List_of_chief_ministers_from_the_Indian_National_Congress

List of chief ministers from the Indian National Congress

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The Indian National Congress (INC) is one of the two major parties in the political system of the Republic of India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).^[1]^[2] As of 3 December 2023, INC is in power in the three states of Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana. In Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand it shares power with alliance partners Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha respectively.^[3] The party during the post-independence era has governed most of the states and union territories of India.^[4]

A chief minister is the head of government of each of the twenty-eight states and of three union territories (Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry).^[5] 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.^[6] Following elections to the state legislative assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly.^[5] The chief minister's term is usually for a maximum of five years with the confidence of the assembly. There are no limits to the number of terms the chief minister can serve.^[7] The deputy Chief Minister is a member of the state government and usually the second highest ranking executive officer of their state's council of ministers.^[8] While not a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers. A deputy chief minister usually also holds a cabinet portfolio such as home minister or finance minister.^[9] In the parliamentary system of government, the Chief Minister is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy chief minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government.^[10]

Five of the INC chief ministers have been women – Sucheta Kripalani for Uttar Pradesh, Nandini Satpathy for Odisha, Anwara Taimur for Assam, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal for Punjab, and Sheila Dikshit for Delhi. The longest-serving female chief minister was Sheila Dikshit, who served as the chief minister of Delhi for over fifteen years.^[11] Okram Ibobi Singh who was chief minister of Manipur for 15 years and 11 days between March 2002 and March 2017 has been the longest-serving chief minister of the state.^[12] Tarun Gogoi held the position of Chief Minister in Assam for a period of 15 years and 6 days.^[13] A leader of the Indian National Congress, Virbhadra Singh holds the distinction of being the longest serving Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, holding the office from 1983 to 1990, from 1993 to 1998, from 2003 to 2007 and finally from 2012 to 2017.^[14] Gegong Apang has not only been the longest-serving Chief Minister from the INC but also in the history of Arunachal Pradesh.^[15] Apang also holds the record for the fourth-longest-serving Chief Minister of an Indian state, holding the post for over twenty-two years.^[16]

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[18] The Andhra State was established on 1 October 1953, following the Andhra movement

[20] United Andhra Pradesh, was officially established on 1 November 1956, through the enactment of the States Reorganisation Act in August 1956. This led to the dissolution of Hyderabad State, with its divisions becoming part of Mysore State and Bombay State.

[26] The first Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh was constituted by the MLAs elected in the 1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Chhattisgarh.^[23]

[38] Mysore State came into being in August 1947 when Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar signed the Instrument of Accession to merge the Princely State of Mysore with the Dominion of India.^[34]

[41] On 1 November 1956, via the States Reorganisation Act, Mysore State was significantly expanded along linguistic lines. The Kannada-speaking districts of Bombay, Hyderabad and Madras states, as well as the entirety of Coorg, were added to it.^[36]

[53] After India's Independence, Bombay State was created and its territory underwent constant change in the following years. It comprised Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding South Maharashtra and Vidarbha), the princely states of the Baroda, Western India and Gujarat (the present-day Indian state of Gujarat) and Deccan States (which included parts of the present-day Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka).^[47]

[56] States Reorganisation Act, 1956: Bombay State was enlarged by the addition of Saurashtra State and Kutch State, the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh and Marathwada region of Hyderabad State. The southernmost districts of the Bombay Presidency were transferred to Mysore State.^[49]

[64] Orissa was the official name until 2011^[56]

[85] While the Assembly website calls the pre-1950 officeholders "Premiers of West Bengal",^[75] the Times of India points out that they were universally referred to as "Prime Ministers of West Bengal" at the time.^[76]

[87] This refers to the 90-member rump legislature that emerged following partition, representing the West Bengali constituencies of the erstwhile Bengal Legislative Assembly. It was constituted under the Government of India Act 1935, not the Indian Constitution, which was still in the process of being drafted.^[77]

[89] Following the promulgation of the Constitution of India, the provincial assembly carried on as the legislative assembly of West Bengal until fresh elections could be organised in 1952.^[77]

[90] Until March 1952, Roy did not represent any constituency. For his last three months in office, during the Third Assembly, Roy represented Chowringhee constituency.

