List of chief ministers of Rajasthan

Chief ministers of Rajasthan

Chief Minister of Rajasthan

राजस्थान के मुख्यमंत्री

Incumbent
Bhajan Lal Sharma

since 15 December 2023

Government of Rajasthan
Style| The Honourable (Formal)
Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Status| Head of Government
Abbreviation| CM
Member of|

* Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
* Rajasthan Council of Ministers

Reports to|

* Governor of Rajasthan
* Rajasthan Legislative Assembly

Seat| Secretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Appointer| Governor of Rajasthan by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Term length| 5 years
Chief minister's term is for five years, provided the confidence of legislative assembly and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Inaugural holder| Heera Lal Shastri
Formation| 26 January 1950
(75 years ago) (1950-01-26)
Deputy| Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan
Salary|

* ₹175,000 (US$2,000)/monthly
* ₹2,100,000 (US$24,000)/annually

Website| CMO Rajasthan

The chief minister of Rajasthan is the chief executive of the Indian state of Rajasthan. 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 Rajasthan 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]

At the time of India's independence in 1947, the region known as Rajputana included various princely states[a] and the province of Ajmer-Merwara. Over time, these areas were gradually integrated to form the modern Indian state of Rajasthan. The integration occurred in seven stages, from March 1948 to November 1956.[2] On 18 March 1948, the states of Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur, and Karauli merged their territories to form the Matsya Union, with Shobha Ram becoming its prime minister.[3] Shortly after, on 25 March 1948, the Rajasthan Union was formed by the states of Bundi, Kota, Jhalawar, Dungarpur, Banswara, Pratapgarh, Kishangarh, Tonk, Shahpura and the chiefship of Lawa, with Gokul Lal Asava serving as its first prime minister.[4] On 18 April 1948, Udaipur State joined the Union, and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated the newly named United State of Rajasthan, with Manikya Lal Verma becoming its prime minister.[5] Later, on 30 March 1949, the states of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, and Jaisalmer merged into the union, which was then renamed the United State of Greater Rajasthan. Hiralal Shastri became the prime minister on 7 April 1949. On 15 May 1949, the Matsya Union joined the United State of Greater Rajasthan.[6]

From 26 January 1950, the state officially came to be known as Rajasthan, with Shashtri continuing as its first chief minister.[7] On 3 March 1952, following the first legislative assembly election, Tika Ram Paliwal of the Indian National Congress became the first elected chief minister of the state.[8] Since 1949, three people have served as Prime Minister and fourteen people have served as chief minister of Rajasthan. Mohan Lal Sukhadia of the Congress party is the longest-serving chief minister, having been sworn in four times and serving for over sixteen years. Vasundhara Raje Scindia of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the only female to have held this position.[9] Since 1998, no chief minister or political party has retained power after completing one term, a trend that continued in the recent elections.[10] After a landslide victory with 115 seats in the 2023 assembly elections, Bhajan Lal Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party succeeded Ashok Gehlot of the Indian National Congress.[11][12]

## List

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### Chief minister of Matsya Union (1948–1949)

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See also: Matsya Union

#  | Portrait  | Name  | Term of office  | Election
(Term) | Appointed by  | Party

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1  |  | Shobha Ram Kumawat | 18 March
1948  | 15 May
1949  | 1 year, 58 days  | –  | Udai Bhan Singh
(Rajpramukh) | Indian National Congress |

### Chief ministers of Rajasthan (1948–1950)

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#  | Portrait  | Name  | Term of office  | Election
(Term) | Appointed by  | Party

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1  |

| Gokul Lal Asawa | 25 March
1948  | 18 April
1948  | 24 days  | –  | Bhim Singh II
(Rajpramukh) | Indian National Congress |
2  |  | Manikya Lal Verma | 18 April
1948  | 7 April
1949  | 354 days  | –  | Bhupal Singh
(Rajpramukh)
3  |  | Hiralal Shastri | 7 April
1949  | 26 January
1950  | 294 days  | –  | Man Singh II
(Rajpramukh)

