Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Karnataka Legislative Assembly
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿಧಾನಸಭೆ
Karnataka Legislative Assembly; ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿಧಾನಸಭೆ
16th Karnataka Assembly
Type
Type	Lower house of the Karnataka Legislature
Term limits	5 years
History
Founded	1881
Preceded by	Mysore Legislative Assembly
Leadership
Governor	Thawar Chand Gehlot, BJP ; since 11 July 2021
Speaker	U. T. Khader Fareed, INC ; since 24 May 2023
Deputy Speaker	R. M. Lamani, INC ; since 6 July 2023
Leader of the House; (Chief Minister)	Siddaramaiah, INC ; since 20 May 2023
Deputy Leader of the house; (Deputy Chief Minister)	D. K. Shivakumar, INC ; since 20 May 2023
Minister of Legislative Affairs	H. K. Patil, INC ; since 3 July 2023
Leader of the Opposition	R. Ashoka, BJP ; since 17 Nov 2023
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Arvind Bellad, BJP ; since 25 December 2023
Structure
Seats	224
Political groups	Government (137) INC (136) SKP (1) Official Opposition (86) NDA (86) BJP (67); JD(S) (19); Vacant (1) ; Vacant (1)
Length of term	2023 – 2028
Elections
Voting system	First past the post
First election	26 March 1952
Last election	10 May 2023
Next election	May 2028
Meeting place
	Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
	Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, Belagavi, Karnataka, India (Winter session)
Website
	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 bicameral legislature of the 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).^[2]

^[3] There are 224 Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLAs) and are directly elected by people through adult franchise. Karnataka is thus divided into 224 constituencies to elect members to the Assembly, each constituency electing one member. The assembly is elected using the simple plurality or "first past the post" electoral system. The elections are conducted by the Election Commission of India.

The normal term of the members lasts for five years. In case of death, resignation, or disqualification of a member, a by-election is conducted for constituency represented by the member. The party, or coalition which has the majority becomes the ruling party.

^ "Karnataka Congress MLA Raja Venkatappa Naik dies at 66".
^ "Karnataka Legislative Assembly". kla.kar.nic.in. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
^ "BJP-JD(S) tie-up: Regional party looking at outcome of NDA meeting on July 18". The Hindu. 16 July 2023. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

[1] "Karnataka Congress MLA Raja Venkatappa Naik dies at 66".

[2] "Karnataka Legislative Assembly". kla.kar.nic.in. Archived from the original on 24 December 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2021.

[3] "BJP-JD(S) tie-up: Regional party looking at outcome of NDA meeting on July 18". The Hindu. 16 July 2023. Archived from the original on 16 July 2023. Retrieved 16 July 2023.

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