[92] According to some sources, Sen also acted as interim chief minister during 2–8 July 1962.^[79]

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Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[18]			Assembly
	Tanguturi Prakasam	N/A	1 October 1953	15 November 1954	1 year, 45 days	N/A
	Bezawada Gopala Reddy	Atmakur	28 March 1955	1 November 1956	1 year, 218 days	1

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[18]			Assembly
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	Kalahasti	1 November 1956	11 January 1960	3 years, 71 days	1
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	Dhone	12 March 1962	20 February 1964	1 year, 345 days	3
Damodaram Sanjivayya	Kurnool	11 January 1960	12 March 1962	2 years, 60 days	2
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy	Narasaraopet	21 February 1964	30 September 1971	7 years, 221 days	4
P. V. Narasimha Rao	Manthani	30 September 1971	10 January 1973	1 year, 102 days	5
Jalagam Vengala Rao	Vemsoor	10 December 1973	6 March 1978	4 years, 86 days	6
Marri Chenna Reddy	Medchal	6 March 1978	11 October 1980	2 years, 219 days	6
Marri Chenna Reddy	Sanathnagar	3 December 1989	17 December 1990	1 year, 14 days	9
Tanguturi Anjaiah	MLC	11 October 1980	24 February 1982	1 year, 136 days	6
Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy	MLC	24 February 1982	20 September 1982	208 days
Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Kurnool	20 September 1982	9 January 1983	111 days
Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Panyam	9 October 1992	12 December 1994	2 years, 64 days	9
N. Janardhana Reddy	Venkatagiri	17 December 1990	9 October 1992	1 year, 297 days	9
Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy	Pulivendla	14 May 2004	2 September 2009	5 years, 111 days	12
K. Rosaiah	Guntur	3 September 2009	24 November 2010	1 year, 82 days	13
N. Kiran Kumar Reddy	Pileru	25 November 2010	1 March 2014	3 years, 96 days	13

Name	Constituency	Term in office^[19]			Assembly
Gegong Apang	Tuting-Yingkiong	18 January 1980	19 February 1985	5 years, 32 days	2
		21 February 1985	10 March 1990	5 years, 17 days	3
		16 March 1990	9 April 1995	5 years, 24 days	4
		17 April 1995	21 May 1999	4 years, 34 days	5
		3 August 2003	9 April 2007	3 years, 249 days	7
Mukut Mithi	Roing	19 January 1999	3 August 2003	4 years, 196 days	6
Dorjee Khandu	Mukto	9 April 2007	30 April 2011	4 years, 21 days	8
Jarbom Gamlin	Liromoba	5 May 2011	1 November 2011	180 days	9
Nabam Tuki	Sagalee	1 November 2011	26 January 2016	4 years, 86 days
Nabam Tuki	Sagalee	13 July 2016	17 July 2016	4 days
Pema Khandu	Mukto	17 July 2016	16 September 2016	61 days

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[20]			Assembly
Gopinath Bordoloi	Kamrup Sadar (South)	19 September 1938	17 November 1939	1 year, 59 days	1 Provincial
		11 February 1946	25 January 1950	3 years, 348 days	2 Provincial
		26 January 1950	6 August 1950	192 days
Bishnu Ram Medhi	Hajo	9 August 1950	27 December 1957	7 years, 140 days
Bimala Prasad Chaliha	Sonari	28 December 1957	6 November 1970	12 years, 313 days	2
Bimala Prasad Chaliha	Sonari	28 December 1957	6 November 1970	12 years, 313 days	3
Mahendra Mohan Choudhry	Gauhati East	11 November 1970	30 January 1972	1 year, 80 days	4
Sarat Chandra Singha	Kokrajhar East	31 January 1972	12 March 1978	6 years, 40 days	5
Anwara Taimur	Dalgaon	6 December 1980	30 June 1981	206 days	6
Kesab Chandra Gogoi	Dibrugarh	13 January 1982	19 March 1982	65 days	6
Hiteswar Saikia	Nazira	27 February 1983	23 December 1985	2 years, 299 days	7
Hiteswar Saikia	Nazira	30 June 1991	22 April 1996	4 years, 297 days	8
Bhumidhar Barman	Barkhetry	22 April 1996	14 May 1996	22 days	9
Tarun Gogoi	Titabar	17 May 2001	24 May 2016	15 years, 6 days	11
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Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term in office^[21]			Assembly
	Shri Krishna Sinha	N/A	20 July 1937	31 October 1939	2 years, 103 days	N/A
	Shri Krishna Sinha	N/A	23 March 1946	25 January 1950	3 years, 308 days	N/A

