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 Source: #PortraitName ConstituencyTenureAssemblyPartyMysore 1 S. Shivappa Shravanabelagola 22 March 1962 28 January 1967 3rd (1962 election) Praja Socialist Party 15 March 1967 22 February 1970 4th (1967 election) 23 February 1970 22 December 1970 2 H. Siddhaveerappa Harihar 23 December 1970 14 April 1971 Indian National Congress (R) 3 H. D. Deve Gowda Holenarasipur 24 March 1972 17 March 1976 5th (1972 election) Indian National Congress (O)Karanataka 1 H. T. KrishnappaNagamangala 18 March 1976 25 October 1976 Indian National Congress (O) 2 H. D. Deve Gowda Holenarasipur 18 November 1976 31 December 1977 United Opposition 3 S. R. Bommai Hubli Rural 18 March 1978 17 July 1979 6th (1978 election) Janata Party 4 R. Gundu Rao Somvarpet 17 December 1979 22 January 1980 Indian National Congress (I) 5 D. Devaraj Urs Hunsur 23 January 1980 11 June 1981 Indian National Congress (U) 6 A. Lakshmisagar Chickpet 10 February 1982 8 January 1983 Janata Party 7 Veerappa Moily Karkala 24 January 1983 2 January 1985 7th (1983 election) Indian National Congress (I) 8 Sarekoppa BangarappaSoraba18 March 198511 June 19868th (1985 election)9 K. S. NagarathanammaGundlupet29 January 198721 April 198910 D. B. ChandregowdaTirthahalli18 December 198917 August 19929th (1989 election)Janata Dal11 R. V. DeshpandeHaliyal18 August 199216 December 199412 B. S. YediyurappaShikaripur27 December 199418 December 199610th (1994 election)Bharatiya Janata Party13 Mallikarjun KhargeGurmitkal19 December 19967 July 1999Indian National Congress14 Jagadish ShettarHubli Rural26 October 199923 February 200411th (1999 election)Bharatiya Janata Party(12) B. S. YediyurappaShikaripur9 June 20042 February 200612th (2004 election)15 Dharam SinghJevargi8 February 200628 November 2007Indian National Congress(13) Mallikarjun KhargeChittapur5 June 200828 May 200913th (2008 election)16 SiddaramaiahVaruna8 June 200912 May 201317 H. D. KumaraswamyRamanagara31 May 201322 January 201414th (2013 election)Janata Dal (Secular)(14) Jagadish ShettarHubli-Dharwad Central23 January 201417 May 2018Bharatiya Janata Party(12) B. S. YediyurappaShikaripura25 May 201826 July 201915th (2018 election)(16) SiddaramaiahBadami9 October 201920 May 2023Indian National Congress Interim Basavaraj Bommai Shiggaon 4 July 2023 17 November 2023 16thBharatiya Janata Party 18 R. Ashoka Padmanaba Nagar 17 November 2023 Incumbent
Statistics #Opposition LeaderPartyTerm of office Longest continuous term Total duration of Opposition Leader 1 Jagadish Shettar 4 years, 120 days 8 years, 234 days 2 S. Shivappa 8 years, 229 days 8 years, 229 days 3 Siddaramaiah 3 years, 338 days 7 years, 196 days 4 H. D. Deve Gowda / UOP 3 years, 359 days 5 years, 37 days 5 Mallikarjun Kharge 2 years, 200 days 3 years, 192 days 6 B. S. Yediyurappa 1 year, 357 days 4 years, 292 days 7 D. B. Chandregowda 2 years, 243 days 2 years, 243 days 8 R. V. Deshpande 2 year, 120 days 2 year, 120 days 9 K. S. Nagarathanamma 2 years, 82 days 2 years, 82 days 10 Veerappa Moily 1 year, 344 days 1 year, 344 days 11 Dharam Singh 1 year, 293 days 1 year, 293 days 12 D. Devaraj Urs 1 year, 139 days 1 year, 139 days 13 S. R. Bommai 1 year, 121 days 1 year, 121 days 14 Sarekoppa Bangarappa 1 year, 85 days 1 year, 85 days 15 R. Ashoka 16 A. Lakshmisagar 332 days 332 days 17 H. D. Kumaraswamy 236 days 236 days 18 H. T. Krishnappa 221 days 221 days 19 Basavaraj Bommai 136 days 136 days 20 H. Siddhaveerappa 112 days 112 days 21 R. Gundu Rao 36 days 36 days
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