List of prime ministers of India

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The [[prime minister of India]] is the chief executive of the [[Government of India]] and chair of the [[Union Council of Ministers]].<ref name="pillay-cri-pm-1">{{citation|last=Pillay|first=Anashri|editor1-last=Masterman|editor1-first=Roger|editor2-last=Schütze|editor2-first=Robert|isbn=978-1-107-16781-0|lccn=2019019723|doi=10.1017/9781316716731|chapter=The Constitution of the Republic of India|title=Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019|pages=146–147|s2cid=219881288}}</ref><ref name="dam-1">{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=The Prime Minister is the head of government.}}</ref> Although the [[president of India]] is the constitutional, nominal, and ceremonial head of state,<ref name="pillay-cri-pm-1" /><ref name="majeed-roi-1">{{citation|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|chapter=Republic of India|pages=180–207, 185|title=Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries|series=A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I|editor1-last=Kincaid|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Tarr|editor2-first=G. Alan|location=Montreal & Kingston|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies|year=2005|isbn=0-7735-2849-0|quote=...The president is the constitutional head. (p. 185)}}</ref><ref name="dam-2">{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=The President is the head of the Union of India}}</ref><ref name="nsingh-india">{{citation|last=Singh|first=Nirvikar|chapter=Holding India Together: The Role of Institutions of Federalism|editor1-last=Mishra|editor1-first=Ajit|editor2-last=Ray|editor2-first=Tridip|pages=300–323, 306|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2018|isbn=978-0-19-881255-5|title=Markets, Governance, and Institutions: In the Process of Economic Development}}</ref> in practice and ordinarily, the executive authority is vested in the prime minister and their chosen Council of Ministers.<ref name="majeed-roi-2">{{citation|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|chapter=Republic of India|pages=180–207, 185|title=Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries|series=A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I|editor1-last=Kincaid|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Tarr|editor2-first=G. Alan|location=Montreal & Kingston|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies|year=2005|isbn=0-7735-2849-0|quote=...the executive authority is vested in the prime minister and in their Council of Ministers. (p. 185)}}</ref><ref name="dam-3">{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=Executive power, ordinarily, is exercised by Prime Minister.}}</ref><ref name="nsingh-india" /> The prime minister is the leader elected by the party with a majority in the lower house of the [[Parliament of India|Indian parliament]], the [[Lok Sabha]], which is the main legislative body in the [[India|Republic of India]].<ref name="pillay-cri-pm-1" /> The prime minister and their cabinet are at all times responsible to the Lok Sabha.<ref name="dam-4">{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=Along with his or her cabinet, the Prime Minister is responsible to the Lower House of Parliament.}}</ref><ref name="majeed-roi-3">{{citation|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|chapter=Republic of India|pages=180–207, 185|title=Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries|series=A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I|editor1-last=Kincaid|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Tarr|editor2-first=G. Alan|location=Montreal & Kingston|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies|year=2005|isbn=0-7735-2849-0|quote=...Both for the Union and the states, a "cabinet-type" system of parliamentary government has been instituted in which the executive is continuously responsible to the legislature. (p. 185)}}</ref> The prime minister can be a member of the Lok Sabha or of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the parliament. The prime minister ranks third in the [[Indian order of precedence|order of precedence]].

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The prime minister is appointed by the president of India; however, the prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of the majority of Lok Sabha members, who are [[Direct election|directly elected]] [[Elections in India#Parliamentary general elections (Lok Sabha)|every five years]], unless a prime minister resigns. The prime minister is the presiding member of the Council of Ministers of the Union government. The prime minister unilaterally controls the selection and dismissal of members of the council; and allocation of posts to members within the government. This council, which is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha as per [[s:Constitution of India/Part V|Article 75(3)]], assists the president regarding the operations under the latter's powers; however, by the virtue of [[s:Constitution of India/Part V|Article 74]] of the [[Constitution of India|Constitution]], such '[[Advice (constitutional law)|aid and advice]]' tendered by the council is [[wikt:binding#Adjective|binding]].

