List of Chief Ministers (CM) of Karnataka State

Chief Ministers of Karnataka: Here in this article we have exposed the Karnataka state CM's details who have ruled from 1947 to present. The Governor of Karnataka is the appointing authority for the Chief Minister of the state. The chief minister of Karnataka takes action as the leader of the Legislative Assembly, leader of the Council of Ministers, and the chief adviser to the Governor.

Below the table, we have listed the Chief ministers name, Start date, End Date and party name.

Party Full Forms:

INC - Indian National Congress
JNP - Janata Party
JD- Janata Dal
BJP -Bharatiya Janata Party

List of Chief Ministers (CM) of Karnataka State

Sl.No.	Name of Chief Ministers	From	To	Party
1	K. Chengalaraya Reddy	Oct 25, 1947	Mar 30, 1952	INC
2	Kengal Hanumanthaiah	Mar 30, 1952	Aug 19, 1956	INC
3	Kadidal Manjappa	Aug 19, 1956	Oct 31, 1956	INC
4	S. Nijalingappa	Nov 1, 1956	Apr 10, 1957	INC
5	S. Nijalingappa	Apr 10, 1957	May 16, 1958	INC
6	B. D. Jatti	May 16, 1958	Mar 9, 1962	INC
7	S. R. Kanthi	Mar 14, 1962	Jun 20, 1962	INC
8	S. Nijalingappa	Jun 21, 1962	Mar 3, 1967	INC
9	S. Nijalingappa	Mar 3, 1967	May 29, 1968
10	Veerendra Patil	May 29, 1968	Mar 18, 1971	INC
	President's rule	Mar 19, 1971	Mar 20, 1972
11	D. Devaraj Urs	Mar 20, 1972	Dec 31, 1977	INC
	President's rule	Dec 31, 1977	Feb 28, 1978
12	D. Devaraj Urs	Feb 28, 1978	Jan 7, 1980	INC
13	R. Gundu Rao	Jan 12, 1980	Jan 6, 1983	INC
14	Ramakrishna Hegde	Jan 10, 1983	Dec 29, 1984	JNP
15	Ramakrishna Hegde	Mar 8, 1985	Feb 13, 1986	JNP
16	Ramakrishna Hegde	Feb 16, 1986	Aug 10, 1988	JNP
17	S. R. Bommai	Aug 13, 1988	Apr 21, 1989	JNP
	President's rule	Apr 21, 1989	Nov 30, 1989
18	Veerendra Patil	Nov 30, 1989	Oct 10, 1990	INC
	President's rule	Oct 10, 1990	Oct 17, 1990
19	S. Bangarappa	Oct 17, 1990	Nov 19, 1992	INC
20	M. Veerappa Moily	Nov 19, 1992	Dec 11, 1994	INC
21	H. D. Deve Gowda	Dec 11, 1994	May 31, 1996	JD
22	J. H. Patel	May 31, 1996	Oct 7, 1999	JD
23	S. M. Krishna	Oct 11, 1999	May 28, 2004	INC
24	Dharam Singh	May 28, 2004	Jan 28, 2006	INC, JD(S)
25	H. D. Kumaraswamy	Feb 3, 2006	Oct 8, 2007	BJP-JD(S)
	President's rule	Oct 9, 2007	Nov 11, 2007
26	B. S. Yeddyurappa	Nov 12, 2007	Nov 19, 2007	BJP
	President's rule	Nov 20, 2007	May 29, 2008
27	B. S. Yeddyurappa	May 30, 2008	Jul 31, 2011	BJP
28	D. V. Sadananda Gowda	Aug 4, 2011	Jul 12, 2012	BJP
29	Jagadish Shettar	Jul 12, 2012	May 12, 2013	BJP
30	Siddaramaiah	May 13, 2013	May 17, 2018	INC
31	Haradanahalli Devegowda Kumaraswamy	May 19, 2018	Present	JD(S)