List of deputy speakers of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly

The deputy speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly is subordinate to the speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka. They are responsible for the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka and they are the second highest ranking legislative officer of the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka, the lower house of the Government of Karnataka. They act as the presiding officer in case of leave or absence caused by death or illness of the speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka.^[1]

Deputy Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿಧಾನಸಭೆಯ ಉಪ ಅಧ್ಯಕ್ಷರು
Karnāṭaka Vidhānasabheya Upa Adhyakṣaru
Emblem of Karnataka
Incumbent Rudrappa Lamani since 6 July 2023
Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Type	Deputy Speaker
Status	Deputy Presiding Officer of Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Member of	Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Residence	Haveri
Seat	Karnataka Legislature
Nominator	Members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Members of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Term length	5 years
Constituting instrument	Article 93 of Indian Constitution
Inaugural holder	Pullareddy

The state of Karnataka in India

List of Deputy Speakers

Sl. No.	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Assembly	Party
Mysore
1		Pullareddy		1945	1949
		M. A. Sreenivasan
		T.C.M. Rayan
		O.S. Nasarulla Sharif
		L. Siddappa
2		L.H. Thimmabhovi		1950	1952
3		R. Channigaramaiah		1 July 1952	1 November 1956	4 years, 123 days
4		M. Madhaiah		24 December 1956	31 March 1957	97 days
(2)		L.H. Thimmabhovi		19 July 1957	1 March 1962	4 years, 225 days
5		A.R. Panchagavi		31 March 1962	28 February 1967	4 years, 334 days
6		D. Manjunath		28 March 1967	14 April 1971	4 years, 17 days
7		B.P. Kadham		26 June 1972	31 October 1973	1 year, 127 days continued...	5th (1972-77) continued...
Karnataka
1		B.P. Kadham		1 November 1973	24 March 1977	...continued 3 years, 143 days	5th ...continued (1972-77)
2		G. Puttaswamy		20 June 1977	31 December 1977	194 days
3		Sumathi B. Madiman		10 August 1978	21 December 1980	2 years, 133 days	6th (1978-83)
4		Bapurao Hulsurkar		4 February 1981	8 January 1983	1 year, 338 days
5		C.Veeranna	Koratagere	11 March 1983	2 January 1985	1 year, 297 days	7th (1983-85)
6		Lakshminarasimhaiah		8 August 1985	26 April 1987	1 year, 261 days	8th (1985-89)
7		B.R. Yavagal		11 September 1987	15 April 1989	1 year, 216 days
8		Nagamma Keshavamurthy		30 March 1990	20 January 1993	2 years, 296 days	9th (1989-94)
9		Anjanamurthy		18 March 1993	17 December 1994	1 year, 274 days
10		M.S. Patil		30 December 1994	6 June 1996	1 year, 159 days	10th (1994-99)
11		Anand Mamani		8 July 1996	14 January 1999	2 years, 190 days
12		Chandrashekhar Reddy Deshmukh		11 March 1999	22 July 1999	133 days
13		Manohar H. Tahashildar		30 October 1999	23 February 2004	4 years, 116 days	11th (1999-04)
14		N.Y. Gopalakrishna		17 March 2005	28 November 2007	2 years, 256 days	12th (2004-08)
15		K.G. Bopaiah		29 July 2008	30 December 2009	2 years, 154 days	13th (2008-13)
16		N. Yogish Bhat		11 January 2011	21 May 2013	2 years, 130 days
17		N.H. Shivashankar Reddy		18 July 2013	18 May 2018	4 years, 304 days	14th (2013-18)
18		M. Krishnareddy		6 July 2018	17 March 2020	1 year, 255 days	15th (2018-23)
(11)		Anand Mamani		24 March 2020	22 October 2022	2 years, 212 days		BJP
19		Rudrappa Lamani[2]	Haveri	6 July 2023		Incumbent	16th (2023-28)	Congress
Source: Karanataka Legislative Assembly

See also

• List of speakers of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly
• Karnataka Legislative Assembly