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 Kadidal Manjappa 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 Veerendra Patil 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 Ramakrishna Hegde Janata Party (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. Veerappa Moily 19 November 1992 – 11 December 1994 (2 years, 22 days) Congress 11 December 1994 – 31 May 1996 23 H. D. Deve Gowda Janata Dal (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 Dharam Singh 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 Bharatiya Janata Party (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 Jagadish Shettar Bharatiya Janata Party (304 days) 13 May 2013 – 15 May 2018 34 Siddaramaiah 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.