legend2|#FF9933|BJP (3)|border=solid 1px #000000}} {{legend2|#138808|JDS (1)|border=solid 1px #000000}}

class="wikitable sortable"
#

! style="width:200px" |Member

! colspan="2"| Party

! Term start

!Term end

1

| Umashree

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 21-Aug-2023

| 20-Aug-2029

2

| M. R. Seetharam

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 21-Aug-2023

| 20-Aug-2029

3

| H. P. Sudham Das

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 21-Aug-2023

| 20-Aug-2029

4

| Prakash Rathod

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 30-Oct-2018

| 29-Oct-2024

5

| U. B. Venkatesh

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 30-Oct-2018

| 29-Oct-2024

6

| colspan=3|Vacant

| 22-Jul-2020

| 21-Jul-2026

7

| Adagur H. Vishwanath

|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 22-Jul-2020

| 21-Jul-2026

8

| Shantaram Siddi

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 22-Jul-2020

| 21-Jul-2026

9

| Bharathi Shetty

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 22-Jul-2020

| 21-Jul-2026

10

| Talwar Sabanna

|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

| 22-Jul-2020

| 21-Jul-2026

11

| K.A Thippeswamy

|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}" |

| JDS

| 28-Jan-2019

| 27-Jan-2025

See also

Notes

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External links

  • [http://www.kar.nic.in/kla/lc.html Karnataka Legislative Council official website]

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