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The Karnataka Government is a democratically elected body where the Governor is the head of the State.

Although the Governor is the head of the government in Karnataka, yet the Karnataka Government works

under the leadership of the Chief Minister of Karnataka.

The Chief Minister along with his council of ministers remains in-charge of the Karnataka Government.

Karnataka Government has been divided into four major revenue divisions, 49 sub-divisions, 27 districts, 175taluks, and 745 revenue circles for the sake of administration.

Talking about the political and administrative reorganization of the Karnataka Government, it can be said that

Karnataka took its present shape in 1956.Further, the State Legislature of the Karnataka Government is comprised of the Legislative Assembly and the

Legislative Council. The Legislative Assembly of Karnataka Government consists of 224 members, with one

of the candidate selected by the Karnataka Governor himself.

Besides, the Judiciary is also an integral part of the Karnataka Government. The Judiciary in Karnataka

include a high court in Bangalore, district courts, as well as some Taluq centers.Talking about the administrative department of the Karnataka Government, we can say that a district is the

administrative geographical unit headed by the Deputy Commissioner or the District Magistrate. The District

Commissioner of Police in Karnataka is entrusted with the responsibility of looking after the law and order of

Karnataka.

Moreover, Karnataka Government is dominated by political parties, viz.: Congress and the Janata Party. The

present Chief Minister of Karnataka, HD Kumarasamy belongs to the Janata Party; whereas the deputy ChiefMinister, BS Yediyuppa hails from the Bharatiya Janata Party, the party that occupies the next position after

Janata Party in KarnatakaKarnataka State has been divided into four Revenue divisions, 49 sub-divisions, 29

districts, 175 taluks and 745 hoblies/Revenue Circles for administrative purposes.[1] The State has 27,028inhabited and 2,362 uninhabited villages, 281 towns and 7 municipal corporations. Bangalore is the sixth

largest urban agglomeration out of 23 metropolis, urban agglomerations and cities in India. It is among the

fastest growing cities in the world.

Political and administrative reorganisation

Main article: Unification of Karnataka

Karnataka took its present shape in 1956, when the states of Mysore and Coorg (Kodagu) were merged with

the Kannada-speaking districts of the former states of Bombay and Hyderabad, and Madras. Mysore state wasmade up of ten districts, Bangalore, Kolar, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Hassan, Chikmagalur (Kadur),

Shimoga and Chitradurga; Bellary had been transferred from Madras state to Mysore in 1953, when the new

Andhra State was created out of Madras' northern districts. Kodagu became a district, and Dakshina Kannada(South Kanara) district was transferred from Madras state, North Kanara, Dharwad, Belgaum District, and

Bijapur District from Bombay state, and Bidar District, Gulbarga District, and Raichur District from

Hyderabad state.

In 1989, Bangalore Rural district was split from Bangalore and, in 1997, Bagalkot district split from Bijapur,

Chamrajnagar district split from Mysore, Gadag district split from Dharwad, Haveri district split from

Dharwad, Koppal district split from Raichur, Udupi district split from Dakshina Kannada, and Davanageredistrict was created from parts of Bellary, Chitradurga, Dharwad, and Shimoga.

In 2008, Bangalore Rural district was split into two and a new district of Ramanagaram was constituted. In thesame way district of Chickballapur was carved out of the erstwhile Kolar district.

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Chief Minister in India is the elected head of government at the level of States, and is vested with most ofthe executive powers. He or she is elected by legislators of the political party or coalition commanding an

assembly majority, and serves a five-year term with a provision of re-election. The Governor is the head of

state, but his or her role is largely ceremonial.

There are a total of thirty Chief Ministers elected by all twenty-eight states and two out of the seven union

territories. The following table lists the parties that hold power in various states.

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