
The deputy chairperson is next to the
Chairperson
The chair, also chairman, chairwoman, or chairperson, is the presiding officer of an organized group such as a Board of directors, board, committee, or deliberative assembly. The person holding the office, who is typically elected or appointed by ...
, who is the presiding officer of the
Karnataka Legislative Council
The Karnataka Legislative Council (formerly the Mysore 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 ho ...
, the main law-making body for the Indian state of
Karnataka
Karnataka ( ) is a States and union territories of India, state in the southwestern region of India. It was Unification of Karnataka, formed as Mysore State on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, States Re ...
.
[Rao, C. Hayavadana (ed.). (1929). ''Mysore Gazetteer'', Vol. IV, Bangalore: Government Press, pp.96-7.] The deputy is elected by the members of the Karnataka Legislative Council (until 1973, the
Mysore
Mysore ( ), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mysore district and Mysore division. As the traditional seat of the Wadiyar dynasty, the city functioned as the capital of the ...
Legislative Council). The deputy chairperson is usually a member of the Legislative Council.
List of deputy chairpersons
Mysore was renamed to Karnataka on 1 November 1973.
See also
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List of chairpersons of the Karnataka Legislative Council
The chairperson of the Karnataka Legislative Council is the presiding officer of the Karnataka Legislative Council, the main law-making body for the Indian state of Karnataka.Rao, C. Hayavadana (ed.). (1929). ''Mysore Gazetteer'', Vol. IV, B ...
*
Chief Ministers of Karnataka
The chief minister of Karnataka is the chief executive officer of the government of the Indian state of Karnataka. As per the Constitution of India, the governor of Karnataka is the state's ''de jure'' head, but '' de facto'' executive author ...
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Karnataka Legislature
The Karnataka Legislature is the bicameral legislature of the Indian state of Karnataka. The Legislature is composed of:
*the Karnataka Legislative Council, the upper house,
*the Karnataka Legislative Assembly, the lower house, and
*the Govern ...
References
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External links
Speaker's list on onlinebangalore.com
Karnataka Legislative Council
Karnataka politics-related lists
Deputy chairpersons of Karnataka Legislative Council