### Chief ministers of Rajasthan (1950 to present)

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Note: † Died in office

No  | Portrait  | Name  | Constituency | Tenure  | Assembly

(election)

| Party[b]

|
|
|
|
|
|

1  |  | Heera Lal Shastri | –  | 26 January 1950  | 6 January 1951  | 345 days  | –  | Indian National Congress |
2  |  | C. S. Venkatachar | –  | 6 January 1951  | 26 April 1951  | 110 days  | –
3  |  | Jai Narayan Vyas | –  | 26 April 1951  | 3 March 1952  | 312 days  | –
4  |  | Tika Ram Paliwal | Mahuwa | 3 March 1952  | 1 November 1952  | 243 days  | 1st

(1952 election)

(3)  |  | Jai Narayan Vyas | Kishangarh | 1 November 1952  | 13 November 1954  | 2 years, 12 days
5  |  | Mohan Lal Sukhadia | Udaipur | 13 November 1954  | 11 April 1957  | 12 years, 120 days
11 April 1957  | 11 March 1962  | 2nd

(1957 election)

12 March 1962  | 13 March 1967  | 3rd

(1962 election)

–  |  | Vacant[c]

(President's rule)

| –  | 13 March 1967  | 26 April 1967  | 44 days  | –
(5)  |  | Mohan Lal Sukhadia | Udaipur | 26 April 1967  | 9 July 1971  | 4 years, 74 days  | 4th

(1967 election)

| Indian National Congress |
6  |  | Barkatullah Khan | Tijara | 9 July 1971  | 11 October 1973[†] | 2 years, 94 days
5th

(1972 election)

7  |  | Hari Dev Joshi | Banswara | 11 October 1973  | 29 April 1977  | 3 years, 200 days
–  |  | Vacant[c]

(President's rule)

| –  | 29 April 1977  | 22 June 1977  | 54 days  | –
8  |  | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Chhabra | 22 June 1977  | 16 February 1980  | 2 years, 239 days  | 6th

(1977 election)

| Janata Party |
–  |  | Vacant[c]

(President's rule)

| –  | 16 February 1980  | 6 June 1980  | 111 days  | –
9  |  | Jagannath Pahadia | Weir | 6 June 1980  | 14 July 1981  | 1 year, 38 days  | 7th

(1980 election)

| Indian National Congress |
10  |  | Shiv Charan Mathur | Mandalgarh | 14 July 1981  | 23 February 1985  | 3 years, 224 days
11  |  | Hira Lal Devpura | Kumbhalgarh | 23 February 1985  | 10 March 1985  | 15 days
(7)  |  | Hari Dev Joshi | Banswara | 10 March 1985  | 20 January 1988  | 2 years, 316 days  | 8th

(1985 election)

(10)  |  | Shiv Charan Mathur | Mandalgarh | 20 January 1988  | 4 December 1989  | 1 year, 318 days
(7)  |  | Hari Dev Joshi | Banswara | 4 December 1989  | 4 March 1990  | 90 days
(8)  |  | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Chhabra | 4 March 1990  | 15 December 1992  | 2 years, 286 days  | 9th

(1990 election)

| Bharatiya Janata Party |
–  |  | Vacant[c]

(President's rule)

| –  | 15 December 1992  | 4 December 1993  | 354 days  | –
(8)  |  | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Bali | 4 December 1993  | 1 December 1998  | 4 years, 362 days  | 10th

(1993 election)

| Bharatiya Janata Party |
12  |  | Ashok Gehlot | Sardarpura | 1 December 1998  | 8 December 2003  | 5 years, 7 days  | 11th

(1998 election)

| Indian National Congress |
13  |  | Vasundhara Raje | Jhalrapatan | 8 December 2003  | 12 December 2008  | 5 years, 4 days  | 12th

