List of Chief Ministers in India

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A chief minister in India is the elected head of government of a state and holds most of the executive power. He is appointed by the governor of the relevant state or union territory , with the governor usually appointing a person who has the support of a majority of the members of the relevant legislative assembly. The regular term of office is five years with the possibility of re-election. While the governor is the head of the state, his role is largely ceremonial.

Overview

There are a total of 31 Chief Ministers (in all 28 states and in three of the eight Union Territories). The following list shows the current status (last updated: December 29, 2019):

State /
Union Territory 		Surname In office since Political party Former
Andhra Pradesh YS Jaganmohan Reddy May 30, 2019 YSR Congress Party list
Arunachal Pradesh Pema Khandu July 16, 2016 Indian National Congress list
Assam Sarbananda Sonowal May 24, 2016 Bharatiya Janata Party list
Bihar Nitish Kumar February 22, 2015 Janata Dal (United) list
Chhattisgarh Bhupesh Baghel 17th December 2018 Indian National Congress list
Delhi * Arvind Kejriwal February 14, 2014 Aam Aadmi Party list
Goa Pramod Sawant 19th March 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party list
Gujarat Vijay Rupani 7th August 2016 Bharatiya Janata Party list
Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar October 26, 2014 Bharatiya Janata Party list
Himachal Pradesh Jai Ram Thakur December 27, 2017 Bharatiya Janata Party list
Jammu and Kashmir * Governor's rule 19th June 2018 list
Jharkhand Hemant Soren 29th December 2019 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha list
Karnataka BS Yeddyurappa 26th July 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party list
Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan May 25, 2016 Communist Party of India (Marxist) list
Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chauhan March 23, 2020 Bharatiya Janata Party list
Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray November 28, 2019 Shiv Sena list
Manipur Nongthombam Biren Singh 15th March 2017 Bharatiya Janata Party list
Meghalaya Conrad Sangma March 6, 2018 National People's Party list
Mizoram Zoramthanga 15th December 2018 Mizo National Front list
Nagaland Neiphiu Rio March 8, 2018 Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party list
Odisha Naveen Patnaik March 5, 2000 Biju Janata Dal list
Pondicherry * V. Narayanasamy June 6, 2016 Indian National Congress list
Punjab Amarinder Singh March 16, 2017 Indian National Congress list
Rajasthan Ashok Gehlot 17th December 2018 Indian National Congress list
Sikkim Prem Singh Tamang May 27, 2019 Sikkim Krantikari Morcha list
Tamil Nadu Edappadi K. Palaniswami 16th February 2017 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam list
Telangana K. Chandrashekar Rao 2nd June 2014 Telangana Rashtra Samithi list
Tripura Biplab Kumar Deb March 9, 2018 Bharatiya Janata Party list
Uttarakhand Trivendra Singh Rawat 18th March 2017 Bharatiya Janata Party list
Uttar Pradesh Yogi Adityanath 19th March 2017 Bharatiya Janata Party list
West Bengal Mamata Banerjee May 20, 2011 All India Trinamool Congress list

* Union territory

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