List of Chief Ministers in India

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A Chief Minister in India is the elected head of government at the level of States, and is vested with most of
the executive powers. He or she is elected by legislators of the political party or coalition commanding an
assembly majority, and serves a five-year term with a provision of re-election. The Governor is the head of
state, but his or her role is largely ceremonial.

There are a total of thirty Chief Ministers elected by all twenty-eight states and two out of the seven union
territories. The following table lists the parties that hold ----

[edit]Chief Ministers by State

No FM
State Name Since Party
R
Indian National
1 Andhra Pradesh K. Rosaiah 2009-09-03 all
Congress
Indian National
2 Arunachal Pradesh Dorjee Khandu 2007-04-09 all
Congress
Indian National
3 Assam Tarun Kumar Gogoi 2001-05-17 all
Congress
4 Bihar Nitish Kumar 2005-11-24 Janata Dal (United) all
5 Chhattisgarh Raman Singh 2003-12-07 Bharatiya Janata Party all
Indian National
6 Delhi† Sheila Dixit 1998-12-03 all
Congress
Indian National
7 Goa Digambar Kamat 2007-06-08 all
Congress
8 Gujarat Narendra Damodardas Modi "2001-10-07" Bharatiya Janata Party all
Indian National
9 Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda 2005-03-05 all
Congress
10 Himachal Pradesh Prem Kumar Dhumal 2007-12-30 Bharatiya Janata Party all
Jammu & Kashmir
11 Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah 2009-01-05 all
National Conference
Jharkhand Mukti
12 Jharkhand Shibu Soren 2009-12-30 all
Morcha
13 Karnataka B. S. Yeddyurappa 2008-05-28 Bharatiya Janata Party all
Communist Party of
14 Kerala V. S. Achuthanandan 2006-05-18 all
India (Marxist)
15 Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan 2005-11-29 Bharatiya Janata Party all
Indian National
16 Maharashtra Ashok Chavan 2008-12-08 all
Congress
Indian National
17 Manipur Okram Ibobi Singh 2002-03-02 all
Congress
Indian National
18 Meghalaya Mukul Sangma 2010-04-20 all
Congress
Indian National
19 Mizoram Lal Thanhawla 2008-12-07 all
Congress
20 Nagaland Neiphiu Rio 2008-03-12 Nagaland People's Front all
21 Orissa Naveen Patnaik 2000-05-17 Biju Janata Dal all
Indian National
22 Pondicherry† Thiru.V. Vaithilingam 2008-09-04 all
Congress
23 Punjab Parkash Singh Badal 2007-02-28 Shiromani Akali Dal all
Indian National
24 Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot 2008-12-12 all
Congress
Sikkim Democratic
25 Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling 1994-12-12 all
Front
Dravida Munnettra
26 Tamil Nadu Karunanidhi 2006-05-12 all
Kazhagam
Communist Party of
27 Tripura Manik Sarkar 1998-03-11 all
India (Marxist)
28 Uttarakhand Ramesh Pokhriyal 2009-06-24 Bharatiya Janata Party all
29 Uttar Pradesh Mayawati 2007-05-13 Bahujan Samaj Party all
Communist Party of
30 West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattacharya 2000-10-06 all
India (Marxist)