India has had 14 prime ministers.{{efn|15 including [[Gulzarilal Nanda]] who twice acted in the role, of which 7 having at least one full term, ruling the country for about 70 years.}} [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] was India's first prime minister. Beginning from 1946, Nehru secured a major victory in [[1946 Indian Constituent Assembly election]] and served as prime minister of the [[Interim Government of India]] during the [[British Raj]] from 2 September 1946 until 14 August 1947. Earlier, his party Indian National Congress, won the [[1946 Indian provincial elections]]. He served as the prime minister of the [[Dominion of India]] from 15 August 1947 until 26 January 1950, and thereafter of the Republic of India until his death in May 1964. Nehru was succeeded by [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], whose 1 year 7-month term ended in his death in [[Tashkent]], then in the [[USSR]], where he had signed the [[Tashkent Declaration]] between India and Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19950115-book-review-lal-bahadur-shastri-prime-minister-of-india-1964-66-a-life-of-truth-in-politics-806851-1995-01-15|title=Book review: Lal Bahadur Shastri Prime Minister of India 1964-66: A Life of Truth in Politics|last=Malhotra|first=Inder|work=India Today|date=15 January 1995|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref> [[Indira Gandhi]], Nehru's daughter, succeeded Shastri in 1966 to become the country's first female prime minister.<ref name="indira">{{cite news|url=https://www.theweek.in/content/archival/news/india/1966-indira-gandhi.html|title=Today in 1966: Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister|last=Vijaykumar|first=Neeti|work=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]]|date=19 January 2017|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216132208/http://www.theweek.in/content/archival/news/india/1966-indira-gandhi.html|archive-date=16 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Eleven years later, her party, the [[Indian National Congress]], lost the [[1977 Indian general election]] to the [[Janata Party]], whose leader [[Morarji Desai]] became the first non-Congress prime minister.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/slide-show-1-ls-election-before-modi-there-was-morarjibhai/20140407.htm|title=Before Modi, there was Morarjibhai|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=7 April 2014|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330222007/http://www.rediff.com/news/report/slide-show-1-ls-election-before-modi-there-was-morarjibhai/20140407.htm|archive-date=30 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> After Desai resigned in 1979, his former associate [[Charan Singh]] briefly held office until the Congress won the [[1980 Indian general election]] and Indira Gandhi returned as prime minister.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jd-u-demands-bharat-ratna-to-former-pm-charan-singh/articleshow/50272488.cms|title=JD-U demands Bharat Ratna to former PM Charan Singh|work=[[The Economic Times]]|date=21 December 2015|access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref> Her second term as prime minister ended five years later on 31 October 1984, when she was [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi|assassinated]] by her bodyguards.<ref name="indira" /> Her son [[Rajiv Gandhi]] was sworn in as India's youngest premier. Members of the [[Nehru{{endash}}Gandhi family]] have been prime minister for approximately 38 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-india-next-generation-of-gandhi-dynasty/2011/11/17/gIQA28SdMO_story.html|title=In India, next generation of Gandhi dynasty|last=Denyer|first=Simon|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2 December 2011|access-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228195140/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-india-next-generation-of-gandhi-dynasty/2011/11/17/gIQA28SdMO_story.html|archive-date=28 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

