List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra

Chief Minister of Maharashtra महाराष्ट्राचे मुख्यमंत्री
Seal of Maharashtra
Incumbent Devendra Fadnavis since 31 October 2014
Appointer	Governor of Maharashtra
Inaugural holder	Yashwantrao Chavan
Formation	1 May 1960

The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, a western Indian state, is the head of the Government of Maharashtra. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Maharashtra 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 that he or she has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.^[1]

Yashwantrao Chavan was the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra. He belonged to the Indian National Congress, as did a majority of the officeholders. Serving since 31 October 2014, Devendra Fadnavis is the current incumbent, the first from the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Chief Ministers of Bombay State

Morarji Desai, a former Prime Minister of India, was the first elected Chief Minister of Bombay State.

No	Name	Term of office		Party		Days in office
1	B. G. Kher	15 August 1947	21 April 1952	Indian National Congress		1711 Days
2	Morarji Desai	21 April 1952	31 October 1956			1654 Days
3	Yashwantrao Chavan	1 November 1956	5 April 1957			1307 Days
		5 April 1957	30 April 1960

Chief Ministers of Maharashtra

Sharad Pawar

Manohar Joshi

Narayan Rane

Vilasrao Deshmukh

Sushlkumar Shinde

Ashok Chavan

Prithviraj Chavan

Colour key for parties
Indian National Congress   Progressive Democratic Front   Shiv Sena   Bharatiya Janata Party   N/A (President's rule)

No	Name	Term of office		Party[lower-alpha 1]		Days in office
1	Yashwantrao Chavan	1 May 1960	19 November 1962	Indian National Congress		933 Days
2	Marotrao Kannamwar	20 November 1962	24 November 1963			370 Days
3	P. K. Sawant	25 November 1963	4 December 1963			10 Days
4	Vasantrao Naik	5 December 1963	1 March 1967			1548 Days
		1 March 1967	13 March 1972			1840 Days
		13 March 1972	20 February 1975			709 Days [Total 4097 Days]
5	Shankarrao Chavan	21 February 1975	16 April 1977			786 Days
6	Vasantdada Patil	17 April 1977	2 March 1978			319 Days
		7 March 1978	18 July 1978			134 Days
7	Sharad Pawar	18 July 1978	17 February 1980	Progressive Democratic Front		580 Days
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 2] (President's rule)	17 February 1980	8 June 1980	N/A		113 Days
8	Abdul Rehman Antulay	9 June 1980	12 January 1982	Indian National Congress		583 Days
9	Babasaheb Bhosale	21 January 1982	1 February 1983			377 Days
(6)	Vasantdada Patil [3]	2 February 1983	1 June 1985			851 Days [Total 1304 Days]
10	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	3 June 1985	6 March 1986			277 Days
(5)	Shankarrao Chavan [2]	12 March 1986	26 June 1988			837 Days [Total 1623 Days]
(7)	Sharad Pawar [2]	26 June 1988	25 June 1991			1094 Days
11	Sudhakarrao Naik	25 June 1991	22 February 1993			608 Days
(7)	Sharad Pawar [3]	6 March 1993	14 March 1995			739 Days [Total 2413 Days]
12	Manohar Joshi	14 March 1995	31 January 1999	Shiv Sena		1419 Days
13	Narayan Rane	1 February 1999	17 October 1999			259 Days
14	Vilasrao Deshmukh	18 October 1999	16 January 2003	Indian National Congress		1187 Days
15	Sushilkumar Shinde	18 January 2003	30 October 2004			651 Days
(14)	Vilasrao Deshmukh [2]	1 November 2004	4 December 2008			1494 Days [Total 2681 Days]
16	Ashok Chavan	8 December 2008	15 October 2009			311 Days
		7 November 2009	9 November 2010			368 Days [Total 679 Days]
17	Prithviraj Chavan	11 November 2010	26 September 2014			1415 Days
-	Vacant[3](President's rule)	28 September 2014	31 October 2014	N/A		32 days
18	Devendra Fadnavis	31 October 2014	Incumbent	Bharatiya Janata Party		555

See also

• Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
• List of Governors of Maharashtra

Explanatory notes

1. This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
2. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[2]

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. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Maharashtra as well.
2. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.
3. "President's rule imposed in Maharashtra". The Times of India. PTI. 28 September 2014. Retrieved 28 September 2014.

External links

• Legislative bodies in India