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{{Short description|Lower house of the state legislature of Karnataka}}
{{About|2=the upper house|3=Karnataka Legislative Council}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Karnataka Legislative Assembly
| native_name = {{lang|kn|Karnāṭaka Vidhānasabhe}}
| legislature = [[16th Karnataka Assembly]]
| coa_pic = Seal of Karnataka.svg
| coa_res = 250
| house_type = Lower house
| term_limits = 5 years
| body = Karnataka Legislature
| foundation = {{start date and years ago|1881|df=y|br=y|p=y}}
| preceded_by = [[Mysore state|Mysore Legislative Assembly]]
| leader1 = Thanwar Chand Gehlot
| leader2 = [[U. T. Khader|U. T. Khader Fareed]]
| leader3 = [[Rudrappa Lamani|Rudrappa Manappa Lamani]]
| leader4 = [[Siddaramaiah]]
| leader5 = [[D. K. Shivakumar]]
| leader6 = [[H. K. Patil]]
| leader7 = [[R. Ashoka]]
| leader1_type = [[List of governors of Karnataka|Governor]]
| election1 = 11 July 2021
| leader2_type = [[List of speakers of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Speaker]]
| party2 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| election2 = [[2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|24 May 2023]]
| leader3_type = [[List of deputy speakers of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Deputy Speaker]]
| party3 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| election3 = [[2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|6 July 2023]]
| leader4_type = [[List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka|Chief Minister]] <br /> (Leader of the House)
| party4 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| election4 = [[2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|20 May 2023]]
| leader5_type = [[List of deputy chief ministers of Karnataka|Deputy Chief Minister]]<br>(Deputy Leader of the House)
| party5 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| election5 = [[2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|20 May 2023]]
| leader6_type = [[Government of Karnataka|Minister of Legislative Affairs]]
| party6 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| election6 = [[2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|3 July 2023]]
| leader7_type = [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Leader of the Opposition]]
| party7 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| election7 = [[2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|17 Nov 2023]]
| leader8_type = [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Deputy Leader of the Opposition]]
| party8 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| leader8 = [[Arvind Bellad]]
| election8 = [[2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|25 December 2023]]
| leader9_type = Chief Whip
| leader9 =
| party9 =
| term_length = 2023 – 2028
| structure1 = {{Switcher|[[File:India Karnataka Vidhan Sabha March (2025).svg|300px]]|By party|[[File:India Karnataka Legislative Assembly Alliance Wise (2025).svg|300px]]|By alliance}}
| political_groups1 = 
'''[[Government of Karnataka|Government]] (140)'''
:{{Color box|{{party color|Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance}}}} [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|INDIA]] (140)<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuNNgX7PumA |title=Darshan Puttannaiah and Puttaswamy Gowda Extend Support To Congress {{!}} Public TV |date=2023-05-13 |work=Public TV |access-date=2024-08-22 |via=YouTube}}</ref>
:*{{Color box|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (136)
:*{{Color box|#FFFF00}} [[Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha|SKP]] (1)
:*{{Color box|CDCDCD}} IND (3)<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.facebook.com/reel/840689795375508/ |title=Former BJP MLA ST Somashekhar meets DK Shivakumar, says all 139 Congress MLAs to stay united #Super6 {{!}} Akshita Nandagopal {{!}} India Today |language=en |access-date=2025-12-09 |via=www.facebook.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-27 |title=BJP MLA Somashekar cross-votes for Congress in Rajya Sabha polls |url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/karnataka-bjp-mla-somashekar-cross-votes-for-congress-in-rajya-sabha-polls-cm-siddaramaiah-says-only-possible-in-11709034452548.html |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |agency=PTI |date=2024-04-05 |title=Estranged BJP MLA Somashekar holds meeting with Congress |url=https://theprint.in/india/estranged-bjp-mla-somashekar-holds-meeting-with-congress/2029497/ |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref>
'''Official Opposition (81)'''
:{{colorbox|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}}} [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] (81)
:*{{Color box|{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (63)
:*{{Color box|Green}} [[Janata Dal (Secular)|JD(S)]] (18)
'''[[Parliamentary opposition|Other Opposition]] (1)'''
:*{{Color box|CDCDCD}} IND (1)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-27 |title=Karnataka BJP expels two MLAs for 6 years over ‘repeated violations’ |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/karnataka-bjp-expels-two-mlas-for-6-years-over-repeated-violations-101748333850188.html |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-26 |title=BJP expels Karnataka MLA for 6 years over remarks against party, BS Yediyurappa |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/karnataka/story/bjp-expels-mla-basangouda-patil-yatnal-anti-party-anti-yediyurappa-2699477-2025-03-26 |access-date=2025-12-09 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
'''Vacant (2)'''
:*{{Color box|FFFFFF}} Vacant (2)
| members = '''224'''
| structure1_res = 300px
| voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post voting|First past the post]]
| first_election1 = [[1952 Mysore Legislative Assembly election|26 March 1952]]
| last_election1 = [[2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|10 May 2023]]
| next_election1 = [[Next Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|May 2028]]
| session_room = Vidhana Souda , Bangalore.jpg
| meeting_place = [[Vidhana Soudha|Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]].
| session_room2 = Suvarna Vidhana Soudha.jpg
| session_res2 = 250px
| meeting_place2 = [[Suvarna Vidhana Soudha|Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, Belagavi]], [[Karnataka]], [[India]] (Winter session)
| website = {{URL|https://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/assembly.htm|Karnataka Legislative Assembly}}
| footnotes = The Council was established in 1881 for the [[Princely State of Mysore]]. The [[princely state]] was merged with the [[Dominion 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.
}}