After a general election loss, Rajiv Gandhi's five-year term ended; his former cabinet colleague, [[V. P. Singh]] of the [[Janata Dal]], formed the year-long [[National Front (India)|National Front]] coalition government in 1989. A seven-month interlude under prime minister [[Chandra Shekhar]] followed, after which the Congress party returned to power, forming the government under [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] in June 1991, Rajiv Gandhi having been assassinated earlier that year.<ref name=former>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/03espec1.htm|title=What the former PMs are doing|last=Iype|first=George|work=Rediff.com|date=3 May 2004|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325091259/http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/03espec1.htm|archive-date=25 March 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Rao's five-year term was succeeded by four short-lived governments—[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) for 13 days in 1996, a year each under [[United Front (India, 1996)|United Front]] prime ministers [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] and [[Inder Kumar Gujral]], and Vajpayee again for 13 months in 1998–1999.<ref name=former/> In 1999, Vajpayee's [[National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA) won the general election, the first non-Congress alliance to do so, and he served a full five-year term as prime minister.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/atal-bihari-vajpayee-dies-the-3-time-pm-who-captivated-india-with-his-oratory-1901509|title=Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The 3-Time PM Who Captivated India With His Oratory|last=Ghosh|first=Deepshikha|website=[[NDTV]]|date=16 August 2018|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223151524/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/atal-bihari-vajpayee-dies-the-3-time-pm-who-captivated-india-with-his-oratory-1901509|archive-date=23 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The Congress and its [[United Progressive Alliance]] (UPA) won the general elections in 2004 and 2009, [[Manmohan Singh]] serving as prime minister between 2004 and 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/pm-modi-rahul-gandhi-greet-manmohan-singh-on-his-86th-birthday/317198|title=PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi Greet Manmohan Singh On His 86th Birthday|work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|date=26 September 2018|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928170607/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/pm-modi-rahul-gandhi-greet-manmohan-singh-on-his-86th-birthday/317198|archive-date=28 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The BJP won the [[2014 Indian general election]], and its parliamentary leader [[Narendra Modi]] formed the first non-Congress single-party majority government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thediplomat.com/2014/05/bjp-modi-win-landslide-victory-in-indian-elections/|title=BJP, Modi Win Landslide Victory in Indian Elections|last=Panda|first=Ankit|publisher=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]]|date=16 May 2014|access-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221054315/https://thediplomat.com/2014/05/bjp-modi-win-landslide-victory-in-indian-elections//|archive-date=21 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The BJP went on to win the [[2019 Indian general election]] with a bigger margin, granting a [[Second Modi ministry|second term]] for the incumbent Modi government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/lok-sabha-election-results-2019-election-results-today-counting-of-votes-begins-at-8-am-10-points-2041540|title=Election Results: Total BJP Sweep, India Chooses Modi 2.0, Show Leads - 10 Points|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=21 October 2019|access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref> After the [[2024 Indian general election]], Modi became the prime minister for the [[Third Modi ministry|third consecutive time]], leading a coalition government after the BJP lost its majority.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/lok-sabha-election-2024-results-modi-3-0-or-i-n-d-i-a-shining-counting-today-5808932|title=PM Set For Historic 3rd Term, Calls It "Victory Of Biggest Democracy"|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=5 June 2024|access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thediplomat.com/2024/06/decoding-indias-elections-how-modis-grip-loosened/|title=Decoding India's Elections: How Modi's Grip Loosened |publisher=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]]|date=5 June 2024|access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref> On 10 June 2026, Modi surpassed Jawaharlal Nehru's record of 4,398 days to officially become the longest-serving continuously elected prime minister in India's history.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/modi-surpasses-nehru-as-longest-serving-elected-pm-tracing-the-road-to-4399-days-in-12-charts/articleshow/131627183.cms|title=Modi surpasses Nehru as longest-serving elected PM: Tracing the road to 4,399 days|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=10 June 2026|access-date=11 June 2026}}</ref>

== List of Prime Ministers of India ==
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* '''No.:''' Incumbent number
* '''–''' : Acting Prime Minister
* {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office
* {{note label|§|§|§}} Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
* {{note label|RES|RES|RES}} Resigned mid-term
* {{note label|NC|NC|NC}} Resigned following a [[no-confidence motion]]
* {{note label|DIS|DIS|DIS}} Dismissed by the Head of State

