List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_India

List of current Indian chief ministers

List of current Indian chief ministers

Chief ministers of the Indian states and union territories (Delhi, Jammu & Kashmir & Pudducherry)


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]

Indian states by ruling alliance

As of April 2024, the office of the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir is vacant with no new elections ever since the former state's autonomy was revoked. Of the thirty incumbents, only one is a womanMamata Banerjee in West Bengal. Serving since 5 March 2000 (for 24 years, 51 days), Odisha's Naveen Patnaik has the longest incumbency. Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan (aged 78) is the oldest Chief Minister, while Arunachal Pradesh's Pema Khandu (aged 44) is the youngest Chief Minister.[2] Nitish Kumar of Bihar has served for the most terms (9).[3] Twelve 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.

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Notes

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

References

  1. Durga Das Basu (1960). Introduction to the Constitution of India (20 ed.). Nagpur, India: LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa. p. 241, 245. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9.
  2. "Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar Chief Minister". The Hindu. 28 January 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  3. "Chief Ministers". Government of India. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  4. "Pema Khandu sworn in as Arunachal Pradesh CM". The Hindu. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  5. Shetye, Murari (19 March 2019). "Goa speaker Pramod Sawant succeeds Parrikar as CM". The Times of India. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  6. "Nayab Saini sworn in as Haryana CM". The Hindu. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  7. "Champai Soren sworn in as Chief Minister of Jharkhand". The Hindu. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  8. "Siddaramaiah sworn in as Karnataka CM". The Hindu. 20 May 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  9. "Biren Singh sworn in as Chief Minister of Manipur". The Hindu. 21 March 2022. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  10. Stalin, J Sam Daniel; Ghosh, Deepshikha (22 February 2021). "Congress Loses Power In Puducherry, V Narayanasamy Resigns, Blames BJP". NDTV. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  11. "Who is Bajan Lal Sharma, Rajasthan's new CM". The Hindu. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  12. "P.S. Tamang sworn in as Sikkim Chief Minister". The Hindu. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  13. "Biplab Kumar Deb sworn in as Tripura CM". The Hindu. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  14. "Mamata, 37 Ministers sworn in". The Hindu. 4 February 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2024.

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