List of current Indian chief ministers
Several chief ministers pose with Prime MinisterNarendra Modi in December 2014.
Indian states according to party of their chief minister
Bharatiya Janata Party
Indian National Congress
Other parties
President’s/Governor’s rule
In the Republic of India, a chief minister is the head of government of each of twenty-nine states and two union territories(Delhi and Puducherry). According to the Constitution of India, at the state-level, the governor is de jure head, but de factoexecutive 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 government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given he has 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 he/she can serve. Since January 2016, the office of Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir has been vacant; Governor’s rule is in force there. Of the thirty incumbents, four are women—Anandiben Patel in Gujarat, Jayalalithaa in Tamil Nadu, Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal, and Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan. Serving since December 1994 (for 21 years, 99 days), Sikkim’s Pawan Kumar Chamling has the longest incumbency. Parkash Singh Badal (b. 1927) of Punjab is the oldest chief minister, while Uttar Pradesh’s Akhilesh Yadav (b. 1973) is the youngest. Eight incumbents belong to the Indian National Congress and another eight to theBharatiya Janata Party; no other party has more than one chief minister in office.
Current Indian chief ministers
| Colour key for parties |
| Aam Aadmi Party
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam All India N.R. Congress All India Trinamool Congress Bharatiya Janata Party Biju Janata Dal Communist Party of India (Marxist) Indian National Congress Janata Dal (United) Naga People’s Front People’s Party of Arunachal Samajwadi Party Shiromani Akali Dal Sikkim Democratic Front Telangana Rashtra Samithi Telugu Desam Party |
| State (past chief ministers) |
Name | Portrait | Took office (tenure length) |
Party | Ref | |
| Andhra Pradesh (list) |
N. Chandrababu Naidu | 8 June 2014 (1 year, 286 days) |
Telugu Desam Party | |||
| Arunachal Pradesh (list) |
Kalikho Pul | 19 February 2016 (30 days) |
People’s Party of Arunachal | |||
| Assam (list) |
Tarun Gogoi | 17 May 2001 (14 years, 308 days) |
Indian National Congress | |||
| Bihar (list) |
Nitish Kumar | 22 February 2015 (1 year, 27 days) |
Janata Dal (United) | |||
| Chhattisgarh (list) |
Raman Singh | 7 December 2003 (12 years, 104 days) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| Delhi[b] (list) |
Arvind Kejriwal | 14 February 2015 (1 year, 35 days) |
Aam Aadmi Party | |||
| Goa (list) |
Laxmikant Parsekar | 8 November 2014 (1 year, 133 days) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| Gujarat (list) |
Anandiben Patel | 22 May 2014 (1 year, 303 days) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| Haryana (list) |
Manohar Lal Khattar | 26 October 2014 (1 year, 146 days) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| Himachal Pradesh (list) |
Virbhadra Singh | 25 December 2012 (3 years, 86 days) |
Indian National Congress | |||
| Jammu and Kashmir (list) |
Vacant[c] (Governor’s rule) |
9 January 2016 (71 days) |
N/A | |||
| Jharkhand (list) |
Raghuvar Das | 28 December 2014 (1 year, 83 days) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| Karnataka (list) |
Siddaramaiah | 13 May 2013 (2 years, 312 days) |
Indian National Congress | |||
| Kerala (list) |
Oommen Chandy | 18 May 2011 (4 years, 307 days) |
Indian National Congress | |||
| Madhya Pradesh (list) |
Shivraj Singh Chouhan | 29 November 2005 (10 years, 112 days) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| Maharashtra (list) |
Devendra Fadnavis | 31 October 2014 (1 year, 141 days) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| Manipur (list) |
Okram Ibobi Singh | 2 March 2002 (14 years, 18 days) |
Indian National Congress | |||
| Meghalaya (list) |
Mukul Sangma | 20 April 2010 (5 years, 335 days) |
Indian National Congress | |||
| Mizoram (list) |
Lal Thanhawla | 7 December 2008 (7 years, 104 days) |
Indian National Congress | |||
| Nagaland (list) |
T. R. Zeliang | 24 May 2014 (1 year, 301 days) |
Naga People’s Front | |||
| Odisha (list) |
Naveen Patnaik | 5 March 2000 (16 years, 15 days) |
Biju Janata Dal | |||
| Puducherry[b] (list) |