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{| class="wikitable sticky-header" width=100%
! colspan="2" width="2%" |No.
! width="5%" |Portrait
! width="16%" |Name {{small|Constituency}} {{small|Age when assumed office}}
! colspan="2" width="14%" |Term of office Electoral mandates Time in office
! width="16%" |Appointer(s) {{small|(Head of State)}}
! width="14%" |Political party of PM
! colspan="2" width="15%" |Government {{small|Ministry & Lok Sabha}}
! width="18%" |Head(s) of State {{small|Concurrent President(s)}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''1'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:Shri Jawaharlal Nehru.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]''' {{small|[[Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency|Phulpur]]}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1889|11|14|1947|8|15}}}}
| {{small|15 August}} 1947
| {{small|27 May}} 1964{{ref label|†|†|†}}
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Lord Mountbatten]] {{small|(1947)}} [[Rajendra Prasad]] {{small|(1952, 1957, 1962)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|[[Indian National Congress]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|Nehru I, II, III, IV}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|1st, 2nd, 3rd}}
| rowspan="1" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|L. Mountbatten]] {{small|(1947–1948)}}
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | [[Constituent Assembly of India|Constituent Assembly]], [[1951–52 Indian general election|1951–52]], [[1957 Indian general election|1957]], [[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
| rowspan="1" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Chakravarti Rajagopalachari|C. Rajagopalachari]] {{small|(1948–1950)}}
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|1947|8|15|1964|5|27}}}}
| rowspan="1" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Rajendra Prasad]] {{small|(1950–1962)}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|First and longest-serving Prime Minister of India. Died in office.<ref name="PMO_Former">{{cite web |title=Former Prime Ministers |url=https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/former-prime-ministers/ |publisher=Prime Minister's Office, Government of India |access-date=11 June 2026}}</ref>}}
| rowspan="14" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan|S. Radhakrishnan]] {{small|(1962–1967)}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''–'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''''[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]''''' {{small|[[Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituency|Sabarkantha]] ''(Acting)''}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1898|7|4|1964|5|27}}}}
| {{small|27 May}} 1964
| {{small|9 June}} 1964
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan|S. Radhakrishnan]] {{small|(1964)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|[[Indian National Congress]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|Nanda I}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|3rd}}
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | —
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|1964|5|27|1964|6|9}}}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|Appointed acting Prime Minister following Nehru's death.<ref name="PMO_Former" />}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''2'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]''' {{small|[[Allahabad Lok Sabha constituency|Allahabad]]}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1904|10|2|1964|6|9}}}}
| {{small|9 June}} 1964
| {{small|11 January}} 1966{{ref label|†|†|†}}
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan|S. Radhakrishnan]] {{small|(1964)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|[[Indian National Congress]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|Shastri}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|3rd}}
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | —
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|1964|6|9|1966|1|11}}}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|Led India during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Died in office in Tashkent.<ref name="PMO_Former" />}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''–'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''''[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]''''' {{small|[[Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituency|Sabarkantha]] ''(Acting)''}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1898|7|4|1966|1|11}}}}
| {{small|11 January}} 1966
| {{small|24 January}} 1966
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan|S. Radhakrishnan]] {{small|(1966)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|[[Indian National Congress]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|Nanda II}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|3rd}}
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | —
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|1966|1|11|1966|1|24}}}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|Appointed acting Prime Minister for a second time following Shastri's death.<ref name="PMO_Former" />}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''3'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:IndiraGandhi.png|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Indira Gandhi]]''' {{small|[[Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency|Rae Bareli]]}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1917|11|19|1966|1|24}}}}
| {{small|24 January}} 1966
| {{small|24 March}} 1977{{ref label|DIS|DIS|DIS}}
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan|S. Radhakrishnan]] {{small|(1966, 1967)}} [[V. V. Giri]] {{small|(1971)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#CCF4F4" | {{small|[[Indian National Congress (R)|Indian National Congress (Requisitionists) ]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#CCF4F4" | {{small|Indira I, II, III}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#CCF4F4" | {{small|3rd, 4th, 5th}}
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | [[1967 Indian general election|1967]], [[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
| rowspan="1" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Zakir Husain]] {{small|(1967–1969)}}
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|1966|1|24|1977|3|24}}}}
| rowspan="1" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | ''[[V. V. Giri]] (1969)'' ''[[Mohammad Hidayatullah|M. Hidayatullah]] (1969)'' [[V. V. Giri]] {{small|(1969–1974)}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|First female Prime Minister. Centralized power, nationalized banks, and imposed the State of Emergency in 1975.<ref name="PMO_Former" />}}
| rowspan="1" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed|F. A. Ahmed]] {{small|(1974–1977)}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''4'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:Morarji Desai 1978b.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Morarji Desai]]''' {{small|[[Surat Lok Sabha constituency|Surat]]}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1896|2|29|1977|3|24}}}}
| {{small|24 March}} 1977
| {{small|28 July}} 1979{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | ''[[B. D. Jatti]] {{small|(1977, acting)}}''
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E8F0FE" | {{small|[[Janata Party]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E8F0FE" | {{small|Desai}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E8F0FE" | {{small|6th}}
| rowspan="1" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | ''[[B. D. Jatti]] (1977)''
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| rowspan="9" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy|N. Sanjiva Reddy]] {{small|(1977–1982)}}
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|1977|3|24|1979|7|28}}}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|First non-Congress Prime Minister of India. Resigned mid-term.<ref name="PMO_Former" />}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''5'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:Prime minister Charan Singh.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Charan Singh]]''' {{small|[[Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency|Baghpat]]}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1902|12|23|1979|7|28}}}}
| {{small|28 July}} 1979
| {{small|14 January}} 1980{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy|N. Sanjiva Reddy]] {{small|(1979)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6ECF7" | {{small|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6ECF7" | {{small|Charan}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6ECF7" | {{small|6th}}
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | —
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|1979|7|28|1980|1|14}}}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|Resigned before facing a vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha.<ref name="PMO_Former" />}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''(3)'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:IndiraGandhi.png|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Indira Gandhi]]''' {{small|[[Medak Lok Sabha constituency|Medak]]}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1917|11|19|1980|1|14}}}}
| {{small|14 January}} 1980{{ref label|§|§|§}}
| {{small|31 October}} 1984{{ref label|†|†|†}}
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy|N. Sanjiva Reddy]] {{small|(1980)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|[[Indian National Congress (I)|Indian National Congress]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|Indira IV}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|7th}}
