List of Chief Ministers of the Different States of India in 2019

The chief minister is the appointed head of the state government. Their sway over the state is comparable to that of the prime minister on a national scale. Article 154 of the Indian Constitution grants certain executive powers to the governor, who thereafter appoints the chief minister of a state.

The eligibility criteria for chief ministers 

To be qualified for the office of the chief minister of a state, an individual must satisfy a series of requirements mandated by the Constitution. The candidate must be an Indian citizen of at least 25 years old. They should also be elected to the state’s legislature. However, there is an exception to this rule. An individual may be considered for the post of chief minister if they manage to secure a seat in the state legislative assembly within six months of their appointment. Failure to do so will lead to being removed from the position.

A complete list of India’s 30 chief ministers

The governor of a state appoints the chief minister of the state. There are just two exceptions to this rule: Delhi and Puducherry both have a sitting chief minister and a ruler at the helm, respectively. The tenure of a chief minister is five years long, but there are no limitations on the number of times a person may be elected to that position.

1. YS Jagan Mohan Reddy – Andhra Pradesh

Andhra Pradesh’s 17th and the current chief minister is Yeduguri Sandinti Jaganmohan Reddy. In the early days of the YSR Congress, Reddy was the party’s founder and leader. After his father, YS Rajasekhara Reddy, died in 2009, Jagan Mohan Reddy, his son, took over his father’s legacy by forming a new party.

Immediately after he resigned from Congress in December 2010, Reddy declared the foundation of a new political party, which he hoped to launch within 45 days of his departure.

2. Pema Khandu – Arunachal Pradesh

During the first year of Pema Khandu’s administration, the government changed its party affiliation several times. During his administration, the Workers Party of Arunachal, which was then in control, switched to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

His father, former Arunachal Pradesh CM Dorjee Khandu, died in a helicopter crash in 2011.

3. Sarbananda Sonowal – Assam

The chief minister of Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal, is the first BJP politician to win the post. Sonowal began his political career in 2001 and has held various posts within the BJP. Prior to this, Congress lawmakers have dominated ten out of the fourteen terms in Assam’s government in action.

4. Nitish Kumar – Bihar

There is a lot of attention paid to Nitish Kumar’s government’s bicycle and lunch initiatives. Girls who remained in school were given bicycles as a token of thanks, and the state experienced a significant decrease in school drop-out rates.

5. Bhupesh Baghel – Chhattisgarh

Bhupesh Baghel is a new member of the Chhattisgarh Provincial Assembly Committee and the board of the Indian National Congress.

Farm debt discharge and a 50% increase in paddy support price are among Baghel’s notable accomplishments.

6. Arvind Kejriwal – Delhi

After securing a 62-seat majority in Delhi’s 2020 elections, Arvind Kejriwal was sworn in as Delhi’s next chief minister.

In December 1999, he formed the non-profit organisation Parivartan with the help of a retired Indian Revenue Services (IRS) official.

7. Pramod Sawant – Goa

Pramod Sawant, head of the BJP in Goa, represents the Sanquelim seat in the state legislature.

8. Vijay Ramniklal Rupani – Gujarat

Rupani was nominated to fill Vajubhai Vala’s vacated seat in the Gujarat Legislative Assembly in August 2014, after the then-incumbent speaker stepped down. On October 19, 2014, he swept the polls with an overwhelming majority.

9. Manohar Lal Khattar – Haryana

As a result of his statements towards women and religion, Manohar Lal Khattar has faced severe backlash and criticism from the public in his campaign for the 2014 Indian elections.

10. Jai Ram Thakur – Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh’s current chief minister, Jai Ram Thakur, is a five-term member of the state legislature.

11. Hemant Soren – Jharkhand

Himachal Pradesh’s sixth and current chief minister is Hemant Soren. In 2013, Hemant Soren had served a year as CM before being re-elected.

To follow Bihar’s lead, Hemant Soren has called for the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in Jharkhand. It is expected that now the sales and consumption of alcohol will decrease and the overall health status will improve. 

12. BS Yeddyurappa – Karnataka

BS Yediyurappa is Karnataka’s 19th chief minister. Yediyurappa is the first Chief Minister in Karnataka’s history to hold the opposition leader’s office thrice in the state’s Legislative.

