List of chief ministers from the Indian National Congress explained

The Indian National Congress (INC) is one of the two major parties in the political system of the Republic of India.^[1] ^[2] As of 20 November 2024, INC is in power in the three states of Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana. In Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand it shares power with alliance partners Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha respectively.^[3] The party during the post-independence era has governed most of the states and union territories of India.^[4] It has the status of a "national party" in India.

A chief minister is the head of government of each of the twenty-eight states and of two union territories (Delhi and Puducherry).^[5] According to the Constitution of India, at the state level, the governor is de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister.^[6] Following elections to the state legislative assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly.^[5] The chief minister's term is usually for a maximum of five years with the confidence of the assembly. There are no limits to the number of terms the chief minister can serve.^[7] The deputy Chief Minister is a member of the state government and usually the second highest ranking executive officer of their state's council of ministers.^[8] While not a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers. A deputy chief minister usually also holds a cabinet portfolio such as home minister or finance minister.^[9] In the parliamentary system of government, the Chief Minister is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy chief minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government.^[10]

Five of the INC chief ministers have been women – Sucheta Kripalani for Uttar Pradesh, Nandini Satpathy for Odisha, Anwara Taimur for Assam, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal for Punjab, and Sheila Dikshit for Delhi. The longest-serving female chief minister was Sheila Dikshit, who served as the chief minister of Delhi for over fifteen years.^[11] Okram Ibobi Singh who was chief minister of Manipur for 15 years and 11 days between March 2002 and March 2017 has been the longest-serving chief minister of the state.^[12] Tarun Gogoi held the position of Chief Minister in Assam for a period of 15 years and 6 days.^[13] A leader of the Indian National Congress, Virbhadra Singh holds the distinction of being the longest serving Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, holding the office from 1983 to 1990, from 1993 to 1998, from 2003 to 2007 and finally from 2012 to 2017.^[14] Gegong Apang has not only been the longest-serving Chief Minister from the INC but also in the history of Arunachal Pradesh.^[15] Apang also holds the record for the fourth-longest-serving Chief Minister of an Indian state, holding the post for over twenty-two years.^[16]

Andhra Pradesh

Chief Ministers of Andhra State
Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[18]	Assembly
!scope="row"		N/A	1 October 1953	15 November 1954		N/A
!scope="row"			28 March 1955	1 November 1956

Chief Ministers of United Andhra Pradesh
Portrait	Constituency	Term of office	Assembly
		1 November 1956	11 January 1960	1
		12 March 1962	20 February 1964	3
!scope="row"		11 January 1960	12 March 1962	2
!scope="row"		21 February 1964	30 September 1971
!scope="row"		30 September 1971	10 January 1973	5
		10 December 1973	6 March 1978	6
		6 March 1978	11 October 1980	6
		3 December 1989	17 December 1990	9
!scope="row"		11 October 1980	24 February 1982	6
	MLC	24 February 1982	20 September 1982
		20 September 1982	9 January 1983
		9 October 1992	12 December 1994	9
!scope="row"		17 December 1990	9 October 1992	9
!scope="row"		14 May 2004	2 September 2009	12
!scope="row"		3 September 2009	24 November 2010	13
!scope="row"		25 November 2010	1 March 2014	13

Arunachal Pradesh

Portrait!class="sortable"
Name	Constituency	Term in office^[19]			Assembly
		Tuting-Yingkiong	18 January 1980	19 February 1985		2
			21 February 1985	10 March 1990		3
			16 March 1990	9 April 1995		4
			17 April 1995	21 May 1999		5
			3 August 2003	9 April 2007		7
		Roing	19 January 1999	3 August 2003		6
		Mukto	9 April 2007	30 April 2011		8
		Liromoba	5 May 2011	1 November 2011		9
		Sagalee	1 November 2011	26 January 2016
		Sagalee	13 July 2016	17 July 2016
		Mukto	17 July 2016	16 September 2016

Assam

Portrait!scope="col"
Name	Constituency	Term of office^[20]	Assembly
		Kamrup Sadar (South)	19 September 1938	17 November 1939	1 Provincial
			11 February 1946	25 January 1950	2 Provincial
			26 January 1950	6 August 1950
		Hajo	9 August 1950	27 December 1957
		Sonari	28 December 1957	6 November 1970
		Sonari	28 December 1957	6 November 1970
		Gauhati East	11 November 1970	30 January 1972	4
		Kokrajhar East	31 January 1972	12 March 1978	5
		Dalgaon	6 December 1980	30 June 1981	6
		Dibrugarh	13 January 1982	19 March 1982	6
		Nazira	27 February 1983	23 December 1985	7
		Nazira	30 June 1991	22 April 1996	8
		Barkhetry	22 April 1996	14 May 1996	9
		Titabar	17 May 2001	24 May 2016	11
					12
					13

