List of current Indian chief ministers

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Several chief ministers pose with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in December 2014.

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 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 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.[1]

Of the thirty-one incumbents, five are women—Anandiben Patel in Gujarat, Jayalalithaa in Tamil Nadu, Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal, Mehbooba Mufti in Jammu and Kashmir, and Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan. Serving since December 1994 (for Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.), Sikkim's Pawan Kumar Chamling has the longest incumbency. Parkash Singh Badal (b. 1927) of Punjab is the oldest chief minister,[2] while Uttar Pradesh's Akhilesh Yadav (b. 1973) is the youngest. Nine incumbents belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party, six to the Indian National Congress and two to the Communist Party of India (Marxist); no other party has more than one chief minister in office.

Current Indian chief ministers

Colour key for parties
<templatestyles src="Div col/styles.css"/>
State
(past chief ministers)
Name[3] Portrait Took office
(tenure length)
Party[lower-alpha 1] Ref
Andhra Pradesh
(list)
N. Chandrababu Naidu Chandrababu Naidu.jpg 8 June 2014
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Telugu Desam Party [4]
Arunachal Pradesh
(list)
Kalikho Pul 100px 19 February 2016
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
People's Party of Arunachal [5]
Assam
(list)
Sarbananda Sonowal SarbanandaSonowal.jpg 24 May 2016
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Bharatiya Janata Party [6]
Bihar
(list)
Nitish Kumar 100px 22 February 2015
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Janata Dal (United) [7]
Chhattisgarh
(list)
Raman Singh Dr Raman Singh at Press Club Raipur Mood 2.jpg 7 December 2003
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Bharatiya Janata Party [8]
Delhi[lower-alpha 2]
(list)
Arvind Kejriwal 100px 14 February 2015
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Aam Aadmi Party [9]
Goa
(list)
Laxmikant Parsekar Laxmikant Parsekar during VARUNA 2015.jpg 8 November 2014
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Bharatiya Janata Party [10]
Gujarat
(list)
Anandiben Patel Anandiben Patel Sept 2014.jpg 22 May 2014
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Bharatiya Janata Party [11]
Haryana
(list)
Manohar Lal Khattar 100px 26 October 2014
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Bharatiya Janata Party [12]
Himachal Pradesh
(list)
Virbhadra Singh 100px 25 December 2012
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Indian National Congress [13]
Jammu and Kashmir
(list)
Mehbooba Mufti 100px 4 April 2016
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party [14]
Jharkhand
(list)
Raghuvar Das 100px 28 December 2014
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Bharatiya Janata Party [15]
Karnataka
(list)
Siddaramaiah 100px 13 May 2013
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Indian National Congress [16]
Kerala
(list)
Pinarayi Vijayan Pinarayi.JPG 25 May 2016
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) [17]
Madhya Pradesh
(list)
Shivraj Singh Chouhan Shivraj Singh Chauhan (cropped).jpg 29 November 2005
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Bharatiya Janata Party [18]
Maharashtra
(list)
Devendra Fadnavis 100px 31 October 2014
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Bharatiya Janata Party [19]
Manipur
(list)
Okram Ibobi Singh Okram Ibobi Singh(cropped).jpg 2 March 2002
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Indian National Congress [20]
Meghalaya
(list)
Mukul Sangma 100px 20 April 2010
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Indian National Congress [21]
Mizoram
(list)
Lal Thanhawla Lal Thanhawla (cropped).jpg 7 December 2008
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Indian National Congress [22]
Nagaland
(list)
T. R. Zeliang T. R. Zeliang.jpg 24 May 2014
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Naga People's Front [23]
Odisha
(list)
Naveen Patnaik Naveen Patnaik.jpg 5 March 2000
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Biju Janata Dal [24]
Puducherry[lower-alpha 2]
(list)
N. Rangaswamy N. Rangaswamy.jpg 16 May 2011
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
All India N.R. Congress [25]
Punjab
(list)
Parkash Singh Badal 100px 1 March 2007
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Shiromani Akali Dal [26]
Rajasthan
(list)
Vasundhara Raje 100px 13 December 2013
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Bharatiya Janata Party [27]
Sikkim
(list)
Pawan Kumar Chamling 100px 12 December 1994
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Sikkim Democratic Front [28]
Tamil Nadu
(list)
Jayalalithaa Jayalalithaa1.jpg 23 May 2015
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam [29]
Telangana
(list)
K. Chandrashekar Rao 100px 2 June 2014
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Telangana Rashtra Samithi [30]
Tripura
(list)
Manik Sarkar Manik Sarkar.jpg 11 March 1998
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Communist Party of India (Marxist) [31]
Uttar Pradesh
(list)
Akhilesh Yadav Akhilesh Yadav.jpg 15 March 2012
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Samajwadi Party [32]
Uttarakhand
(list)
Harish Rawat Uttarakhand CM Harish Rawat.jpg 11 May 2016
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
Indian National Congress [33]
West Bengal
(list)
Mamata Banerjee Mamata Banerjee - Kolkata 2011-12-08 7542 Cropped.JPG 20 May 2011
(Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.)
All India Trinamool Congress [34]
  1. This column names only the chief minister's party. The ministry he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; those are not listed here.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Although Delhi and Puducherry each have an elected legislature and a council of ministers (headed by the chief minister), they are officially union territories.