List_of_chief_ministers_from_the_Indian_National_Congress

List of chief ministers from the Indian National Congress

Andhra Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Chhattisgarh

Delhi

Goa

Gujarat

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Karnataka

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Manipur

Meghalaya

Mizoram

Nagaland

Odisha

Punjab

Puducherry

Rajasthan

Sikkim

Tamil Nadu

Telangana

Tripura

Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand

West Bengal

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Name	Constituency	Term of office^[21]			Assembly
Shri Krishna Sinha	Basantpur West	2 April 1946	31 January 1961	13 years, 138 days	1
Shri Krishna Sinha	Basantpur West	2 April 1946	31 January 1961	13 years, 138 days	2
Deep Narayan Singh	Hajipur	1 February 1961	18 February 1961	17 days	2
Binodanand Jha	Rajmahal	18 February 1961	2 October 1963	2 years, 226 days	3
K. B. Sahay	Patna West	2 October 1963	5 March 1967	3 years, 154 days	3
Satish Prasad Singh	Parbatta	28 January 1968	1 February 1968	5 days	4
B. P. Mandal	MLC	1 February 1968	2 March 1968	31 days	4
Harihar Singh	Nayagram	26 February 1969	22 June 1969	117 days	5
Daroga Prasad Rai	Parsa	16 February 1970	22 December 1970	310 days
Bhola Paswan Shastri	Korha	2 June 1971	9 January 1972	222 days
Kedar Pandey	Nautan	19 March 1972	2 July 1973	1 year, 105 days	6
Abdul Gafoor	MLC	2 July 1973	11 April 1975	1 year, 283 days	6
Jagannath Mishra	Jhanjharpur	11 April 1975	30 April 1977	2 years, 19 days	7
		8 June 1980	14 August 1983	3 years, 67 days	8
		6 December 1989	10 March 1990	94 days	9
Chandrashekhar Singh	Jhajha	14 August 1983	12 March 1985	1 year, 210 days	8
Bindeshwari Dubey	Shahpur	12 March 1985	13 February 1988	2 years, 338 days	9
Bhagwat Jha Azad	MLC	14 February 1988	10 March 1989	1 year, 24 days
Satyendra Narayan Sinha	MLC	11 March 1989	6 December 1989	270 days

Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term in office^[22]			Assembly
	Ajit Jogi	Marwahi	1 November 2000	5 December 2003	3 years, 34 days	Interim^{[lower-alpha 3]}
	Bhupesh Baghel	Patan	17 December 2018	3 December 2023	4 years, 351 days	5

Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[24]			Assembly
	Brahm Prakash	Nangloi Jat	17 March 1952	12 February 1955	2 years, 332 days	Interim
	Gurmukh Nihal Singh	Daryaganj	12 February 1955	1 November 1956	1 year, 263 days	Interim

Name	Constituency	Term in office^[24]			Assembly
Sheila Dikshit	New Delhi	3 December 1998	1 December 2003	4 years, 363 days	2
		2 December 2003	29 November 2008	4 years, 363 days	3
		30 November 2008	28 December 2013	5 years, 28 days	4

Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[25]			Assembly
	Pratapsingh Rane	Sattari	7 January 1985	30 May 1987	2 years, 143 days	4
		Poriem	30 May 1987	9 January 1990	2 years, 224 days	5

Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term in office^[26]^[27]			Assembly
	U. N. Dhebar	N/A	26 January 1950	19 December 1954	4 years, 327 days	Interim
	Rasiklal Umedchand Parikh	N/A	26 January 1950	19 December 1954	4 years, 327 days	2

