Chief
ministers of the Indian states and union territories (Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir & Pudducherry)
In the Republic of India , a chief minister is the head of government of each of the twenty-eight states and three of the eight union territories . According to the Constitution of India , at the state level, the governor is de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the state legislative assembly , the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the state government . The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Out of the thirty incumbents, except Tamil Nadu 's M. K. Stalin , all other Chief Ministers also act as the leader of the house in their legislative assemblies . Given they have the assembly's confidence, the chief minister's term is usually for a maximum of five years; there are no limits to the number of terms they can serve.[ 1]
Two of the incumbents are women — Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal ,
who has the longest continuous incumbency serving since 20 March 2011 (for 13 years, 190 days) and Atishi Marlena in Delhi . Atishi (aged 43) is the also the youngest incumbent chief minister, while Kerala 's Pinarayi Vijayan (aged 79) is the oldest. Nitish Kumar of Bihar has served for the most terms (nine).[ a] [ 2] Thirteen incumbents belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party , three to the Indian National Congress , and two to the Aam Aadmi Party . No other party has more than one chief minister in office.
List of chief ministers [ edit ]
Map Shows the Ruling Parties in States and Union Territories
State/UT
Portrait
Name[ 3]
Took office(tenure length)
Party[ b]
Alliance
Ministry
Ref
Andhra Pradesh
Nara Chandrababu Naidu
12 June 2024 ( 167 days)
Telugu Desam Party
NDA
Naidu IV
[ 4]
Arunachal Pradesh
Pema Khandu
17 July 2016 ( 8 years, 132 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Khandu V
[ 5] [ 6]
Assam
Himanta Biswa Sarma
10 May 2021 ( 3 years, 200 days)
Sarma
[ 7]
Bihar
Nitish Kumar
22 February 2015 ( 9 years, 278 days)
Janata Dal (United)
Nitish Kumar IX
[ 2]
Chhattisgarh
Vishnudeo Sai
13 December 2023 ( 349 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Sai
[ 8]
Delhi [ c]
Atishi
21 September 2024 ( 66 days)
Aam Aadmi Party
INDIA
Atishi Marlena
[ 9]
Goa
Pramod Sawant
19 March 2019 ( 5 years, 252 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party
NDA
Sawant II
[ 10]
Gujarat
Bhupendrabhai Patel
13 September 2021 ( 3 years, 74 days)
Patel II
[ 11]
Haryana
Nayab Singh Saini
12 March 2024 ( 259 days)
Saini II
[ 12]
Himachal Pradesh
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
11 December 2022 ( 1 year, 351 days)
Indian National Congress
INDIA
Sukhu
[ 13]
Jammu and Kashmir [ c]
Omar Abdullah
16 October 2024 ( 41 days)
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
Omar Abdullah II
[ 14]
Jharkhand
Hemant Soren
4 July 2024 ( 145 days)
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Soren IV
Karnataka
Siddaramaiah
20 May 2023 ( 1 year, 190 days)
Indian National Congress
Siddaramaiah II
[ 15]
Kerala
Pinarayi Vijayan
25 May 2016 ( 8 years, 185 days)
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Vijayan II
[ 16]
Madhya Pradesh
Mohan Yadav
13 December 2023 ( 349 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party
NDA
Yadav
[ 17]
Maharashtra
Eknath Shinde
30 June 2022 ( 2 years, 149 days)
Shiv Sena
Shinde
[ 18]
Manipur
N. Biren Singh
15 March 2017 ( 7 years, 256 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Singh II
[ 19]
Meghalaya
Conrad Sangma
6 March 2018 ( 6 years, 265 days)
National People's Party
Sangma II
[ 20]
Mizoram
Lalduhoma
8 December 2023 ( 354 days)
Zoram People's Movement
None
Lalduhoma
[ 21]
Nagaland
Neiphiu Rio
8 March 2018 ( 6 years, 263 days)
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
NDA
Rio V
[ 22]
Odisha
Mohan Charan Majhi
12 June 2024 ( 167 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Majhi
[ 23]
Puducherry [ c]
N. Rangaswamy
7 May 2021 ( 3 years, 203 days)
All India N.R. Congress
Rangaswamy IV
[ 24]
Punjab
Bhagwant Mann
16 March 2022 ( 2 years, 255 days)
Aam Aadmi Party
INDIA
Mann
[ 25]
Rajasthan
Bhajan Lal Sharma
15 December 2023 ( 347 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party
NDA
Sharma
[ 26]
Sikkim
Prem Singh Tamang
27 May 2019 ( 5 years, 183 days)
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Tamang II
[ 27]
Tamil Nadu
M. K. Stalin
7 May 2021 ( 3 years, 203 days)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
INDIA
Stalin
[ 28]
Telangana
Anumula Revanth Reddy
7 December 2023 ( 355 days)
Indian National Congress
Reddy
Tripura
Manik Saha
15 May 2022 ( 2 years, 195 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party
NDA
Saha II
[ 29]
Uttar Pradesh
Yogi Adityanath
19 March 2017 ( 7 years, 252 days)
Yogi Adityanath II
[ 30]
Uttarakhand
Pushkar Singh Dhami
4 July 2021 ( 3 years, 145 days)
Dhami II
[ 31]
West Bengal
Mamata Banerjee
20 May 2011 ( 13 years, 190 days)
Trinamool Congress
INDIA
Banerjee III
[ 32]
^ A term is defined as a continuous period between taking office and resignation of a particular chief minister.