Bihar

Premier of Bihar
Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term in office^[21]			Assembly
		N/A	20 July 1937	31 October 1939		N/A
	23 March 1946	N/A	25 January 1950		N/A

Chief Ministers of Bihar
Name	Constituency	Term of office	Assembly
	Basantpur West	2 April 1946	31 January 1961		1
2	Basantpur West	2 April 1946	31 January 1961
2		Hajipur	1 February 1961	18 February 1961
	Rajmahal	18 February 1961	2 October 1963		3
	Patna West	2 October 1963	5 March 1967		3
	Parbatta	28 January 1968	1 February 1968	5 days
	MLC	1 February 1968	2 March 1968	31 days
	Nayagram	26 February 1969	22 June 1969	117 days	5
	Parsa	16 February 1970	22 December 1970	310 days
	Korha	2 June 1971	9 January 1972	222 days
	Nautan	19 March 1972	2 July 1973		6
	MLC	2 July 1973	11 April 1975		6
	Jhanjharpur	11 April 1975	30 April 1977		7
		8 June 1980	14 August 1983
		6 December 1989	10 March 1990		9
	Jhajha	14 August 1983	12 March 1985		8
	Shahpur	12 March 1985	13 February 1988		9
	MLC	14 February 1988	10 March 1989
	MLC	11 March 1989	6 December 1989

Chhattisgarh

Portrait!class="sortable"
Name	Constituency	Term in office^[22]			Assembly
		Marwahi	1 November 2000	5 December 2003		Interim
		Patan	17 December 2018	3 December 2023		5

Delhi

Portrait!class="sortable"
Name	Constituency	Term of office^[23]			Assembly
	Brahm Prakash	Nangloi Jat	17 March 1952	12 February 1955		Interim
		Daryaganj	12 February 1955	1 November 1956		Interim

Chief Minister of Delhi (UT)
Constituency	Term in office		Assembly
New Delhi	3 December 1998	1 December 2003	2
	2 December 2003	29 November 2008	3
	30 November 2008	28 December 2013	4

Goa

Chief Minister of Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu
Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[24]			Assembly
			7 January 1985	30 May 1987		4
		Poriem	30 May 1987	9 January 1990		5

Chief Ministers of Goa (State)
Portrait	Term of office		Assembly
	9 January 1990	27 March 1990	1
	16 December 1994	29 July 1998	2
	3 February 2005	4 March 2005	4
	7 June 2005	7 June 2007	4
	25 January 1991	18 May 1993	1
	2 April 1994	8 April 1994
	18 May 1993	2 April 1994
	8 April 1994	16 December 1994
	29 July 1998	23 November 1998	2
	26 November 1998	8 February 1999	2
	9 June 1999	24 November 1999	3
!scope="row"	8 June 2007	8 March 2012	5

Gujarat

Chief Ministers of Saurashtra (1950–56)
Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term in office^[26]			Assembly
!scope="row"		N/A	26 January 1950	19 December 1954		Interim
		N/A	26 January 1950	19 December 1954		2

Portrait!class="sortable"
Name	Constituency	Term of office^[27]			Assembly
			1 May 1960	3 March 1962		Interim
			3 March 1962	19 September 1963		2
!scope="row"			25 February 1963	19 September 1965
			19 September 1965	3 April 1967			- align="center"	3 April 1967	12 November 1969		- align="center"	12 November 1969	12 May 1971
						17 March 1972	17 July 1973			- align="center"				17 July 1973	9 February 1974	- align="center"	4 March 1990	17 February 1994	- align="center"	Bhadran	24 December 1976	10 April 1977	5
			7 June 1980	10 March 1985		6
11 March 1985	6 July 1985		7
10 December 1989	3 March 1990
				6 July 1985	9 December 1989
			25 October 1990	17 February 1994		8
			17 February 1994	31 March 1995		8

