List of leaders of the opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council

The Leader of the Opposition of the Karnataka Legislative Council in Karnataka Legislative Council is an elected Member of Karnataka Legislative Council who leads the official opposition in the Upper house of the Karnataka Legislature. The Leader of the opposition Karnataka Legislative Council is the Legislature chairperson of the party with the most seats after the government party.

Leader of the Opposition of the Karnataka Legislative Council
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ವಿಧಾನ ಪರಿಷತ್ತಿನ ವಿರೋಧ ಪಕ್ಷದ ನಾಯಕ Karnāṭaka Vidhāna Pariṣattinalli Virōdha Pakṣada Nāyaka
Emblem of Karnataka
Incumbent Chalavadi Narayanaswamy since 4 June 2024
Karnataka Legislative Council
Style	The Honourable
Status	Leader of Opposition
Member of	Karnataka Legislative Council
Nominator	Members of the Official Opposition in the Karnataka Legislative Council
Appointer	Chairman of Karnataka Legislative Council
Term length	During the life of the Karnataka Legislative Council (5 years)
Inaugural holder	G. V. Anjanappa
Formation	28 January 1969 (1969-01-28)
Website	https://kla.kar.nic.in/council/council.htm Karnataka Legislative Council

Leaders of opposition

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Party
1		G. V. Anjanappa	Bangalore Graduate	28 January 1969	11 June 1970	1 year, 134 days	Praja Socialist Party
2		A. H. Shivananda Swamy	elected by MLA's	25 September 1970	14 March 1971	170 days
3		Balakrishna Gowda	elected by MLA's	15 March 1971	15 August 1972	1 year, 153 days	Indian National Congress (R)
4		Ramakrishna Hegde	elected by MLA's	16 August 1972	1 February 1976	3 years, 169 days	Indian National Congress (O)
5		S. R. Bommai	Dharwad Local Authorities	3 February 1976	17 March 1978	2 years, 43 days
6		A.K.Subbaiah		18 March 1978	23 January 1980	1 year, 311 days	Janata Party
7		D. B. Chandregowda	elected by MLA's	24 January 1980	24 June 1981	1 year, 173 days	Indian National Congress (U)
				27 June 1981	16 July 1981
8		M. C. Perumal	elected by MLA's	15 February 1982	29 July 1982	330 days	Indian Congress (S)
				30 July 1982	11 January 1983
9		T. N. Narasimha Murthy	elected by MLA's	30 June 1983	28 July 1986	5 years, 355 days	Indian National Congress (I)
				29 July 1986	20 June 1989
10		M.C. Nanaiah	elected by MLA's	18 December 1989	13 May 1992	4 years, 357 days	Janata Dal
				14 May 1992	10 December 1994
11		H. K. Patil	West Graduates	27 December 1994	30 June 1996	4 years, 293 days	Indian National Congress
				1 July 1996	16 October 1999
12		K. H. Srinivas	Nominated	29 October 1999	8 July 2002	2 years, 252 days	Janata Dal (Secular)
13		D. H. Shankaramurthy	South West Graduates	8 July 2002	16 June 2004	3 years, 138 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
				16 June 2004	23 November 2005
(11)		H. K. Patil	West Graduates	24 February 2006	17 January 2008	1 year, 327 days	Indian National Congress
14		V. S. Ugrappa	Tumakuru Local Authorities	8 April 2008	1 May 2010	2 years, 23 days
15		Motamma	elected by MLA's	1 September 2010	17 June 2012	1 year, 290 days
16		S. R. Patil	Vijayapura Local Authorities	28 June 2012	13 May 2013	319 days
17		Sadananda Gowda	elected by MLA's	17 May 2013	24 May 2014	1 year, 7 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
18		K. S. Eshwarappa	elected by MLA's	13 July 2014	17 May 2018	3 years, 308 days
19		Kota Srinivas Poojary	Dakshina Kannada Local Authorities	2 July 2018	26 July 2019	1 year, 24 days
(16)		S. R. Patil	Vijayapura Local Authorities	10 October 2019	5 January 2022	2 years, 87 days	Indian National Congress
20		B. K. Hariprasad	elected by MLA's	26 January 2022	20 May 2023	1 year, 114 days
21		Chaluvadi Narayanaswamy	elected by MLA's	29 June 2024	incumbent	145 days	Bharatiya Janata Party