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|1980|1|14|1984|10|31}}}}
| rowspan="4" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Zail Singh]] {{small|(1982–1987)}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|Returned for a second tenure. Assassinated in office.<ref name="PMO_Former" />}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''6'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:Rajiv Gandhi (1).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]''' {{small|[[Amethi Lok Sabha constituency|Amethi]]}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1944|8|20|1984|10|31}}}}
| {{small|31 October}} 1984
| {{small|2 December}} 1989
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Zail Singh]] {{small|(1984, 1984)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|[[Indian National Congress (I)|Indian National Congress]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|Rajiv I, II}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|8th}}
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|1984|10|31|1989|12|2}}}}
| rowspan="11" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman|R. Venkataraman]] {{small|(1987–1992)}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|Youngest Prime Minister of India. Led Congress to its largest ever electoral majority.<ref name="PMO_Former" />}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''7'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''[[V. P. Singh]]''' {{small|[[Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency|Fatehpur]]}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1931|6|25|1989|12|2}}}}
| {{small|2 December}} 1989
| {{small|10 November}} 1990{{ref label|NC|NC|NC}}
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman|R. Venkataraman]] {{small|(1989)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F2E6" | {{small|[[Janata Dal]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F2E6" | {{small|Vishwanath}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F2E6" | {{small|9th}}
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|1989|12|2|1990|11|10}}}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|Implemented the Mandal Commission report. Resigned following a no-confidence motion.<ref name="PMO_Former" />}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''8'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh 2010 stamp alt.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Chandra Shekhar]]''' {{small|[[Ballia Lok Sabha constituency|Ballia]]}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1927|4|17|1990|11|10}}}}
| {{small|10 November}} 1990
| {{small|21 June}} 1991{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman|R. Venkataraman]] {{small|(1990)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#EEF7ED" | {{small|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#EEF7ED" | {{small|Chandra Shekhar}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#EEF7ED" | {{small|9th}}
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | —
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|1990|11|10|1991|6|21}}}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|Headed a minority government supported from the outside by Congress.<ref name="PMO_Former" />}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''9'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]''' {{small|[[Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency|Nandyal]]}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1921|6|28|1991|6|21}}}}
| {{small|21 June}} 1991
| {{small|16 May}} 1996
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman|R. Venkataraman]] {{small|(1991)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|[[Indian National Congress (I)|Indian National Congress]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|Rao}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|10th}}
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
| rowspan="12" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Shankar Dayal Sharma|S. D. Sharma]] {{small|(1992–1997)}}
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|1991|6|21|1996|5|16}}}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|Overseer of major economic liberalization in India.<ref name="PMO_Former" />}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''10'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]''' {{small|[[Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency|Lucknow]]}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1924|12|25|1996|5|16}}}}
| {{small|16 May}} 1996
| {{small|1 June}} 1996{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Shankar Dayal Sharma|S. D. Sharma]] {{small|(1996)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#FFF0E6" | {{small|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#FFF0E6" | {{small|Vajpayee I}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#FFF0E6" | {{small|11th}}
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|1996|5|16|1996|6|1}}}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|Resigned after 16 days as he could not prove majority support.<ref name="PMO_Former" />}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''11'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:HD Devegowda.png|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]''' {{small|[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka|Karnataka]] ''(Rajya Sabha)''}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1933|5|18|1996|6|1}}}}
| {{small|1 June}} 1996
| {{small|21 April}} 1997{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Shankar Dayal Sharma|S. D. Sharma]] {{small|(1996)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F2E6" | {{small|[[Janata Dal]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F2E6" | {{small|Deve Gowda}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F2E6" | {{small|11th}}
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | —
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|1996|6|1|1997|4|21}}}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|First Prime Minister from Karnataka; headed the United Front government.<ref name="PMO_Former" />}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''12'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:Inder Kumar Gujral.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]''' {{small|[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Bihar|Bihar]] ''(Rajya Sabha)''}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1919|12|4|1997|4|21}}}}
| {{small|21 April}} 1997
| {{small|19 March}} 1998{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Shankar Dayal Sharma|S. D. Sharma]] {{small|(1997)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F2E6" | {{small|[[Janata Dal]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F2E6" | {{small|Gujral}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F2E6" | {{small|11th}}
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | —
| rowspan="5" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[K. R. Narayanan]] {{small|(1997–2002)}}
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|1997|4|21|1998|3|19}}}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|Known for the Gujral Doctrine governing foreign policy.<ref name="PMO_Former" />}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''(10)'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]''' {{small|[[Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency|Lucknow]]}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1924|12|25|1998|3|19}}}}
| {{small|19 March}} 1998{{ref label|§|§|§}}
| {{small|22 May}} 2004
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[K. R. Narayanan]] {{small|(1998, 1999)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#FFF0E6" | {{small|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#FFF0E6" | {{small|Vajpayee II, III}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#FFF0E6" | {{small|12th, 13th}}
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | [[1998 Indian general election|1998]], [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|1998|3|19|2004|5|22}}}}
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] {{small|(2002–2007)}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|First non-Congress PM to complete a full five-year term.<ref name="PMO_Former" />}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''13'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:Official Portrait of the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh (3x4 cropped).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Manmohan Singh]]''' {{small|[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Assam|Assam]] ''(Rajya Sabha)''}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1932|9|26|2004|5|22}}}}
| {{small|22 May}} 2004
| {{small|26 May}} 2014
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]] {{small|(2004)}} [[Pratibha Patil]] {{small|(2009)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|[[Indian National Congress]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|Manmohan I, II}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#E6F5FD" | {{small|14th, 15th}}
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | [[2004 Indian general election|2004]], [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| rowspan="2" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Pratibha Patil]] {{small|(2007–2012)}}
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|2004|5|22|2014|5|26}}}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|First Sikh Prime Minister; led the United Progressive Alliance over two full terms.<ref name="PMO_Former" />}}
| rowspan="2" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Pranab Mukherjee]] {{small|(2012–2017)}}

