List of deputy chief ministers of Karnataka

The Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka is a member of the Cabinet in the Government of Karnataka. Not technically a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers. A deputy Chief minister usually also holds a key cabinet portfolio such as home minister or finance minister. In the parliamentary system of government, According to the Constitution of India, the Governor is Karnataka’s de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with its Chief Minister; the position of Deputy Chief Minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government or in times of Hung Parliament, when a proper chain of command is necessary

The first Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka was S. M. Krishna, in M. Veerappa Moily’s cabinet in 1992. The office has since been only intermittently occupied. The former Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is the Longest serving Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, who held the Post on Two Occasions. Once during the Chief Minister-ship of J. H. Patel and another time when Dharam Singh was the Chief Minister. R. Ashoka and Eshwarappa were Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka, who took on the role when Jagadish Shettar was the Chief Minister. When H. D. Kumaraswamy formed Government in 2018, G. Parameshwara was sworn-in as the Deputy Chief Minister. After which when B.S. Yeddyurappa formed Government in 2019, three Deputy Chief Ministers were sworn-in, C. N. Ashwath Narayan, Govind Karjol and Laxman Savadi. For the first Karnataka witnessed 3 Deputy Chief Ministers in office at the same time.

Many times there arose a proposal to make this post permanent, but nothing happened.

So far, Karnataka has witnessed 11 Deputy Chief Ministers in 9 Terms; meanwhile, Siddaramaiah held the position twice.

List of Deputy Chief Ministers of Karnataka

№	Name	Portrait	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Political party		Chief Minister
1	S. M. Krishna		Maddur	21 January 1993	9 December 1994	1 year, 322 days	Ninth Assembly(1989–94) (1989 election)	Indian National Congress		M. Veerappa Moily
2	J. H. Patel		Channagiri	11 December 1994	31 May 1996	1 year, 172 days	Tenth Assembly(1994–99) (1994 election)	Janata Dal		H. D. Deve Gowda
3	Siddaramaiah		Chamundeshwari	31 May 1996	22 July 1999	3 years, 52 days				J. H. Patel
Vacant (22 July 1999 – 28 May 2004)
(3)	Siddaramaiah		Chamundeshwari	28 May 2004	5 August 2005	1 year, 69 days	Twelfth Assembly(2004–07) (2004 election)	Janata Dal (Secular)		Dharam Singh
4	M. P. Prakash		Hoovina Hadagali	8 August 2005	28 January 2006	173 days
5	B. S. Yediyurappa		Shikaripura	3 February 2006	8 October 2007	1 year, 253 days		Bharatiya Janata Party		H. D. Kumaraswamy
Vacant (9 October 2007 – 12 July 2012)
6	R. Ashoka		Padmanabha Nagar	12 July 2012	12 May 2013	304 days	Thirteenth Assembly (2008–13) (2008 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party		Jagadish Shettar
6	K. S. Eshwarappa		Shivamogga
Vacant (12 May 2013 – 23 May 2018)
7	G. Parameshwara		Koratagere	23 May 2018	23 July 2019	1 year, 61 days	Fifteenth Assembly (2018–23) (2018 election)	Indian National Congress		H. D. Kumaraswamy
8	C. N. Ashwath Narayan		Malleshwaram	26 August 2019	26 July 2021	1 year, 340 days		Bharatiya Janata Party		B. S. Yediyurappa
8	Govind Karjol		Mudhol
8	Laxman Savadi		Member of Karnataka Legislative Council

See also