List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers
This list details chief ministers of Indian states and union territories who have served for the longest years consecutively or otherwise.
This list includes chief ministers who have served for more than 10 years in office.[1][2][lower-alpha 1]
As of April 2023, 46 ministers have served for more than 10 years; of which only four have been female chief ministers: Sheila Dikshit (Delhi), J. Jayalalithaa (Tamil Nadu), Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal), and Vasundhara Raje (Rajasthan). Pawan Kumar Chamling has served five consecutive terms as Chief Minister of Sikkim completing a total of more than 24 years of tenure; the highest so far. Of the 46, eight ministers are incumbent and continue to serve.
List
- Key
- * Incumbent chief minister
No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
State/Union territory | Term of office | Political party | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
1[3] | ![]() |
Pawan Kumar Chamling (b. 22 Sept 1949) |
Sikkim | 12 December 1994 | 27 May 2019 | 24 years, 166 days | Sikkim Democratic Front | |
2[4] | ![]() |
Naveen Patnaik (b. 16 Oct 1946) |
Odisha | 5 March 2000 | Incumbent | 23 years, 234 days | Biju Janata Dal | |
3[5] | ![]() |
Jyoti Basu (8 Jul 1914 – 17 Jan 2010) |
West Bengal | 21 June 1977 | 6 November 2000 | 23 years, 138 days | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
4 | ![]() |
Gegong Apang (b. 8 Jul 1949) |
Arunachal Pradesh | 18 January 1980 | 19 January 1999 | 22 years, 250 days | Indian National Congress | |
Arunachal Congress | ||||||||
3 August 2003 | 9 April 2007 | United Democratic Front | ||||||
Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||||
Indian National Congress | ||||||||
5 | ![]() |
Lal Thanhawla (b. 19 May 1938 or 1942) |
Mizoram | 5 May 1984 | 21 August 1986 | 22 years, 60 days | Indian National Congress | |
24 January 1989 | 3 December 1998 | |||||||
11 December 2008 | 15 December 2018 | |||||||
6 | ![]() |
Virbhadra Singh (23 Jun 1934 - 8 Jul 2021) |
Himachal Pradesh | 8 April 1983 | 5 March 1990 | 21 years, 13 days | Indian National Congress | |
3 December 1993 | 24 March 1998 | |||||||
6 March 2003 | 30 December 2007 | |||||||
25 December 2012 | 27 December 2017 | |||||||
7 | ![]() |
Manik Sarkar (b. 22 Jan 1949) |
Tripura | 11 March 1998 | 9 March 2018 | 19 years, 363 days | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
8 | ![]() |
M. Karunanidhi (3 Jun 1924 – 7 Aug 2018) |
Tamil Nadu | 10 February 1969 | 31 January 1976 | 18 years, 362 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
27 January 1989 | 30 January 1991 | |||||||
13 May 1996 | 14 May 2001 | |||||||
13 May 2006 | 16 May 2011 | |||||||
9 | ![]() |
Parkash Singh Badal (8 Dec 1927 – 25 Apr 2023) |
Punjab | 27 March 1970 | 14 June 1971 | 18 years, 350 days | Shiromani Akali Dal | |
20 June 1977 | 17 February 1980 | |||||||
12 February 1997 | 26 February 2002 | |||||||
1 March 2007 | 16 March 2017 | |||||||
10 | ![]() |
Yashwant Singh Parmar (4 Aug 1906 – 2 May 1981) |
Himachal Pradesh | 8 March 1952 | 31 October 1956 | 18 years, 83 days | Indian National Congress | |
1 July 1963 | 28 January 1977 | |||||||
11 | ![]() |
Nitish Kumar (b. 1 Mar 1951) |
Bihar | 3 March 2000 | 11 March 2000 | 17 years, 65 days | Samata Party | |
24 November 2005 | 20 May 2014 | Janata Dal (United) | ||||||
22 February 2015 | Incumbent | |||||||
12[6] | ![]() |
Shri Krishna Sinha (21 Oct 1887 – 31 Jan 1961) |
Bihar | 20 July 1937 | 31 October 1939 | 17 years, 52 days | Indian National Congress | |
2 April 1946 | 31 January 1961 | |||||||
13 | ![]() |
Neiphiu Rio (b. 11 Nov 1950) |
Nagaland | 6 March 2003 | 3 January 2008 | 16 years, 242 days | Naga People's Front | |
12 March 2008 | 24 May 2014 | |||||||
8 March 2018 | Incumbent | Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party | ||||||
14 | ![]() |
Shivraj Singh Chouhan (b. 5 Mar 1959) |
Madhya Pradesh | 29 November 2005 | 17 December 2018 | 16 years, 234 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
