Siddaramaiah elected 22nd Chief Minister of Karnataka

• On 10th May, 2013 Congress leader K Siddaramaiah has been elected as Karnataka's new chief minister.
• He was elected as Chief Minister, after the Congress adopted secret balloting route to select the new chief minister.
• He will be sworn in as the State’s 22nd chief minister on 13th May, 2013.
• 64-year-old Siddaramaiah is a five-time MLA from Varuna constituency in Mysore district.
• He won 2013 election from same constituency on 8th May 2013.
• Earlier, as a Janata Dal (Secular) leader, he was Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka on two occasions(1996 and 2004).
• It is to be noted that  Congress swept to power with a comfortable majority of 121 MLAs in the 224-member House, elections to which were held on 5 May.