The '''Karnataka Legislative Assembly''' (formerly the '''Mysore Legislative Assembly''') is the lower house of the [[Karnataka Legislature|bicameral legislature]] of the [[South India|southern Indian]] state of [[Karnataka]]. Karnataka is one of the six states in India where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses: the ''[[Vidhan Sabha]]'' (lower house) and the ''[[Vidhan Parishad]]'' (upper house).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Karnataka Legislative Assembly|url=http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/assembly.htm|access-date=2021-12-28|website=kla.kar.nic.in|archive-date=24 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161224133037/http://kla.kar.nic.in/assembly/assembly.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bjp-jds-tie-up-regional-party-looking-at-outcome-of-nda-meeting-on-july-18/article67087494.ece |title=BJP-JD(S) tie-up: Regional party looking at outcome of NDA meeting on July 18 |newspaper=The Hindu |date=16 July 2023 |access-date=16 July 2023 |archive-date=16 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230716233737/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/bjp-jds-tie-up-regional-party-looking-at-outcome-of-nda-meeting-on-july-18/article67087494.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

There are 224 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and are directly elected through [[Universal suffrage|adult franchise]]. Karnataka is thus divided into [[List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly|224 constituencies]] to elect members to the Assembly, each constituency electing one member. The assembly is elected using the [[plurality voting system|simple plurality]] or "first past the post" electoral system. The elections are conducted by the [[Election Commission of India]].

==History==

Mysore Representative Assembly was constituted in 1881 by Maharaja [[Chamarajendra Wadiyar X|Chamaraja Wadiyar X]], the first of its kind in [[Princely state|princely India]]. It formed the Kingdom's sole unicameral legislature until when, in 1907, an upper house was carved out of it to form the [[Karnataka Legislative Council|Mysore Legislative Council]], resulting in the Assembly's functioning as the lower house.

On 16 December 1949, Maharaja [[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar|Jayachamaraja Wadiyar]] dissolved the sitting representative and legislative assemblies. A constituent assembly that was constituted in 1947 became the provisional assembly of [[Mysore State|Mysore]] until elections were held in 1952.

On Wednesday, 18 June 1952, at 11:00 am, the first session of the newly-formed Mysore Legislative Assembly was held at a conference hall in the old Public Offices building (the [[Attara Kacheri]], the current seat of the [[Karnataka High Court]]) in [[Bangalore]]. The first assembly in Mysore formed under the [[Constitution of India]], it had 99 elected members and one nominated member. In the first sitting of the assembly, V. Venkatappa, the honorary speaker, administered the oath of office to the members (including the then Chief Minister [[Kengal Hanumanthaiah]]), and then conducted an election to the post of speaker, which was contested by socialist leader Shantaveri Gopalagowda and [[H. Siddaiah]]. With 74 votes, the latter won, and Hanumanthaiah delivered a speech.

With the formation of Andhra state in 1953, parts of Bellary district from Madras State were added to Mysore state and the strength of the Assembly increased by five members. After the re-organization of the state of Mysore came into being on 1 November 1956 with four districts from the former Bombay state, three districts of Hyderabad state, a district, and taluk of the old Madras state of Coorg, and the princely state of Mysore. The state was renamed Karnataka in 1973.

The first sitting of the new assembly was held on 19 December 1956 in the newly built [[Vidhana Soudha]]. The strength of the assembly, which was 208 in 1957 increased to 216 in 1967 and to 224 plus a nominated member in 1978.

As of 2025, the only woman to have held the post of Speaker was [[K. S. Nagarathanamma]], who served from 24 March 1972 to 3 March 1978.

