The Indian National Congress (INC) is one of the two major parties in the political system of the Republic of India , the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).[1] [2] As of 3 December 2023, INC is in power in the three states of Himachal Pradesh , Karnataka and Telangana . In Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand it shares power with alliance partners Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha respectively.[3] The party during the post-independence era has governed most of the states and union territories of India .[4]
A chief minister is the head of government of each of the twenty-eight states and of three union territories (Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry).[5] 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.[6] 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.[5] The chief minister's term is usually for a maximum of five years with the confidence of the assembly. There are no limits to the number of terms the chief minister can serve.[7] The deputy Chief Minister is a member of the state government and usually the second highest ranking executive officer of their state's council of ministers.[8] While not a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers. A deputy chief minister usually also holds a cabinet portfolio such as home minister or finance minister.[9] In the parliamentary system of government, the Chief Minister is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy chief minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government.[10]
Five of the INC chief ministers have been women – Sucheta Kripalani for Uttar Pradesh , Nandini Satpathy for Odisha , Anwara Taimur for Assam , Rajinder Kaur Bhattal for Punjab , and Sheila Dikshit for Delhi . The longest-serving female chief minister was Sheila Dikshit, who served as the chief minister of Delhi for over fifteen years.[11] Okram Ibobi Singh who was chief minister of Manipur for 15 years and 11 days between March 2002 and March 2017 has been the longest-serving chief minister of the state.[12] Tarun Gogoi held the position of Chief Minister in Assam for a period of 15 years and 6 days.[13] A leader of the Indian National Congress, Virbhadra Singh holds the distinction of being the longest serving Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, holding the office from 1983 to 1990, from 1993 to 1998, from 2003 to 2007 and finally from 2012 to 2017.[14] Gegong Apang has not only been the longest-serving Chief Minister from the INC but also in the history of Arunachal Pradesh .[15] Apang also holds the record for the fourth-longest-serving Chief Minister of an Indian state, holding the post for over twenty-two years.[16]
Andhra Pradesh [ edit ] Chief Ministers of United Andhra Pradesh [b] Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[18] Assembly Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Kalahasti 1 November 1956 11 January 1960 3 years, 71 days 1 Dhone 12 March 1962 20 February 1964 1 year, 345 days 3 Damodaram Sanjivayya Kurnool 11 January 1960 12 March 1962 2 years, 60 days 2 Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Narasaraopet 21 February 1964 30 September 1971 7 years, 221 days 4 P. V. Narasimha Rao Manthani 30 September 1971 10 January 1973 1 year, 102 days 5 Jalagam Vengala Rao Vemsoor 10 December 1973 6 March 1978 4 years, 86 days 6 Marri Chenna Reddy Medchal 6 March 1978 11 October 1980 2 years, 219 days Sanathnagar 3 December 1989 17 December 1990 1 year, 14 days 9 Tanguturi Anjaiah MLC 11 October 1980 24 February 