13. Pinarayi Vijayan –- Kerala

Kerala’s current chief minister, Pinarayi Vijayan, is the state committee’s longest-serving secretary. Since his communist party recognised this milestone on his 72nd birthday, he was appointed as Kerala’s Left Democratic Front administration chairman.

14. Kamal Nath – Madhya Pradesh

The Lok Sabha’s longest-serving and most senior member is Madhya Pradesh’s 18th chief minister, Kamal Nath.

15. Uddhav Thackeray – Maharashtra

Uddhav Thackeray is now Maharashtra’s 19th chief minister. He also heads Shiv Sena, a Marathi local and Hindu nationalistic political party.

16. N Biren Singh – Manipur

He is the 12th and the current chief minister of Manipur, which he has held since 2012. Singh left Congress in 2016 to join the BJP.

17. Conrad Kongkal Sangma – Meghalaya

Meghalaya’s 12th and the present chief minister is Conrad Kongkal Sangma. Later, he served in the government as minister of finance, power, tourism, GAD, and information technology. He delivered Meghalaya’s first annual budget ten days after taking office as chief minister.

18. Pu Zoramthanga – Mizoram

Mizoram’s chief minister, Pu Zoramthanga, is the head of the Mizo National Front (MNF). He served as chief minister of Mizoram from December 1998 till December 2008. However, after his party’s defeat in the 2008 Assembly elections, he was forced to leave before the end of his term of service.

19. Neiphiu Rio – Nagaland

The current Chief Minister of Nagaland is Neiphiu Rio, the head of the Nationalist Democratic Leftist Party. Previously, Rio served as the chief minister of Nagaland for three terms beginning in 2002 and ending in 2012, the last of which he assumed in the 2014 elections.

20. Naveen Patnaik – the Chief Minister of Odisha

Odisha’s 14th and current chief minister, Naveen Patnaik, has been in office for over two decades, making him the longest-serving Indian state chief minister.

21. V. Narayanasamy – Puducherry

Since June 2016, Velu Narayanasamy has served as Puducherry’s 10th Chief Minister and served the office till 2021.

22. Amarinder Singh – Punjab

The 15th and 26th chief minister of Punjab is Captain Amarinder Singh. After the first term in office from 2002 to 2007, he served his second term from 2017 to 2021. However, his party lost the ensuing election to BJP’s Prakash Singh Badal.

23. Ashok Gehlot – Rajasthan

Since December 2018, Ashok Gehlot has been the 12th and the current Chief Minister of Rajasthan. After serving as the CM of Rajasthan between 1998 and 2008, Gehlot is presently in his third term in office.

24. Prem Singh Tamang – Sikkim

Three consecutive periods in the Sikkim government saw Tamang serve as the Minister for Husbandry (1994-99), Minister for Industry and Animal Husbandry (1999-2004), and Minister for Building as well as Housing Department (1904-2009).

25. Karuppa Gounder Palanisamy – Tamil Nadu

Karuppa Gounder Palaniswami was elected to the state legislature on four occasions, with the most recent election being in 2016.

26. Kalvakuntla Chandrashekhar Rao – Telangana

Rao has been the chief minister of Telangana since it was created after Andhra Pradesh was split in 2014.

27. Biplab Kumar Deb – Tripura

Biplab Kumar is the current chief minister of Tripura. After 25 years of BJP dominance, Deb led the party to victory during the 2017/18 Legislative Assembly Polls.

28. Yogi Adityanath – Uttar Pradesh

Former monk-turned-politician Yogi Adityanath serves as Uttar Pradesh’s 23rd and the present chief minister.

29. Trivendra Singh Rawat – Uttarakhand

Trivendra Singh Rawat is Uttarakhand’s seventh chief minister. He served the office from 2017 to 2021.

30. Mamata Banerjee – West Bengal

Mamata Banerjee is West Bengal’s ninth and the current Chief Minister. Banerjee has been West Bengal’s first female chief minister since 2011.

Conclusion

This was a compiled list of the current governors and chief ministers of Indian provinces and territories. It is recommended to learn a few names each day and then review them repeatedly. It will help you remember the titles and the responsibilities associated to it when they appear in the test.