Karnataka Legislative Council

Karnataka Legislative Council
Coat of arms or logo
Type
Type
Leadership
Chairman
D.H.Shankaramurthy, BJP
Deputy Chairperson
Vimala Gowda, BJP
Chief whip
A.H.Shivayogi Swamy, BJP
Leader of the House
S R Patil, INC
Leader of the Opposition
K S Eshwarappa, BJP
Structure
Seats 75 (64 elected, 11 nominated)
Political groups
 Indian National Congress
Bharatiya Janata Party
Janata Dal (Secular)
Meeting place
Legislative Council Chamber at the Vidhana Soudha
Website
http://kla.kar.nic.in/
Footnotes
The Council was established in 1907 for the Princely State of Mysore. The Princely state was merged with the Union of India and became Mysore State in 1950; Mysore State was re-organized to its current territorial state in 1956 and renamed as Karnataka on 1 November 1973

The Karanatka Legislative Council is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of Karnataka state in southern India. Karnataka is one of the six states in India, where the state legislature is bicameral, comprising two houses: the Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha), and the Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad). The Karnataka Legislative Council is a permanent body comprising 75 members.

History

It was established as the Mysore Legislative Council in 1907 (under Regulation I of 1907) in the Princely State of Mysore with a view to associate with the Government certain number of non-official persons having practical experience and knowledge of local conditions and requirements to assist government in making Laws and Regulations. In addition to the Dewan, President and the Members of Council, who were ex officio members, at that time the Council consisted of not less than 10 and not more than 15 additional members to be nominated by the Government, out of which not less than two-fifths were required to be non-officials. The minimum and maximum number of additional members was increased to 15 to 21 respectively by Regulation I of 1914 and the maximum was further increased to 30 by Regulation II of 1919.[1]

In 1923, under the Mysore Legislative Council Regulation, (Regulation XIX of 1923), the strength of Legislative Council was fixed at 50. Of the 50 seats, 28 were allotted to the nominated members (official 20 and non-official 8) and 22 to elected members.[1] In 1914 the Council was empowered to discuss the Budget and in 1923 it was given power to vote on the demands for grants. From 1919 onwards Resolution were discussed in the Council. The term of the Council was three years in 1917 and four years in 1940.

After the implementation of the States Reorganisation Act in 1956, the strength of the Legislative Council of the re-organized Mysore state was increased to 63 under the Legislative Councils Act, 1957[2] and it remained same until 1987. Following adoption of a resolution in Karnataka Legislative Assembly on 18 August 1986 and subsequent approval by the Parliament of India, the strength of Legislative Council was increased to 75 with effect from 8 September 1987.

Term

The Karnataka Legislative Council is a permanent body with one-third of its members retiring every two years.

Constituencies and members

At present, among the 75 members of the Legislative Council, 25 are elected by the Karnataka Legislative Assembly members, 25 are elected by local authorities, 7 are elected by the Graduates, 7 are elected by the Teachers and 11 members are nominated by the Governor of Karnataka. The following is the list of the current members:[3]

Elected by the Legislative Assembly members

# Member Political Party
1S.M.AghaJanata Dal (Secular)
2K.GovindarajuIndian National Congress
3M.SitaramIndian National Congress
4B.J.PuttaswamyBharatiya Janata Party
5Raghunath rao MalkapurBharatiya Janata Party
6Somanna BevinamaradBharatiya Janata Party
7M.BhanuprakashBharatiya Janata Party
8C.MotammaIndian National Congress
9Vimala GowdaBharatiya Janata Party
10D. S. VeeraiahBharatiya Janata Party
11B.S.SureshIndependent
12R. V. VenkateshIndian National Congress
13V.SomannaBharatiya Janata Party
14Matthikatti VeerannaIndian National Congress
15M. SrinivasJanata Dal (Secular)
17Bharathi ShettyBharatiya Janata Party
18K. V. Narayana SwamyJanata Dal (Secular)
19M. C. NanaiahJanata Dal (Secular)
20M. V. RajashekaranIndian National Congress
21N. ShankarappaBharatiya Janata Party
22SiddarajuBharatiya Janata Party
23B B ShivappaBharatiya Janata Party
24Narayansa BandageBharatiya Janata Party
25AshwathnarayanBharatiya Janata Party