1982 1 year, 136 days 6 Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy MLC 24 February 1982 20 September 1982 208 days Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Kurnool 20 September 1982 9 January 1983 111 days Panyam 9 October 1992 12 December 1994 2 years, 64 days 9 N. Janardhana Reddy Venkatagiri 17 December 1990 9 October 1992 1 year, 297 days Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Pulivendla 14 May 2004 2 September 2009 5 years, 111 days 12 K. Rosaiah Guntur 3 September 2009 24 November 2010 1 year, 82 days 13 N. Kiran Kumar Reddy Pileru 25 November 2010 1 March 2014 3 years, 96 days
Arunachal Pradesh [ edit ] Premier of Bihar Portrait Name Constituency Term in office[21] Assembly Shri Krishna Sinha N/A 20 July 1937 31 October 1939 2 years, 103 days N/A 23 March 1946 25 January 1950 3 years, 308 days N/A
Chief Ministers of Bihar Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[21] Assembly Shri Krishna Sinha Basantpur West 2 April 1946 31 January 1961 13 years, 138 days 1 2 Deep Narayan Singh Hajipur 1 February 1961 18 February 1961 17 days Binodanand Jha Rajmahal 18 February 1961 2 October 1963 2 years, 226 days 3 K. B. Sahay Patna West 2 October 1963 5 March 1967 3 years, 154 days Satish Prasad Singh Parbatta 28 January 1968 1 February 1968 5 days 4 B. P. Mandal MLC 1 February 1968 2 March 1968 31 days Harihar Singh Nayagram 26 February 1969 22 June 1969 117 days 5 Daroga Prasad Rai Parsa 16 February 1970 22 December 1970 310 days Bhola Paswan Shastri Korha 2 June 1971 9 January 1972 222 days Kedar Pandey Nautan 19 March 1972 2 July 1973 1 year, 105 days 6 Abdul Gafoor MLC 2 July 1973 11 April 1975 1 year, 283 days Jagannath Mishra Jhanjharpur 11 April 1975 30 April 1977 2 years, 19 days 7 8 June 1980 14 August 1983 3 years, 67 days 8 6 December 1989 10 March 1990 94 days 9 Chandrashekhar Singh Jhajha 14 August 1983 12 March 1985 1 year, 210 days 8 Bindeshwari Dubey Shahpur 12 March 1985 13 February 1988 2 years, 338 days 9 Bhagwat Jha Azad MLC 14 February 1988 10 March 1989 1 year, 24 days Satyendra Narayan Sinha MLC 11 March 1989 6 December 1989 270 days
Chhattisgarh [ edit ] Chief Minister of Delhi (UT) Portrait Name Constituency Term in office[24] Assembly Sheila Dikshit New Delhi 3 December 1998 1 December 2003 4 years, 363 days 2 2 December 2003 29 November 2008 4 years, 363 days 3 30 November 2008 28 December 2013 5 years, 28 days 4
Chief Minister of Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[25] Assembly Pratapsingh Rane Sattari 7 January 1985 30 May 1987 2 years, 143 days 4 Poriem 30 May 1987 9 January 1990 2 years, 224 days 5
Chief Ministers of Goa (State) Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[25] Assembly Pratapsingh Rane Poriem 9 January 1990 27 March 1990 77 days 1 16 December 1994 29 July 1998 3 years, 225 days 2 3 February 2005 4 March 2005 29 days 4 7 June 2005 7 June 2007 2 years, 0 days Ravi Naik Marcaim 25 January 1991 18 May 1993 2 years, 113 days 1 2 April 1994 8 April 1994 6 days Wilfred de Souza Saligao 18 May 1993 2 April 1994 319 days 8 April 1994 16 December 1994 252 days 29 July 1998 23 November 1998 117 days 2 Luizinho Faleiro Navelim 26 November 1998 8 February 1999 77 days 9 June 1999 24 November 1999 168 days 3 Digambar Kamat Madgaon 8 June 2007 8 March 2012 4 years, 274 days 5
