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Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಉಪ ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ
Karnāṭakada Upa Mukhya Mantri
Emblem of Government of Karnataka
Incumbent Doddalahalli Kempegowda Shivakumar since 20 May 2023
Government of Karnataka
Style	The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Deputy Chief Minister (Informal)
Type	Deputy Head of Government
Status	Deputy Leader of the Executive
Abbreviation	Dy CM
Member of	Cabinet Karnataka Legislature
Reports to	Chief Minister of Karnataka Karnataka Legislature
Residence	253/A, 18th Cross Rd, Bangalore
Seat	Vidhana Soudha
Nominator	Members of the Government of Karnataka in Karnataka Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Governor of Karnataka on the advice of the Chief Minister of Karnataka
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly Deputy Chief minister's term is for 5 years and is subject to no term limits.
Inaugural holder	S. M. Krishna
Formation	19 November 1992 (32 years ago) (1992-11-19)
Salary	₹200,000 (US$2,400)/monthly ₹2,400,000 (US$29,000)/annually
Website	Official website

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 assembly, 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 a government in 2018, G. Parameshwara was sworn-in as the deputy chief minister. After which when B.S. Yeddyurappa formed a government in 2019, three deputy chief ministers were sworn-in, C. N. Ashwath Narayan, Govind Karjol and Laxman Savadi. For the first Karnataka witnessed three 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 nine terms; meanwhile, Siddaramaiah held the position twice.

List of deputy chief ministers of Karnataka

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Chief Minister	Party
1		S. M. Krishna	Maddur	21 January 1993	9 December 1994	1 year, 322 days	9th (1989 election)	M. Veerappa Moily	Indian National Congress
2		J. H. Patel	Channagiri	11 December 1994	31 May 1996	1 year, 172 days	10th (1994 election)	H. D. Deve Gowda	Janata Dal
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	12th (2004 election)	Dharam Singh	Janata Dal (Secular)
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		H. D. Kumaraswamy	Bharatiya Janata Party
Vacant (9 October 2007 – 12 July 2012)
6		R. Ashoka	Padmanabha Nagar	12 July 2012	12 May 2013	304 days	13th (2008 election)	Jagadish Shettar	Bharatiya Janata Party
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	15th (2018 election)	H. D. Kumaraswamy	Indian National Congress
8		C. N. Ashwath Narayan	Malleshwaram	26 August 2019	26 July 2021	1 year, 340 days		B. S. Yediyurappa	Bharatiya Janata Party
8		Govind Karjol	Mudhol
8		Laxman Savadi	MLC
Vacant (26 July 2021 – 20 May 2023)
9		D. K. Shivakumar	Kanakapura	20 May 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 214 days	16th (2023 election)	Siddaramaiah	Indian National Congress

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See also

• List of chief ministers of Karnataka
• Deputy Prime Minister of India

References

1. "Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution". The Hindu. 12 July 2012. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
2. "Karunanidhi makes Stalin Deputy Chief Minister". The Hindu. 30 May 2009. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
3. Stalin appointed Tamil Nadu Deputy CM
4. "States of India since 1947". Retrieved 6 November 2017.
5. "Detailed Profile: Shri S.M. Krishna". Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 6 November 2017.
6. 2 Deputy CMs for Karnataka
7. "Rediff On The NeT: Karnataka CM sacks 8 ministers". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.

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