Haryana

Portrait!class="sortable"
Name	Constituency	Term of office^[28]			Assembly	- align=center	!scope="row"	1 November 1966	23 March 1967	- align=center	22 May 1968	30 November 1975	3
5 July 1985	19 June 1987		6
			1 December 1975	30 April 1977		4
			22 January 1980	5 July 1985		6
			23 July 1991	9 May 1996		8
!scope="row"			5 March 2005	26 October 2014		11

Himachal Pradesh

Portrait!class="sortable"
Name	Constituency	Term of office^[29]			Assembly
		N/A	12 October 1948	26 January 1950		N/A
		N/A	26 January 1950	1 July 1954		N/A

Portrait!class="sortable"
Name	Constituency	Term of office^[30]			Assembly
!scope="row"			8 March 1952	31 October 1956		1

Key

– Incumbent Chief Minister


- align=center	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office		Assembly
			1 July 1963	28 January 1977	Territorial Council
			1 July 1963	28 January 1977	2
			28 January 1977	30 April 1977
			14 February 1980	7 April 1983
		Jubbal-Kotkhai	8 April 1983	8 March 1985	5
		Jubbal-Kotkhai	8 March 1985	5 March 1990	6
			3 December 1993	23 March 1998	8
			6 March 2003	30 December 2007	10
			25 December 2012	27 December 2017	12
		Nadaun	11 December 2022	Incumbent	14

Jammu and Kashmir

Prime Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir
Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[31]			Assembly
		N/A	15 October 1947	5 March 1948		3
		Tankipura	29 February 1964	30 March 1965		N/A

Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir (state)
Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office		Assembly
		Tankipura	30 March 1965	21 February 1967	4
	Amirakadal	21 February 1967	12 December 1971
		Verinag	12 December 1971	17 June 1972
17 June 1972	25 February 1975	Verinag
		Bhaderwah	2 November 2005	11 July 2008	10

Karnataka

Chief Ministers of Mysore State
Constituency	Term of office^[33]		Assembly
N/A	26 January 1950	30 March 1952	Legislative Assembly unestablished
Ramanagara	30 March 1952	19 August 1956	1
Tirthahalli	19 August 1956	31 October 1956	1

Chief Ministers of Mysore (following the state's reorganisation)
Constituency	Term of office		Assembly
	1 November 1956	16 May 1958
	21 June 1962	28 May 1968	3
	21 June 1962	28 May 1968	4
Jamkhandi	16 May 1958	9 March 1962	2
Hungund	14 March 1962	20 June 1962	3

Key

– Incumbent Chief Minister

Chief Ministers of Karnataka
Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[34]		scope=col rowspan="2"	Assembly
		Hunsur	20 March 1972	31 December 1977	5
		Hunsur	28 February 1978	7 January 1980	6
		Somwarpet	12 January 1980	6 January 1983	6
		Chincholi	30 November 1989	10 October 1990	9
		Sorab	17 October 1990	19 November 1992
		Karkala	19 November 1992	11 December 1994
		Maddur	11 October 1999	28 May 2004	11
		Jewargi	28 May 2004	2 February 2006	12
	Siddaramaiah	Varuna	13 May 2013	15 May 2018	14
20 May 2023	Incumbent	Varuna		16

Kerala

Prime Ministers of Travancore
Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[35] ^[36]			Assembly
!scope="row"		N/A	24 March	17 October 1948		Appointed by Sir Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma
		N/A	22 October 1948	1 July 1949		Appointed by Sir Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma

Chief Ministers of Travancore-Cochin
Portrait	Constituency	Term of office^[37]		Assembly
	N/A	1 July 1949	1 March 1951	1
!scope="row"	N/A	3 March 1951	12 March 1952	2
	N/A	12 March 1952	16 March 1954	2
	N/A	10 February 1955	23 March 1956	3

Chief Ministers of Kerala
Portrait	Constituency	Term of office^[38]		Assembly
!scope="row"		26 September 1962	10 September 1964	2
	Mala	25 March 1977	27 April 1977	5
		28 December 1981	17 March 1982	6
		24 May 1982	26 March 1987	7
		24 June 1991	16 March 1995	9
		27 April 1977	27 October 1978	5
		22 March 1995	9 May 1996	9
		17 May 2001	29 August 2004	11
		31 August 2004	12 May 2006	11
		18 May 2011	20 May 2016	13

Madhya Pradesh

Chief Ministers of Vindhya Pradesh (1948–1956)
Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[39]			Assembly
		N/A	28 May 1948	15 April 1949		Not yet created
		N/A	31 March 1952	31 October 1956		1