The Budget Session and the Monsoon Session of the Legislature are held in Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru. The Winter Session of the Legislature is held in [[Suvarna Vidhana Soudha]] in [[Belgaum|Belagavi]].

{| class="wikitable"
!Assembly
!Period
!Chief Minister(s)
!Duration
|-
|[[1st Mysore Legislative Assembly|First Assembly]]
|18 June 1952 – 1 April 1957
|[[Kengal Hanumanthaiah]], [[Kadidal Manjappa]], [[S. Nijalingappa]]
|{{ayd|1952|6|18|1957|4|1}}
|-
|[[2nd Mysore Legislative Assembly|Second Assembly]]
|19 April 1957 – 1 March 1962
|[[S. Nijalingappa]], [[B.D. Jatti]]
|{{ayd|1957|4|19|1962|3|1}}
|-
|[[3rd Mysore Legislative Assembly|Third Assembly]]
|15 March 1962 – 28 February 1967
|[[S. R. Kanthi]], [[S. Nijalingappa]]
|{{ayd|1962|3|15|1967|2|28}}
|-
|[[4th Mysore Legislative Assembly|Fourth Assembly]]
|15 March 1967 – 14 April 1971
|[[S. Nijalingappa]], [[Veerendra Patil]]
|{{ayd|1967|3|15|1971|4|14}}
|-
|[[5th Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Fifth Assembly]]
|24 March 1972 – 31 December 1977 (Dissolved)
|[[D. Devaraj Urs]]
|{{ayd|1972|3|24|1977|12|31}}
|-
|[[6th Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Sixth Assembly]]
|17 March 1978 – 8 June 1983 (Dissolved)
|[[D. Devaraj Urs]], [[R. Gundu Rao]]
|{{ayd|1978|3|17|1983|6|8}}
|-
|[[7th Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Seventh Assembly]]
|24 July 1983 – 2 January 1985 (Dissolved)
|[[Ramakrishna Hegde]]
|{{ayd|1983|7|24|1985|1|2}}
|-
|[[8th Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Eighth Assembly]]
|18 March 1985 – 21 April 1989 (Dissolved)
|[[Ramakrishna Hegde]], [[S. R. Bommai]]
|{{ayd|1985|3|18|1989|4|21}}
|-
|[[9th Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Ninth Assembly]]
|18 December 1989 – 20 September 1994 (Dissolved)
|[[Veerendra Patil]], [[S.Bangarappa]], [[M. Veerappa Moily]]
|{{ayd|1989|12|18|1994|9|20}}
|-
|[[10th Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Tenth Assembly]]
|25 December 1994 – 22 July 1999 (Dissolved)
|[[H.D. Deve Gowda]], [[J. H. Patel]]
|{{ayd|1994|12|25|1999|7|22}}
|-
|[[11th Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Eleventh Assembly]]
|25 October 1999 – 28 May 2004
|[[S. M. Krishna]]
|{{ayd|1999|10|25|2004|5|28}}
|-
|[[12th Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Twelfth Assembly]]
|28 May 2004 – 19 November 2007 (Dissolved)
|[[Dharam Singh]], [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]], [[B. S. Yeddyurappa]]
|{{ayd|2004|5|28|2007|11|19}}
|-
|[[13th Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Thirteenth Assembly]]
|30 May 2008 – 5 May 2013
|[[B. S. Yeddyurappa]], [[D.V. Sadananda Gowda]], [[Jagadish Shettar]]
|{{ayd|2008|5|30|2013|5|5}}
|-
|[[14th Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Fourteenth Assembly]]
|13 May 2013 – 15 May 2018
|[[Siddaramaiah]]
|{{ayd|2013|5|13|2018|5|15}}
|-
|[[15th Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Fifteenth Assembly]]
|16 May 2018 – 13 May 2023
|[[B.S. Yeddyurappa]], [[H. D. Kumaraswamy]], [[B. S. Yeddyurappa]], [[Basavaraj Bommai]]
|{{ayd|2018|5|16|2023|5|13}}
|-
|[[16th Karnataka Assembly|Sixteenth Assembly]]
|20 May 2023 – ''Present''
|[[Siddaramaiah]]
|{{ayd|2023|5|20|2026|03|23}}
|}

==Composition==
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{{#Section-h:16th Karnataka Assembly|Composition}}

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==
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{{#Section-h:16th Karnataka Assembly|Members of Legislative Assembly}}

== See also ==
*[[Vidhana Soudha]]
*[[Government of Karnataka]]
*[[Karnataka Legislative Council]]
*[[List of chief ministers of Karnataka]]
*[[List of speakers of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* [https://www.loksabhaelections.in/karnataka Karnataka Lok Sabha Election 2019 Result Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418085047/https://www.loksabhaelections.in/karnataka |date=18 April 2019 }}

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