Ashok Chavan was sworn in as Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the first time in 2008, after his predecessor, Vilasrao Deshmukh resigned the office in the aftermath of 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. The first Chavan ministry governed until the 2009 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election, which resulted in a victory for Chavan-led Congress-NCP alliance and Chavan forming his second ministry.

List of ministers The initial Chavan cabinet consisted of 26 cabinet members, including Chavan and his deputy, Chhagan Bhujbal, as well as the following cabinet ministers:

Guardian Ministers

Sr No. DistrictGuardian_MinisterParty 01 Ahmednagar Radhakrishna Vikhe PatilUnited Progressive Alliance 02 Akola Surupsingh Hirya Naik 03 Amravati Chandrakant Handore 04 Aurangabad Rajesh Tope 05 Beed Vimal Mundada 06 Bhandara Ramesh Bang 07 Buldhana Rajendra Shingne 08 Chandrapur Nawab Malik 09 Dhule Surupsingh Hirya Naik 10 Gadchiroli R. R. Patil 11 Gondiya Chhagan Bhujbal 12 Hingoli Vinay Kore 13 Jalgaon Babanrao Pachpute 14 Jalna Jayant Patil 15Kolhapur Balasaheb Thorat 16Latur R. R. Patil 17 Mumbai City Jayant Patil 18 Mumbai Suburban Anees Ahmed 19Nagpur Balasaheb Thorat 20 Nanded Anees Ahmed21 Nandurbar Vijaykumar Gavit22 Nashik Chhagan Bhujbal 23 Osmanabad Ravisheth Patil24 PalgharNawab Malik25 Parbhani Madan Patil26 Pune Ajit Pawar27 RaigadSunil Tatkare 28 Ratnagiri Ganesh Naik 29 Sangli Patangrao Kadam30 Satara Ramraje Naik Nimbalkar31 Sindhudurg Harshvardhan Patil32SolapurDilip Walse-Patil33Thane Ganesh Naik34Wardha Surupsingh Hirya Naik35Washim Patangrao Kadam36Yavatmal Manohar Naik References