List of current Indian chief ministers

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Current ruling parties in India
  BJP (12)
  Coalition with BJP (6)
  INC (3)
  Coalition with INC (3)
  Other parties (AAP, AITC, BJD, CPI (M), TRS, YSRCP)
  President's rule (1)
  No legislature (5)

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. 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 August 2026, the office of the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir is vacant. Of the thirty incumbents, one is a woman—Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal. Serving since 5 March 2000 (for 26 years, 157 days), Odisha's Naveen Patnaik has the longest incumbency. Mizoram's Zoramthanga (b. 13 July 1944) is the oldest Chief Minister, while Arunachal Pradesh's Pema Khandu (b. 21 August 1979) is the youngest Chief Minister.[2] Nitish Kumar of Bihar has served for the most terms (7).[3] Twelve incumbents belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party and three to the Indian National Congress; no other party has more than one chief minister in office.

Current Indian chief ministers

Colour key for parties
  Aam Aadmi Party
  All India N.R. Congress
  All India Trinamool Congress
  Bharatiya Janata Party
  Biju Janata Dal
  Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  Indian National Congress
  Janata Dal (United)
  Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
  Mizo National Front
  Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
  National People's Party
  Shiv Sena
  Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
  Telangana Rashtra Samithi
  YSR Congress Party
  N/A (President's rule)
State
(past chief ministers) 		Name[4] Portrait Took office
(tenure length) 		Party[lower-alpha 1] Alliance Ministry Ref
Andhra Pradesh
(list) 		Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy 30 May 2019
(7 years, 71 days) 		YSR Congress Party None Reddy [5]
Arunachal Pradesh
(list) 		Pema Khandu 17 July 2016
(10 years, 23 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Khandu II [6][7]
Assam
(list) 		Himanta Biswa Sarma File:Himanta Biswa Sarma,.jpg 10 May 2021
(5 years, 91 days) 		Sarma [8][9]
Bihar
(list) 		Nitish Kumar 22 February 2015
(11 years, 168 days) 		Janata Dal (United) Nitish Kumar VII [10]
Chhattisgarh
(list) 		Bhupesh Baghel 17 December 2018
(7 years, 235 days) 		Indian National Congress UPA Baghel [11]
Delhi[lower-alpha 2]
(list) 		Arvind Kejriwal 14 February 2015
(11 years, 176 days) 		Aam Aadmi Party FF Kejriwal III [12]
Goa
(list) 		Pramod Sawant 19 March 2019
(7 years, 143 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Sawant [13]
Gujarat
(list) 		Bhupendrabhai Patel 13 September 2021
(4 years, 330 days) 		Patel 13
Haryana
(list) 		Manohar Lal Khattar 26 October 2014
(11 years, 287 days) 		Khattar II [14]
Himachal Pradesh
(list) 		Jai Ram Thakur 27 December 2017
(8 years, 225 days) 		Thakur [15]
Jharkhand
(list) 		Hemant Soren 29 December 2019
(6 years, 223 days) 		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha UPA Soren II [16]
Karnataka
(list) 		Basavaraj Bommai 28 July 2021
(5 years, 12 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Bommai [17]
Kerala
(list) 		Pinarayi Vijayan 25 May 2016
(10 years, 76 days) 		Communist Party of India (Marxist) None Vijayan II [18]
Madhya Pradesh
(list) 		Shivraj Singh Chouhan 23 March 2020
(6 years, 139 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Chouhan IV [19]
Maharashtra
(list) 		Uddhav Thackeray 28 November 2019
(6 years, 254 days) 		Shiv Sena UPA Thackeray [20]
Manipur
(list) 		Nongthombam Biren Singh 15 March 2017
(9 years, 147 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Singh [21]
Meghalaya
(list) 		Conrad Sangma 6 March 2018
(8 years, 156 days) 		National People's Party Sangma [22]
Mizoram
(list) 		Zoramthanga 15 December 2018
(7 years, 237 days) 		Mizo National Front Zoramthanga III [23]
Nagaland
(list) 		Neiphiu Rio 8 March 2018
(8 years, 154 days) 		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party Rio IV [24]
Odisha
(list) 		Naveen Patnaik 5 March 2000
(26 years, 157 days) 		Biju Janata Dal None Patnaik V [25]
Puducherry[lower-alpha 2]
(list) 		Nadesan Rangaswamy 7 May 2021
(5 years, 94 days) 		All India N.R. Congress NDA Rangaswamy IV [26]
Punjab
(list) 		Charanjit Singh Channi 20 September 2021
(4 years, 323 days) 		Indian National Congress UPA Channi [27]
Rajasthan
(list) 		Ashok Gehlot 17 December 2018
(7 years, 235 days) 		Gehlot III [28]
Sikkim
(list) 		Prem Singh Tamang 27 May 2019
(7 years, 74 days) 		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha NDA Tamang [29]
Tamil Nadu
(list) 		M. K. Stalin File:Hon CM Photo.jpg 7 May 2021
(5 years, 94 days) 		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam UPA Stalin [30]
Telangana
(list) 		Kalvakuntla Chandrasekhar Rao 2 June 2014
(12 years, 68 days) 		Telangana Rashtra Samithi FF Rao II [31]
Tripura
(list) 		Biplab Kumar Deb 9 March 2018
(8 years, 153 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Deb [32]
Uttar Pradesh
(list) 		Yogi Adityanath 19 March 2017
(9 years, 143 days) 		Yogi Adityanath [33]
Uttarakhand
(list) 		Pushkar Singh Dhami 4 July 2021
(5 years, 36 days) 		Dhami [34]
West Bengal
(list) 		Mamata Banerjee 20 May 2011
(15 years, 81 days) 		All India Trinamool Congress FF Banerjee III [35]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ This column names only the chief minister's party. The ministry (s)he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; those are not listed here.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Although Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry each have an elected legislature and a council of ministers (headed by the chief minister), they are officially union territories.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ "Meet Pema Khandu: India’s youngest Chief Minister Archived 17 July 2016 at the Wayback Machine". The Hindu. 17 July 2016.
