16th Karnataka Assembly

16th Karnataka Assembly
16th Karnataka Assembly
←	15th Karnataka Assembly
Overview
Legislative body	Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Jurisdiction	Karnataka, India
Meeting place	Vidhana Soudha, Bengaluru; Suvarna Vidhana Soudha, Belagavi (Winter session);
Term	2023 – 2028
Election	2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election
Government	D. K. Shivakumar ministry
Opposition	BJP
Website	Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Members	224
Chief Minister	D. K. Shivakumar
Deputy Chief Minister	G. Parameshwara
Speaker	Vacant (as of 3 June 2026)
Deputy Speaker	R. M. Lamani
Leader of the Opposition	R. Ashoka
Deputy Leader of the Opposition	Arvind Bellad

The 16th Legislative Assembly of Karnataka was formed following the 2023 Assembly election for all 224 seats.^[1]^[2]^[3] The election were held on 10 May 2023 and the results were declared on 13 May 2023.

Leadership

The assembly was initially governed by the Second Siddaramaiah ministry, sworn in on 20 May 2023 with Siddaramaiah as Chief Minister and D. K. Shivakumar as Deputy Chief Minister. Following an internal Congress leadership transition, Siddaramaiah resigned on 29 May 2026. The D. K. Shivakumar ministry was sworn in on 3 June 2026, with D. K. Shivakumar as Chief Minister and G. Parameshwara as Deputy Chief Minister.

Composition

Alliance			No. of MLAs^[a]	Leader of the party
	Government INDIA Seats: 140	Indian National Congress	136	D. K. Shivakumar (Chief Minister)
		Sarvodaya Karnataka Paksha	1	Darshan Puttannaiah
		Independent	3	N/a
	Opposition NDA Seats: 81	Bharatiya Janata Party	63	B. Y. Vijayendra
	Opposition NDA Seats: 81	Janata Dal (Secular)	18	H. D. Deve Gowda
	Others Seats: 1	Independent	1	K. Puttaswamy Gowda
	Vacant Seats: 2	Dharwad Hiriyur	2	N/a
Total			224

↑ Figures reflect party position as of June 2026, accounting for by-elections, expulsions, and deaths during the term.

