List of chief ministers of Jharkhand

Leader of the Executive of the Government of Jharkhand

Chief Minister of Jharkhand

Emblem of Jharkhand

Incumbent
Hemant Soren

since 4 July 2024 (2024-07-04)

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

* Cabinet
* Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

Reports to|

* Governor of Jharkhand
* Jharkhand Legislative Assembly

Residence| Jinx, Kanke Road, Ranchi
Seat| Chief Minister Secretariat (CMO), Ranchi, Jharkhand
Nominator| Members of the Government of Jharkhand in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Appointer| Governor of Jharkhand by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Term length| At the confidence of the assembly
Chief minister's term is for 5 years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Inaugural holder| Babulal Marandi
Formation| 15 November 2000
(24 years ago) (2000-11-15)
Deputy| Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand
Salary|

* ₹272,000 (US$3,100)/monthly
* ₹3,000,000 (US$35,000)/annually

Website| cm.jharkhand.gov.in

The chief minister of Jharkhand is the chief executive of the Indian state of Jharkhand. 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.[1]

Seven people have served as the state's chief minister since Jharkhand's formation on 15 November 2000.[2] Half of them, including the inaugural officeholder Babulal Marandi and Arjun Munda, represented the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Hemant Soren, from the JMM, is the longest-serving chief minister. Three chief ministers, Shibu Soren, his son Hemant Soren, and Champai Soren, represented the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). Shibu Soren's first term ended in just ten days, as he could not prove that he had the support of a majority of the house and was forced to resign. The state has also been governed by Madhu Koda, one of the few independents to become the chief minister of any state.[3] In between their reigns, the state has also been under President's rule three times. Raghubar Das, of the BJP, was the first non-tribal and first chief minister to complete a full term in the state. Hemant Soren of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is the incumbent chief minister.

## Chief ministers

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#  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency | Term  | Assembly

(election)

| Ministry  | Party[a]

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1  |  | Babulal Marandi | Ramgarh | 15 November 2000  | 18 March 2003  | 2 years, 123 days  | 1st[b]

(2000 election)

| Marandi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
2  |  | Arjun Munda | Kharsawan | 18 March 2003  | 2 March 2005  | 1 year, 349 days  | Munda I
3  |  | Shibu Soren | did not contest | 2 March 2005  | 12 March 2005  | 10 days  | 2nd

(2005 election)

| Shibu I | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
(2)  |  | Arjun Munda | Kharsawan | 12 March 2005  | 18 September 2006  | 1 year, 190 days  | Munda II | Bharatiya Janata Party |
4  |  | Madhu Koda | Jaganathpur | 18 September 2006  | 27 August 2008  | 1 year, 343 days  | Koda | Independent |
(3)  |  | Shibu Soren | did not contest[4] | 27 August 2008  | 19 January 2009  | 145 days  | Shibu II | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
–  |  | Vacant[c]

(President's rule)

| N/A  | 19 January 2009  | 30 December 2009  | 345 days  |  |  | N/A  |
(3)  |  | Shibu Soren | Jamtara | 30 December 2009  | 1 June 2010  | 153 days  | 3rd

(2009 election)

| Shibu III | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
–  |  | Vacant[c]

(President's rule)

| N/A  | 1 June 2010  | 11 September 2010  | 102 days  |  | N/A  |
(2)  |  | Arjun Munda | Kharsawan | 11 September 2010  | 18 January 2013  | 2 years, 129 days  | Munda III | Bharatiya Janata Party |
–  |  | Vacant[c]

(President's rule)

| N/A  | 18 January 2013  | 13 July 2013  | 176 days  |  | N/A  |
5  |  | Hemant Soren | Dumka | 13 July 2013  | 28 December 2014  | 1 year, 168 days  | Hemant I | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
6  |  | Raghubar Das | Jamshedpur East | 28 December 2014  | 29 December 2019  | 5 years, 1 day  | 4th

(2014 election)

| Das | Bharatiya Janata Party |
(5)  |  | Hemant Soren | Barhait | 29 December 2019  | 2 February
2024  | 4 years, 35 days  | 5th

(2019 election)

| Hemant II | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
7  |  | Champai Soren | Seraikella | 2 February
2024  | 4 July
2024  | 153 days  | Champai
(5)  |  | Hemant Soren | Barhait | 4 July
2024  | 28 November
2024  | 234 days  | Hemant III
28 November
2024  | Incumbent | 6th

(2024 election)

| Hemant IV

## Statistics

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

Bharatiya Janata Party (54.63%)

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (30.24%)

Independent (8.05%)

President's Rule (7.08%)

#  | Chief Minister  | Party  | Term of office

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Longest continuous term  | Total duration of chief ministership
1  | Hemant Soren*  |  | JMM*  | 4 years, 35 days*  | 6 years, 72 days*
2  | Arjun Munda |  | BJP | 2 years, 129 days  | 5 years, 307 days
3  | Raghubar Das |  | BJP | 5 years, 1 day  | 5 years, 1 day
4  | Babulal Marandi |  | BJP | 2 years, 123 days  | 2 years, 123 days
5  | Madhu Koda |  | IND | 1 year, 343 days  | 1 year, 343 days
6  | Shibu Soren |  | JMM | 153 days  | 308 days
7  | Champai Soren |  | JMM | 153 days  | 153 days

## Timeline

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## Notes

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1. ^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
2. ^ The first Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand was constituted by the MLAs elected in the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Jharkhand.[2]
3. ^ a b c President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b Basu, Durga Das (1960). Introduction to the Constitution of India (20 ed.). Nagpur: LexisNexis Butterworths, Wadhwa. pp. 241, 245. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9.. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Jharkhand as well.
2. ^ a b Chaudhuri, Kalyan (1 September 2000). "Jharkhand, at last". Frontline. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
3. ^ Ramanujam, P.V. (14 September 2006). "Madhu Koda to be next Jharkhand CM". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
4. ^ Shibu Soren lost the Tamar assembly by-election to Gopal Krishna Patar of the Jharkhand Party.
5. ^ Diwanji, Amberish K. (15 March 2005). "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

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* Longest-serving chief ministers
* Female chief ministers
* From the Bharatiya Janata Party
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* From the Indian National Congress

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