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[28]			Assembly
Jivraj Narayan Mehta	Amreli	1 May 1960	3 March 1962	3 years, 141 days	Interim
Jivraj Narayan Mehta	Amreli	3 March 1962	19 September 1963	3 years, 141 days	2
Balwantrai Mehta	Bhavnagar	25 February 1963	19 September 1965	2 years, 206 days
Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai	Olpad	19 September 1965	3 April 1967	1 year, 196 days
		3 April 1967	12 November 1969	2 years, 223 days	3
		12 November 1969	12 May 1971	1 year, 181 days	3
Ghanshyam Oza	Dahegam	17 March 1972	17 July 1973	1 year, 122 days	4
Chimanbhai Patel	Sankheda	17 July 1973	9 February 1974	207 days	4
Chimanbhai Patel	Sankheda	4 March 1990	17 February 1994	3 years, 350 days	8
Madhav Singh Solanki	Bhadran	24 December 1976	10 April 1977	107 days	5
		7 June 1980	10 March 1985	4 years, 276 days	6
		11 March 1985	6 July 1985	117 days	7
		10 December 1989	3 March 1990	83 days
Amarsinh Chaudhary	Vyara	6 July 1985	9 December 1989	4 years, 156 days
Chimanbhai Patel	Unjha	25 October 1990	17 February 1994	3 years, 115 days	8
Chhabildas Mehta	Mahuva	17 February 1994	31 March 1995	1 year, 42 days	8

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[29]			Assembly
Bhagwat Dayal Sharma	Jhajjar	1 November 1966	23 March 1967	142 days	1
Bansi Lal	Tosham	22 May 1968	30 November 1975	7 years, 192 days	3
Bansi Lal	Tosham	5 July 1985	19 June 1987	1 year, 349 days	6
Banarsi Das Gupta	Bhiwani	1 December 1975	30 April 1977	1 year, 150 days	4
Bhajan Lal Bishnoi	Adampur	22 January 1980	5 July 1985	5 years, 164 days	6
Bhajan Lal Bishnoi	Adampur	23 July 1991	9 May 1996	4 years, 291 days	8
Bhupinder Singh Hooda	Garhi Sampla-Kiloi	5 March 2005	26 October 2014	9 years, 235 days	11

Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[30]			Assembly
	Anand Chand	N/A	12 October 1948	26 January 1950	1 year, 106 days	N/A
	K.S. Himmatsinhji	N/A	26 January 1950	1 July 1954	4 years, 156 days	N/A

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[31]			Assembly
Yashwant Singh Parmar	Sri Renuka	1 July 1963	28 January 1977	13 years, 211 days	Territorial Council
Yashwant Singh Parmar	Sri Renuka	1 July 1963	28 January 1977	13 years, 211 days	2
Thakur Ram Lal	Jubbal-Kotkhai	28 January 1977	30 April 1977	92 days	3
Thakur Ram Lal	Jubbal-Kotkhai	14 February 1980	7 April 1983	3 years, 52 days	3
Virbhadra Singh	Jubbal-Kotkhai	8 April 1983	8 March 1985	1 year, 334 days	5
	Jubbal-Kotkhai	8 March 1985	5 March 1990	4 years, 362 days	6
	Rohru	3 December 1993	23 March 1998	4 years, 110 days	8
	Rohru	6 March 2003	30 December 2007	4 years, 299 days	10
	Shimla Rural	25 December 2012	27 December 2017	5 years, 2 days	12
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu*	Nadaun	11 December 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 128 days*	14

Prime Ministers of Travancore
Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[38]^[39]			Assembly
	Pattom A. Thanu Pillai	N/A	24 March	17 October 1948	210 days	Appointed by Sir Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma
	Parur T. K. Narayana Pillai	N/A	22 October 1948	1 July 1949	253 days	Appointed by Sir Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma

Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[32]			Assembly
	Mehr Chand Mahajan	N/A	15 October 1947	5 March 1948	142 days	3
	Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq	Tankipura	29 February 1964	30 March 1965	1 year, 30 days	N/A

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[35]			Assembly
K. Chengalaraya Reddy	N/A	26 January 1950	30 March 1952	2 years, 64 days	Legislative Assembly unestablished
Kengal Hanumanthaiah	Ramanagara	30 March 1952	19 August 1956	4 years, 142 days	1
Kadidal Manjappa	Tirthahalli	19 August 1956	31 October 1956	73 days	1

