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Government of Karnataka
Seat of Government	Bangalore
Executive Governor (T. N. Chaturvedi Chief Minister (H.D.Kumaraswamy) Deputy Chief Minister (B.S. Yediyurappa)
Legislative Legislative Assembly (Vidhana Sabha) Speaker (Krishna) Legislative Council (Vidhana Parishad) Chairman (V.R. Sudarshan)
Judiciary High Court (Karnataka High Court) Chief Justice (Cyriac Joseph)
http://www.karnataka.gov.in

The Government of Karnataka (Kannada: ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರಕಾರ) also known as the State Government of Karnataka (Kannada: ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರಕಾರ), or locally as State Government, is the supreme governing authority of the Indian state of Karnataka and its 28 districts. It consists of an executive, led by the Governor of Karnataka, a judiciary and a legislative.

Main article: Government of Karnataka

A map showing the 27 districts of Karnataka

As per Indian constitution there are three branches of governments: executive, legislative and judicial. Karnataka state comprises 27 districts, grouped into four divisions.

A district of an Indian state is an administrative geographical unit, headed by a Deputy Commissioner or District Magistrate, an officer belonging to the Indian Administrative Service. The district magistrate or the deputy commissioner is assisted by a number of officers belonging to Karnataka Civil Service and other Karnataka state services.

A Deputy Commissioner of Police, an officer belonging to the Indian Police Service is entrusted with the responsibility of maintaining law and order and related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Karnataka Police Service and other Karnataka Police officials.

A Deputy Conservator of Forests, an officer belonging to the Indian Forest Service is responsible for managing the Forests, environment and wild-life related issues of the district. He is assisted by the officers of the Karnataka Forest Service and other Karnataka Forest officials and Karnataka Wild-Life officials.

Sectoral development is looked after by the district head of each development department such as PWD, Health, Education, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, etc. These officers belong to the various State Services.

Karnataka Legislature has two houses: upper and lower. Lower house members are elected directly from people. Some of the upper house members are elected by assembly, some are elected by special category of people like teachers and graduates and some are nominated by governor. Each house has a speaker. Chief minister and his cabinet are selected among the members of both houses.

There is a highcourt in bangalore and courts in every district centres and some taluq centres.

The Karnataka High Court, also called "Attara Kacheri" (which once housed the original "Eighteen Departments"), is the supreme judicial body in Karnataka and is located in Bangalore.

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 was made 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 state of Andhra Pradesh 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 Davanagere district was created from parts of Bellary, Chitradurga, Dharwad, and Shimoga.

Main article: Karnataka Politics

Karnataka politics is dominated by Congress and Janata Parties (like Janata Dal). Current chief minister is H.D.Kumarasamy, son of former Prime minister H.D.Deve Gowda, from a splinter group of Janata Dal. Bhratiya Janata Party is also part of the government and the deputy chief minister , B.S.Yediyurappa is from this party..

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