No

Name

Term

Assembly

Party

(tenure length)

(election)

Chief Minister of Mysore

1

K. Chengalaraya Reddy

25 October 1947 – 30 March 1952

Not established yet

Indian National Congress

(4 years, 157 days)

2

K. Hanumanthaiah

30 March 1952 – 19 August 1956

First Assembly (1952–57)

(4 years, 142 days)

(1951/52 election)

3

Kadidal Manjappa

19 August 1956 – 31 October 1956

continued...

(0 years, 73 days)

Chief Minister of Mysore (following the state's reorganisation)[d]

4

S. Nijalingappa

1 November 1956 – 16 May 1958

...continued

Indian National Congress

(1 year, 197 days)

First Assembly (1952–57)

(1951/52 election)

Second Assembly (1957–62)

5

B. D. Jatti

16 May 1958 – 9 March 1962

(1957 election)

(3 years, 297 days)

6

S. R. Kanthi

14 March 1962 – 20 June 1962

Third Assembly (1962–67)

(0 years, 98 days)

(1962 election)

-4

S. Nijalingappa

21 June 1962 – 28 May 1968

(5 years, 342 days)

Forth Assembly (1967–71)

7

Veerendra Patil

29 May 1968 – 18 March 1971

(1967 election)

(2 years, 293 days)

–

Vacant[e]

19 March 1971 – 20 March 1972

Dissolved

N/A

(President's rule)

(1 year, 1 day)

Chief Minister of Karnataka[f]

8

D. Devaraj Urs

20 March 1972 – 31 December 1977

Fifth Assembly (1972–77)

Indian National Congress

(5 years, 286 days)

(1972 election)

–

Vacant[e]

31 December 1977 – 28 February 1978

Dissolved

N/A

(President's rule)

(0 years, 59 days)

-8

D. Devaraj Urs

28 February 1978 – 7 January 1980

Sixth Assembly (1978–83)

Indian National Congress

(1 year, 313 days)

(1978 election)

9

R. Gundu Rao

12 January 1980 – 6 January 1983

(2 years, 359 days)

10

Ramakrishna Hegde

10 January 1983 – 29 December 1984[g]

Seventh Assembly (1983–85)

Janata Party

(1 year, 354 days)

(1983 election)

8 March 1985 – 13 February 1986[h]

Eighth Assembly (1985–89)

(0 years, 342 days)

(1985 election)

16 February 1986 – 10 August 1988

(2 years, 176 days)

11

S. R. Bommai

13 August 1988 – 21 April 1989

(0 years, 281 days)

–

Vacant[e]

21 April 1989 – 30 November 1989

Dissolved

N/A

(President's rule)

(0 years, 193 days)

-7

Veerendra Patil

30 November 1989 – 10 October 1990

Ninth Assembly (1989–94)

Indian National Congress

(0 years, 314 days)

(1989 election)

–

Vacant[e]

10 October 1990 – 17 October 1990

N/A

(President's rule)

(0 years, 7 days)

12

S. Bangarappa

17 October 1990 – 19 November 1992

Indian National Congress

(2 years, 33 days)

13

M. Veerappa Moily

19 November 1992 – 11 December 1994

(2 years, 22 days)

14

H. D. Deve Gowda

11 December 1994 – 31 May 1996

Tenth Assembly (1994–99)

Janata Dal

(1 year, 172 days)

(1994 election)

15

J. H. Patel

31 May 1996 – 7 October 1999

(3 years, 129 days)

16

S. M. Krishna

11 October 1999 – 28 May 2004

Eleventh Assembly (1999–2004)

Indian National Congress

(4 years, 230 days)

(1999 election)

17

Dharam Singh

28 May 2004 – 28 January 2006

Twelfth Assembly (2004–07)

(1 year, 245 days)

(2004 election)

18

H. D. Kumaraswamy

3 February 2006 – 8 October 2007

Janata Dal (Secular)

(1 year, 253 days)

–

Vacant[e]

9 October 2007 – 11 November 2007

N/A

(President's rule)

(0 years, 33 days)

19

B. S. Yeddyurappa

12 November 2007 – 19 November 2007

Bharatiya Janata Party

(0 years, 7 days)

–

Vacant[e]

20 November 2007 – 27 May 2008

Dissolved

N/A

(President's rule)

(0 years, 189 days)

-19

B. S. Yeddyurappa

30 May 2008 – 31 July 2011

Thirteenth Assembly (2008–13)

Bharatiya Janata Party

(3 years, 62 days)

(2008 election)

20

D. V. Sadananda Gowda

4 August 2011 – 12 July 2012

(0 years, 343 days)

21

Jagadish Shettar

12 July 2012 – 12 May 2013

(0 years, 304 days)

22

Siddaramaiah

13 May 2013 – present

Fourteenth Assembly (2013–18)

Indian National Congress

(1 year, 79 days)

(2013 election)