Karnataka Legislative Assembly 15th Legislative Assembly of Karnataka Type Type Lower house Term limits 5 years Leadership Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar, INC Since 25 May 2018 Deputy Speaker M. Krishna Reddy, JD (S) Since 7 July 2018 Leader of the House (Chief Minister) H.D. Kumaraswamy, JD (S) Since 23 May 2018 Deputy Leader of the House (Deputy Chief Minister) G. Parameshwara, INC Since 23 May 2018 Leader of the Opposition B.S. Yeddyurappa, BJP Since 25 May 2018 Deputy Leader of the Opposition Govind M. Karjol, BJP Since 25 May 2018 Structure Seats 225 (224 + 1 Nominated) Political groups Government (118) INC (79) JD (S) (36) BSP (1) KPJP (1) Independent (1) Opposition (104) BJP (104) Others (1) Nominated (1) Vacant (2) Vacant (2) Elections Voting system First past the post Last election 12 May 2018 Meeting place Legislative Assembly Chamber, Vidhana Soudha, Bangalore, Karnataka, India Website Karnataka Legislative Assembly Footnotes The Council was established in 1881 for the Princely State of Mysore. The Princely state was merged with the Union of India and became Mysore State in 1950; Mysore State was re-organized to its current territorial state in 1956 and renamed as Karnataka on 1 November 1973.
who is the present deputy speaker of the karnataka legislative assembly 2018
K.R. Ramesh Kumar, INC