Elected from Graduates' constituencies

# Constituency Member Political Party
1Karnataka South-West GraduatesD.H.ShankaramurthyBharatiya Janata Party
2Bangalore GraduatesRamachandra GowdaBharatiya Janata Party
3Karnataka North-East GraduatesN.Amaranatha patilBharatiya Janata Party
4Karnataka North-West GraduatesMahantesh KoujalgiIndian National Congress
5Karnataka South GraduatesG.MadhusudhanBharathiya Janata Party
7Karnataka South-East GraduatesA. H. Shivayogi SwamyBharatiya Janata Party

Elected from Teachers' constituencies

# Constituency Member Political Party
1Karnataka South TeachersMaritibbe GowdaJanata Dal (Secular)
2Karnataka South-East TeachersY. A. Narayana SwamyBharatiya Janata Party
3Karnataka South-West TeachersR.Chowda Reddy ThoopalliJanata Dal (Secular)
4Karnataka North-East TeachersSharanappa MatturIndian National Congress
5Bangalore TeachersPuttannaJanata Dal (Secular)
6Karnataka West TeachersS.V.SankanurBharatiya Janata Party
7Karnataka North-West TeachersArun ShahapurBharatiya Janata Party

Elected from Local Authorities' constituencies

# Constituency Member Political Party
1Bidar Local AuthoritiesBasavaraj Hawgeppa PatilBharatiya Janata Party
2Gulbarga Local AuthoritiesAllamaprabhu PatilIndian National Congress
3Bijapur Local AuthoritiesG. S. NyamagoudaBharatiya Janata Party
4Bijapur Local AuthoritiesS. R. PatilIndian National Congress
5Belgaum Local AuthoritiesKavatagimath Mahantesh MallikarjunBharatiya Janata Party
6Belgaum Local AuthoritiesVeerakumar Appaso PatilIndian National Congress
7Uttara Kannada Local AuthoritiesShrikant Laxman GhotnekarIndian National Congress
8Dharwad Local AuthoritiesSrinivas ManeIndian National Congress
10Raichur Local AuthoritiesHalappa Basappa AcharBharatiya Janata Party
11Bellary Local AuthoritiesMruthunjaya JinagaBharatiya Janata Party
12Chitradurga Local AuthoritiesG. H. ThippareddyBharatiya Janata Party
13Shimoga Local AuthoritiesR. K. SiddaramannaBharatiya Janata Party
14Dakshina Kannada Local AuthoritiesKota Srinivasa PoojaryBharatiya Janata Party
15Dakshina Kannada Local AuthoritiesK. Prathapachandra ShettyIndian National Congress
16Chickmagalur Local AuthoritiesA. V. Gayatri ShanthegowdaIndian National Congress
17Hassan Local AuthoritiesShivaram PatelJanata Dal (Secular)
18Tumkur Local AuthoritiesM. R. HulinaykarJanata Dal (Secular)
19Mandya Local AuthoritiesB. RamakrishnaJanata Dal (Secular)
20Bangalore Local AuthoritiesDayanandaIndian National Congress
21Bangalore Rural Local AuthoritiesE. KrishnappaJanata Dal (Secular)
22Kolar Local AuthoritiesNaseer AhmedIndian National Congress
23Kodagu Local AuthoritiesT. JohnIndian National Congress
24Mysore Local AuthoritiesSandesh NagarajuJanata Dal (Secular)
25Mysore Local AuthoritiesK. R. MallikarjunappaBharatiya Janata Party

Nominated

# Member Political Party
1Y S V DattaJanata Dal (Secular)
2SrinathBharatiya Janata Party
3Mumtaz Ali KhanBharatiya Janata Party
4S. R. LeelaBharatiya Janata Party
5DoddarangegowdaBharatiya Janata Party
7M. R. DoreswamyBharatiya Janata Party
8P.V.Krishna bhattBharatiya Janata Party
9JaggeshBharatiya Janata Party
10Lehar Singh SiroyaBharatiya Janata Party
11N.ThippannaBharatiya Janata Party

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rao, C. Hayavadana (ed.). (1929). Mysore Gazetteer, Vol. IV, Bangalore: Government Press, pp.96-7.
  2. ↑ "The Legislative Councils Act, 1957". Commonwealth Legal Information Institute website. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  3. ↑ "Members of Karnataka Legislative Council". Karnataka Legislature website. Retrieved 17 April 2010.

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