List of current Indian chief ministers

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]

Two of the incumbents are womenMamata Banerjee in West Bengal, who has the longest continuous incumbency serving since 20 March 2011 (for 13 years, 193 days) and Atishi Marlena in Delhi. Atishi (aged 43) is the also the youngest incumbent chief minister, while Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan (aged 79) is the oldest. Nitish Kumar of Bihar has served for the most terms (nine).[a][2] Thirteen 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

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Map Shows the Ruling Parties in States and Union Territories
State/UT Portrait Name[3] Took office
(tenure length)
Party[b] Alliance Ministry Ref
Andhra Pradesh   Nara Chandrababu Naidu 12 June 2024
(170 days)
Telugu Desam Party NDA Naidu IV [4]
Arunachal Pradesh   Pema Khandu 17 July 2016
(8 years, 135 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party Khandu V [5][6]
Assam   Himanta Biswa Sarma 10 May 2021
(3 years, 203 days)
Sarma [7]
Bihar
 
Nitish Kumar 22 February 2015
(9 years, 281 days)
Janata Dal (United) Nitish Kumar IX [2]
Chhattisgarh   Vishnudeo Sai 13 December 2023
(352 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party Sai [8]
Delhi[c]   Atishi 21 September 2024
(69 days)
Aam Aadmi Party INDIA Atishi Marlena [9]
Goa   Pramod Sawant 19 March 2019
(5 years, 255 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Sawant II [10]
Gujarat

 

Bhupendrabhai Patel 13 September 2021
(3 years, 77 days)
Patel II [11]
Haryana   Nayab Singh Saini 12 March 2024
(262 days)
Saini II [12]
Himachal Pradesh   Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu 11 December 2022
(1 year, 354 days)
Indian National Congress INDIA Sukhu [13]
Jammu and Kashmir[c]   Omar Abdullah 16 October 2024
(44 days)
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Omar Abdullah II [14]
Jharkhand   Hemant Soren 4 July 2024
(148 days)
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Soren IV
Karnataka   Siddaramaiah 20 May 2023
(1 year, 193 days)
Indian National Congress Siddaramaiah II [15]
Kerala   Pinarayi Vijayan 25 May 2016
(8 years, 188 days)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Vijayan II [16]
Madhya Pradesh   Mohan Yadav 13 December 2023
(352 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Yadav [17]
Maharashtra   Devendra Fadnavis 2 December 2024
(−3 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis III [18]
Manipur   N. Biren Singh 15 March 2017
(7 years, 259 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party Singh II [19]
Meghalaya   Conrad Sangma 6 March 2018
(6 years, 268 days)
National People's Party Sangma II [20]
Mizoram   Lalduhoma 8 December 2023
(357 days)
Zoram People's Movement None Lalduhoma [21]
Nagaland   Neiphiu Rio 8 March 2018
(6 years, 266 days)
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party NDA Rio V [22]
Odisha   Mohan Charan Majhi 12 June 2024
(170 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party Majhi [23]
Puducherry[c]   N. Rangaswamy 7 May 2021
(3 years, 206 days)
All India N.R. Congress Rangaswamy IV [24]
Punjab   Bhagwant Mann 16 March 2022
(2 years, 258 days)
Aam Aadmi Party INDIA Mann [25]
Rajasthan   Bhajan Lal Sharma 15 December 2023
(350 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Sharma [26]
Sikkim   Prem Singh Tamang 27 May 2019
(5 years, 186 days)
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha Tamang II [27]
Tamil Nadu   M. K. Stalin 7 May 2021
(3 years, 206 days)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA Stalin [28]
Telangana   Anumula Revanth Reddy 7 December 2023
(358 days)
Indian National Congress Reddy
Tripura   Manik Saha 15 May 2022
(2 years, 198 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Saha II [29]
Uttar Pradesh   Yogi Adityanath 19 March 2017
(7 years, 255 days)
Yogi Adityanath II [30]
Uttarakhand   Pushkar Singh Dhami 4 July 2021
(3 years, 148 days)
Dhami II [31]
West Bengal   Mamata Banerjee 20 May 2011
(13 years, 193 days)
Trinamool Congress INDIA Banerjee III [32]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ A term is defined as a continuous period between taking office and resignation of a particular chief minister.
  2. ^ Only the chief minister's party is indicated. He/she may head a complex coalition of several parties and independents; those parties are not listed here.
  3. ^ a b c 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 classified as union territories.

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