List of chief ministers of Chhattisgarh

Head of the government of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh

Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh

Incumbent
Vishnu Deo Sai

since 13 December 2023

Government of Chhattisgarh
Style| The Honourable (Formal)
Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (Informal)
Type| Head of Government
Status| Leader of the Executive
Abbreviation| CM
Member of|

* Cabinet
* Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

Reports to|

* Governor of Chhattisgarh
* Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly

Residence| B-3, C.M. House, Civil Lines, Raipur[1]
Seat| Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur
Nominator| Members of the Government of Chhattisgarh in Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Appointer| Governor of Chhattisgarh by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly
Term length| At the confidence of the assembly
Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[2]
Inaugural holder| Ajit Jogi
Formation| 1 November 2000
(24 years ago) (2000-11-01)
Deputy| Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh
Salary|

* ₹230,000 (US$2,700)/monthly
* ₹2,760,000 (US$32,000)/annually

Website| Official website

The chief minister of Chhattisgarh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the legislative assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[2]

Four people have served as the state's chief minister since Chhattisgarh's formation on 1 November 2000 as a result of the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000.[3] The first was Ajit Jogi of the Indian National Congress. He was succeeded in 2003 by Raman Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) who served three consecutive five-year terms. The third person to serve in the office was Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel ,who served from 2018 to 2023. He was succeeded by Vishnu Deo Sai of the BJP, the current incumbent.

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The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 merged the states of Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, and Bhopal were merged into Madhya Pradesh and the Marathi-speaking southern region Vidarbha, which included Nagpur, was ceded to Bombay. In November 2000, as part of the Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act the southeastern portion of the state was split off to form the new state of Chhattisgarh.

No  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency | Tenure  | Assembly
(election) | Party[a]

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1  |  | Ajit Jogi | Marwahi | 1 November 2000  | 7 December 2003  | 3 years, 34 days  | 1st/Interim[b]
(1998 election) | Indian National Congress |
2  |  | Raman Singh | Dongargaon | 7 December 2003  | 11 December 2008  | 15 years, 10 days  | 2nd
(2003 election) | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Rajnandgaon | 12 December 2008  | 11 December 2013  | 3rd
(2008 election)
12 December 2013  | 17 December 2018  | 4th
(2013 election)
3  |  | Bhupesh Baghel | Patan | 17 December 2018  | 13 December 2023  | 4 years, 361 days  | 5th
(2018 election) | Indian National Congress |
4  |  | Vishnu Deo Sai | Kunkuri | 13 December 2023  | Incumbent | 1 year, 65 days  | 6th
(2023 election) | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Statistics

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Fraction of time of holding CMO by party (as of December 2024)

Bharatiya Janata Party (66.55%)

Indian National Congress (33.45%)

#  | Chief Minister  | Party  | Term of office

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Longest continuous term  | Total duration of chief ministership
1  | Raman Singh |  | BJP | 15 years, 10 days  | 15 years, 10 days
2  | Bhupesh Baghel |  | INC | 4 years, 361 days  | 4 years, 361 days
3  | Ajit Jogi |  | INC | 3 years, 34 days  | 3 years, 34 days
4  | Vishnu Deo Sai |  | BJP*  | 1 year, 65 days | 1 year, 65 days

## Time period

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## Notes

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1. ^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
2. ^ The first Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh was constituted by the MLAs elected in the 1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Chhattisgarh.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "Cabinet". Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
2. ^ a b Durga Das Basu (1960). Introduction to the Constitution of India. Nagpur: LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa. pp. 241, 245. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9.
3. ^ Venkatesan, V. (1 September 2000). "Chhattisgarh: quite arrival". Frontline. Vol. 17, no. 17\. Raipur. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019.
4. ^ "The Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2000" (PDF). 2000. p. 6\. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.

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State of Chhattisgarh

Capital: Raipur (Current) Nava Raipur (Future)

State Symbols|

* Emblem: Emblem of Chhattisgarh
* Anthem: Arpa Pairi Ke Dhar
* Animal: Wild water buffalo
* Bird: Common hill myna
* Fish: Walking catfish
* Flower: Marigold
* Tree: Sal tree
* Fruit: Jackfruit

History|

* Jogimara and Sitabenga Caves
* Dakshina Kosala
* Panduvanshi dynasty
* Chindaka Nagavanshi dynasty
* Kalachuri dynasty (Ratnapura \- Raipur)
* Bastar Kingdom
* Nagpur Kingdom (Maratha invasion)
* Chhattisgarh Division
* Sonakhan rebellion
* Bhumkal rebellion
* Formation of Chhattisgarh state
* Naxal insurgency

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* Bailadila Range
* Maikal Hills
* Teerathgarh Falls
* Chitrakote Falls
* Upper Mahanadi basin

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