Members of Legislative Assembly

District	No.	Constituency	Name		Remarks
Belagavi	1	Nippani	Shashikala Jolle	BJP
	2	Chikkodi-Sadalga	Ganesh Hukkeri	INC
	3	Athani	Laxman Savadi	INC
	4	Kagwad	Raju Kage	INC
	5	Kudachi (SC)	Mahendra Kallappa Tammannavar	INC
	6	Raibag (SC)	Duryodhan Aihole	BJP
	7	Hukkeri	Nikhil Katti	BJP
	8	Arabhavi	Balachandra Jarkiholi	BJP
	9	Gokak	Ramesh Jarkiholi	BJP
	10	Yemkanmardi (ST)	Satish Jarkiholi	INC	Cabinet Minister (Shivakumar ministry)
	11	Belgaum Uttar	Asif Sait	INC
	12	Belgaum Dakshin	Abhay Patil	BJP
	13	Belgaum Rural	Lakshmi Hebbalkar	INC	Cabinet Minister (Second Siddaramaiah ministry)
	14	Khanapur	Vithal Halagekar	BJP
	15	Kittur	Babasaheb Devanagouda Patil	INC
	16	Bailhongal	Mahantesh Koujalagi	INC
	17	Saundatti Yellamma	Vishwas Vasant Vaidya	INC
	18	Ramdurg	Ashok Pattan	INC
Bagalkot	19	Mudhol (SC)	R. B. Timmapur	INC
	20	Terdal	Siddu Savadi	BJP
	21	Jamkhandi	Jagadish Gudagunti	BJP
	22	Bilgi	J. T. Patil	INC
	23	Badami	Bhimsen Chimmanakatti	INC
	24	Bagalkot	H. Y. Meti	INC	Died on 4 November 2025^[4]
	24	Bagalkot	U.H. Meti	INC	Elected in bypoll
	25	Hungund	Vijayanand Kashappanavar	INC
Vijayapura	26	Muddebihal	C. S. Nadagouda	INC
	27	Devar Hippargi	Rajugouda Patil	JD(S)
	28	Basavana Bagevadi	Shivanand Patil	INC
	29	Babaleshwar	M. B. Patil	INC	Cabinet Minister (Shivakumar ministry)
	30	Bijapur City	Basangouda Patil Yatnal	Independent	Expelled from BJP on 26 March 2025^[5]
	31	Nagathan (SC)	Katakadond Vittal Dondiba	INC
	32	Indi	Yashavant Rayagoud Patil	INC
	33	Sindagi	Ashok M. Managuli	INC
Kalaburagi	34	Afzalpur	M. Y. Patil	INC
Kalaburagi	35	Jevargi	Ajay Singh	INC
Yadgir	36	Shorapur (ST)	Raja Venkatappa Naik	INC	Died on 25 February 2024^[6]
	36	Shorapur (ST)	Raja Venugopal Naik	INC	Elected on 4 June 2024
	37	Shahapur	Sharanabasappa Darshanapur	INC
	38	Yadgir	Channareddy Patil Tunnur	INC
	39	Gurmitkal	Sharanagouda Kandakur	JD(S)
Kalaburagi	40	Chittapur (SC)	Priyank Kharge	INC	Cabinet Minister (Shivakumar ministry)
	41	Sedam	Sharan Prakash Patil	INC	Cabinet Minister (Shivakumar ministry)
	42	Chincholi (SC)	Avinash Jadhav	BJP
	43	Gulbarga Rural (SC)	Basawaraj Mattimud	BJP
	44	Gulbarga Dakshin	Allamprabhu Patil	INC
	45	Gulbarga Uttar	Kaneez Fathima	INC
	46	Aland	B. R. Patil	INC
Bidar	47	Basavakalyan	Sharanu Salagar	BJP
	48	Humnabad	Siddu Patil	BJP
	49	Bidar South	Shailendra Bedale	BJP
	50	Bidar	Rahim Khan	INC
	51	Bhalki	Eshwara Khandre	INC	Cabinet Minister (Shivakumar ministry)
	52	Aurad (SC)	Prabhu Chauhan	BJP
Raichur	53	Raichur Rural (ST)	Basanagouda Daddal	INC
	54	Raichur	Dr Shivaraj Patil	BJP
	55	Manvi (ST)	G. Hampayya Nayak	INC
	56	Devadurga (ST)	Karemma	JD(S)
	57	Lingsugur (SC)	Manappa D. Vajjal	BJP
	58	Sindhanur	Hampanagouda Badarli	INC
	59	Maski (ST)	Basanagouda Turvihal	INC
Koppal	60	Kushtagi	Doddanagouda Hanamagouda Patil	BJP
	61	Kanakagiri (SC)	Tangadagi Shivaraj Sangappa	INC
	62	Gangawati	G. Janardhana Reddy	BJP	KRPP merges with BJP^[7]
	63	Yelburga	Basavaraj Rayareddy	INC
	64	Koppal	K. Raghavendra Hitnal	INC
Gadag	65	Shirahatti (SC)	Chandru Lamani	BJP
	66	Gadag	H. K. Patil	INC
	67	Ron	Gurupadagouda Sanganagouda Patil	INC
	68	Nargund	C. C. Patil	BJP
Dharwad	69	Navalgund	Ningaraddi Hanamaraddi Konaraddi	INC
	70	Kundgol	M. R. Patil	BJP
	71	Dharwad	Vinay Kulkarni	INC
	72	Hubli-Dharwad East (SC)	Abbayya Prasad	INC
	73	Hubli-Dharwad Central	Mahesh Tenginakai	BJP
	74	Hubli-Dharwad West	Arvind Bellad	BJP	Deputy Leader of the Opposition
	75	Kalghatgi	Santosh Lad	INC
Uttara Kannada	76	Haliyal	R. V. Deshpande	INC