^ Only the chief minister's party is indicated. He/she may head a complex coalition of several parties and independents; those parties are not listed here.
^ a b c Although Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry each have an elected legislature and a council of ministers (headed by the chief minister), they are officially classified as union territories .
^ Durga Das Basu (2011). Introduction to the Constitution of India (20 ed.). Nagpur, India: LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa. pp. 241, 245. ISBN 978-8-180-38559-9 .
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^ "Chandrababu Naidu To Take Oath As Andhra Chief Minister On June 12, PM Modi To Attend" . NDTV . 11 June 2024. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024 .
^ "Pema Khandu sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh CM" . The Hindu . 29 May 2019. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ "list of Minister took oath on 13th June 2024 with CM Pema Khandu" . Indian express . 13 June 2024.
^ "Himanta Biswa Sarma Swearing-in: JP Nadda to Attend Oath-Taking Ceremony" . News18 . 10 May 2021. Archived from the original on 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021 .
^ "Vishnu Deo Sai, his two deputies take oath in Chhattisgarh" . The Hindu . 13 December 2023. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ "As it happened: Arvind Kejriwal sworn in as Delhi CM for the 3rd time" . The Hindu . 16 February 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ Shetye, Murari (19 March 2019). "Goa speaker Pramod Sawant succeeds Parrikar as CM" . The Times of India . Archived from the original on 19 March 2019. Retrieved 13 March 2022 .
^ "Bhupendra Patel to be sworn in as Gujarat Chief Minister on December 12" . The Hindu . 10 December 2022. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ "Nayab Saini sworn in as Haryana CM" . The Hindu . 12 March 2024. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ "Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu to be next Himachal CM, Mukesh Agnihotiri his deputy" . India Today . 10 December 2022. Archived from the original on 10 December 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2022 .
^ "Omar Abdullah to become new Jammu and Kashmir CM" . www.india.com . Retrieved 8 October 2024 .
^ "Siddaramaiah sworn in as Karnataka CM" . The Hindu . 20 May 2023. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ "Pinarayi Vijayan sworn in as Kerala Chief Minister for the second time" . The Hindu . 20 May 2021. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ "Mohan Yadav sworn in as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh" . The Hindu . 13 December 2023. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ "Shinde new Maharashtra CM, Fadnavis deputy in last-minute twist in script" . The Indian Express . 1 July 2022. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022 .
^ "Biren Singh sworn in as Chief Minister of Manipur" . The Hindu . 21 March 2022. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ "Conrad Sangma takes oath as Meghalaya CM for second term, Cabinet sworn in" . The Hindu . 7 March 2023. Archived from the original on 15 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ "Zoram People's Movement leader Lalduhoma sworn in as Mizoram CM" . The Hindu . 8 December 2023. Archived from the original on 9 December 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023 .
^ "Neiphiu Rio takes oath as Nagaland CM for fifth term" . The Hindu . 7 March 2023. Archived from the original on 4 October 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ "Mohan Majhi, Odisha new CM, is firebrand tribal leader who threw dal at Speaker podium" . India Today . 11 June 2024. Archived from the original on 11 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024 .
^ Stalin, J Sam Daniel; Ghosh, Deepshikha (22 February 2021). "Congress Loses Power In Puducherry, V Narayanasamy Resigns, Blames BJP" . NDTV . Archived from the original on 4 April 2021. Retrieved 22 February 2021 .
^ "AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister" . The Hindu . 16 March 2022. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ "Who is Bajan Lal Sharma, Rajasthan's new CM" . The Hindu . 17 December 2023. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ "P.S. Tamang sworn in as Sikkim Chief Minister" . The Hindu . 27 May 2019. Archived from the original on 8 October 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ "MK Stalin sworn in as new Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu; here is the list of other top ministers" . The Economic Times . 7 May 2021. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022 .
^ "Biplab Kumar Deb sworn in as Tripura CM" . The Hindu . 18 December 2018. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ "Yogi Adityanath takes oath as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister" . The Hindu . 19 March 2017. Archived from the original on 13 June 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .
^ "Pushkar Singh Dhami takes oath as eleventh chief minister of Uttarakhand" . Hindustan Times . 4 July 2021. Archived from the original on 29 November 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2021 .
^ "Mamata, 37 Ministers sworn in" . The Hindu . 4 February 2014. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024 .