List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers

This list details chief ministers of Indian states and union territories who have served for the longest years consecutively or otherwise. This list includes chief ministers who have served for more than 10 years in office.^[1]^[2]

Key

* Incumbent Chief Minister
^† Died in office
Indicates the Chief Minister was associated with multiple political party

#	Chief Minister	Portrait	State	Party	Term(s)	Term length	Ref.
1	Pawan Kumar Chamling (b. 22 September 1950)		Sikkim	SDF	12 December 1994 – 26 May 2019	24 years, 165 days	^[3]^[4]
2	Jyoti Basu (8 July 1914 – 17 January 2010)		West Bengal	CPI(M)	21 June 1977 – 5 November 2000	23 years, 137 days	^[3]^[5]^[6]
3	Gegong Apang (b. 8 July 1949)		Arunachal Pradesh	INC AC UDF BJP JDS	Template:Bulletlist	22 years, 250 days	^[3]
4	Naveen Patnaik* (b. 16 October 1946)		Odisha	BJD	5 March 2000 – present	23 years, 333 days	^[3]
5	Lal Thanhawla (b. 19 May 1942)		Mizoram	INC	Template:Bulletlist	21 years, 55 days	^[3]
6	Virbhadra Singh (23 June 1934 – 8 July 2021)		Himachal Pradesh	INC	Template:Bulletlist	21 years, 11 days	^[3]
7	Manik Sarkar (b. 22 January 1949)		Tripura	CPI(M)	11 March 1998 – 9 March 2018	19 years, 363 days	^[3]
8	M. Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018)		Tamil Nadu	DMK	Template:Bulletlist	18 years, 360 days
9	Parkash Singh Badal (b. 8 December 1927)	File:Parkash Singh Badal Official portrait 2017.png	Punjab	SAD	Template:Bulletlist	18 years, 350 days
10	Yashwant Singh Parmar (4 August 1906 – 2 May 1981)		Himachal Pradesh	INC	Template:Bulletlist	18 years, 30 days
11	Mohan Lal Sukhadia (31 July 1916 – 2 February 1982)		Rajasthan	INC	Template:Bulletlist	16 years, 194 days
12	Nitish Kumar* (b. 1 March 1951)		Bihar	SP JD(U)	Template:Bulletlist	18 years, 69 days	^[7]
13	Pratapsingh Rane (b. 28 January 1939)		Goa	INC	Template:Bulletlist	15 years, 250 days
14	S. C. Jamir (b. 17 October 1931)		Nagaland	UDF	Template:Bulletlist	15 years, 200 days
15	Sheila Dikshit (31 March 1938 – 20 July 2019)		Delhi	INC	Template:Bulletlist	15 years, 25 days
16	Okram Ibobi Singh (b. 19 June 1948)		Manipur	INC	Template:Bulletlist	15 years, 8 days
17	Tarun Gogoi (11 October 1934 – 23 November 2020)		Assam	INC	Template:Bulletlist	15 years, 7 days
18	Raman Singh (b. 15 October 1952)		Chhattisgarh	BJP	Template:Bulletlist	15 years, 4 days
19	Shri Krishna Sinha (21 October 1887 – 31 January 1961)		Bihar	INC	2 April 1946 – 31 January 1961^[†]	14 years, 304 days
20	Neiphiu Rio* (b. 11 November 1950)		Nagaland	NPF NDPP	Template:Bulletlist	16 years, 340 days
21	Shivraj Singh Chouhan* (b. 5 March 1959)		Madhya Pradesh	BJP	Template:Bulletlist	16 years, 333 days
22	Bidhan Chandra Roy (1 July 1882 – 1 July 1962)		West Bengal	INC	Template:Bulletlist	14 years, 159 days	^[6]
23	J. Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016)		Tamil Nadu	AIADMK	Template:Bulletlist	14 years, 124 days	^[8]
24	Williamson A. Sangma (18 October 1919 – 25 October 1990)		Meghalaya	APHLC INC	Template:Bulletlist	14 Years, 87 days
25	Nar Bahadur Bhandari (5 October 1940 – 16 July 2017)		Sikkim	SJP SSP	Template:Bulletlist	13 Years, 272 days
26	N. Chandrababu Naidu (b. 20 April 1950)		Andhra Pradesh	TDP	Template:Bulletlist	13 years, 230 days
27	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (3 January 1927 – 21 April 2015)		Odisha	INC	Template:Bulletlist	13 years, 155 days
28	Zoramthanga* (b. 13 July 1944)		Mizoram	MNF	Template:Bulletlist	15 years, 56 days
29	Ashok Gehlot* (b. 3 May 1951)		Rajasthan	INC	Template:Bulletlist	15 years, 52 days
30	Bimala Prasad Chaliha (26 March 1912 – 25 February 1971)		Assam	INC	Template:Bulletlist	12 years, 313 days
31	Bansi Lal (26 August 1927 – 28 March 2006)		Haryana	INC HVP	Template:Bulletlist	12 years, 250 days
32	Narendra Modi (b. 17 September 1950)		Gujarat	BJP	7 October 2001 – 22 May 2014	12 years, 227 days	^[9]
33	N. Rangasamy* (b. 4 August 1950)		Puducherry	INC AINRC	Template:Bulletlist	14 years, 238 days
34	Bhajan Lal (b. 6 October 1930 – 3 June 2011)		Haryana	JP INC	28 June 1979 – 04 June 1986 23 June 1991 – 10 May 1996	11 Years, 298 Days
35	Vasantrao Naik (1 July 1913 – 18 August 1979)		Maharashtra	INC	Template:Bulletlist	11 Years, 75 Days
36	Farooq Abdullah (b.21 October 1937)		Jammu and Kashmir	JKNC	Template:Bulletlist	11 Years, 16 Days
37	Govind Ballabh Pant (10 September 1887 – 7 March 1961)		Uttar Pradesh	INC	Template:Bulletlist	11 years, 11 days
38	E. K. Nayanar (9 December 1919 – 19 May 2004)		Kerala	CPI(M)	Template:Bulletlist	11 years 10 days
39	Mamata Banerjee* (b. 5 January 1955)		West Bengal	AITC	20 May 2011 – present	12 years, 257 days
40	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (b. 1 March 1944)		West Bengal	CPI(M)	Template:Bulletlist	10 years, 188 days	^[10]
41	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (23 October 1925 – 15 May 2010)		Rajasthan	JP BJP	Template:Bulletlist	10 Years, 158 Days
42	M. G. Ramachandran (17 January 1917 – 24 December 1987)		Tamil Nadu	AIADMK	Template:Bulletlist	10 years, 65 days
43	Nripen Chakraborty (b. 4 April 1905 – 25 December 2004)		Tripura	CPI(M)	5 January 1978 – 5 February 1988	10 years, 31 days
44	Vasundhara Raje (b. 8 March 1953)		Rajasthan	BJP	Template:Bulletlist	10 years, 10 days
45	Digvijaya Singh (b. 28 February 1947)		Madhya Pradesh	INC	7 December 1993 – 7 December 2003	10 years