Gujarat [ edit ] Chief Ministers of Gujarat Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[28] Assembly Jivraj Narayan Mehta Amreli 1 May 1960 3 March 1962 3 years, 141 days Interim 3 March 1962 19 September 1963 2 Balwantrai Mehta Bhavnagar 25 February 1963 19 September 1965 2 years, 206 days Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai Olpad 19 September 1965 3 April 1967 1 year, 196 days 3 April 1967 12 November 1969 2 years, 223 days 3 12 November 1969 12 May 1971 1 year, 181 days Ghanshyam Oza Dahegam 17 March 1972 17 July 1973 1 year, 122 days 4 Chimanbhai Patel Sankheda 17 July 1973 9 February 1974 207 days 4 March 1990 17 February 1994 3 years, 350 days 8 Madhav Singh Solanki Bhadran 24 December 1976 10 April 1977 107 days 5 7 June 1980 10 March 1985 4 years, 276 days 6 11 March 1985 6 July 1985 117 days 7 10 December 1989 3 March 1990 83 days Amarsinh Chaudhary Vyara 6 July 1985 9 December 1989 4 years, 156 days Chimanbhai Patel Unjha 25 October 1990 17 February 1994 3 years, 115 days 8 Chhabildas Mehta Mahuva 17 February 1994 31 March 1995 1 year, 42 days
Haryana [ edit ] Himachal Pradesh [ edit ] Key * – Incumbent Chief Minister Jammu and Kashmir [ edit ] Prime Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[32] Assembly Mehr Chand Mahajan N/A 15 October 1947 5 March 1948 142 days 3 Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq Tankipura 29 February 1964 30 March 1965 1 year, 30 days N/A
Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir (state) Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[32] Assembly Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq Tankipura 30 March 1965 21 February 1967 1 year, 328 days 4 Amirakadal 21 February 1967 12 December 1971 4 years, 294 days Syed Mir Qasim Verinag 12 December 1971 17 June 1972 188 days 17 June 1972 25 February 1975 2 years, 253 days Ghulam Nabi Azad Bhaderwah 2 November 2005 11 July 2008 2 years, 252 days 10
Karnataka [ edit ] Chief Minister of Coorg State Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[35] Assembly C. M. Poonacha N/A 27 March 1952 31 October 1956 4 years, 218 days 1
Key * – Incumbent Chief Minister Chief Ministers of Kerala Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[41] Assembly R. Sankar Cannanore I 26 September 1962 10 September 1964 1 year, 350 days 2 Kannoth Karunakaran Mala 25 March 1977 27 April 1977 33 days 5 28 December 1981 17 March 1982 79 days 6 24 May 1982 26 March 1987 4 years, 306 days 7 24 June 1991 16 March 1995 3 years, 265 days 9 A. K. Antony Kazhakkuttom 27 April 1977 27 October 1978 1 year, 183 days 5 Tirurangadi 22 March 1995 9 May 1996 1 year, 48 days 9 Cherthala 17 May 2001 29 August 2004 3 years, 75 days 11 Oommen Chandy Puthuppally 31 August 2004 12 May 2006 1 year, 254 days 11 18 May 2011 20 May 2016 5 years, 2 days 12
Madhya Pradesh [ edit ] Chief Ministers of Madhya Bharat (1948–1956) Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[43] Assembly Liladhar Joshi N/A 28 May 1948 1 May 1949 338 days Not yet created Gopikrishna Vijayavargiya N/A 10 May 1949 18 October 1950 1 year, 161 days Takhatmal Jain N/A 18 October 1950 31 March 1952 1 year, 165 days Mishrilal Gangwal N/A 31 March 1952 16 April 1955 3 years, 16 days 1
Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[45] [46] Assembly Ravishankar Shukla Saraipali 1 November 1956 31 December 1956 60 days 1 Bhagwantrao Mandloi Khandwa 9 January 1957 30 January 1957 21 days 12 March 1962 29 September 1963 1 year, 201 days 3 Kailash Nath Katju Jaora 31 January 1957 14 March 1957 5 years, 39 days 2 14 March 1957 11 March 1962 Dwarka Prasad Mishra Katangi 30 September 1963 8 March 1967 3 years, 302 days 4 8 March 1967 29 July 1967 Shyama Charan Shukla Rajim 26 March 1969 28 January 1972 2 years, 308 days 23 December 1975 30 April 