Chief Ministers of Madhya Bharat (1948–1956)
Constituency	Term of office^[40]		Assembly
N/A	28 May 1948	1 May 1949	Not yet created
N/A	10 May 1949	18 October 1950
N/A	18 October 1950	31 March 1952
N/A	31 March 1952	16 April 1955	1

Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh
Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[42] ^[43]	Assembly
!scope="row"			1 November 1956	31 December 1956			- align="center"	9 January 1957	30 January 1957
12 March 1962	29 September 1963		3
			31 January 1957	14 March 1957		2
	14 March 1957		11 March 1962			2
			30 September 1963	8 March 1967		4
	8 March 1967		29 July 1967
		Rajim	26 March 1969	28 January 1972
	23 December 1975		30 April 1977		5
	9 December 1989		1 March 1990		8
			29 January 1972	22 March 1972		5
23 March 1972	23 December 1975					5
			9 June 1980	13 March 1985		7
		14 February 1988	23 January 1989		8
		Durg	13 March 1985	13 February 1988
	25 January 1989	Durg	9 December 1989
			7 December 1993	1 December 1998		10
	1 December 1998		7 December 2003	11
		Chhindwara	17 December 2018	20 March 2020		15

Maharashtra

Chief Ministers of Bombay State
Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[44]			Assembly
		N/A	15 August 1947	21 April 1952		Provincial
			21 April 1952	31 October 1956		1

Chief Minister of Bombay State (after the States Reorganisation Act, 1956)
Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term in office^[45]			Assembly
		Karad North	1 November 1956	5 April 1957
		Karad North	5 April 1957	30 April 1960

Chief Ministers of Maharashtra
Constituency	Term of office^[46]	Assembly
Karad North	1 May 1960	19 November 1962	1
Saoli	20 November 1962	24 November 1963	2
Chiplun	25 November 1963	4 December 1963
Pusad	5 December 1963	1 March 1967
	1 March 1967	13 March 1972	3
	13 March 1972	20 February 1975	4
Bhokar	21 February 1975	16 May 1977	4
Bhokar	12 March 1986	26 June 1988	7
MLC	17 May 1977	5 March 1978	4
MLC	2 February 1983	1 June 1985	6
Shrivardhan	9 June 1980	12 January 1982
Kurla	21 January 1982	1 February 1983
Nilanga	3 June 1985	6 March 1986	7
Baramati	18 July 1978	17 February 1980	5
	26 June 1988	3 March 1991	7
	6 March 1993	14 March 1995	8
Pusad	25 June 1991	22 February 1993	8
Latur City	18 October 1999	16 January 2003	10
Latur City	1 November 2004	4 December 2008	11
Solapur South	18 January 2003	30 October 2004	10
Bhokar	8 December 2008	15 October 2009	11
Bhokar	7 November 2009	9 November 2010	12
MLC	11 November 2010	26 September 2014	12

Manipur

Portrait!class="sortable"
Name	Constituency	Term of office^[47]			Assembly
			1 July 1963	11 January 1967		Interim
			20 March 1967	4 October 1967
			19 February 1968	16 October 1969
			6 December 1974	15 May 1977		3
			14 January 1980	26 November 1980		3
			8 April 1992	10 April 1993		6
			27 November 1980	27 February 1981
			19 June 1981	3 March 1988
			14 December 1994	15 December 1997
			4 March 1988	22 February 1990		5
			7 March 2002	1 March 2007			-	2 March 2007	5 March 2012	-	6 March 2012	14 March 2017

Meghalaya

Portrait!class="sortable"
Name	Constituency	Term of office^[48]			Assembly
		Siju	2 April 1970	18 March 1972		Interim
			18 March 1972	21 November 1976		1
			22 November 1976	3 March 1978		1
!scope="row"		Tura	6 February 1988	25 March 1990
			5 February 1992	19 February 1993		4
			4 March 2003	15 June 2006		7
			10 March 2007	4 March 2008		7
			4 March 2008	19 March 2008		8
			13 May 2009	19 April 2010		8
			19 February 1993	27 February 1998		5
27 February 1998	10 March 1998			6
!scope="row"			15 June 2006	10 March 2007		7
			20 April 2010	5 March 2013		8
	5 March 2013		6 March 2018	9