(2003 election)

| Bharatiya Janata Party |
(12)  |  | Ashok Gehlot | Sardarpura | 12 December 2008  | 13 December 2013  | 5 years, 1 day  | 13th

(2008 election)

| Indian National Congress |
(13)  |  | Vasundhara Raje | Jhalrapatan | 13 December 2013  | 17 December 2018  | 5 years, 4 days  | 14th

(2013 election)

| Bharatiya Janata Party |
(12)  |  | Ashok Gehlot | Sardarpura | 17 December 2018  | 15 December 2023  | 4 years, 363 days  | 15th

(2018 election)

| Indian National Congress |
14  |  | Bhajan Lal Sharma | Sanganer | 15 December 2023  | Incumbent  | 1 year, 63 days  | 16th

(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 (25.15%)

Indian National Congress (69.25%)

Janata Party (3.54%)

President's Rule (2.06%)

#  | Chief Minister  | Party  | Term of office

|
|
|

Longest continuous term  | Total duration of chief ministership
1  | Mohan Lal Sukhadia |  | INC | 12 years, 120 days  | 16 years, 194 days
2  | Ashok Gehlot |  | INC | 5 years, 7 days  | 15 years, 6 days
3  | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat |  | BJP/JP | 4 years, 362 days  | 10 years, 157 days
4  | Vasundhara Raje |  | BJP | 5 years, 4 days  | 10 years, 8 days
5  | Hari Dev Joshi |  | INC | 3 years, 200 days  | 6 years, 241 days
6  | Shiv Charan Mathur |  | INC | 3 years, 224 days  | 5 years, 177 days
7  | Jai Narayan Vyas |  | INC | 2 years, 12 days  | 2 years, 324 days
8  | Barkatullah Khan |  | INC | 2 years, 94 days  | 2 years, 94 days
9  | Jagannath Pahadia |  | INC | 1 year, 38 days  | 1 year, 38 days
10  | Bhajan Lal Sharma |  | BJP*  | 1 year, 63 days | 1 year, 63 days
11  | Heera Lal Shastri |  | INC | 345 days  | 345 days
12  | Tika Ram Paliwal |  | INC | 243 days  | 243 days
13  | C. S. Venkatachar |  | INC | 110 days  | 110 days
14  | Hira Lal Devpura |  | INC | 15 days  | 15 days

## Timeline

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## See also

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* List of districts of Rajasthan
* List of governors of Rajasthan
* List of deputy chief ministers of Rajasthan
* List of institutions of higher education in Rajasthan

## Notes

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1. ^ The princely states included Udaipur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Kota, Bundi, Tonk, Jhalawar, Kishangarh, Alwar, Bharatpur, Sirohi, Dholpur, Karauli, Dungarpur, Banswara, Pratapgarh-Deoliya and Shahpura.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ a b c d 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.[13]

## References

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1. ^ a b Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies to the specific case of Rajasthan as well.
2. ^ Hooja 2006, pp. 1130.
3. ^ Hooja 2006, pp. 1134–1135.
4. ^ Hooja 2006, pp. 1135.
5. ^ Hooja 2006, pp. 1136.
6. ^ Hooja 2006, pp. 1138.
7. ^ Hooja 2006, pp. 1139.
8. ^ Hooja 2006, pp. 1144.
9. ^ "Former Chief Minister". Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
10. ^ Anand, Akriti (24 November 2023). "BJP Vs Congress in Rajasthan Poll: Why govt has been changing every 5 years". mint. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
11. ^ "Ashok Gehlot Resigns As Rajasthan Chief Minister As BJP Thumps Congress In Assembly Polls". English Jagran. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
12. ^ "Who is Bhajan Lal Sharma, the new chief minister of Rajasthan". The Times of India. 12 December 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
13. ^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

### Bibliography

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* Hooja, Rima (2006). A History of Rajasthan. New Delhi: Rupa & Company. ISBN 9788129108906. OCLC 80362053.

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