Kombarana Ganapathy Bopaiah (born 17 October 1951) is an Indian politician who served as the Speaker of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly.

He is affiliated with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has been appointed the pro tem speaker of the Legislative Assembly by the Governor of Karnataka.

[1] In 2008, he was re-elected again as a BJP candidate from Virajpet constituency after the de-limitation exercise reduced the number of seats in Kodagu district from three to two.

[2] He served as pro tem Speaker after the BJP victory and administered oath of office to all the members of the Legislative Assembly.

He was chosen as the pro tem speaker by the Governor of Karnataka for the floor test held on 19 May 2018.

In a controversial move, Speaker Bopaiah disqualified the rebel MLAs and thus played a major role in the survival of the BJP Government in Karnataka.