|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| rowspan="4" style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''14'''
| rowspan="4" align="center" | [[File:The official portrait of Shri Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of the Republic of India.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4" align="center" | '''[[Narendra Modi]]''' {{small|[[Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency|Varanasi]]}} {{small|{{age in years and days|1950|9|17|2014|5|26}}}}
| {{small|26 May}} 2014
| {{small|''Incumbent''}} 
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Pranab Mukherjee]] {{small|(2014)}} [[Ram Nath Kovind]] {{small|(2019)}} [[Droupadi Murmu]] {{small|(2024)}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#FFF0E6" | {{small|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#FFF0E6" | {{small|Modi I, II, III}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" bgcolor="#FFF0E6" | {{small|16th, 17th, 18th}}
|- bgcolor="#EEEEEE"
| colspan="2" align="center" | [[2014 Indian general election|2014]], [[2019 Indian general election|2019]], [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
| rowspan="2" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Ram Nath Kovind]] {{small|(2017–2022)}}
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
| colspan="2" align="center" | {{small|{{Age in years and days|26 May 2014}}}}
|-
| colspan="6" |{{small|First Prime Minister born after India's independence.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi |url=https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/ |publisher=Prime Minister's Office, Government of India |access-date=11 June 2026}}</ref>}}
| rowspan="1" align="left" style="font-size:85%" | [[Droupadi Murmu]] {{small|(2022–present)}}
|}