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[35]			Assembly
S. Nijalingappa	Molakalmuru	1 November 1956	16 May 1958	1 year, 197 days	1
	Jamkhandi	21 June 1962	28 May 1968	5 years, 342 days	3
	Jamkhandi	21 June 1962	28 May 1968	5 years, 342 days	4
B. D. Jatti	Jamkhandi	16 May 1958	9 March 1962	3 years, 297 days	2
S. R. Kanthi	Hungund	14 March 1962	20 June 1962	98 days	3

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[37]			Assembly
D. Devaraj Urs	Hunsur	20 March 1972	31 December 1977	5 years, 286 days	Assembly	5
D. Devaraj Urs	Hunsur	28 February 1978	7 January 1980	1 year, 313 days	6
R. Gundu Rao	Somwarpet	12 January 1980	6 January 1983	2 years, 359 days	6
Veerendra Patil	Chincholi	30 November 1989	10 October 1990	314 days	9
S. Bangarappa	Sorab	17 October 1990	19 November 1992	2 years, 33 days
M. Veerappa Moily	Karkala	19 November 1992	11 December 1994	2 years, 22 days
S. M. Krishna	Maddur	11 October 1999	28 May 2004	4 years, 230 days	11
Dharam Singh	Jewargi	28 May 2004	2 February 2006	1 year, 250 days	12
Siddaramaiah*	Varuna	13 May 2013	15 May 2018	5 years, 2 days	14
Siddaramaiah*	Varuna	20 May 2023	Incumbent	333 days	16

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[40]			Assembly
Paravoor T. K. Narayana Pillai	N/A	1 July 1949	1 March 1951	1 year, 243 days	1
C. Kesavan	N/A	3 March 1951	12 March 1952	1 year, 11 days	2
A. J. John	N/A	12 March 1952	16 March 1954	2 years, 4 days	2
Panampilly Govinda Menon	N/A	10 February 1955	23 March 1956	1 year, 42 days	3

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[41]			Assembly
R. Sankar	Cannanore I	26 September 1962	10 September 1964	1 year, 350 days	2
Kannoth Karunakaran	Mala	25 March 1977	27 April 1977	33 days	5
		28 December 1981	17 March 1982	79 days	6
		24 May 1982	26 March 1987	4 years, 306 days	7
		24 June 1991	16 March 1995	3 years, 265 days	9
A. K. Antony	Kazhakkuttom	27 April 1977	27 October 1978	1 year, 183 days	5
	Tirurangadi	22 March 1995	9 May 1996	1 year, 48 days	9
	Cherthala	17 May 2001	29 August 2004	3 years, 75 days	11
Oommen Chandy	Puthuppally	31 August 2004	12 May 2006	1 year, 254 days	11
Oommen Chandy	Puthuppally	18 May 2011	20 May 2016	5 years, 2 days	12

Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[42]			Assembly
	Awadhesh Pratap Singh	N/A	28 May 1948	15 April 1949	322 days	Not yet created
	Sambhu Nath Shuklan	N/A	31 March 1952	31 October 1956	4 years, 214 days	1

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[43]			Assembly
Liladhar Joshi	N/A	28 May 1948	1 May 1949	338 days	Not yet created
Gopikrishna Vijayavargiya	N/A	10 May 1949	18 October 1950	1 year, 161 days
Takhatmal Jain	N/A	18 October 1950	31 March 1952	1 year, 165 days
Mishrilal Gangwal	N/A	31 March 1952	16 April 1955	3 years, 16 days	1