	77	Karwar	Satish Krishna Sail	INC
	78	Kumta	Dinakar Keshav Shetty	BJP
	79	Bhatkal	Mankala Vaidya	INC
	80	Sirsi	Bhimanna T. Naik	INC
	81	Yellapur	Arbail Hebbar Shivaram	Independent	Expelled from Bharatiya Janata Party^[8]
Haveri	82	Hangal	Srinivas Mane	INC
	83	Shiggaon	Basavaraj Bommai	BJP	Elected to Lok Sabha on 4 June 2024
	83	Shiggaon	Pathan Yasir Ahmed Khan	INC	Elected on 23 November 2024
	84	Haveri (SC)	Rudrappa Manappa Lamani	INC	Deputy Speaker
	85	Byadgi	Basavaraj Neelappa Shivannanavar	INC
	86	Hirekerur	U. B. Banakar	INC
	87	Ranebennur	Prakash Koliwad	INC
Vijayanagara	88	Hoovina Hadagali (SC)	Krishna Nayaka	BJP
	89	Hagaribommanahalli (SC)	K. Nemaraja Naik	JD(S)
	90	Vijayanagara	H. R. Gaviyappa	INC
Ballari	91	Kampli (ST)	J. N. Ganesh	INC
	92	Siruguppa (ST)	B. M. Nagaraja	INC
	93	Bellary (ST)	B Nagendra	INC	Cabinet Minister (Second Siddaramaiah ministry)
	94	Bellary City	Nara Bharath Reddy	INC
	95	Sandur (ST)	E. Tukaram	INC	Elected to Lok Sabha on 4 June 2024
	95	Sandur (ST)	E. Annapoorna	INC	Elected on 23 November 2024
Vijayanagara	96	Kudligi (ST)	N. T. Srinivas	INC
Chitradurga	97	Molakalmuru (ST)	N. Y. Gopalakrishna	INC
	98	Challakere (ST)	T. Raghumurthy	INC
	99	Chitradurga	K. C. Veerendra Puppy	INC
	100	Hiriyur	D. Sudhakar	INC	Died on 10 May 2026^[9]
	100	Hiriyur	Vacant
	101	Hosadurga	B. G. Govindappa	INC
	102	Holalkere (SC)	M. Chandrappa	BJP
Davanagere	103	Jagalur (ST)	B. Devendrappa	INC
Vijayanagara	104	Harapanahalli	Latha Mallikarjun	Independent	Joined Congress^[10]
Davanagere	105	Harihar	B. P. Harish	BJP
	106	Davanagere North	S. S. Mallikarjun	INC
	107	Davanagere South	Shamanur Shivashankarappa	INC	Died on 14 December 2025^[11]
	107	Davanagere South	Samarth Shamanur Mallikarjun	INC	Elected in bypoll
	108	Mayakonda (SC)	K. S. Basavanthappa	INC
	109	Channagiri	Basavaraju V. Shivaganga	INC
	110	Honnali	A. D. G. Shanthana Gowda	INC
Shimoga	111	Shimoga Rural (SC)	Sharada Puryanaik	JD(S)
	112	Bhadravati	B. K. Sangameshwara	INC
	113	Shimoga	Channabasappa	BJP
	114	Tirthahalli	Araga Jnanendra	BJP
	115	Shikaripura	B. Y. Vijayendra	BJP
	116	Sorab	Madhu Bangarappa	INC
	117	Sagar	Gopala Krishna Beluru	INC
Udupi	118	Byndoor	Gururaj Shetty Gantihole	BJP
	119	Kundapura	A. Kiran Kumar Kodgi	BJP
	120	Udupi	Yashpal A. Suvarna	BJP
	121	Kapu	Gurme Suresh Shetty	BJP
	122	Karkala	V. Sunil Kumar	BJP
Chikmagalur	123	Sringeri	T. D. Rajegowda	INC
	124	Mudigere (SC)	Nayana Motamma	INC
	125	Chikmagalur	H. D. Thammaiah	INC
	126	Tarikere	G. H. Srinivasa	INC
	127	Kadur	K. S. Anand	INC
Tumakuru	128	Chiknayakanhalli	C. B. Suresh Babu	JD(S)
	129	Tiptur	K. Shadakshari	INC
	130	Turuvekere	M. T. Krishnappa	JD(S)
	131	Kunigal	H. D. Ranganath	INC
	132	Tumkur City	G. B. Jyothi Ganesh	BJP
	133	Tumkur Rural	B. Suresh Gowda	BJP
	134	Koratagere (SC)	G. Parameshwara	INC	Deputy Chief Minister
	135	Gubbi	S. R. Srinivas	INC
	136	Sira	T. B. Jayachandra	INC
	137	Pavagada (SC)	H. V. Venkatesh	INC
	138	Madhugiri	K. N. Rajanna	INC
Chikkaballapura	139	Gauribidanur	K. Puttaswamy Gowda	Independent
	140	Bagepalli	S. N. Subbareddy	INC
	141	Chikkaballapur	Pradeep Eshwar	INC
	142	Sidlaghatta	B. N. Ravi Kumar	JD(S)
	143	Chintamani	M. C. Sudhakar	INC	Cabinet Minister (Second Siddaramaiah ministry)
Kolar	144	Srinivaspur	G. K. Venkatashiva Reddy	JD(S)
	145	Mulbagal (SC)	Samruddhi V. Manjunath	JD(S)
	146	Kolar Gold Field (SC)	M. Roopakala	INC
	147	Bangarapet (SC)	S. N. Narayanaswamy	INC
	148	Kolar	Kothur G. Manjunath	INC
	149	Malur	K. Y. Nanjegowda	INC