Mizoram

Portrait!class="sortable"
Name	Constituency	Term of office^[49]			Assembly
			5 May 1984	20 August 1986		4
			24 January 1989	7 December 1993		6
			8 December 1993	3 December 1998		7
			11 December 2008	11 December 2013		10
			12 December 2013	14 December 2018		11

Nagaland

Portrait!class="sortable"
Name	Constituency	Term of office^[50]			Assembly
			22 February 1969	26 February 1974		2
	29 October 1986		7 August 1988
			18 April 1980	5 June 1980		4
			25 January 1989	10 May 1990		5
		Aonglenden	22 February 1993	6 March 2003		7
			16 May 1990	19 June 1990		7

Odisha

Premiers of Orissa
Constituency	Term of office^[51]		Assembly
N/A	19 July 1937	4 November 1939	1 Pre-Independent
N/A	23 April 1946	15 August 1947	2 Pre-Independent (1946–1952)

Chief Ministers of Odisha
Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[52]		Assembly
		Soro	19 October 1956	25 February 1961
		Soro	19 October 1956	25 February 1961
		Barchana	12 May 1950	20 February 1952	1
	20 February 1952	Barchana	19 October 1956		1
			23 June 1961	2 October 1963	3
		Bhubaneswar	5 March 1990	15 March 1995	10
!scope="row"		Cuttack City	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	3
!scope="row"		Omerkote	21 February 1965	8 March 1967	3
		Cuttack	14 June 1972	3 March 1973	5
			6 March 1974	16 December 1976	6
!scope="row"			29 December 1976	30 April 1977	6
			9 June 1980	10 March 1985
			10 March 1985	7 December 1989	9
			15 March 1995	17 February 1999	11
		Laikera	7 December 1989	5 March 1990
			6 December 1999	5 March 2000
			15 March 1995	17 February 1999
			6 December 1999	5 March 2000
!scope="row"		Laxmipur	17 February 1999	6 December 1999

Punjab

Chief Ministers of East Punjab
Portrait	Constituency	Term of office^[53]		Assembly
	University	15 August 1947	13 April 1949	Interim
	University	18 October 1949	20 June 1951
	Lahore City	13 April 1949	18 October 1949
		17 April 1952	22 July 1953	1
!scope="row"		23 January 1956	9 April 1957	2
!scope="row"		7 July 1964	5 July 1966	3

Chief Ministers of PEPSU (1952–56)
Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[55] ^[56]			Assembly
		N/A	21 April 1952	22 April 1952		1
	Patiala Sadar	8 March 1954	12 January 1955		2
!scope="row"		Kalayat	12 January 1955	1 November 1956	2

Chief Ministers of Punjab
Portrait	Term of office		Assembly
!scope="row"	1 November 1966	8 March 1967	3
!scope="row"	17 March 1972	30 April 1977	6
!scope="row"	6 June 1980	6 October 1983	8
!scope="row"	25 February 1992	31 August 1995	10
!scope="row"	31 August 1995	21 November 1996
!scope="row"	21 November 1996	11 February 1997
	26 February 2002	1 March 2007		-	16 March 2017	20 September 2021	15
	!scope="row"		20 September 2021	16 March 2022			15

Puducherry

Portrait!class="sortable"
Name	Constituency	Term of office^[57]			Assembly
			1 July 1963	24 August 1964		1
			11 September 1964	9 April 1967		2
			6 March 1968	18 September 1968
			9 April 1967	6 March 1968
			17 March 1969	3 January 1974		3
			16 March 1985	4 March 1990		7
			4 July 1991	13 May 1996		9
			4 September 2008	16 May 2011		12
			22 March 2000	15 May 2001			-	24 May 2001	26 October 2001	11
				27 October 2001		12 May 2006				11
	13 May 2006	4 September 2008		12
!scope="row"			6 June 2016	22 February 2021		14

Rajasthan

Chief Ministers of Rajasthan
Constituency	Term of office^[59]	Assembly
N/A	7 April 1949	5 January 1951	N/A
N/A	6 January 1951	25 April 1951
N/A	26 April 1951	3 March 1952
Kishangarh	1 November 1952	12 November 1954	1
Mahuwa	3 March 1952	31 October 1952	1
Udaipur	13 November 1954	1 April 1957	2
	11 April 1957	11 March 1962	3
	12 March 1962	13 March 1967	4
	26 April 1967	9 July 1971	5
Tijara	9 July 1971	11 August 1973
Banswara	11 August 1973	29 April 1977
	10 March 1985	20 January 1988	8
	4 December 1989	4 March 1990	8
Weir	6 June 1980	13 July 1981	7
Mandalgarh	14 July 1981	23 February 1985	7
Mandalgarh	20 January 1988	4 December 1989	8
Kumbhalgarh	23 February 1985	10 March 1985	7
Sardarpura	1 December 1998	8 December 2003	15
	12 December 2008	13 December 2013
	17 December 2018	15 December 2023

