List of Chief Ministers of Karnataka

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Party
1	Kysamballi Chengalraya Reddy	25 October 1947	30 March 1952	Indian National Congress
2	Kengal Hanumanthaiah	30 March 1952	19 August 1956	Indian National Congress
3	Kadidal Manjappa	19 August 1956	31 October 1956	Indian National Congress
4	S. Nijalingappa	1 November 1956	16 May 1958	Indian National Congress
5	B.D. Jatti	16 May 1958	9 March 1962	Indian National Congress
6	S.R. Kanthi	14 March 1962	20 June 1962	Indian National Congress
	S. Nijalingappa	21 June 1962	29 May 1968	Indian National Congress
7	Veerendra Patil	29 May 1968	18 March 1971	Indian National Congress
	President's rule	19 March 1971	20 March 1972
8	D. Devaraj Urs	20 March 1972	31 December 1977	Indian National Congress
	President's rule	31 December 1977	28 February 1978
	D. Devaraj Urs	28 February 1978	7 January 1980	Indian National Congress
9	R. Gundu Rao	12 January 1980	6 January 1983	Indian National Congress
10	Ramakrishna Hegde	10 January 1983	29 December 1984	Janata Party
	Ramakrishna Hegde	8 March 1985	13 February 1986	Janata Party
	Ramakrishna Hegde	16 February 1986	10 August 1988	Janata Party
11	S. R. Bommai	13 August 1988	21 April 1989	Janata Party
	President's rule	21 April 1989	30 November 1989
	Veerendra Patil	30 November 1989	10 October 1990	Indian National Congress
12	S.Bangarappa	17 October 1990	19 November 1992	Indian National Congress
13	M. Veerappa Moily	19 November 1992	11 December 1994	Indian National Congress
14	H.D. Deve Gowda	11 December 1994	31 May 1996	Janata Dal
15	J. H. Patel	31 May 1996	7 October 1999	Janata Dal
16	S. M. Krishna	11 October 1999	28 May 2004	Indian National Congress
17	Dharam Singh	28 May 2004	28 January 2006	Indian National Congress
18	H. D. Kumaraswamy	3 February 2006	8 October 2007	Janata Dal (Secular)
	President's rule	9 October 2007	11 November 2007
19	B. S. Yeddyurappa	12 November 2007	19 November 2007	Bharatiya Janata Party
	President's rule	20 November 2007	27 May 2008
	B. S. Yeddyurappa	28 May 2008	31 July 2011	Bharatiya Janata Party
20	D. V. Sadananda Gowda	03 August 2011	Till date	Bharatiya Janata Party
#	Name	Took office	Left office	Party