Bangalore Urban	150	Yelahanka	S. R. Vishwanath	BJP
	151	Krishnarajapuram	B.A. Basavaraja	BJP
	152	Byatarayanapura	Krishna Byregowda	INC	Cabinet Minister (Shivakumar ministry)
	153	Yeshwantpur	S.T. Somashekar	Independent	Expelled from Bharatiya Janata Party
	154	Rajarajeshwarinagar	Munirathna	BJP
	155	Dasarahalli	S. Muniraju	BJP
	156	Mahalakshmi Layout	K. Gopalaiah	BJP
	157	Malleshwaram	C.N. Ashwath Narayan	BJP
	158	Hebbal	Suresha B.S.	INC	Cabinet Minister (Shivakumar ministry)
	159	Pulakeshinagar (SC)	A.C. Srinivasa	INC
	160	Sarvagnanagar	K.J. George	INC	Cabinet Minister (Shivakumar ministry)
	161	C. V. Raman Nagar (SC)	S. Raghu	BJP
	162	Shivajinagar	Rizwan Arshad	INC
	163	Shanti Nagar	N.A. Haris	INC
	164	Gandhi Nagar	Dinesh Gundu Rao	INC
	165	Rajaji Nagar	S. Suresh Kumar	BJP
	166	Govindraj Nagar	Priya Krishna	INC
	167	Vijay Nagar	M. Krishnappa	INC
	168	Chamrajpet	B.Z. Zameer Ahmed Khan	INC	Cabinet Minister (Second Siddaramaiah ministry)
	169	Chickpet	Uday B. Garudachar	BJP
	170	Basavanagudi	Ravi Subramanya L.A.	BJP
	171	Padmanabhanagar	R. Ashoka	BJP	Leader of the Opposition
	172	B.T.M. Layout	Ramalinga Reddy	INC	Cabinet Minister (Shivakumar ministry)
	173	Jayanagar	C. K. Ramamurthy	BJP
	174	Mahadevapura (SC)	Manjula S.	BJP
	175	Bommanahalli	Satish Reddy M.	BJP
	176	Bangalore South	M. Krishnappa	BJP
	177	Anekal (SC)	B. Shivanna	INC
Bangalore Rural	178	Hoskote	Sharath Kumar Bache Gowda	INC
	179	Devanahalli (SC)	K. H. Muniyappa	INC	Cabinet Minister (Shivakumar ministry)
	180	Doddaballapur	Dheeraj Muniraj	BJP
	181	Nelamangala (SC)	N. Shreenivasaiah	INC
Ramanagara	182	Magadi	H. C. Balakrishna	INC
	183	Ramanagara	H. A. Iqbal Hussain	INC
	184	Kanakapura	D.K. Shivakumar	INC	Chief Minister
	185	Channapatna	H. D. Kumaraswamy	JD(S)	Elected to Lok Sabha on 4 June 2024
	185	Channapatna	C. P. Yogeshwar	INC	Elected on 23 November 2024
Mandya	186	Malavalli (SC)	P. M. Narendraswamy	INC
	187	Maddur	K. M. Udaya	INC
	188	Melukote	Darshan Puttannaiah	SKP
	189	Mandya	Ravikumar Gowda	INC
	190	Shrirangapattana	A. B. Ramesha Bandisiddegowda	INC
	191	Nagamangala	N. Chaluvaraya Swamy	INC
	192	Krishnarajapet	H. T. Manju	JD(S)
Hassan	193	Shravanabelagola	C. N. Balakrishna	JD(S)
	194	Arsikere	K. M. Shivalinge Gowda	INC
	195	Belur	H. K. Suresh	BJP
	196	Hassan	Swaroop Prakash	JD(S)
	197	Holenarasipur	H. D. Revanna	JD(S)
	198	Arkalgud	A. Manju	JD(S)
	199	Sakleshpur (SC)	Cement Manju	BJP
Dakshina Kannada	200	Belthangady	Harish Poonja	BJP
	201	Moodabidri	Umanatha Kotian	BJP
	202	Mangalore City North	Y. Bharath Shetty	BJP
	203	Mangalore City South	D. Vedavyasa Kamath	BJP
	204	Mangalore	U. T. Khader	INC	Former Speaker; Cabinet Minister (Shivakumar ministry)
	205	Bantval	U. Rajesh Naik	BJP
	206	Puttur	Ashok Kumar Rai	INC
	207	Sullia (SC)	Bhagirathi Murulya	BJP
Kodagu	208	Madikeri	Mantar Gowda	INC
Kodagu	209	Virajpet	A. S. Ponnanna	INC
Mysore	210	Periyapatna	K. Venkatesh	INC
	211	Krishnarajanagara	D. Ravishankar	INC
	212	Hunsur	G. D. Harish Gowda	JD(S)
	213	Heggadadevankote (ST)	Anil Chikkamadhu	INC
	214	Nanjangud (SC)	Darshan Dhruvanarayana	INC
	215	Chamundeshwari	G. T. Devegowda	JD(S)
	216	Krishnaraja	T. S. Srivatsa	BJP
	217	Chamaraja	K. Harish Gowda	INC
	218	Narasimharaja	Tanveer Sait	INC
	219	Varuna	Siddaramaiah	INC	Former Chief Minister (2023–2026)
	220	T. Narasipur (SC)	H. C. Mahadevappa	INC
Chamarajanagar	221	Hanur	M. R. Manjunath	JD(S)
	222	Kollegal (SC)	A. R. Krishnamurthy	INC
	223	Chamarajanagar	C. Puttarangashetty	INC
	224	Gundlupet	H M Ganesh Prasad	INC

