<p>S Bangarappa and J H Patel are the two other leaders who had incomplete terms in office.<br /><br />Bangarappa, who was in Congress, became the chief minister in 1990, but had to quit after his party high command directed to vacate the post in 1992.<br /><br />Patel, who succeeded H D Devegowda after his elevation as Prime Minister in 1997, dissolved the Assembly in 1999 -- a few months ahead of its tenure in the wake of rebellion against him.<br /><br />Other chief ministers who had served short term include N Dharam Singh of Congress, whose Congress-JDS coalition government was toppled by JDS in 2006, and H D Kumaraswamy, who resigned in 2007 after his coalition partner BJP pulled out of the government.</p>
<p>S Bangarappa and J H Patel are the two other leaders who had incomplete terms in office.<br /><br />Bangarappa, who was in Congress, became the chief minister in 1990, but had to quit after his party high command directed to vacate the post in 1992.<br /><br />Patel, who succeeded H D Devegowda after his elevation as Prime Minister in 1997, dissolved the Assembly in 1999 -- a few months ahead of its tenure in the wake of rebellion against him.<br /><br />Other chief ministers who had served short term include N Dharam Singh of Congress, whose Congress-JDS coalition government was toppled by JDS in 2006, and H D Kumaraswamy, who resigned in 2007 after his coalition partner BJP pulled out of the government.</p>