See also

References

  1. Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th edition, 2011 reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9.
  2. Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta. "Bucking the trend". Frontline. Volume 29, issue 6, 24 March – 6 April 2012.
  3. Chief Ministers. India.gov.in. Retrieved on 3 September 2015.
  4. "Naidu takes oath as Andhra Pradesh CM". The Hindu. 8 June 2014.
  5. "Arunachal Chief Minister Kalikho Pul Allocates Portfolios To Ministers". NDTV. 11 March 2016.
  6. "Sarbananda Sonowal sworn in as first BJP CM of Assam". The Hindu. 24 May 2016.
  7. "Nitish returns as Bihar Chief Minister". The Hindu. 22 February 2015.
  8. Aarti Dhar. "Raman Singh takes oath". The Hindu. 8 December 2003.
  9. Smriti Kak Ramachandran, Shubhomoy Sikdar. "Kejriwal promises to make Delhi graft-free in 5 years". The Hindu. 14 February 2015.
  10. Prakash Kamat. "Parsekar sworn in after revolt fizzles out in Goa". The Hindu. 8 November 2014.
  11. "Anandiben Patel takes oath as Gujarat Chief Minister". The Hindu. 22 May 2014.
  12. Sarabjit Pandher. "Khattar sworn in". The Hindu. 26 October 2014.
  13. "Virbhadra Singh sworn in as CM". The Hindu. 26 December 2012.
  14. "Mehbooba Mufti sworn in as J&K's first woman CM". The Hindu. 4 April 2016.
  15. Amarnath Tewary. "Raghuvar Das assumes office as CM". The Hindu. 28 December 2014.
  16. "Siddaramaiah sworn in as Chief Minister of Karnataka". The Hindu. 13 May 2013.
  17. C. Gouridasan Nair. "Pinarayi takes charge as Kerala Chief Minister". The Hindu. 25 May 2016.
  18. "Shivraj Chauhan sworn in Chief Minister". The Hindu. 30 November 2005.
  19. Priyanka Kakodkar. "Uddhav attends Fadnavis swearing-in". The Hindu. 31 October 2014.
  20. "SPF stakes claim to form ministry in Manipur". The Hindu. 3 March 2002.
  21. "Mukul Sangma sworn in as Chief Minister". The Hindu. 21 April 2010.
  22. "Lal Thanhawla sworn in as Mizoram chief minister". The Times of India. 11 December 2008.
  23. "Zeliang sworn in as Nagaland CM". The Hindu. 24 May 2014.
  24. N. Ramdas. "Naveen Govt. installed". The Hindu. 6 March 2000.
  25. "Rangasamy sworn in Puducherry CM". The Hindu. 17 May 2011.
  26. "Parkash Singh Badal, 17 Ministers sworn in". The Hindu. 3 March 2007.
  27. "Vasundhara swearing-in, a show of strength". The Hindu. 13 December 2013.
  28. "Pawan Chamling to be longest serving Chief Minister". The Hindu. 17 May 2014.
  29. Meera Srinivasan, Sruthisagar Yamunan. "Jayalalithaa is Tamil Nadu Chief Minister again". The Hindu. 23 May 2015.
  30. K. Srinivas Reddy. "KCR sworn in; heads cabinet of 11 ministers". The Hindu. 2 June 2014.
  31. "Manik Sarkar sworn in as Tripura CM". Rediff.com. 11 March 1998.
  32. "Akhilesh may start off with a small Cabinet". The Hindu. 15 March 2012.
  33. Krishnadas Rajagopal. "President’s Rule lifted, Rawat to be CM again". The Hindu. 11 May 2016.
  34. "Mamata, 37 Ministers sworn in". The Hindu. 21 May 2011.