List of current Indian chief ministers

Ruling parties (left) and alliances in Indian states (February 2026)

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, and the de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the 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 they have the assembly's confidence, the chief minister's term is for a maximum of five years. There are no limits to the number of terms they can serve.[1]

The chief minister usually serves as the leader of the house in the respective legislative assembly.[2] Out of the thirty incumbents, except Tamil Nadu's M. K. Stalin,[a] all other chief ministers also act as the leader of the house.

Of the 31 incumbents, fifteen incumbents belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party and three to the Indian National Congress, with no other party having more than one chief minister in office. Nitish Kumar from Bihar, has had the longest tenure (19 years, 216 days) as a chief minister.[4] Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal, serving since 20 March 2011 (for 14 years, 309 days), has the longest continuous incumbency. Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan (aged 80) is the oldest and Pema Khandu (aged 46), from Arunachal Pradesh is the youngest. Banejee and Delhi's Rekha Gupta are the only two incumbent female chief ministers.

List of chief ministers

List of chief ministers[5]
No. State/UT Portrait Name Took office
(tenure length) 		Party[b] Alliance Ministry Ref
1 Andhra Pradesh N. Chandrababu Naidu 12 June 2024
(1 year, 286 days) 		Telugu Desam Party NDA (Kutami) Naidu IV [6]
2 Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu 17 July 2016
(9 years, 251 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Khandu V [7][8]
3 Assam Himanta Biswa Sarma 10 May 2021
(4 years, 319 days) 		Sarma [9]
4 Bihar Nitish Kumar 22 February 2015
(11 years, 31 days) 		Janata Dal (United) Nitish X [4]
5 Chhattisgarh Vishnu Deo Sai 13 December 2023
(2 years, 102 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Sai [10]
6 Delhi[c] Rekha Gupta 20 February 2025
(1 year, 33 days) 		Gupta [11]
7 Goa Pramod Sawant 19 March 2019
(7 years, 6 days) 		Sawant II [12]
8 Gujarat

Bhupendrabhai Patel 13 September 2021
(4 years, 193 days) 		Patel II [13]
9 Haryana Nayab Singh Saini 12 March 2024
(2 years, 13 days) 		Saini II [14]
10 Himachal Pradesh Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu 11 December 2022
(3 years, 104 days) 		Indian National Congress INDIA Sukhu [15]
11 Jammu and Kashmir[c] Omar Abdullah 16 October 2024
(1 year, 160 days) 		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Abdullah II [16]
12 Jharkhand Hemant Soren 4 July 2024
(1 year, 264 days) 		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha INDIA

(MGB)

Soren IV [17]
13 Karnataka Siddaramaiah 20 May 2023
(2 years, 309 days) 		Indian National Congress INDIA Siddaramaiah II [18]
14 Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan 25 May 2016
(9 years, 304 days) 		Communist Party of India (Marxist) INDIA (LDF) Vijayan II [19]
15 Madhya Pradesh Mohan Yadav 13 December 2023
(2 years, 102 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Yadav [20]
16 Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis 5 December 2024
(1 year, 110 days) 		NDA (MY) Fadnavis III [21]
17 Manipur Yumnam Khemchand Singh 4 February 2026
(49 days) 		NDA Singh [22]
18 Meghalaya Conrad Sangma 6 March 2018
(8 years, 19 days) 		National People's Party NDA (MDA) Sangma II [23]
19 Mizoram Lalduhoma 8 December 2023
(2 years, 107 days) 		Zoram People's Movement None Lalduhoma [24]
20 Nagaland Neiphiu Rio 8 March 2018
(8 years, 17 days) 		Naga People's Front NDA (PDA) Rio V [25]
21 Odisha Mohan Charan Majhi 12 June 2024
(1 year, 286 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Majhi [26]
22 Punjab Bhagwant Mann 16 March 2022
(4 years, 9 days) 		Aam Aadmi Party None Mann [27]
23 Puducherry[c] N. Rangaswamy 7 May 2021
(4 years, 322 days) 		All India N.R. Congress NDA Rangaswamy IV [28]
24 Rajasthan Bhajan Lal Sharma 15 December 2023
(2 years, 100 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Sharma [29]
25 Sikkim Prem Singh Tamang 27 May 2019
(6 years, 302 days) 		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha Tamang II [30]
26 Tamil Nadu M. K. Stalin 7 May 2021
(4 years, 322 days) 		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam INDIA Stalin [31]
27 Telangana Revanth Reddy 7 December 2023
(2 years, 108 days) 		Indian National Congress Reddy [32]
28 Tripura Manik Saha 15 May 2022
(3 years, 314 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party NDA Saha II [33]
29 Uttarakhand Pushkar Singh Dhami 4 July 2021
(4 years, 264 days) 		Dhami II [34]
30 Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath 19 March 2017
(9 years, 6 days) 		Yogi II [35]
31 West Bengal Mamata Banerjee 20 May 2011
(14 years, 309 days) 		Trinamool Congress INDIA Banerjee III [36]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Durai Murugan serves as the leader of the house in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.[3]
  2. ^ Only the chief minister's party is indicated. They may head a complex coalition of several parties and independents, which are not listed here.
  3. ^ 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.

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