List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers

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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
Template:Bulletlist 22 years, 250 days [3]
4 Naveen Patnaik*
(b. 16 October 1946) 		Odisha BJD 5 March 2000 – present 26 years, 143 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 20 years, 244 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 19 years, 150 days
21 Shivraj Singh Chouhan*
(b. 5 March 1959) 		Madhya Pradesh BJP Template:Bulletlist 19 years, 143 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 17 years, 231 days
29 Ashok Gehlot*
(b. 3 May 1951) 		Rajasthan INC Template:Bulletlist 17 years, 227 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
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
Template:Bulletlist 17 years, 48 days
34 Bhajan Lal
(b. 6 October 1930 – 3 June 2011) 		Haryana
  • 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 15 years, 67 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

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References[edit | edit source]

  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.
  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.
  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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