23 March 2020 | Incumbent | |||||||
15 | ![]() |
Mohan Lal Sukhadia (31 Jul 1916 – 2 Feb 1982) |
Rajasthan | 13 November 1954 | 13 March 1967 | 16 years, 194 days | Indian National Congress | |
26 April 1967 | 9 July 1971 | |||||||
16 | ![]() |
Pratapsingh Rane (b. 28 Jan 1939) |
Goa | 16 January 1980 | 27 March 1990 | 15 years, 325 days | Indian National Congress | |
16 December 1994 | 29 July 1998 | |||||||
3 February 2005 | 4 March 2005 | |||||||
7 June 2005 | 8 June 2007 | |||||||
17 | ![]() |
S. C. Jamir (b. 17 Oct 1931) |
Nagaland | 18 April 1980 | 5 June 1980 | 15 years, 151 days | United Democratic Front-Progressive | |
18 November 1982 | 29 October 1986 | |||||||
25 January 1989 | 16 May 1990 | Indian National Congress | ||||||
22 February 1993 | 6 March 2003 | |||||||
18 | ![]() |
Sheila Dikshit (3 December 1998 – 28 Dec 2013) |
Delhi | 3 December 1998 | 28 December 2013 | 15 years, 25 days | Indian National Congress | |
19 | ![]() |
Raman Singh (b. 15 Oct 1952) |
Chhattisgarh | 7 December 2003 | 17 December 2018 | 15 years, 10 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
20 | ![]() |
Okram Ibobi Singh (b. 19 June 1948) |
Manipur | 7 March 2002 | 15 March 2017 | 15 years, 8 days | Indian National Congress | |
21 | ![]() |
Tarun Gogoi (1 Apr 1936 – 23 Nov 2020) |
Assam | 18 May 2001 | 24 May 2016 | 15 years, 6 days | Indian National Congress | |
22 | ![]() |
Zoramthanga (b. 13 Jul 1944) |
Mizoram | 3 December 1998 | 11 December 2008 | 14 years, 322 days | Mizo National Front | |
15 December 2018 | Incumbent | |||||||
23 | ![]() |
Ashok Gehlot (b. 3 May 1951) |
Rajasthan | 1 December 1998 | 8 December 2003 | 14 years, 320 days | Indian National Congress | |
12 December 2008 | 13 December 2013 | |||||||
17 December 2018 | Incumbent | |||||||
24 | – | Williamson A. Sangma (18 Oct 1919 – 25 Oct 1990) |
Meghalaya | 2 April 1970 | 10 March 1978 | 14 years, 221 days | All Party Hill Leaders Conference | |
7 May 1981 | 2 March 1983 | Indian National Congress | ||||||
2 April 1983 | 6 February 1988 | |||||||
25 | ![]() |
Bidhan Chandra Roy (1 Jul 1882 – 1 Jul 1962) |
West Bengal | 23 January 1948 | 1 July 1962 | 14 years, 159 days | Indian National Congress | |
26[7] | ![]() |
J. Jayalalithaa (24 Feb 1948 – 5 Dec 2016) |
Tamil Nadu | 24 June 1991 | 13 May 1996 | 14 years, 127 days | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
14 May 2001 | 21 September 2001 | |||||||
2 March 2002 | 13 May 2006 | |||||||
16 May 2011 | 28 September 2014 | |||||||
23 May 2015 | 5 December 2016 | |||||||
27 | ![]() |
N. Rangaswamy (b 4 Aug 1950) |
Puducherry | 27 October 2001 | 4 September 2008 | 14 years, 140 days | Indian National Congress | |
16 May 2011 | 6 June 2016 | All India N.R. Congress | ||||||
7 May 2021 | Incumbent | |||||||
28 | – | Nar Bahadur Bhandari (5 Oct 1940 – 16 Jul 2017) |
Sikkim | 18 October 1979 | 11 May 1984 | 13 years, 277 days | Sikkim Janata Parishad | |
8 March 1985 | 18 May 1994 | Sikkim Sangram Parishad | ||||||
29 | ![]() |
N. Chandrababu Naidu (b. 20 Apr 1950) |
Andhra Pradesh | 1 September 1995 | 14 May 2004 | 13 years, 247 days | Telugu Desam Party | |
8 June 2014 | 30 May 2019 | |||||||
30 | ![]() |
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (3 Jan 1927 – 21 Apr 2015) |
Odisha | 9 June 1980 | 7 December 1989 | 13 years, 155 days | Indian National Congress | |
15 March 1995 | 17 February 1999 | |||||||
31 | – | Bimala Prasad Chaliha (26 Mar 1912 – 25 Feb 1971) |
Assam | 28 December 1957 | 11 November 1970 | 12 years, 318 days | Indian National Congress | |
32 | ![]() |
Narendra Modi (b. 17 Sep 1950) |
Gujarat | 7 October 2001 | 22 May 2014 | 12 years, 227 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
33 | ![]() |
Mamata Banerjee (b. 5 Jan 1955) |
West Bengal | 20 May 2011 | Incumbent | 12 years, 158 days | All India Trinamool Congress | |
34 | – | Bhajan Lal (6 Oct 1930 – 3 Jun 2011) |
Haryana | 28 June 1979 | 23 May 1982 | 11 years, 300 days | Janata Party | |
23 May 1982 | 5 June 1986 | Indian National Congress | ||||||
23 June 1991 | 11 May 1996 | |||||||
35 | ![]() |
