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

Footnotes
  1. The chief ministers from states Jharkhand , Karnataka and Uttarakhand have not served for 10 years in office or more.

References
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