== List of prime ministers by length of term ==

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|-
! rowspan = "2" | Name
! rowspan = "2" colspan="2"| Party
! colspan = "2" | Length of term
|-
! Longest continuous term
! Total years of premiership
|-

| {{Sortname|Jawaharlal|Nehru}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| colspan="2" | {{age in years and days|1947|08|15|1964|05|27}}<ref name="ArchivePMO">{{cite web |title=Former Prime Ministers of India Portfolio |url=https://archivepmo.nic.in/ |website=Archive PMO India |access-date=10 June 2026}}</ref>
|-

| {{Sortname|Indira|Gandhi}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC/INC(I)]]/[[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]]
| {{age in years and days|1966|01|24|1977|03|24}}<ref name="PMSangrahalaya">{{cite web |title=Prime Ministers of India Profiles |url=https://www.pmsangrahalaya.gov.in/prime-ministers-of-india |website=Pradhanmantri Sangrahalaya |access-date=10 June 2026}}</ref>
| 15 years, 350 days
|-

| '''{{Sortname|Narendra|Modi}}'''
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| '''[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]'''
| colspan="2" | '''{{age in years and days|2014|05|26}}'''<ref name="PMIndiaOfficial">{{cite web |title=Former Prime Ministers Chronology |url=https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/former-prime-ministers/ |website=Prime Minister's Office (PM India) |access-date=10 June 2026}}</ref>
|-

| {{Sortname|Manmohan|Singh}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| colspan="2" | {{age in years and days|2004|05|22|2014|05|26}}<ref name="PMIndiaOfficial" />
|-

| {{Sortname|Atal Bihari|Vajpayee}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| {{age in years and days|1998|03|19|2004|05|22}}<ref name="PMSangrahalaya" />
| 6 years, 80 days
|-

| {{Sortname|Rajiv|Gandhi}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC(I)]]
| colspan="2" | {{age in years and days|1984|10|31|1989|12|02}}<ref name="ArchivePMO" />
|-

| {{Sortname|P. V. Narasimha|Rao}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| colspan="2" | {{age in years and days|1991|06|21|1996|05|16}}<ref name="PMSangrahalaya" />
|-

| {{Sortname|Morarji|Desai}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
| [[Janata Party|JP]]
| colspan="2" | {{age in years and days|1977|03|24|1979|07|28}}<ref name="ArchivePMO" />
|-

| {{Sortname|Lal Bahadur|Shastri}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| colspan="2" | {{age in years and days|1964|06|09|1966|01|11}}<ref name="ArchivePMO" />
|-

| {{Sortname|V. P.|Singh}}
| rowspan="3" style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| rowspan="3" | [[Janata Dal|JD]]
| colspan="2" | {{age in years and days|1989|12|02|1990|11|10}}<ref name="PMSangrahalaya" />
|-

| {{Sortname|Inder Kumar|Gujral}}
| colspan="2" | {{age in years and days|1997|04|21|1998|03|19}}<ref name="PMIndiaOfficial" />
|-

| {{Sortname|H. D.|Deve Gowda}}
| colspan="2" | {{age in years and days|1996|06|01|1997|04|21}}<ref name="PMIndiaOfficial" />
|-

| {{Sortname|Chandra|Shekhar}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]]
| colspan="2" | {{age in years and days|1990|11|10|1991|06|21}}<ref name="PMSangrahalaya" />
|-

| {{Sortname|Charan|Singh}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}"|
| [[Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)]]
| colspan="2" | {{age in years and days|1979|07|28|1980|01|14}}<ref name="PMSangrahalaya" />
|-

| ''{{Sortname|Gulzarilal|Nanda}}'' {{small|(acting)}}
| style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| ''[[Indian National Congress|INC]]''
| 13 days
| 26 days<ref name="ArchivePMO" />
|}

