S.No Name Term Party

25 October 1947 – 30 March 1952 1 K. Chengalaraya Reddy Congress (4 years, 157 days)

30 March 1952 – 19 August 1956 2. K. Hanumanthaiah Congress (4 years, 142 days)

19 August 1956 – 31 October 1956 3 Congress (73 days)

1 November 1956 – 16 May 1958 4 S. Nijalingappa Congress (1 year, 197 days)

16 May 1958 – 9 March 1962 5 B. D. Jatti Congress (3 years, 297 days)

14 March 1962 – 20 June 1962 6 S. R. Kanthi Congress (98 days)

21 June 1962 – 28 May 1968 7 S. Nijalingappa Congress (5 years, 342 days)

29 May 1968 – 18 March 1971 8 Congress (2 years, 293 days)

Vacant[e] 19 March 1971 – 20 March 1972 9 N/A (President's rule) (1 year, 1 day)

20 March 1972 – 31 December 1977 10 D. Devaraj Urs Congress (5 years, 286 days)

Vacant[e] 31 December 1977 – 28 February 1978 11 N/A (President's rule) (59 days)

28 February 1978 – 7 January 1980 12 D. Devaraj Urs Congress (1 year, 313 days)

12 January 1980 – 6 January 1983 13 R. Gundu Rao Congress (2 years, 359 days)

10 January 1983 – 29 December 1984[h] 14 (1 year, 354 days)

8 March 1985 – 13 February 1986[i] 15 Ramakrishna Hegde Janata Party (342 days)

16 February 1986 – 10 August 1988 16 Ramakrishna Hegde Janata Party (2 years, 176 days

13 August 1988 – 21 April 1989 17 S. R. Bommai Janata Party (281 days)

Vacant[e] 21 April 1989 – 30 November 1989 18 N/A (President's rule) (193 days)

30 November 1989 – 10 October 1990 19 Veerendra Patil Congress (314 days)

Vacant[e] 10 October 1990 – 17 October 1990 20 N/A (President's rule) (7 days)

17 October 1990 – 19 November 1992 21 S. Bangarappa Congress (2 years, 33 days)

22 M. 19 November 1992 – 11 December 1994 (2 years, 22 days) Congress

11 December 1994 – 31 May 1996 23 H. D. Deve Gowda (1 year, 172 days)

31 May 1996 – 7 October 1999 24 J. H. Patel Janata Dal (3 years, 129 days)

11 October 1999 – 28 May 2004 25 S. M. Krishna Congress (4 years, 230 days) 28 May 2004 – 2 February 2006 26 Congress (1 year, 250 days)

3 February 2006 – 8 October 2007 27 H. D. Kumaraswamy Janata Dal (1 year, 253 days)

Vacant[e] 8 October 2007 – 12 November 2007 28 N/A (President's rule) (35 days)

12 November 2007 – 19 November 2007 29 B. S. Yediyurappa (7 days)

Vacant[e] 20 November 2007 – 29 May 2008 30 N/A (President's rule) (191 days)

30 May 2008 – 4 August 2011 31 B. S. Yediyurappa Bharatiya Janata Party (3 years, 66 days)

5 August 2011 – 11 July 2012 D. V. Sadananda Gowda Bharatiya Janata Party 32 (341 days)

12 July 2012 – 12 May 2013 33 Bharatiya Janata Party (304 days)

13 May 2013 – 15 May 2018 34 ndian National Congress (5 years, 2 days)

17 May 2018 – 23 May 2018 35 H. D. Kumaraswamy Bharatiya Janata Party (6 days)

36 B. S. Yediyurappa 26 July 2019 – present Bharatiya Janata Party