Sikkim

Portrait!class="sortable"
Name	Constituency	Term of office^[60] ^[61]			Assembly
!scope="row"			16 May 1975	17 August 1979		1
		Jorthang-Nayabazar	11 May 1984	25 May 1984		2

Tamil Nadu

Chief Ministers of Madras Presidency
Constituency	Term of office^[62] ^[63]		Assembly
Presidency Legislative Council	14 July 1937	29 October 1939	1
Presidency Legislative Council	30 April 1946	23 March 1947	2
Presidency Legislative Council	23 March 1947	6 April 1949
Presidency Legislative Council	6 April 1949	25 January 1950

Chief Ministers of Madras State
Constituency	Term of office^[64]		Assembly
State Legislative Council	26 January 1950	9 April 1952	2
State Legislative Council	10 April 1952	13 April 1954	1
Gudiyatham	13 April 1954	12 April 1957	1
Sattur	13 April 1957	14 March 1962	2
Sattur	15 March 1962	2 October 1963	3
Sriperumbudur	2 October 1963	5 March 1967	3

Telangana

Portrait!scope="col"
Name	Constituency	Term in office^[65]			Assembly
		Kodangal	7 December 2023	Incumbent		3

Tripura

Portrait!class="sortable"
Name	Constituency	Term of office^[66]			Assembly
		Agartala Sadar II	1 July 1963	1 November 1971		1
		Agartala Town III	20 March 1972	31 March 1977		3
		Town Bordowali	5 February 1988	19 February 1992		6
		Bishalgarh	19 February 1992	10 March 1993		6

Uttar Pradesh

Premier of United Provinces (1937–50)
Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[67]			Assembly
		N/A	17 July 1937	2 November 1939		1 provincial
		N/A	1 April 1946	25 January 1950		2 provincial

Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh
Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly
	Bareilly Municipality	26 January 1950	20 May 1952		2 provincial
20 May 1952	Bareilly Municipality	27 December 1954	1
Sampurnanand	Varanasi South	28 December 1954	9 April 1957		2
10 April 1957	Varanasi South	6 December 1960			2
	Ranikhet South	7 December 1960	14 March 1962		3
	Ranikhet South	14 March 1962	1 October 1963		3
	Ranikhet	14 March 1967	2 April 1967		4
	Ranikhet	26 February 1969	17 February 1970		4
	Menhdawal	2 October 1963	13 March 1967		3
	Chandauli	4 April 1971	12 June 1973		5
	Bara	8 November 1973	4 March 1974		5
5 March 1974	Bara	29 November 1975	6
	Kashipur	21 January 1976	6	30 April 1977
		3 August 1984	10 March 1985		8
		11 March 1985	24 September 1985		9
		25 June 1988	5 December 1989		9
	Tindwari	9 June 1980	18 July 1982		8
	Isauli	19 July 1982	2 August 1984		8
	Paniyara	24 September 1985	24 June 1988		9

Uttarakhand

Portrait!class="sortable"
Name	Constituency	Term of office^[68]			Assembly
!scope="row"			2 March 2002	7 March 2007		1
!scope="row"			13 March 2012	31 January 2014		3
			1 February 2014	27 March 2016
			21 April 2016	22 April 2016
			11 May 2016	18 March 2017

West Bengal

Prime Ministers of West Bengal
Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[69]			Assembly
!scope="row"		Appointed byGovernor	15 August 1947	22 January 1948		Provincial
!scope="row"		Appointed byGovernor	23 January 1948	25 January 1950		Provincial

Chief Ministers of West Bengal
Portrait	Constituency	Term of office^[70]			Assembly
	N/A	26 January 1950	30 March 1952		Provincial
	31 March 1952	5 April 1957	1
	6 April 1957	2 April 1962	2
	3 April 1962	1 July 1962	3
!scope="row"		9 July 1962	3	28 February 1967
!scope="row"		2 April 1971	28 June 1971		6
!scope="row"		20 March 1972	30 April 1977		7

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