  3. ↑ PTI (12 November 2020). "Nitish Kumar set to become longest serving Chief Minister of Bihar, swearing-in next week". India TV News. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
  4. ↑ Chief Ministers Archived 9 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine. India.gov.in. Retrieved on 9 July 2019.
  5. ↑ "Jagan Mohan Reddy takes oath as Andhra Pradesh CM Archived 4 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine". The Economic Times. Press Trust of India. 30 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "Pema Khandu sworn in as Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh Archived 13 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine". The Hindu. 17 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "BJP forms govt in Arunachal Pradesh Archived 3 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine". The Hindu. 31 December 2016.
  8. ↑ "Himanta Biswa Sarma to be new Assam CM; credited as man behind BJP's surge in North East-Politics News , Firstpost". Firstpost. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  9. ↑ "Himanta Biswa Sarma Swearing-in LIVE Updates: JP Nadda to Attend Oath-Taking Ceremony". www.news18.com. 10 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  10. ↑ Kumar, Arun (27 July 2017). "Grand Alliance to NDA: Nitish Kumar changes partner, continues as Bihar CM". Hindustan Times. Patna. Archived from the original on 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  11. ↑ "Bhupesh Baghel sworn in as Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Archived 18 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine". The Hindu. 17 December 2018.
  12. ↑ Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Shubhomoy Sikdar. "Kejriwal promises to make Delhi graft-free in 5 years Archived 3 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine". The Hindu. 14 February 2015.
  13. ↑ Murari Shetye. "Goa speaker Pramod Sawant succeeds Parrikar as CM Archived 19 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine" The Times of India. 19 March 2019.
  14. ↑ Sarabjit Pandher. "Khattar sworn in Archived 3 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine". The Hindu. 26 October 2014.
  15. ↑ "Jai Ram Thakur sworn in as Himachal Chief Minister Archived 24 January 2018 at the Wayback Machine". The Indian Express. 27 December 2017.
  16. ↑ Barik, Satyasundar (29 December 2019). "Hemant Soren takes oath as 11th Chief Minister of Jharkhand". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  17. ↑ "Basavaraj Bommai sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka". The Hindu. 28 July 2021. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  18. ↑ C. Gouridasan Nair. "Pinarayi takes charge as Kerala Chief Minister Archived 25 May 2016 at the Wayback Machine". The Hindu. 25 May 2016.
  19. ↑ Noronha, Rahul (23 March 2020). "BJP's Shivraj Singh Chouhan sworn in as Madhya Pradesh CM for fourth time". India Today. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  20. ↑ Vyas, Sharad (28 November 2019). "Uddhav Thackeray sworn in as Maharashtra Chief Minister; 6 Cabinet Ministers take oath". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 29 November 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  21. ↑ Isha Gupta. "BJP leader Biren Singh sworn in as Manipur Chief Minister Archived 15 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine". India Today. 15 March 2017.
  22. ↑ Shiv Sahay Singh. "Conrad Sangma sworn-in as Meghalaya CM Archived 6 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine". The Hindu. 6 March 2018.
  23. ↑ Rahul Karmakar. "Zoramthanga sworn in Mizoram Chief Minister Archived 18 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine". The Hindu. 15 December 2018.
  24. ↑ Rahul Karmakar. "Neiphiu Rio takes charge as Nagaland Chief Minister again Archived 18 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine". The Hindu. 8 March 2018.
  25. ↑ N. Ramdas. "Naveen Govt. installed Archived 11 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine". The Hindu. 6 March 2000.
  26. ↑ Stalin, J Sam Daniel; Ghosh, Deepshikha (22 February 2021). "Congress Loses Power In Puducherry, V Narayanasamy Resigns, Blames BJP". NDTV. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  27. ↑ "Amarinder Singh sworn in as Punjab CM Archived 3 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine". The Hindu. 17 March 2017.
  28. ↑ "Rajasthan: Gehlot, Pilot sworn in as CM, Deputy CM Archived 18 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine". The Hindu. 17 December 2018.
  29. ↑ Shiv Sahay Singh. "P.S. Golay sworn in as Sikkim Chief Minister". The Hindu. 27 May 2019.
  30. ↑ "MK Stalin sworn in as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu". The Hindu Business Line. 7 May 2021.
  31. ↑ K. Srinivas Reddy. "KCR sworn in; heads cabinet of 11 ministers Archived 6 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine". The Hindu. 2 June 2014.
  32. ↑ Rahul Karmakar. "Biplab Kumar Deb sworn in as Tripura CM Archived 18 December 2018 at the Wayback Machine". The Hindu. 9 March 2018.
  33. ↑ "Yogi Adityanath takes oath as Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Archived 19 March 2017 at the Wayback Machine". The Hindu. 19 March 2017.
  34. ↑ "Pushkar Singh Dhami takes oath as eleventh chief minister of Uttarakhand". Hindustan Times. 4 July 2021. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  35. ↑ "Mamata, 37 Ministers sworn in Archived 4 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine". The Hindu. 21 May 2011.
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