List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers explained

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]

, 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, five ministers are incumbent and continue to serve.

List

Key
PortraitNameState/UTTerm of officePolitical party
1[3] Pawan Kumar ChamlingSikkim12 December 199426 May 2019Sikkim Democratic Front
2[4] Naveen PatnaikOdisha5 March 200012 June 2024Biju Janata Dal
3[5] Jyoti BasuWest Bengal21 June 19775 November 2000Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4Gegong ApangArunachal Pradesh18 January 198019 January 199922 years, 250 daysIndian National Congress
Arunachal Congress
3 August 20039 April 2007United Democratic Front
Bharatiya Janata Party
Indian National Congress
5Lal ThanhawlaMizoram5 May 198421 August 198622 years, 60 daysIndian National Congress
24 January 19893 December 1998
11 December 200815 December 2018
6Virbhadra SinghHimachal Pradesh8 April 19835 March 199021 years, 13 daysIndian National Congress
3 December 199324 March 1998
6 March 200330 December 2007
25 December 201227 December 2017
7Manik SarkarTripura11 March 19989 March 2018Communist Party of India (Marxist)
8M. KarunanidhiTamil Nadu10 February 196931 January 197618 years, 362 daysDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
27 January 198930 January 1991
13 May 199614 May 2001
13 May 200616 May 2011
9Parkash Singh BadalPunjab27 March 197014 June 197118 years, 350 daysShiromani Akali Dal
20 June 197717 February 1980
12 February 199726 February 2002
1 March 200716 March 2017
10[]Yashwant Singh ParmarHimachal Pradesh8 March 195231 October 195618 years, 83 daysIndian National Congress
1 July 196328 January 1977
11Nitish KumarBihar3 March 200011 March 2000Samata Party
24 November 200520 May 2014Janata Dal (United)
22 February 2015Incumbent
12Neiphiu RioNagaland6 March 20033 January 2008Naga People's Front
12 March 200824 May 2014
8 March 2018IncumbentNationalist Democratic Progressive Party
13[6] Shri Krishna SinhaBihar20 July 193731 October 193917 years, 51 daysIndian National Congress
2 April 194631 January 1961
14Shivraj Singh ChouhanMadhya Pradesh29 November 200517 December 201816 years, 284 daysBharatiya Janata Party
23 March 202012 December 2023
15Mohan Lal SukhadiaRajasthan13 November 195413 March 196716 years, 194 daysIndian National Congress
26 April 19679 July 1971
16Pratapsingh RaneGoa16 January 198027 March 199015 years, 325 daysIndian National Congress
16 December 199429 July 1998
3 February 20054 March 2005
7 June 20058 June 2007
17S. C. JamirNagaland18 April 19805 June 198015 years, 151 daysUnited Democratic Front-Progressive
18 November 198229 October 1986
25 January 198916 May 1990Indian National Congress
22 February 19936 March 2003
18N. RangaswamyPuducherry27 October 20014 September 2008Indian National Congress
16 May 20116 June 2016All India N.R. Congress
7 May 2021Incumbent
19Sheila DikshitDelhi3 December 199828 December 2013Indian National Congress
20Raman SinghChhattisgarh7 December 200317 December 2018Bharatiya Janata Party
21Okram Ibobi SinghManipur7 March 200215 March 2017Indian National Congress
22Tarun GogoiAssam18 May 200124 May 2016Indian National Congress
23Ashok GehlotRajasthan1 December 19988 December 2003Indian National Congress
12 December 200813 December 2013
17 December 201815 December 2023
24ZoramthangaMizoram3 December 199811 December 2008Mizo National Front
15 December 20187 December 2023
25Williamson A. SangmaMeghalaya2 April 197010 March 197814 years, 221 daysAll Party Hill Leaders Conference
7 May 19812 March 1983Indian National Congress
2 April 19836 February 1988
26Bidhan Chandra RoyWest Bengal23 January 19481 July 1962Indian National Congress
