Karnataka Legislative Council
Type
Type	Upper house of theKarnataka Legislature
Term limits	6 years
History
Founded	1907 (119 years ago) (1907)
Preceded by	Mysore Legislative Council
Leadership
Chairperson	Basavaraj Horatti, BJP since 21 December 2022
Deputy Chairperson	M. K. Pranesh, BJP since 29 January 2021
Leader of the House	N. S. Boseraju, INC since 3 July 2023
Govt Chief Whip	Saleem Ahmed, INC since 3 July 2023
Leader of the Opposition	Chalavadi Narayanaswamy, BJP since 23 July 2024
Secretary of the Legislative Council	K. R. Mahalaxmi since 1 October 2017
Structure
Seats	75 (64 Elected + 11 Nominated)
Political groups	Government (38)  INC (37)[1]  IND (1) Official Opposition (37)  NDA (37)  BJP (30)  JD(S) (7)
Meeting place
Legislative Council,Vidhana Soudha,Bengaluru,Bengaluru Urban district,Karnataka,India
Legislative Council,Suvarna Vidhana Soudha,Belagavi,Belagavi district,Karnataka,India (Winter session)
Website
Karnataka Legislative Council
Constitution
Constitution of India
Footnotes
The Council was established in 1907 for theprincely state ofMysore, which was merged with theUnion of India and becameMysore State in 1947; Mysore State was re-organized to its current territorial state in 1956 and renamed asKarnataka on 1 November 1973.

TheKarnataka Legislative Council (formerly theMysore Legislative Council) is the upper house of thestate legislature of Karnataka in India.Karnataka is one of sixIndian states with abicameral legislature; theLegislative Assembly is the lower house. The Council is a permanent body of 75 members, of whom 64 are elected in various ways in staggered elections and 11 are appointed by theGovernor of Karnataka. Members hold their seats for six-year terms.

Originally, thegovernment of theprincely state of Mysore comprised thediwan and the unicameralMysore Representative Assembly (constituted in 1881 by MaharajaChamarajendra Wadiyar X). With the intent of creating a body composed of a certain number of non-official persons with practical experience and knowledge of local conditions to assist the government in making laws and regulations, the Mysore Legislative Council was established by Regulation I of 1907, in the reign ofKrishna Raja Wadiyar IV. In addition to thediwan, the president and the members of the Council, who wereex-officio members, the Council at that time consisted of not less than 10 and not more than 15 additional members to be nominated by the government and approved by theMaharaja, out of which not less than two-fifths were required to be non-officials. The minimum and maximum number of additional members was increased from 15 to 21 respectively by Regulation I of 1914 and the maximum was further increased to 30 by Regulation II of 1919.^[2]

In 1923, under the Mysore Legislative Council Regulation, (Regulation XIX of 1923), the strength of the Council was fixed at 50. Of the 50 seats, 28 were allotted to the nominated members (20 official and 8 non-official) and 22 to elected members.^[2] In 1914, the Council was empowered to discuss the statebudget, and in 1923 it was given power to vote on the demands for grants. From 1919 onwards, resolutions were discussed in the Council. The term of the Council was three years in 1917 and four years in 1940.

After the implementation of theStates Reorganisation Act, 1956, the strength of the Legislative Council of the re-organizedMysore State was increased to 63 under the Legislative Councils Act of 1957^[3] and remained as such until 1987. The council was renamed following the renaming of Mysore State as Karnataka in 1973. Following adoption of a resolution in Karnataka Legislative Assembly on 18 August 1986 and subsequent approval by theParliament of India, the strength of Legislative Council was increased to 75 with effect from 8 September 1987.

The Karnataka Legislative Council is a permanent body with one-third of its members retiring every two years. Members of Legislative Council (MLCs) serve six-year terms, with nolimit on reelections.

Of the 75 members of the Council, 25 are elected by local authorities such asmunicipalities and corporations, 25 are elected by members of the Legislative Assembly, 7 are elected from graduates' constituencies, 7 are elected from teachers' constituencies, and 11 members are nominated by theGovernor of Karnataka. The following is the list of the current members:^[4][5]

Keys:  INC (13)  BJP (9)  JDS (3)

Keys:  INC (11)  BJP (11)  JDS (2)  Ind (1)

Keys:  BJP (4)  INC(3)

Keys:  INC (3)  BJP (2)  JDS (2)

^[6]Keys:  INC (7)  BJP (4)

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