Siddaramaiah & DK Shivakumar swearing in: Siddaramaiah and other Chief Ministers of Karnataka

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Siddaramaiah: New CM
of Karnataka

Siddaramaiah will take oath as the CM of Karnataka on May 20 in Bengaluru [{ "selector": ".wulkt-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 489px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".ikusq-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Siddaramaiah as
chief minister

Photo: Siddaramaiah's office Siddaramaiah is the first Chief Minister to have completed a term, lost an election, and then return as the Chief Minister [{ "selector": ".jmlol-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 469px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".qujtr-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Siddaramaiah’s humble beginnings

Photo: Siddaramaiah's office Siddaramaiah was born in a poor farmer's family in Siddaramanahundi, a village in Mysuru district. The 75-year leader is a Kuruba, a backward caste group [{ "selector": ".cipic-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 450px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".ckjmw-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Siddaramaiah’s political
debut

Photo: Siddaramaiah's office Siddaramaiah first contested elections on a Bharatiya Lok Dal ticket from Chamundeshwari constituency in Mysore and entered the 7th Karnataka Legislative Assembly in 1983 [{ "selector": ".nukwe-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 428px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".spixb-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Karnataka assembly polls:
Siddaramaiah wins from
Varun constituency

Photo: Siddaramaiah's office Congress leader Siddaramaiah on Saturday got a landslide victory in the Varuna constituency. He defeated his rival BJP's V Somanna by a margin of 46,006 votes [{ "selector": ".qickr-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 450px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".ojrxl-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Siddaramaiah’s 2nd
stint as CM

Photo: Siddaramaiah's office In May 2013, Siddaramaiah became the 28th chief minister of Karnataka and ended his term on May 15, 2018 [{ "selector": ".owgub-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 470px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".adlpm-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Siddaramaiah and past
CMs of Karnataka

Photo: Siddaramaiah's office Siddaramaiah is the 14th CM of Karnataka. D Devaraj Urs, the ninth CM of Karnataka, had the longest tenure in office. He served for 2,790 days in two separate terms. He was followed by the Congress party’s S Nijalingappa, who served for 2,729 days in two terms [{ "selector": ".jwxsp-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 410px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".oaina-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

CMs of Karnataka and
their tenures

The new chief minister-designate, Siddaramaiah, was the first CM of Karnataka to serve a complete five-year term in the last 40 years. He is the second CM to do so in the southern state's history after Devaraj Urs. DIU slide [{ "selector": ".qlmmi-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 410px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".pnwmb-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Karnataka CMs: A sort
of musical chair

There have been nine chief ministers who served the southern state for less than a year. Among them, Kadidal Manjappa served for the least number of days [{ "selector": ".ecsqq-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 450px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".msgzq-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Karnataka CMs and caste
representation

Of the all chief ministers in the state since 1947, nine of them belong to the Lingayat community. Seven have been Vokkaligas. Siddaramaiah hails from the Kuruba community, while deputy CM-designate DK Shivakumar belongs to the Vokkaliga community [{ "selector": ".coxgo-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 420px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".iemxd-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

Siddaramaiah swearing in

If he completes this term, Siddaramaiah will go down in history as the only Chief Minister in Karnataka to complete two full terms. Four-time Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa never completed a single term [{ "selector": ".pcoxi-a", "duration": "500ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "transform": "translateY(calc(600px - 440px))", "opacity": "1"}, {"offset": 1, "transform": "translateY(0)", "opacity": "1"} ] }, { "selector": ".zfutb-a", "duration": "1000ms", "fill": "forwards", "delay": "0ms", "keyframes": [ {"offset": 0, "opacity": 0}, {"offset": 1, "opacity": "1"} ] }]

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Siddaramaiah & DK Shivakumar swearing in: Siddaramaiah and other Chief Ministers of Karnataka

Produced by: Basudha DasDesigned by: Mohsin Shaikh

Siddaramaiah: New CM of Karnataka

Siddaramaiah as chief minister

Siddaramaiah’s humble beginnings

Siddaramaiah’s political debut

Karnataka assembly polls: Siddaramaiah wins from Varun constituency

Siddaramaiah’s 2nd stint as CM

Siddaramaiah and past CMs of Karnataka

CMs of Karnataka and their tenures

Karnataka CMs: A sort of musical chair

Karnataka CMs and caste representation