Karnataka Legislative Council

Karnataka Legislative Council ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿಧಾನ ಪರಿಷತ್
Type
Type	Upper house
Leadership
Chairman	D.H.Shankaramurthy, BJP
Deputy Chairperson	Marithibbe Gowda [1],  JD (S)
Chief whip	Capt. Ganesh karnik, 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 (29) Bharatiya Janata Party (29) Janata Dal (Secular)(11), Independents(6)
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 seven 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.^[2]

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.^[2] 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^[3] 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:^[4] New 2015 Karnataka MLC Results were declared on 30th December 2015 and can be obtained from here. ^[5]

Elected by the Legislative Assembly members

#	Member	Political Party
1	S.M.Agha	Janata Dal (Secular)
2	K.Govindaraju	Indian National Congress
3	M.Sitaram	Indian National Congress
4	B.J.Puttaswamy	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	Raghunath rao Malkapur	Bharatiya Janata Party
6	Somanna Bevinamarad	Bharatiya Janata Party
7	M.Bhanuprakash	Bharatiya Janata Party
8	C.Motamma	Indian National Congress
9	Vimala Gowda	Bharatiya Janata Party
10	D. S. Veeraiah	Bharatiya Janata Party
11	B.S.Suresh	Independent
12	R. V. Venkatesh	Indian National Congress
13	V.Somanna	Bharatiya Janata Party
14	Matthikatti Veeranna	Indian National Congress
15	M. Srinivas	Janata Dal (Secular)
17	Bharathi Shetty	Bharatiya Janata Party
18	K. V. Narayana Swamy	Janata Dal (Secular)
19	M. C. Nanaiah	Janata Dal (Secular)
20	M. V. Rajashekaran	Indian National Congress
21	N. Shankarappa	Bharatiya Janata Party
22	Siddaraju	Bharatiya Janata Party
23	B B Shivappa	Bharatiya Janata Party
24	Narayansa Bandage	Bharatiya Janata Party
25	Ashwathnarayan	Bharatiya Janata Party

Elected from Graduates' constituencies

#	Constituency	Member	Political Party
1	Karnataka South-West Graduates	D.H.Shankaramurthy	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Bangalore Graduates	Ramachandra Gowda	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Karnataka North-East Graduates	N.Amaranatha patil	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	Karnataka North-West Graduates	Mahantesh Koujalgi	Indian National Congress
5	Karnataka South Graduates	G.Madhusudhan	Bharathiya Janata Party
7	Karnataka South-East Graduates	A. H. Shivayogi Swamy	Bharatiya Janata Party

Elected from Teachers' constituencies

#	Constituency	Member	Political Party
1	Karnataka South Teachers	Maritibbe Gowda	Janata Dal (Secular)
2	Karnataka South-East Teachers	Y. A. Narayana Swamy	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Karnataka South-West Teachers	R.Chowda Reddy Thoopalli	Janata Dal (Secular)
4	Karnataka North-East Teachers	Sharanappa Mattur	Indian National Congress
5	Bangalore Teachers	Puttanna	Janata Dal (Secular)
6	Karnataka West Teachers	S.V.Sankanur	Bharatiya Janata Party
7	Karnataka North-West Teachers	Arun Shahapur	A MLC With A Different Bharatiya Janata Party

Elected from Local Authorities' constituencies

#	Constituency	Member	Political Party	Term
1	Bidar Local Authorities	Vijay Singh	Indian National Congress	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
2	Gulbarga Local Authorities	B.G.Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
3	Bijapur Local Authorities	Basavaraj Y.	Independent	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
4	Bijapur Local Authorities	S. R. Patil	Indian National Congress	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
5	Belgaum Local Authorities	Kavatagimath Mahantesh Mallikarjun	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
6	Belgaum Local Authorities	Vivek Patil	Independent	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
7	Uttara Kannada Local Authorities	Shrikant Laxman Ghotnekar	Indian National Congress	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
8	Dharwad Local Authorities	Srinivas Mane	Indian National Congress	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
9	Dharwad Local Authorities	Pradeep Shettar	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
10	Raichur Local Authorities	Basavaraj Patil Itagi	Indian National Congress	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
11	Bellary Local Authorities	K.C.Kondaiah	Indian National Congress	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
12	Chitradurga Local Authorities	Raghu Achar	Indian National Congress	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
13	Shimoga Local Authorities	Prasanna Kumar	Indian National Congress	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
14	Dakshina Kannada Local Authorities	Kota Srinivasa Poojary	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
15	Dakshina Kannada Local Authorities	K. Prathapachandra Shetty	Indian National Congress	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
16	Chickmagaluru Local Authorities	M.K.Pranesh	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
17	Hassan Local Authorities	Gopalaswamy	Indian National Congress	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
18	Tumkur Local Authorities	Kanthraj	Janata Dal (Secular)	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
19	Mandya Local Authorities	Appaji Gowda	Janata Dal (Secular)	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
20	Bangalore Local Authorities	M Narayanaswamy	Indian National Congress	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
21	Bangalore Rural Local Authorities	B. Ravi	Indian National Congress	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
22	Kolar Local Authorities	C R Manohar	Janata Dal (Secular)	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
23	Kodagu Local Authorities	Sunil Subramani Mandepanda	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
24	Mysore Local Authorities	Sandesh Nagaraju	Janata Dal (Secular)	Jan 2016-Jan 2022
25	Mysore Local Authorities	Dharmasena	Indian National Congress	Jan 2016-Jan 2022

Nominated

#	Member	Political Party
1	Y S V Datta	Janata Dal (Secular)
2	Srinath	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Mumtaz Ali Khan	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	S. R. Leela	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	Doddarangegowda	Bharatiya Janata Party
7	M. R. Doreswamy	Bharatiya Janata Party
8	P.V.Krishna bhatt	Bharatiya Janata Party
9	Jaggesh	Bharatiya Janata Party
10	Lehar Singh Siroya	Bharatiya Janata Party
11	N.Thippanna	Bharatiya Janata Party

See also

• Karnataka Legislative Assembly

Notes

1. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/marithibbe-gowda-elected/article7491368.ece
2. Rao, C. Hayavadana (ed.). (1929). Mysore Gazetteer, Vol. IV, Bangalore: Government Press, pp.96-7.
3. "The Legislative Councils Act, 1957". Commonwealth Legal Information Institute website. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
4. "Members of Karnataka Legislative Council". Karnataka Legislature website. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
5. "Members of Karnataka Legislative Council". infoelections.com. Retrieved 30 Dec 2015.

External links

• Karnataka Legislative Council official website