List of Chief Ministers in India

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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 power in various states.

Chief Ministers by State

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STATE   NAME   PARTY   FMR  
OFFICE  

Indian National
Andhra Pradesh Konijeti Rosaiah 2009-09-03 all
Congress

Indian National
Arunachal Pradesh Dorjee Khandu 2007-04-09 all
Congress

Indian National
Assam Tarun Kumar Gogoi 2001-05-17 all
Congress

Bihar Nitish kumar 2005-11-24 Janata Dal (United) all

Chhattisgarh Raman Singh 2003-12-07 Bharatiya Janata Party all

Indian National
Delhi† Sheila Dikshit 1998-12-03 all
Congress

Indian National
Goa Digambar Kamat 2007-06-08 all
Congress

Gujarat Narendra Modi 2001-10-07 Bharatiya Janata Party all

 Indian National
Haryana Bhupinder Singh Hooda 2005-03-05 all
Congress

Himachal Pradesh Prem Kumar Dhumal 2007-12-30 Bharatiya Janata Party all

Jammu and Jammu & Kashmir

Omar Abdullah 2009-01-05 all
Kashmir National Conference

Jharkhand 'President's Rule all

Karnataka B. S. Yeddyurappa 2008-05-28 Bharatiya Janata Party all

Communist Party of
Kerala V. S. Achuthanandan 2006-05-18 all
India (Marxist)

Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan 2005-11-29 Bharatiya Janata Party all

Indian National
Maharashtra Ashok Chavan 2008-12-08 all
Congress

Indian National
Manipur Okram Ibobi Singh 2002-03-02 all
Congress

Indian National
Meghalaya Don Kupar Roy 2009-05-13 all
Congress

Indian National
Mizoram Lal Thanhawla 2008-12-07 all
Congress

Nagaland Neiphiu Rio 2003-03-06 Nagaland People's Front all

Orissa Naveen Patnaik 2000-05-17 Biju Janata Dal all

 Indian National
Pondicherry† V. Vaithilingam 2008-09-04 all
Congress

Punjab Parkash Singh Badal 2007-02-28 Shiromani Akali Dal all

Indian National
Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot 2008-12-12 all
Congress

Sikkim Democratic
Sikkim Pawan Kumar Chamling 1994-12-12 all
Front

Dravida Munnettra
Tamil Nadu M Karunanidhi 2006-05-12 all
Kazhagam

Communist Party of
Tripura Manik Sarkar 1998-03-11 all
India (Marxist)

Uttarakhand Ramesh Pokhriyal 2007-03-12 Bharatiya Janata Party all

Uttar Pradesh Mayawati 2007-05-13 Bahujan Samaj Party all

Communist Party of
West Bengal Buddhadeb Bhattacharya 2000-10-06 all
India (Marxist)

 † Union Territories.

By party
Indian state governments led by various political parties as of March 2009

As of 2009 Lok Sabha elections, this is the current list of parties that hold power to the number
of states.

Number of Current
Party States/Territories States/Territories coalition
won (2009)

Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh,

United
Indian National Assam, Delhi†, Goa, Haryana,
12 Progressive
Congress Maharastra, Meghalaya,Manipur,
Alliance
Mizoram, Pondicherry†, Rajasthan

Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal National

Bharatiya Janata
6 Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Democratic
Party
Uttarakhand Alliance

Communist
Party of India 3 Kerala, Tripura, West Bengal Third Front
(Marxist)

Dravida United
Munnetra 1 Tamil Nadu Progressive
Kazhagam Alliance
 National
Janata Dal
1 Bihar Democratic
(United)
Alliance

National
Nagaland
1 Nagaland Democratic
People's Front
Alliance

National
Shiromani Akali
1 Punjab Democratic
Dal
Alliance

Bahujan Samaj
1 Uttar Pradesh Third Front
Party

Biju Janata Dal 1 Orissa Third Front

Jammu &
United
Kashmir
1 Jammu & Kashmir Progressive
National
Alliance
Conference

Sikkim
Democratic 1 Sikkim None
Front

Currently, United Progressive Alliance is in power in 12 states (+2 territories), National

Democratic Alliance is in power in 9 states, and the Third Front is in power in 5 states.

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