Karnataka Legislative Council

Karnataka Legislative Council
Type
Type	Upper house of the Karnataka Legislature
Term limits	6 years
History
Founded	1907 (117 years ago) (1907)
Preceded by	Mysuru Legislative Council
Leadership
Chairman	Basavaraj Horatti, BJP since 21 December 2022
Deputy Chairman	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	Kota Srinivas Poojary, BJP since 25 December 2023
Secretary of the Legislative Council	K. R. Mahalaxmi since 1 October 2017
Structure
Seats	75 (64 Elected + 11 Nominated)
Political groups	Government (30)   INC (30) Opposition (40) NDA (40)   BJP (32)   JD(S) (7)   IND (1) Vacant (5)   Vacant (5)
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 the princely state of Mysore, which was merged with the Union of India and became Mysore State in 1947; Mysore State was re-organized to its current territorial state in 1956 and renamed as Karnataka on 1 November 1973.

The Karnataka Legislative Council (formerly the Mysuru Legislative Council) is the upper house of the state legislature of Karnataka. Karnataka is one of six Indian states with a bicameral legislature; the Legislative 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 the Governor of Karnataka. Members hold their seats for six-year terms.