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== Statistics by party ==

{{Pie chart
| caption = Fraction of time holding the PMO by party (as of June 2026)
| label1 = [[Indian National Congress]] | value1 = 69.02 | color1 = {{party color|Indian National Congress}}
| label2 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] | value2 = 23.17 | color2 = {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| label3 = [[Janata Dal]] | value3 = 3.47 | color3 = {{party color|Janata Dal}}
| label4 = [[Janata Party]] | value4 = 2.97 | color4 = {{party color|Janata Party}}
| label5 = [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]] | value5 = 0.77 | color5 = {{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}
| label6 = [[Janata Party (Secular)]] | value6 = 0.59 | color6 = {{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Political parties by total timespan of their members holding the [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|PMO]] (as of {{#time: j F Y}})
! data-sort-type=number | {{Tooltip|No.|Number}}
! Political party
! data-sort-type=number | Number of prime ministers
! Total years of holding the PMO
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 1
| [[Indian National Congress|INC/INC(I)]]/[[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]]
| data-sort-type=7 | 7{{efn|name=nanda|Including [[Gulzarilal Nanda]], who acted as prime minister twice.}}
| 54 years, 123 days
|-
! data-sort-value="2" | 2
| '''[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]'''
| data-sort-type=2 | '''2'''
| '''{{age in years and days|2008|3|07}}'''
|-
! data-sort-value="3" | 3
| [[Janata Dal|JD]]
| data-sort-type=3 | 3
| 2 years, 269 days
|-
! data-sort-value="4" | 4
| [[Janata Party|JP]]
| data-sort-type=1 | 1
| 2 years, 126 days
|-
! data-sort-value="5" | 5
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]]
| data-sort-type=1 | 1
| 223 days
|-
! data-sort-value="6" | 6
| [[Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)]]
| data-sort-type=1 | 1
| 170 days
|}

=== Parties by total duration (in years) of holding Prime Minister's Office ===

{{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart
| float = center
| width = 800
| height = 300
| stack = 1
| colors = {{party color|Indian National Congress}} : {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}} : {{party color|Janata Dal}} : {{party color|Janata Party}} : {{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}} : {{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}
| group names = [[Indian National Congress|INC]] : [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] : [[Janata Dal|JD]] : [[Janata Party|JP]] : [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]] : [[Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)]]
| x legends = INC : BJP : JD : JP : SJP(R) : JP(S)
| group 1 = 54.40 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0
| group 2 = 0 : 18.27 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0
| group 3 = 0 : 0 : 2.74 : 0 : 0 : 0
| group 4 = 0 : 0 : 0 : 2.34 : 0 : 0
| group 5 = 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0.61 : 0
| group 6 = 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0 : 0.47
}}

== See also ==

{{portal|India}}
* [[Nehru–Gandhi family]]
* [[Prime minister of India]]
* [[President of India]]
* [[Vice President of India]]
* [[List of presidents of India]]
* [[List of vice presidents of India]]
* [[List of deputy prime ministers of India]]
* [[List of prime ministers of India by previous experience]]
* [[List of heads of state and government of Indian origin]]

== Footnotes ==
* {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office
* {{note label|§|§|§}} Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
* {{note label|RES|RES|RES}} Resigned
* {{note label|NC|NC|NC}} Resigned following a [[no-confidence motion]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/ Prime Minister of India]

{{Prime ministers of India}}
{{Indian federal ministries}}
{{Lists of prime ministers}}
{{Union ministries of India}}

[[Category:Prime ministers of India|*]]
[[Category:Lists of heads of government|India]]
[[Category:Lists of prime ministers by country|India]]
[[Category:Lists of people by time in office|Indian prime ministers by time in office]]
[[Category:Lists of political office-holders in India|Prime Ministers]]
[[Category:Lists relating to prime ministers of India| ]]
[[Category:India politics-related lists|Prime Ministers]]

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