Bansi Lal (26 Aug 1927 – 28 Mar 2006) |
Haryana | 21 May 1968 | 1 December 1975 | 11 years, 283 days | Indian National Congress | |
5 June 1986 | 20 June 1987 | |||||||
11 May 1996 | 24 July 1999 | Haryana Vikas Party | ||||||
36 | ![]() |
Vasantrao Naik (1 Jul 1913 – 18 Aug 1979) |
Maharashtra | 5 December 1963 | 21 February 1975 | 11 years, 78 days | Indian National Congress | |
37 | ![]() |
Farooq Abdullah (b. 21 Oct 1937) |
Jammu & Kashmir | 8 September 1982 | 2 July 1984 | 11 years, 15 days | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | |
7 November 1986 | 19 January 1990 | |||||||
9 October 1996 | 18 October 2002 | |||||||
38 | ![]() |
Govind Ballabh Pant (10 Sep 1887 – 7 Mar 1961) |
Uttar Pradesh | 17 July 1937 | 2 November 1939 | 11 years, 13 days | Indian National Congress | |
1 April 1946 | 27 December 1954 | |||||||
39 | E. K. Nayanar (9 Dec 1919 - 19 May 2004) |
Kerala | 25 January 1980 | 20 October 1981 | 10 years, 355 days | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
26 March 1987 | 24 June 1991 | |||||||
20 May 1996 | 17 May 2001 | |||||||
40 | ![]() |
M. O. H. Farook (6 Sept 1937 – 26 Jan 2012) |
Puducherry | 9 April 1967 | 6 March 1968 | 10 years, 250 days | Indian National Congress | |
17 March 1969 | 2 January 1974 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||||||
16 March 1985 | 8 March 1990 | Indian National Congress | ||||||
41[8] | ![]() |
Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (b. 1 Mar 1944) |
West Bengal | 6 November 2000 | 13 May 2011 | 10 years, 188 days | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
42 | ![]() |
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (23 Oct 1923 – 15 May 2010) |
Rajasthan | 22 June 1977 | 16 February 1980 | 10 years, 156 days | Janata Party | |
4 March 1990 | 15 December 1992 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||
4 December 1993 | 1 December 1998 | |||||||
43 | ![]() |
M. G. Ramachandran (17 Jan 1917 - 24 Dec 1987) |
Tamil Nadu | 30 June 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 10 years, 65 days | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
9 June 1980 | 24 December 1987 | |||||||
44 | ![]() |
Nripen Chakraborty (4 Apr 1905 – 25 Dec 2004) |
Tripura | 5 January 1978 | 5 February 1988 | 10 years, 31 days | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
45 | ![]() |
Vasundhara Raje (b. 8 Mar 1953) |
Rajasthan | 8 December 2003 | 12 December 2008 | 10 years, 8 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
13 December 2013 | 17 December 2018 | |||||||
46 | ![]() |
Digvijaya Singh (b. 28 Feb 1947) |
Madhya Pradesh | 7 December 1993 | 8 December 2003 | 10 years, 1 day | Indian National Congress |
See also
- List of current Indian chief ministers
- List of current Indian deputy chief ministers
- List of female chief ministers in India
- List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party
- List of chief ministers from the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
- List of chief ministers from the Indian National Congress
- List of longest-serving members of the Union Council of Ministers
Footnotes
- The chief ministers from states Jharkhand , Karnataka and Uttarakhand have not served for 10 years in office or more.
References
- "List of longest serving Chief Ministers in India". Jagron Josh. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- "India's longest-serving CMs". Times of India. 30 April 2018.
- Chewn K Dahal (30 April 2018). "Sikkim's Pawan Chamling pips Jyoti Basu as India's longest-serving chief minister". Times of India.
- "Naveen Patnaik takes oath for fifth time; but he's not India's longest serving chief minister yet". Indian Express. 30 May 2019.
- "West Bengal celebrates birth anniversary of former chief minister Jyoti Basu". The New Indian Express. 8 July 2018.
- "Nitish eyes another term: Who are the longest serving chief ministers of India?". www.timesnownews.com.
- "The five oaths of Jayalalithaa". The Hindu.
- "Curtain falls on Left rule after 34 years in WB". News18. 13 May 2011.
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