List of current Indian chief ministers


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]
Since April 2016, the office of Chief Minister of Uttarakhand has been vacant; President's rule is in force there. Of the thirty 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 21 years, 147 days), 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. Eight incumbents belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party and seven to the Indian National Congress; no other party has more than one chief minister in office.
Current Indian chief ministers
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- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Although Delhi and Puducherry each have an elected legislature and a council of ministers (headed by the chief minister), they are officially union territories.
- ↑ When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant.[33]
See also
- List of current Indian governors
- List of current Indian leaders of the Opposition
- List of female Indian chief ministers
- List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party
- List of chief ministers from Communist Party of India (Marxist)
References
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- ↑ Chief Ministers. India.gov.in. Retrieved on 3 September 2015.
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- ↑ Prakash Kamat. "Parsekar sworn in after revolt fizzles out in Goa". The Hindu. 8 November 2014.
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- ↑ Priyanka Kakodkar. "Uddhav attends Fadnavis swearing-in". The Hindu. 31 October 2014.
- ↑ "SPF stakes claim to form ministry in Manipur". The Hindu. 3 March 2002.
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- ↑ "Lal Thanhawla sworn in as Mizoram chief minister". The Times of India. 11 December 2008.
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- ↑ "Rangasamy sworn in Puducherry CM". The Hindu. 17 May 2011.
- ↑ "Parkash Singh Badal, 17 Ministers sworn in". The Hindu. 3 March 2007.
- ↑ "Vasundhara swearing-in, a show of strength". The Hindu. 13 December 2013.
- ↑ "Pawan Chamling to be longest serving Chief Minister". The Hindu. 17 May 2014.
- ↑ Meera Srinivasan, Sruthisagar Yamunan. "Jayalalithaa is Tamil Nadu Chief Minister again". The Hindu. 23 May 2015.
- ↑ K. Srinivas Reddy. "KCR sworn in; heads cabinet of 11 ministers". The Hindu. 2 June 2014.
- ↑ "Manik Sarkar sworn in as Tripura CM". Rediff.com. 11 March 1998.
- ↑ "Akhilesh may start off with a small Cabinet". The Hindu. 15 March 2012.
- ↑ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
- ↑ "President's Rule in Uttarakhand to continue, Supreme Court stays high court order". The Times of India. 22 April 2016.
- ↑ "Mamata, 37 Ministers sworn in". The Hindu. 21 May 2011.