1977 1 year, 128 days 5 9 December 1989 1 March 1990 82 days 8 Prakash Chandra Sethi Ujjain North 29 January 1972 22 March 1972 5 years, 39 days 5 23 March 1972 23 December 1975 Arjun Singh Churhat 9 June 1980 13 March 1985 4 years, 277 days 7 Kharsia 14 February 1988 23 January 1989 344 days 8 Motilal Vora Durg 13 March 1985 13 February 1988 2 years, 337 days 25 January 1989 9 December 1989 318 days Digvijaya Singh Raghogarh 7 December 1993 1 December 1998 10 years, 0 days 10 1 December 1998 7 December 2003 11 Kamal Nath Chhindwara 17 December 2018 20 March 2020 1 year, 94 days 15
Maharashtra [ edit ] Chief Minister of Bombay State (after the States Reorganisation Act, 1956) [g] Portrait Name Constituency Term in office[50] Assembly Yashwantrao Chavan Karad North 1 November 1956 5 April 1957 3 years, 181 days 1 5 April 1957 30 April 1960 2
Chief Ministers of Maharashtra Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[51] Assembly Yashwantrao Chavan Karad North 1 May 1960 19 November 1962 2 years, 202 days 1 Marotrao Kannamwar Saoli 20 November 1962 24 November 1963 1 year, 4 days 2 P. K. Sawant Chiplun 25 November 1963 4 December 1963 9 days Vasantrao Naik Pusad 5 December 1963 1 March 1967 11 years, 77 days 1 March 1967 13 March 1972 3 13 March 1972 20 February 1975 4 Shankarrao Chavan Bhokar 21 February 1975 16 May 1977 2 years, 84 days 12 March 1986 26 June 1988 2 years, 106 days 7 Vasantdada Patil MLC 17 May 1977 5 March 1978 1 year, 62 days 4 2 February 1983 1 June 1985 2 years, 119 days 6 A. R. Antulay Shrivardhan 9 June 1980 12 January 1982 1 year, 217 days Babasaheb Bhosale Kurla 21 January 1982 1 February 1983 1 year, 11 days Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar Nilanga 3 June 1985 6 March 1986 276 days 7 Sharad Pawar Baramati 18 July 1978 17 February 1980 1 year, 214 days 5 26 June 1988 3 March 1991 2 years, 364 days 7 6 March 1993 14 March 1995 2 years, 8 days 8 Sudhakarrao Naik Pusad 25 June 1991 22 February 1993 1 year, 242 days Vilasrao Deshmukh Latur City 18 October 1999 16 January 2003 3 years, 90 days 10 1 November 2004 4 December 2008 4 years, 33 days 11 Sushilkumar Shinde Solapur South 18 January 2003 30 October 2004 1 year, 286 days 10 Ashok Chavan Bhokar 8 December 2008 15 October 2009 311 days 11 7 November 2009 9 November 2010 1 year, 2 days 12 Prithviraj Chavan MLC 11 November 2010 26 September 2014 3 years, 319 days
Manipur [ edit ] Meghalaya [ edit ] Chief Ministers of Meghalaya Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[53] Assembly Williamson A. Sangma Siju 2 April 1970 18 March 1972 7 years, 335 days Interim 18 March 1972 21 November 1976 1 22 November 1976 3 March 1978 P. A. Sangma Tura 6 February 1988 25 March 1990 2 years, 47 days 2 D.D. Lapang Nongpoh 5 February 1992 19 February 1993 1 year, 14 days 4 4 March 2003 15 June 2006 3 years, 103 days 7 10 March 2007 4 March 2008 360 days 4 March 2008 19 March 2008 15 days 8 13 May 2009 19 April 2010 341 days S. C. Marak Resubelpara 19 February 1993 27 February 1998 5 years, 19 days 5 27 February 1998 10 March 1998 11 days 6 J. D. Rymbai Jirang 15 June 2006 10 March 2007 268 days 7 Mukul Sangma Ampati 20 April 2010 5 March 2013 7 years, 320 days 8 5 March 2013 6 March 2018 9
Mizoram [ edit ] Chief Minister of Mizoram Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[54] Assembly Lal Thanhawla Serchhip 5 May 1984 20 August 1986 2 years, 107 days 4 24 January 1989 7 December 1993 9 years, 313 days 6 8 December 1993 3 December 1998 7 11 December 2008 11 December 2013 10 years, 3 days 10 12 December 2013 14 December 2018 11
