The chief minister is the chief executive of the Indian state. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the legislative assembly, the state's 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 has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur.
Here listed are the chief ministers who have served for more than 10 years in office. As of , 45 chief ministers have served for more than 10 years; of these, only four female chief ministers are listed here. The chief ministers from the states of Jharkhand, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have not served for 10 years in office or more, and currently there are four chief ministers who are incumbents and continue to serve.
The longest-serving chief minister is the former Chief Minister of Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling of the Sikkim Democratic Front, who served from 12 December 1994 to 26 May 2019 for 24 years and 165 days. Former Chief Minister of Bihar Nitish Kumar has the record of most terms (ten) as chief minister. The Chief Minister of Nagaland Neiphiu Rio is the longest-serving current chief minister.
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#PortraitNameState/UTTerm of officePolitical party1Pawan Kumar ChamlingSikkim12 December 199426 May 2019Sikkim Democratic Front2 Naveen PatnaikOdisha5 March 200012 June 2024Biju Janata Dal3Jyoti BasuWest Bengal21 June 19775 November 2000Communist Party of India (Marxist)4Gegong ApangArunachal Pradesh18 January 198019 January 199922 years, 250 daysIndian National CongressArunachal Congress3 August 20039 April 2007United Democratic FrontBharatiya Janata PartyIndian National Congress5Lal ThanhawlaMizoram5 May 198421 August 198622 years, 60 daysIndian National Congress24 January 19893 December 199811 December 200815 December 20186Virbhadra SinghHimachal Pradesh8 April 19835 March 199021 years, 13 daysIndian National Congress3 December 199324 March 19986 March 200330 December 200725 December 201227 December 20177Manik SarkarTripura11 March 19989 March 2018Communist Party of India (Marxist)8Nitish KumarBihar3 March 200010 March 2000Samata Party24 November 200520 May 2014Janata Dal (United)22 February 201514 April 20269Neiphiu RioNagaland6 March 20033 January 2008Naga People's Front12 March 200824 May 20148 March 2018IncumbentNationalist Democratic Progressive PartyNaga People's Front10M. KarunanidhiTamil Nadu10 February 196931 January 197618 years, 362 daysDravida Munnetra Kazhagam27 January 198930 January 199113 May 199614 May 200113 May 200616 May 201111Parkash Singh BadalPunjab27 March 197014 June 197118 years, 350 daysShiromani Akali Dal20 June 197717 February 198012 February 199726 February 20021 March 200716 March 201712Yashwant Singh ParmarHimachal Pradesh8 March 195231 October 195618 years, 83 daysIndian National Congress1 July 196328 January 197713N. RangaswamyPuducherry27 October 20013 September 2008Indian National Congress16 May 20115 June 2016All India N.R. Congress7 May 2021Incumbent14Shivraj Singh ChouhanMadhya Pradesh29 November 200517 December 201816 years, 284 daysBharatiya Janata Party23 March 202012 December 202315Mohan Lal SukhadiaRajasthan13 November 195413 March 196716 years, 194 daysIndian National Congress26 April 19679 July 197116N. Chandrababu NaiduAndhra Pradesh1 September 199514 May 2004Telugu Desam Partyrowspan=3 8 June 201430 May 201912 June 2024Incumbent17Pratapsingh RaneGoa16 January 198027 March 199015 years, 325 daysIndian National Congress16 December 199429 July 19983 February 20054 March 20057 June 20058 June 200718S. C. JamirNagaland18 April 19805 June 198015 years, 151 daysUnited Democratic Front-Progressive18 November 198229 October 198625 January 198916 May 1990Indian National Congress22 February 19936 March 200319Sheila DikshitNational Capital Territory of Delhi3 December 199828 December 2013Indian National Congress20Raman SinghChhattisgarh7 December 200317 December 2018Bharatiya Janata Party21Okram Ibobi SinghManipur7 March 200215 March 2017Indian National Congress22Tarun GogoiAssam18 May 200124 May 2016Indian National Congress23Ashok GehlotRajasthan1 December 19988 December 2003Indian National Congress12 December 200813 December 201317 December 201815 December 202324ZoramthangaMizoram3 December 199811 December 2008Mizo National Front15 December 2018 7 December 202325Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal20 May 2011 8 May 2026 Trinamool Congress26Williamson A. SangmaMeghalaya2 April 197010 March 197814 years, 221 daysAll Party Hill Leaders Conference7 May 19812 March 1983Indian National Congress2 April 19836 February 198827Bidhan Chandra RoyWest Bengal23 January 19481 July 1962Indian National Congress28J. JayalalithaaTamil Nadu24 June 199112 May 199614 years, 124 daysAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagamrowspan=5 14 May 200121 September 20012 March 200212 May 200616 May 201127 September 201423 May 20155 December 201629Nar Bahadur BhandariSikkim18 October 1979 11 May 198413 years, 277 daysSikkim Janata Parishad8 March 1985 18 May 1994 Sikkim Sangram Parishad30Janaki Ballabh PatnaikOdisha9 June 19807 December 198913 years, 155 daysIndian National Congress15 March 199517 February 199931Shri Krishna SinhaBihar15 August 194731 January 196113 years, 51 daysIndian National Congress32Bimala Prasad ChalihaAssam28 December 195711 November 1970Indian National Congress33Narendra ModiGujarat7 October 200122 May 2014Bharatiya Janata Party34 Bhajan LalHaryana28 June 197923 May 198211 years, 300 daysJanata Party23 May 19825 June 1986Indian National Congress23 June 199111 May 199635Bansi LalHaryana21 May 19681 December 197511 years, 283 daysIndian National Congress5 June 198620 June 198711 May 199624 July 1999Haryana Vikas Party36Vasantrao NaikMaharashtra5 December 196321 February 1975Indian National Congress37Farooq AbdullahJammu and Kashmir8 September 19822 July 198411 years, 15 daysJammu & Kashmir National Conference7 November 198619 January 19909 October 199618 October 200238 E. K. NayanarKerala25 January 198020 October 198110 years, 355 daysCommunist Party of India (Marxist)26 March 198724 June 199120 May 199617 May 200139M. O. H. FarookPuducherry9 April 19675 March 196810 years, 248 daysIndian National Congress17 March 19693 January 1974Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam17 March 19857 March 1990Indian National Congress40Buddhadeb BhattacharjeeWest Bengal6 November 200013 May 2011Communist Party of India (Marxist)41Bhairon Singh ShekhawatRajasthan22 June 197716 February 198010 years, 156 daysJanata Party4 March 199015 December 1992Bharatiya Janata Party4 December 19931 December 199842Pema KhanduArunachal Pradesh17 July 2016Incumbent Indian National CongressPeople's Party of ArunachalBharatiya Janata Party43M. G. RamachandranTamil Nadu30 June 197717 February 198010 years, 65 daysAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagamrowspan=2 9 June 198024 December 198744Nripen ChakrabortyTripura5 January 19785 February 1988Communist Party of India (Marxist)45Vasundhara Raje Rajasthan8 December 200312 December 200810 years, 8 daysBharatiya Janata Party13 December 201317 December 201846Digvijaya SinghMadhya Pradesh7 December 19938 December 2003Indian National Congress
See also List of current Indian chief ministers List of female chief ministers in India List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party List of chief ministers from the Communist Party of India (Marxist) List of chief ministers from the Indian National Congress List of Indian chief ministers who died in office List of longest-serving members of the Union Council of Ministers List of longest-serving members of the Parliament of India
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