List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal
The following table lists the Chief Ministers of West Bengal with terms of office and party affiliation.
| # | Surname | Taking office | Term expires | Political party |
| 1 | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh | August 15, 1947 | January 13, 1948 | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | Bidhan Chandra Roy | January 14, 1948 | June 30, 1962 | Indian National Congress |
| ( President's rule ) | July 1, 1962 | July 7, 1962 | ||
| 3 | Prafulla Chandra Sen | July 8, 1962 | March 14, 1967 | Indian National Congress |
| 4th | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | March 15, 1967 | November 1, 1967 | Bangla Congress Party |
| 5 | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh | November 2nd, 1967 | 19th February 1968 | independent |
| (President's rule) | 20th February 1968 | February 24, 1969 | ||
| 6th | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | February 25, 1969 | March 18, 1970 | Bangla Congress Party |
| (President's rule) | March 19, 1970 | April 1, 1971 | ||
| 7th | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh | April 2nd 1971 | June 27, 1971 | Indian National Congress |
| (President's rule) | June 28, 1971 | March 18, 1972 | ||
| 8th | Siddhartha Shankar Ray | March 19, 1972 | June 20, 1977 | Indian National Congress |
| 9 | Jyoti Basu | June 21, 1977 | November 5, 2000 | CPI (M) |
| 10 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharya | November 6, 2000 | May 17, 2011 | CPI (M) |
| 11 | Mamata Banerjee | May 20, 2011 | in office | All India Trinamool Congress |
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