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]
As of April 2024[update], the office of the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir is vacant with no new elections ever since the former state's autonomy was revoked. Of the thirty incumbents, only one is a woman — Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal. Serving since 5 March 2000 (for 24 years, 56 days), Odisha's Naveen Patnaik has the longest incumbency. Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan (aged 78) is the oldest Chief Minister, while Arunachal Pradesh's Pema Khandu (aged 44) is the youngest Chief Minister.[2] Nitish Kumar of Bihar has served for the most terms (9).[3] Twelve 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
State | Name[4] | Portrait | Took office (tenure length) | Party[a] | Alliance | Ministry | Ref |
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Andhra Pradesh | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | | 30 May 2019 (4 years, 336 days) | YSR Congress Party | | None | | Reddy | [5] |
Arunachal Pradesh | Pema Khandu | | 17 July 2016 (7 years, 288 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | | NDA | | Khandu IV | [6] |
Assam | Himanta Biswa Sarma | | 10 May 2021 (2 years, 356 days) | Sarma | [7] |
Bihar | Nitish Kumar | | 22 February 2015 (9 years, 68 days) | Janata Dal (United) | | Nitish Kumar IX | [3] |
Chhattisgarh | Vishnudeo Sai | | 13 December 2023 (139 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Sai | [8] |
Delhi[b] | Arvind Kejriwal | | 14 February 2015 (9 years, 76 days) | Aam Aadmi Party | | INDIA | | Kejriwal III | [9] |
Goa | Pramod Sawant | | 19 March 2019 (5 years, 42 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | | NDA | | Sawant II | [10] |
Gujarat | Bhupendrabhai Patel | | 13 September 2021 (2 years, 230 days) | Patel II | [11] |
Haryana | Nayab Singh Saini | | 12 March 2024 (49 days) | Saini | [12] |
Himachal Pradesh | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | | 11 December 2022 (1 year, 141 days) | Indian National Congress | | INDIA | | Sukhu | [13] |
Jammu and Kashmir[b] | Vacant (President rule) | | 19 June 2018 (5 years, 316 days) | N/A | | N/A | | N/A | [14] |
Jharkhand | Champai Soren | | 2 February 2024 (88 days) | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | | INDIA | | Champai | [15] |
Karnataka | Siddaramaiah | | 20 May 2023 (346 days) | Indian National Congress | | Siddaramaiah II | [16] |
Kerala | Pinarayi Vijayan | | 25 May 2016 (7 years, 341 days) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | | Vijayan II | [17] |
Madhya Pradesh | Mohan Yadav | | 13 December 2023 (139 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | | NDA | | Yadav | [18] |
Maharashtra | Eknath Shinde | | 30 June 2022 (1 year, 305 days) | Shiv Sena | | Shinde | [19] |
Manipur | N. Biren Singh | | 15 March 2017 (7 years, 46 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | | Singh II | [20] |
Meghalaya | Conrad Sangma | | 6 March 2018 (6 years, 55 days) | National People's Party | | Sangma II | [21] |
Mizoram | Lalduhoma | | 8 December 2023 (144 days) | Zoram People's Movement | | None | | Lalduhoma | [22] |
Nagaland | Neiphiu Rio | | 8 March 2018 (6 years, 53 days) | Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party | | NDA | | Rio V | [23] |
Odisha | Naveen Patnaik | | 5 March 2000 (24 years, 56 days) | Biju Janata Dal | | None | | Patnaik V | [24] |
Puducherry[b] | N. Rangaswamy | | 7 May 2021 (2 years, 359 days) | All India N.R. Congress | | NDA | | Rangaswamy IV | [25] |
Punjab | Bhagwant Singh Mann | | 16 March 2022 (2 years, 45 days) | Aam Aadmi Party | | INDIA | | Mann | [26] |
Rajasthan | Bhajan Lal Sharma | | 15 December 2023 (137 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | | NDA | | Sharma | [27] |
Sikkim | Prem Singh Tamang | | 27 May 2019 (4 years, 339 days) | Sikkim Krantikari Morcha | | Tamang | [28] |
Tamil Nadu | M. K. Stalin | | 7 May 2021 (2 years, 359 days) | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | | INDIA | | Stalin | [29] |
Telangana | Revanth Reddy | | 7 December 2023 (145 days) | Indian National Congress | | Reddy | |
Tripura | Manik Saha | | 15 May 2022 (1 year, 351 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | | NDA | | Saha II | [30] |
Uttar Pradesh | Yogi Adityanath | | 19 March 2017 (7 years, 42 days) | Adityanath II | [31] |
Uttarakhand | Pushkar Singh Dhami | | 4 July 2021 (2 years, 301 days) | Dhami II | [32] |
West Bengal | Mamata Banerjee | | 20 May 2011 (12 years, 346 days) | All India Trinamool Congress | | INDIA | | Banerjee III | [33] |
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