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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]

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of the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir is vacant with no new elections ever since the former state's autonomy was revoked.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 woman — Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal. Serving since 5 March 2000 (for 24 years, 44 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.

List of chief ministers[edit]

State Name[4] Portrait Took office
(tenure length) 		Party[a] Alliance Ministry Ref
Andhra Pradesh Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy 30 May 2019
(4 years, 324 days) 		YSR Congress Party None Reddy [5]
Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu 17 July 2016
(7 years, 276 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Khandu IV [6]
Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma 10 May 2021
(2 years, 344 days) 		Sarma [7]
Bihar Nitish Kumar
22 February 2015
(9 years, 56 days) 		Janata Dal (United) Nitish Kumar IX [3]
Chhattisgarh Vishnudeo Sai 13 December 2023
(127 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Sai [8]
Delhi[b] Arvind Kejriwal 14 February 2015
(9 years, 64 days) 		Aam Aadmi Party INDIA Kejriwal III [9]
Goa Pramod Sawant 19 March 2019
(5 years, 30 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Sawant II [10]
Gujarat Bhupendrabhai Patel 13 September 2021
(2 years, 218 days) 		Patel II [11]
Haryana Nayab Singh Saini 12 March 2024
(37 days) 		Saini [12]
Himachal Pradesh Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu 11 December 2022
(1 year, 129 days) 		Indian National Congress INDIA Sukhu [13]
Jammu and Kashmir[b] Vacant (President rule)
19 June 2018
(5 years, 304 days) 		N/A N/A N/A [14]
Jharkhand Champai Soren 2 February 2024
(76 days) 		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha INDIA Champai [15]
Karnataka Siddaramaiah 20 May 2023
(334 days) 		Indian National Congress Siddaramaiah II [16]
Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan 25 May 2016
(7 years, 329 days) 		Communist Party of India (Marxist) Vijayan II [17]
Madhya Pradesh Mohan Yadav 13 December 2023
(127 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Yadav [18]
Maharashtra Eknath Shinde 30 June 2022
(1 year, 293 days) 		Shiv Sena Shinde [19]
Manipur N. Biren Singh 15 March 2017
(7 years, 34 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Singh II [20]
Meghalaya Conrad Sangma 6 March 2018
(6 years, 43 days) 		National People's Party Sangma II [21]
Mizoram Lalduhoma 8 December 2023
(132 days) 		Zoram People's Movement None Lalduhoma [22]
Nagaland Neiphiu Rio 8 March 2018
(6 years, 41 days) 		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party NDA Rio V [23]
Odisha Naveen Patnaik 5 March 2000
(24 years, 44 days) 		Biju Janata Dal None Patnaik V [24]
Puducherry[b] N. Rangaswamy 7 May 2021
(2 years, 347 days) 		All India N.R. Congress NDA Rangaswamy IV [25]
Punjab Bhagwant Singh Mann 16 March 2022
(2 years, 33 days) 		Aam Aadmi Party INDIA Mann [26]
Rajasthan Bhajan Lal Sharma 15 December 2023
(125 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Sharma [27]
Sikkim Prem Singh Tamang 27 May 2019
(4 years, 327 days) 		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha Tamang [28]
Tamil Nadu M. K. Stalin 7 May 2021
(2 years, 347 days) 		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA Stalin [29]
Telangana Revanth Reddy 7 December 2023
(133 days) 		Indian National Congress Reddy
Tripura Manik Saha 15 May 2022
(1 year, 339 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Saha II [30]
Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath 19 March 2017
(7 years, 30 days) 		Adityanath II [31]
Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami 4 July 2021
(2 years, 289 days) 		Dhami II [32]
West Bengal Mamata Banerjee 20 May 2011
(12 years, 334 days) 		All India Trinamool Congress INDIA Banerjee III [33]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  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. ^ 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.

References[edit]

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source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_Indian_chief_ministers