List of leaders of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly

The leader of the opposition of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly is the politician who leads the official opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly. The position is currently held by R. Ashoka of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Leaders of opposition

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#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Assembly	Party
Mysore
1		S. Shivappa	Shravanabelagola	22 March 1962	28 January 1967	Template:Ayd	3rd (1962 election)	Praja Socialist Party	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
				15 March 1967	22 February 1970		4th (1967 election)
				23 February 1970	22 December 1970
2	File:Siddhaveerappa.jpg	H. Siddhaveerappa	Harihar	23 December 1970	14 April 1971	Template:Ayd		Indian National Congress (R)	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
3	File:H. D. Deve Gowda BNC.jpg	H. D. Deve Gowda	Holenarasipur	24 March 1972	17 March 1976	Template:Ayd	5th (1972 election)	Indian National Congress (O)	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
Karanataka
1		H. T. Krishnappa	Nagamangala	18 March 1976	25 October 1976	Template:Ayd	5th (1972 election)	Indian National Congress (O)	style="background-color: Template:Party color"|
2	File:H. D. Deve Gowda BNC.jpg	H. D. Deve Gowda	Holenarasipur	18 November 1976	31 December 1977	Template:Ayd		UOP	Template:Party color" |
3	File:Somappa Rayappa Bommai 132.jpg	S. R. Bommai	Hubli Rural	18 March 1978	17 July 1979	Template:Ayd		6th (1978 election)	Janata Party	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
4		R. Gundu Rao	Somvarpet	17 December 1979	22 January 1980	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress (I)		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
5	File:Devaraj Urs (cropped).JPG	D. Devaraj Urs	Hunsur	23 January 1980	11 June 1981	Template:Ayd	Indian National Congress (U)		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
6		A. Lakshmisagar	Chickpet	10 February 1982	8 January 1983	Template:Ayd	Janata Party		style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
7	File:M Veerappa Moily.jpg	Veerappa Moily	Karkala	24 January 1983	2 January 1985	Template:Ayd	7th (1983 election)	Indian National Congress (I)	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
8		Sarekoppa Bangarappa	Soraba	18 March 1985	11 June 1986	Template:Ayd	8th (1985 election)
9		K. S. Nagarathanamma	Gundlupet	29 January 1987	21 April 1989	Template:Ayd
10		D. B. Chandregowda	Tirthahalli	18 December 1989	17 August 1992	Template:Ayd	9th (1989 election)	Janata Dal	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
11	File:The Minister for Tourism of Karnataka, Shri R.V. Deshpande meeting the Minister of State for Culture (Independent Charge), Tourism (Independent Charge) and Civil Aviation, Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi on January 14, 2016 (cropped).jpg	R. V. Deshpande	Haliyal	18 August 1992	16 December 1994	Template:Ayd
12	File:The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize annual plan 2008-09 of the State, in New Delhi on August 12, 2008 (1) (cropped).jpg	B. S. Yediyurappa	Shikaripur	27 December 1994	18 December 1996	Template:Ayd	10th (1994 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
13	File:Mallikarjun Kharge.jpg	Mallikarjun Kharge	Gurmitkal	19 December 1996	7 July 1999	Template:Ayd		Indian National Congress	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
14	File:Jagadish Shettar.jpg	Jagadish Shettar	Hubli Rural	26 October 1999	23 February 2004	Template:Ayd	11th (1999 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
(12)	File:The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize annual plan 2008-09 of the State, in New Delhi on August 12, 2008 (1) (cropped).jpg	B. S. Yediyurappa	Shikaripur	9 June 2004	2 February 2006	Template:Ayd	12th (2004 election)
15	File:Dharam Singh.jpg	Dharam Singh	Jevargi	8 February 2006	28 November 2007	Template:Ayd		Indian National Congress	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
(13)	File:Mallikarjun Kharge.jpg	Mallikarjun Kharge	Chittapur	5 June 2008	28 May 2009	Template:Ayd	13th (2008 election)
16	File:The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri Siddaramaiah calling on the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on June 05, 2014 (cropped).jpg	Siddaramaiah	Varuna	8 June 2009	12 May 2013	Template:Ayd
17	File:H. D. Kumaraswamy meets union Minister.jpg	H. D. Kumaraswamy	Ramanagara	31 May 2013	22 January 2014	Template:Ayd	14th (2013 election)	Janata Dal (Secular)	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
(14)	File:Jagadish Shettar.jpg	Jagadish Shettar	Hubli-Dharwad Central	23 January 2014	17 May 2018	Template:Ayd		Bharatiya Janata Party	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
(12)	File:The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri B.S. Yediyurappa meeting with the Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Dr. Montek Singh Ahluwalia to finalize annual plan 2008-09 of the State, in New Delhi on August 12, 2008 (1) (cropped).jpg	B. S. Yediyurappa	Shikaripura	25 May 2018	26 July 2019	Template:Ayd	15th (2018 election)
(16)	File:The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Shri Siddaramaiah calling on the Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on June 05, 2014 (cropped).jpg	Siddaramaiah	Badami	9 October 2019	20 May 2023	Template:Ayd		Indian National Congress	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
Interim	File:Shri Basavaraj Bommai calling on the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Rajnath Singh, in New Delhi on July 30 2021.jpg	Basavaraj Bommai	Shiggaon	4 July 2023	17 November 2023	Template:Ayd	16th Template:Small	Bharatiya Janata Party	rowspan=2 style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
18	File:R. Ashoka.jpg	R. Ashoka	Padmanaba Nagar	17 November 2023	Incumbent	Template:Ayd

Statistics

#	Opposition Leader	Party		Term of office
				Longest continuous term	Total duration of Opposition Leader
1	Jagadish Shettar	Template:Party name with color	4 years, 120 days	8 years, 234 days
2	S. Shivappa	Template:Party name with color	8 years, 229 days	8 years, 229 days
3	Siddaramaiah	Template:Party name with color	3 years, 338 days	7 years, 196 days
4	H. D. Deve Gowda	Template:Party name with color / UOP	3 years, 359 days	5 years, 37 days
5	Mallikarjun Kharge	Template:Party name with color	2 years, 200 days	3 years, 192 days
6	B. S. Yediyurappa	Template:Party name with color	1 year, 357 days	4 years, 292 days
7	D. B. Chandregowda	Template:Party name with color	2 years, 243 days	2 years, 243 days
8	R. V. Deshpande	Template:Party name with color	2 year, 120 days	2 year, 120 days
9	K. S. Nagarathanamma	Template:Party name with color	2 years, 82 days	2 years, 82 days
10	Veerappa Moily	Template:Party name with color	1 year, 344 days	1 year, 344 days
11	Dharam Singh	Template:Party name with color	1 year, 293 days	1 year, 293 days
12	D. Devaraj Urs	Template:Party name with color	1 year, 139 days	1 year, 139 days
13	S. R. Bommai	Template:Party name with color	1 year, 121 days	1 year, 121 days
14	Sarekoppa Bangarappa	Template:Party name with color	1 year, 85 days	1 year, 85 days
15	R. Ashoka	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
16	A. Lakshmisagar	Template:Party name with color	332 days	332 days
17	H. D. Kumaraswamy	Template:Party name with color	236 days	236 days
18	H. T. Krishnappa	Template:Party name with color	221 days	221 days
19	Basavaraj Bommai	Template:Party name with color	136 days	136 days
20	H. Siddhaveerappa	Template:Party name with color	112 days	112 days
21	R. Gundu Rao	Template:Party name with color	36 days	36 days