List of leaders of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council

The leader of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council is an elected Member of Karnataka Legislative Council who leads the official opposition in the upper house of the Karnataka Legislature. The leader of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council is the Legislature chairperson of the party with the most seats after the government party.

Leaders of opposition #PortraitNameConstituencyTenurePartyMysore1G. V. AnjanappaBangalore Graduate28 January 196911 June 1970Praja Socialist Party2A. H. Shivananda Swamyelected by MLAs25 September 197014 March 19713Balakrishna Gowdaelected by MLAs15 March 197115 August 1972Indian National Congress (R)4Ramakrishna Hegdeelected by MLAs16 August 197231 October 1973Indian National Congress (O)Karanataka(4)Ramakrishna Hegdeelected by MLAs1 November 19731 February 1976Indian National Congress (O)5S. R. BommaiDharwad Local Authorities3 February 197617 March 19786A.K.Subbaiah18 March 197823 January 1980Janata Party7D. B. Chandregowdaelected by MLAs24 January 198024 June 1981Indian National Congress (U)27 June 198116 July 19818M. C. Perumalelected by MLAs15 February 198229 July 1982Indian Congress (S)30 July 198211 January 19839T. N. Narasimha Murthyelected by MLAs30 June 198328 July 1986Indian National Congress (I)29 July 198620 June 198910M.C. Nanaiahelected by MLAs18 December 198913 May 1992Janata Dal14 May 199210 December 199411H. K. PatilWestGraduates27 December 199430 June 1996Indian National Congress1 July 199616 October 199912K. H. SrinivasNominated29 October 19998 July 2002Janata Dal (Secular)13D. H. ShankaramurthySouth WestGraduates8 July 200216 June 2004Bharatiya Janata Party16 June 200423 November 2005(11)H. K. PatilWestGraduates24 February 200617 January 2008Indian National Congress14V. S. UgrappaTumakuru Local Authorities8 April 20081 May 201015Motammaelected by MLAs1 September 201017 June 201216S. R. PatilVijayapura Local Authorities28 June 201213 May 201317Sadananda Gowdaelected by MLAs17 May 201324 May 2014Bharatiya Janata Party18K. S. Eshwarappaelected by MLAs13 July 201417 May 201819Kota Srinivas PoojaryDakshina Kannada Local Authorities2 July 201826 July 2019(16)S. R. PatilVijayapura Local Authorities10 October 20195 January 2022Indian National Congress20B. K. Hariprasadelected by MLAs26 January 202220 May 2023 (19)Kota Srinivas PoojaryDakshina Kannada Local Authorities25 December 20234 June 2024Bharatiya Janata Party21Chaluvadi Narayanaswamyelected by MLAs29 June 2024Incumbent

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