Nagaland [ edit ] Premiers of Orissa[h] Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[57] Assembly Bishwanath Das N/A 19 July 1937 4 November 1939 2 years, 108 days 1 Pre-Independent
Harekrushna Mahatab N/A 23 April 1946 15 August 1947 1 year, 114 days 2 Pre-Independent (1946–1952)
Chief Ministers of Odisha Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[58] Assembly Harekrushna Mahatab Soro 19 October 1956 25 February 1961 4 years, 129 days 1 2 Nabakrushna Choudhury Barchana 12 May 1950 20 February 1952 6 years, 160 days 1 20 February 1952 19 October 1956 Biju Patnaik Choudwar 23 June 1961 2 October 1963 2 years, 101 days 3 Bhubaneswar 5 March 1990 15 March 1995 5 years, 10 days 10 Biren Mitra Cuttack City 2 October 1963 21 February 1965 1 year, 142 days 3 Sadashiva Tripathy Omerkote 21 February 1965 8 March 1967 2 years, 15 days Nandini Satpathy Cuttack 14 June 1972 3 March 1973 262 days 5 Dhenkanal 6 March 1974 16 December 1976 2 years, 285 days 6 Binayak Acharya Berhampur 29 December 1976 30 April 1977 122 days Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Athagarh 9 June 1980 10 March 1985 9 years, 181 days 8 10 March 1985 7 December 1989 9 15 March 1995 17 February 1999 3 years, 339 days 11 Hemananda Biswal Laikera 7 December 1989 5 March 1990 88 days 6 December 1999 5 March 2000 90 days 15 March 1995 17 February 1999 3 years, 339 days 6 December 1999 5 March 2000 90 days Giridhar Gamang Laxmipur 17 February 1999 6 December 1999 292 days
Chief Ministers of PEPSU (1952–56) Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[61] [62] Assembly Raghbir Singh N/A 21 April 1952 22 April 1952 1 day 1 Patiala Sadar 8 March 1954 12 January 1955 310 days 2 Brish Bhan Kalayat 12 January 1955 1 November 1956 1 year, 294 days
Puducherry [ edit ] Rajasthan [ edit ] Chief Ministers of Rajasthan Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[65] Assembly Heera Lal Shastri N/A 7 April 1949 5 January 1951 1 year, 273 days N/A C. S. Venkatachari N/A 6 January 1951 25 April 1951 109 days Jai Narayan Vyas N/A 26 April 1951 3 March 1952 312 days Kishangarh 1 November 1952 12 November 1954 2 years, 11 days 1 Tika Ram Paliwal Mahuwa 3 March 1952 31 October 1952 242 days Mohan Lal Sukhadia Udaipur 13 November 1954 1 April 1957 2 years, 139 days 2 11 April 1957 11 March 1962 4 years, 334 days 3 12 March 1962 13 March 1967 5 years, 1 day 4 26 April 1967 9 July 1971 4 years, 74 days 5 Barkatullah Khan Tijara 9 July 1971 11 August 1973 2 years, 33 days Hari Dev Joshi Banswara 11 August 1973 29 April 1977 3 years, 261 days 10 March 1985 20 January 1988 2 years, 316 days 8 4 December 1989 4 March 1990 90 days Jagannath Pahadia Weir 6 June 1980 13 July 1981 1 year, 37 days 7 Shiv Charan Mathur Mandalgarh 14 July 1981 23 February 1985 3 years, 224 days 20 January 1988 4 December 1989 1 year, 318 days 8 Hira Lal Devpura Kumbhalgarh 23 February 1985 10 March 1985 15 days 7 Ashok Gehlot Sardarpura 1 December 1998 8 December 2003 5 years, 7 days 15 12 December 2008 13 December 2013 5 years, 1 day 17 December 2018 3 December 2023 4 years, 351 days