References

↑ "Karnataka election results 2023: Full list of winners". The Indian Express. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
↑ "Karnataka Election Result 2023 Live: Karnataka Assembly Election Results - Congress celebrates party's impending victory". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
↑ "Karnataka Election Results 2023 Live Updates: Congress wins 136 seats, BJP 65, JDS 19". India Today. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
↑ "Karnataka Congress MLA HY Meti passes away at 79 in Bengaluru". Hindustan Times. 4 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
↑ "BJP expels Karnataka MLA for 6 years over remarks against party, BS Yediyurappa". India Today. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
↑ "Karnataka Congress MLA Raja Venkatappa Naik dies at 66". India Today. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
↑ "Janardhana Reddy to merge his party with BJP today". The Times of India. 25 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
↑ "Karnataka BJP expels two MLAs for 6 years over 'repeated violations'".
↑ "Karnataka Minister D Sudhakar passes away after prolonged illness in Bengaluru". India TV News. 10 May 2026. Retrieved 6 June 2026.
↑ "Lata Mallikarjun officially joins Congress party". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 9 December 2025.
↑ "Veteran Congress leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa passes away at 94". The Hindu. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.

[4] Figures reflect party position as of June 2026, accounting for by-elections, expulsions, and deaths during the term.

[1] "Karnataka election results 2023: Full list of winners". The Indian Express. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

[2] "Karnataka Election Result 2023 Live: Karnataka Assembly Election Results - Congress celebrates party's impending victory". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

[3] "Karnataka Election Results 2023 Live Updates: Congress wins 136 seats, BJP 65, JDS 19". India Today. Retrieved 13 May 2023.

[5] "Karnataka Congress MLA HY Meti passes away at 79 in Bengaluru". Hindustan Times. 4 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.

[6] "BJP expels Karnataka MLA for 6 years over remarks against party, BS Yediyurappa". India Today. 26 March 2025. Retrieved 9 December 2025.

[7] "Karnataka Congress MLA Raja Venkatappa Naik dies at 66". India Today. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 17 October 2024.

[8] "Janardhana Reddy to merge his party with BJP today". The Times of India. 25 March 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 October 2024.

[9] "Karnataka BJP expels two MLAs for 6 years over 'repeated violations'".

[10] "Karnataka Minister D Sudhakar passes away after prolonged illness in Bengaluru". India TV News. 10 May 2026. Retrieved 6 June 2026.

[11] "Lata Mallikarjun officially joins Congress party". www.daijiworld.com. Retrieved 9 December 2025.

[12] "Veteran Congress leader Shamanur Shivashankarappa passes away at 94". The Hindu. 14 December 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.

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