Footnotes[edit]

References[edit]

↑ "List of longest serving Chief Ministers in India". Jagron Josh. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
↑ "India's longest-serving CMs". Times of India. 30 April 2018.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 Shah, Naman (30 May 2019). "Naveen Patnaik takes oath for fifth time; but he's not India's longest serving chief minister yet". Indian Express. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
↑ Chewn K Dahal (30 April 2018). "Sikkim's Pawan Chamling pips Jyoti Basu as India's longest-serving chief minister". Times of India.
↑ "West Bengal celebrates birth anniversary of former chief minister Jyoti Basu". The New Indian Express. 8 July 2018.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 "List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal" (PDF). Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Hooghly. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
↑ Naman Shah (30 May 2019). "Naveen Patnaik takes oath for fifth time; but he's not India's longest serving chief minister yet". Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-06-01.
↑ "The five oaths of Jayalalithaa". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
↑ Shah, Ami (21 May 2015). "PSU stocks disappoint in Modi govt's first year". Live Mint. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
↑ "Curtain falls on Left rule after 34 years in WB". News18. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

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[1] "List of longest serving Chief Ministers in India". Jagron Josh. Retrieved 9 November 2019.

[2] "India's longest-serving CMs". Times of India. 30 April 2018.

[Patnaik-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 ^3.4 ^3.5 ^3.6 Shah, Naman (30 May 2019). "Naveen Patnaik takes oath for fifth time; but he's not India's longest serving chief minister yet". Indian Express. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

[4] Chewn K Dahal (30 April 2018). "Sikkim's Pawan Chamling pips Jyoti Basu as India's longest-serving chief minister". Times of India.

[5] "West Bengal celebrates birth anniversary of former chief minister Jyoti Basu". The New Indian Express. 8 July 2018.

[WB-6] 6.0 ^6.1 "List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal" (PDF). Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Hooghly. Retrieved 9 August 2019.

[7] Naman Shah (30 May 2019). "Naveen Patnaik takes oath for fifth time; but he's not India's longest serving chief minister yet". Indian Express. Retrieved 2019-06-01.

[8] "The five oaths of Jayalalithaa". The Hindu. Retrieved 23 May 2016.

[9] Shah, Ami (21 May 2015). "PSU stocks disappoint in Modi govt's first year". Live Mint. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

[10] "Curtain falls on Left rule after 34 years in WB". News18. 13 May 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

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