Tamil Nadu [ edit ] Telangana [ edit ] Tripura [ edit ] Uttar Pradesh [ edit ] Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh Portrait Name Constituency Term of office[73] Assembly Govind Ballabh Pant Bareilly Municipality 26 January 1950 20 May 1952 4 years, 335 days 2 provincial 20 May 1952 27 December 1954 1 Sampurnanand Varanasi South 28 December 1954 9 April 1957 5 years, 344 days 2 10 April 1957 6 December 1960 Chandra Bhanu Gupta Ranikhet South 7 December 1960 14 March 1962 2 years, 298 days 3 14 March 1962 1 October 1963 Ranikhet 14 March 1967 2 April 1967 19 days 4 26 February 1969 17 February 1970 356 days Sucheta Kripalani Menhdawal 2 October 1963 13 March 1967 3 years, 162 days 3 Kamalapati Tripathi Chandauli 4 April 1971 12 June 1973 2 years, 69 days 5 Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Bara 8 November 1973 4 March 1974 2 years, 21 days 5 March 1974 29 November 1975 6 Narayan Dutt Tiwari Kashipur 21 January 1976 30 April 1977 1 year, 99 days 3 August 1984 10 March 1985 1 year, 52 days 8 11 March 1985 24 September 1985 9 25 June 1988 5 December 1989 1 year, 163 days Vishwanath Pratap Singh Tindwari 9 June 1980 18 July 1982 2 years, 39 days 8 Sripati Mishra Isauli 19 July 1982 2 August 1984 2 years, 14 days Vir Bahadur Singh Paniyara 24 September 1985 24 June 1988 2 years, 274 days 9
Uttarakhand [ edit ] West Bengal [ edit ] See also [ edit ] ^ The Andhra State was established on 1 October 1953, following the Andhra movement ^ United Andhra Pradesh, was officially established on 1 November 1956, through the enactment of the States Reorganisation Act in August 1956. This led to the dissolution of Hyderabad State , with its divisions becoming part of Mysore State and Bombay State . ^ The first Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh was constituted by the MLAs elected in the 1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Chhattisgarh.[23] ^ Mysore State came into being in August 1947 when Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar signed the Instrument of Accession to merge the Princely State of Mysore with the Dominion of India .[34] ^ On 1 November 1956 , via the States Reorganisation Act , Mysore State was significantly expanded along linguistic lines. The Kannada -speaking districts of Bombay , Hyderabad and Madras states, as well as the entirety of Coorg , were added to it.[36] ^ After India's Independence , Bombay State was created and its territory underwent constant change in the following years. It comprised Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding South Maharashtra and Vidarbha ), the princely states of the Baroda, Western India and Gujarat (the present-day Indian state of Gujarat ) and Deccan States (which included parts of the present-day Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka ).[47] ^ States Reorganisation Act, 1956 : Bombay State was enlarged by the addition of Saurashtra State and Kutch State , the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh and Marathwada region of Hyderabad State . The southernmost districts of the Bombay Presidency were transferred to Mysore State .[49] ^ Orissa was the official name until 2011[56] ^ While the Assembly website calls the pre-1950 officeholders "Premiers of West Bengal",[75] the Times of India points out that they were universally referred to as "Prime Ministers of West Bengal" at the time.[76] ^ This refers to the 90-member rump legislature that emerged following partition, representing the West Bengali constituencies of the erstwhile Bengal Legislative Assembly . It was constituted under the Government of India Act 1935 , not the Indian Constitution, which was still in the process of being drafted.[77] ^ Following the promulgation of the Constitution of India, the provincial assembly carried on as the legislative assembly of West Bengal until fresh elections could be organised in 1952.[77] ^ Until March 1952, Roy did not represent any constituency. 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