N. Rangaswamy | 16 May 2011 (4 years, 309 days) |
All India N.R. Congress | |||
| Punjab (list) |
Parkash Singh Badal | 1 March 2007 (9 years, 19 days) |
Shiromani Akali Dal | |||
| Rajasthan (list) |
Vasundhara Raje | 13 December 2013 (2 years, 98 days) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| Sikkim (list) |
Pawan Kumar Chamling | 12 December 1994 (21 years, 99 days) |
Sikkim Democratic Front | |||
| Tamil Nadu (list) |
Jayalalithaa | 23 May 2015 (302 days) |
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |||
| Telangana (list) |
K. Chandrashekar Rao | 2 June 2014 (1 year, 292 days) |
Telangana Rashtra Samithi | |||
| Tripura (list) |
Manik Sarkar | 11 March 1998 (18 years, 9 days) |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |||
| Uttar Pradesh (list) |
Akhilesh Yadav | 15 March 2012 (4 years, 5 days) |
Samajwadi Party | |||
| Uttarakhand (list) |
Harish Rawat | 1 February 2014 (2 years, 48 days) |
Indian National Congress | |||
| West Bengal (list) |
Mamata Banerjee | 20 May 2011 (4 years, 305 days) |
All India Trinamool Congress | |||
List of female Indian chief ministers
The four incumbent woman chief ministers in India —Jayalalithaa, Vasundhara Raje, Mamata Banerjee andAnandiben Patel
Fifteen women have served as the chief minister of an Indian state. Currently, four are in office—Jayalalithaa,Anandiben Patel, Vasundhara Raje and Mamata Banerjee. Of the twelve states to have been headed by a female chief minister, only three—Delhi, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh—have had two woman premiers.
In the Republic of India, a chief minister is the head of government of each of twenty-nine states and two union territories (Delhi and Puducherry). According to the Constitution of India, at the state-level, the governor is de jurehead, 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 government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister’s term is for five years; the office is subject to no term limits.
Chronological list of female Indian chief ministers
Key
* incumbent chief minister
| No | Name | Portrait | State | Term(s) | Total tenure | Party | |
| 1 | Bharat singh malviya
date of birth 25/07/1985 village – kodiya chhitu sehore |
– | Uttar Pradesh | 2 October 2005 – 13 March 2010 | 1258 days | Indian National Congress | |
| 2 | Nandini Satpathy | – | Orissa | 14 June 1972 – 3 March 1973 6 March 1974 – 16 December 1976 |
1278 days | Indian National Congress | |
| 3 | Shashikala Kakodkar | – | Goa | 12 August 1973 – 27 April 1979 | 2084 days | Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party | |
| 4 | Syeda Anwara Taimur | – | Assam | 6 December 1980 – 30 June 1981 | 206 days | Indian National Congress | |
| 5 | Janaki Ramachandran | Tamil Nadu | 7–30 January 1988 | 23 days | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
| 6 | Jayalalithaa * | Tamil Nadu | 24 June 1991 – 12 May 1996 14 May 2001 – 21 September 2001 2 March 2002 – 12 May 2006 16 May 2011 – 29 September 2014 23 May 2015 – present |
4679 days | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
| 7 | Mayawati | Uttar Pradesh | 13 June 1995 – 18 October 1995 21 March 1997 – 21 September 1997 3 May 2002 – 29 August 2003 13 May 2007 – 7 March 2012 |
2554 days | Bahujan Samaj Party | ||
| 8 | Rajinder Kaur Bhattal | – | Punjab | 21 January 1996 – 12 February 1997 | 388 days | Indian National Congress | |
| 9 | Rabri Devi | Bihar | 25 July 1997 – 11 February 1999 9 March 1999 – 2 March 2000 11 March 2000 – 6 March 2005 |
2746 days | Rashtriya Janata Dal | ||
| 10 | Sushma Swaraj | Delhi | 13 October 1998 – 3 December 1998 | 51 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 11 | Sheila Dikshit | Delhi | 3 December 1998 – 8 December 2013 | 5484 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| 12 | Uma Bharati | Madhya Pradesh | 8 December 2003 – 23 August 2004 | 259 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 13 | Vasundhara Raje * | Rajasthan | 8 December 2003 – 11 December 2008 8 December 2013 – present |
2660 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 14 | Mamata Banerjee * | West Bengal | 20 May 2011 – present | 1768 days | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
| 15 | Anandiben Patel * | Gujarat | 21 May 2014 – present | 670 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||