27[7] J. JayalalithaaTamil Nadu24 June 199112 May 199614 years, 124 daysAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagamrowspan=5
14 May 200121 September 2001
2 March 200212 May 2006
16 May 201127 September 2014
23 May 20155 December 2016
28N. Chandrababu NaiduAndhra Pradesh1 September 199514 May 2004Telugu Desam Partyrowspan=3
8 June 201430 May 2019
12 June 2024Incumbent
29Nar Bahadur BhandariSikkim18 October 1979  11 May 198413 years, 277 daysSikkim Janata Parishad
8 March 1985  18 May 1994  Sikkim Sangram Parishad
30Janaki Ballabh PatnaikOdisha9 June 19807 December 198913 years, 155 daysIndian National Congress
15 March 199517 February 1999
31Mamata BanerjeeWest Bengal20 May 2011IncumbentTrinamool Congress
32Bimala Prasad ChalihaAssam28 December 195711 November 1970Indian National Congress
33Narendra ModiGujarat7 October 200122 May 2014Bharatiya Janata Party
34Bhajan LalHaryana28 June 197923 May 198211 years, 300 daysJanata Party
23 May 19825 June 1986Indian National Congress
23 June 199111 May 1996
35Bansi LalHaryana21 May 19681 December 197511 years, 283 daysIndian National Congress
5 June 198620 June 1987
11 May 199624 July 1999Haryana Vikas Party
36Vasantrao NaikMaharashtra5 December 196321 February 1975Indian National Congress
37Farooq AbdullahJammu and Kashmir8 September 19822 July 198411 years, 15 daysJammu & Kashmir National Conference
7 November 198619 January 1990
9 October 199618 October 2002
38Govind Ballabh PantUttar Pradesh17 July 19372 November 193911 years, 13 daysIndian National Congress
1 April 194627 December 1954
39E. K. NayanarKerala25 January 198020 October 198110 years, 355 daysCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
26 March 198724 June 1991
20 May 199617 May 2001
40M. O. H. FarookPuducherry9 April 19676 March 196810 years, 250 daysIndian National Congress
17 March 19692 January 1974Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
16 March 19858 March 1990Indian National Congress
41[8] Buddhadeb BhattacharjeeWest Bengal6 November 200013 May 2011Communist Party of India (Marxist)
42Bhairon Singh ShekhawatRajasthan22 June 197716 February 198010 years, 156 daysJanata Party
4 March 199015 December 1992Bharatiya Janata Party
4 December 19931 December 1998
43M. G. RamachandranTamil Nadu30 June 197717 February 198010 years, 65 daysAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagamrowspan=2
9 June 198024 December 1987
44Nripen ChakrabortyTripura5 January 19785 February 1988Communist Party of India (Marxist)
45Rajasthan8 December 200312 December 200810 years, 8 daysBharatiya Janata Party
13 December 201317 December 2018
46Digvijaya SinghMadhya Pradesh7 December 19938 December 2003Indian National Congress

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: List of longest serving Chief Ministers in India. Jagron Josh. 9 November 2019.
  2. Web site: India's longest-serving CMs . Times of India. 30 April 2018.
  3. Web site: Chewn K Dahal . 30 April 2018 . Sikkim's Pawan Chamling pips Jyoti Basu as India's longest-serving chief minister . Times of India.
  4. Web site: 30 May 2019 . Naveen Patnaik takes oath for fifth time; but he's not India's longest serving chief minister yet . Indian Express.
  5. Web site: 8 July 2018 . West Bengal celebrates birth anniversary of former chief minister Jyoti Basu . The New Indian Express.
  6. Web site: Nitish eyes another term: Who are the longest serving chief ministers of India? . www.timesnownews.com . 11 November 2020 .
  7. News: The five oaths of Jayalalithaa. The Hindu.
  8. Web site: 13 May 2011 . Curtain falls on Left rule after 34 years in WB . News18.

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