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[45]^[46]			Assembly
Ravishankar Shukla	Saraipali	1 November 1956	31 December 1956	60 days	1
Bhagwantrao Mandloi	Khandwa	9 January 1957	30 January 1957	21 days	1
Bhagwantrao Mandloi	Khandwa	12 March 1962	29 September 1963	1 year, 201 days	3
Kailash Nath Katju	Jaora	31 January 1957	14 March 1957	5 years, 39 days	2
Kailash Nath Katju	Jaora	14 March 1957	11 March 1962	5 years, 39 days	2
Dwarka Prasad Mishra	Katangi	30 September 1963	8 March 1967	3 years, 302 days	4
Dwarka Prasad Mishra	Katangi	8 March 1967	29 July 1967	3 years, 302 days
Shyama Charan Shukla	Rajim	26 March 1969	28 January 1972	2 years, 308 days
		23 December 1975	30 April 1977	1 year, 128 days	5
		9 December 1989	1 March 1990	82 days	8
Prakash Chandra Sethi	Ujjain North	29 January 1972	22 March 1972	5 years, 39 days	5
Prakash Chandra Sethi	Ujjain North	23 March 1972	23 December 1975	5 years, 39 days	5
Arjun Singh	Churhat	9 June 1980	13 March 1985	4 years, 277 days	7
Arjun Singh	Kharsia	14 February 1988	23 January 1989	344 days	8
Motilal Vora	Durg	13 March 1985	13 February 1988	2 years, 337 days
Motilal Vora	Durg	25 January 1989	9 December 1989	318 days
Digvijaya Singh	Raghogarh	7 December 1993	1 December 1998	10 years, 0 days	10
Digvijaya Singh	Raghogarh	1 December 1998	7 December 2003	10 years, 0 days	11
Kamal Nath	Chhindwara	17 December 2018	20 March 2020	1 year, 94 days	15

Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[48]			Assembly
	B. G. Kher	N/A	15 August 1947	21 April 1952	4 years, 250 days	Provincial
	Morarji Desai	Chikhli	21 April 1952	31 October 1956	4 years, 193 days	1

Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term in office^[50]			Assembly
	Yashwantrao Chavan	Karad North	1 November 1956	5 April 1957	3 years, 181 days	1
	Yashwantrao Chavan	Karad North	5 April 1957	30 April 1960	3 years, 181 days	2

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[52]			Assembly
Mairembam Koireng Singh	Thanga	1 July 1963	11 January 1967	3 years, 194 days	Interim
		20 March 1967	4 October 1967	198 days
		19 February 1968	16 October 1969	1 year, 239 days
Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh	Yaiskul	6 December 1974	15 May 1977	2 years, 160 days	3
		14 January 1980	26 November 1980	317 days	3
		8 April 1992	10 April 1993	1 year, 2 days	6
Rishang Keishing	Phungyar	27 November 1980	27 February 1981	92 days	4
		19 June 1981	3 March 1988	6 years, 258 days
		14 December 1994	15 December 1997	3 years, 1 day
Raj Kumar Jaichandra Singh	Sagolband	4 March 1988	22 February 1990	1 year, 355 days	5
Okram Ibobi Singh	Thoubal	7 March 2002	1 March 2007	15 years, 11 days	9
		2 March 2007	5 March 2012		10
		6 March 2012	14 March 2017		11

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[53]			Assembly
Williamson A. Sangma	Siju	2 April 1970	18 March 1972	7 years, 335 days	Interim
		18 March 1972	21 November 1976		1
		22 November 1976	3 March 1978		1
P. A. Sangma	Tura	6 February 1988	25 March 1990	2 years, 47 days	2
D.D. Lapang	Nongpoh	5 February 1992	19 February 1993	1 year, 14 days	4
		4 March 2003	15 June 2006	3 years, 103 days	7
		10 March 2007	4 March 2008	360 days	7
		4 March 2008	19 March 2008	15 days	8
		13 May 2009	19 April 2010	341 days	8
S. C. Marak	Resubelpara	19 February 1993	27 February 1998	5 years, 19 days	5
S. C. Marak	Resubelpara	27 February 1998	10 March 1998	11 days	6
J. D. Rymbai	Jirang	15 June 2006	10 March 2007	268 days	7
Mukul Sangma	Ampati	20 April 2010	5 March 2013	7 years, 320 days	8
Mukul Sangma	Ampati	5 March 2013	6 March 2018	7 years, 320 days	9

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[54]			Assembly
Lal Thanhawla	Serchhip	5 May 1984	20 August 1986	2 years, 107 days	4
		24 January 1989	7 December 1993	9 years, 313 days	6
		8 December 1993	3 December 1998	9 years, 313 days	7
		11 December 2008	11 December 2013	10 years, 3 days	10
		12 December 2013	14 December 2018	10 years, 3 days	11

