BENGALURU: Congress MLA Gurupadagouda Sanganagouda Patil was elected Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly on Friday.
Popularly known as G S Patil, his name was proposed by Chief Minister D K Shivakumar and seconded by Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara.
Pro-tem Speaker T B Jayachandra, who presided over the proceedings, declared Patil elected after a voice vote.
The Opposition BJP and JD(S) boycotted the Speaker election.
The post fell vacant following the resignation of U T Khader ahead of his induction into the Shivakumar-led Council of Ministers on June 3.
Patil is a four-time MLA from the Ron Assembly constituency in Gadag district.