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[55]			Assembly
Hokishe Sema	Akuluto	22 February 1969	26 February 1974	5 years, 4 days	2
Hokishe Sema	Akuluto	29 October 1986	7 August 1988	1 year, 283 days	5 6
S. C. Jamir	Aonglenden	18 April 1980	5 June 1980	48 days	4
	Mokokchung Town	25 January 1989	10 May 1990	1 year, 105 days	5
	Aonglenden	22 February 1993	6 March 2003	10 years, 12 days	7
K. L. Chishi	Atoizu	16 May 1990	19 June 1990	34 days	7

Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[57]			Assembly
	Bishwanath Das	N/A	19 July 1937	4 November 1939	2 years, 108 days	1 Pre-Independent
	Harekrushna Mahatab	N/A	23 April 1946	15 August 1947	1 year, 114 days	2 Pre-Independent (1946–1952)

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[58]			Assembly
Harekrushna Mahatab	Soro	19 October 1956	25 February 1961	4 years, 129 days	1
Harekrushna Mahatab	Soro	19 October 1956	25 February 1961	4 years, 129 days	2
Nabakrushna Choudhury	Barchana	12 May 1950	20 February 1952	6 years, 160 days	1
Nabakrushna Choudhury	Barchana	20 February 1952	19 October 1956	6 years, 160 days	1
Biju Patnaik	Choudwar	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	2 years, 101 days	3
Biju Patnaik	Bhubaneswar	5 March 1990	15 March 1995	5 years, 10 days	10
Biren Mitra	Cuttack City	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	1 year, 142 days	3
Sadashiva Tripathy	Omerkote	21 February 1965	8 March 1967	2 years, 15 days	3
Nandini Satpathy	Cuttack	14 June 1972	3 March 1973	262 days	5
Nandini Satpathy	Dhenkanal	6 March 1974	16 December 1976	2 years, 285 days	6
Binayak Acharya	Berhampur	29 December 1976	30 April 1977	122 days	6
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Athagarh	9 June 1980	10 March 1985	9 years, 181 days	8
		10 March 1985	7 December 1989	9 years, 181 days	9
		15 March 1995	17 February 1999	3 years, 339 days	11
Hemananda Biswal	Laikera	7 December 1989	5 March 1990	88 days
		6 December 1999	5 March 2000	90 days
		15 March 1995	17 February 1999	3 years, 339 days
		6 December 1999	5 March 2000	90 days
Giridhar Gamang	Laxmipur	17 February 1999	6 December 1999	292 days

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[59]			Assembly
Gopi Chand Bhargava	University	15 August 1947	13 April 1949	1 year, 241 days	Interim
Gopi Chand Bhargava	University	18 October 1949	20 June 1951	1 year, 245 days
Bhim Sen Sachar	Lahore City	13 April 1949	18 October 1949	188 days
Bhim Sen Sachar	Ludhiana City South	17 April 1952	22 July 1953	1 year, 96 days	1
Partap Singh Kairon	Sujanpur	23 January 1956	9 April 1957	1 year, 76 days	2
Ram Kishan	Jalandhar North East	7 July 1964	5 July 1966	1 year, 363 days	3

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[61]^[62]			Assembly
Raghbir Singh	N/A	21 April 1952	22 April 1952	1 day	1
Raghbir Singh	Patiala Sadar	8 March 1954	12 January 1955	310 days	2
Brish Bhan	Kalayat	12 January 1955	1 November 1956	1 year, 294 days	2

Name	Constituency	Term of office^[59]			Assembly
Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir	MLC	1 November 1966	8 March 1967	127 days	3
Zail Singh	Anandpur Sahib	17 March 1972	30 April 1977	5 years, 44 days	6
Darbara Singh	Nakodar	6 June 1980	6 October 1983	3 years, 122 days	8
Beant Singh	Jalandhar Cantonment	25 February 1992	31 August 1995	3 years, 187 days	10
Harcharan Singh Brar	Muktsar	31 August 1995	21 November 1996	1 year, 82 days
Rajinder Kaur Bhattal	Lehra	21 November 1996	11 February 1997	82 days
Amarinder Singh	Patiala Urban	26 February 2002	1 March 2007	5 years, 3 days	12
Amarinder Singh	Patiala Urban	16 March 2017	20 September 2021	4 years, 188 days	15
Charanjit Singh Channi	Chamkaur Sahib	20 September 2021	16 March 2022	177 days	15