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List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers

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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][a]

As of September 2024, 46 chief ministers have served for more than 10 years; of these, 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 chief ministers are incumbent and continue to serve.

List

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Key
  • *  Incumbent chief minister
# Portrait Name State/UT Term of office Political party
1[3] Pawan Kumar Chamling Sikkim 12 December 1994 26 May 2019 24 years, 165 days Sikkim Democratic Front
2[4] Naveen Patnaik Odisha 5 March 2000 12 June 2024 24 years, 99 days Biju Janata Dal
3[5] Jyoti Basu West Bengal 21 June 1977 5 November 2000 23 years, 137 days Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4 Gegong Apang 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 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 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 Tripura 11 March 1998 9 March 2018 19 years, 363 days Communist Party of India (Marxist)
8 M. Karunanidhi 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 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 Nitish Kumar Bihar 3 March 2000 11 March 2000 18 years, 107 days Samata Party
24 November 2005 20 May 2014 Janata Dal (United)
22 February 2015 Incumbent
11 Yashwant Singh Parmar Himachal Pradesh 8 March 1952 31 October 1956 18 years, 83 days Indian National Congress
1 July 1963 28 January 1977
12 Neiphiu Rio Nagaland 6 March 2003 3 January 2008 17 years, 282 days Naga People's Front
12 March 2008 24 May 2014
8 March 2018 Incumbent Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
13[6] Shri Krishna Sinha Bihar 20 July 1937 31 October 1939 17 years, 51 days Indian National Congress
2 April 1946 31 January 1961
14 Shivraj Singh Chouhan Madhya Pradesh 29 November 2005 17 December 2018 16 years, 284 days Bharatiya Janata Party
23 March 2020 12 December 2023
15 Mohan Lal Sukhadia Rajasthan 13 November 1954 13 March 1967 16 years, 194 days Indian National Congress
26 April 1967 9 July 1971
16 Pratapsingh Rane 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 N. Rangaswamy Puducherry 27 October 2001 4 September 2008 15 years, 179 days Indian National Congress
16 May 2011 6 June 2016 All India N.R. Congress
7 May 2021 Incumbent
18 S. C. Jamir 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
19 Sheila Dikshit Delhi 3 December 1998 28 December 2013 15 years, 25 days Indian National Congress
20 Raman Singh Chhattisgarh 7 December 2003 17 December 2018 15 years, 10 days Bharatiya Janata Party
21 Okram Ibobi Singh Manipur 7 March 2002 15 March 2017 15 years, 8 days Indian National Congress
22 Tarun Gogoi Assam 18 May 2001 24 May 2016 15 years, 6 days Indian National Congress
23 Ashok Gehlot Rajasthan 1 December 1998 8 December 2003 15 years, 6 days Indian National Congress
12 December 2008 13 December 2013
17 December 2018 15 December 2023
24 Zoramthanga Mizoram 3 December 1998 11 December 2008 15 years, 0 days Mizo National Front
15 December 2018 7 December 2023
25  – Williamson A. Sangma 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
26 Bidhan Chandra Roy West Bengal 23 January 1948 1 July 1962 14 years, 159 days Indian National Congress
27[7] J. Jayalalithaa Tamil Nadu 24 June 1991 12 May 1996 14 years, 124 days All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
14 May 2001 21 September 2001
2 March 2002 12 May 2006
16 May 2011 27 September 2014
23 May 2015 5 December 2016
28 N. Chandrababu Naidu Andhra Pradesh 1 September 1995 14 May 2004 14 years, 53 days Telugu Desam Party
8 June 2014 30 May 2019
12 June 2024 Incumbent
29 Nar Bahadur Bhandari Sikkim 18 October 1979   11 May 1984 13 years, 277 days Sikkim Janata Parishad
8 March 1985   18 May 1994   Sikkim Sangram Parishad
30 Mamata Banerjee West Bengal 20 May 2011 Incumbent 13 years, 197 days Trinamool Congress
31 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Odisha 9 June 1980 7 December 1989 13 years, 155 days Indian National Congress
15 March 1995 17 February 1999
32  – Bimala Prasad Chaliha Assam 28 December 1957 11 November 1970 12 years, 318 days Indian National Congress
33 Narendra Modi Gujarat 7 October 2001 22 May 2014 12 years, 227 days Bharatiya Janata Party
34 Bhajan Lal 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 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 Maharashtra 5 December 1963 21 February 1975 11 years, 78 days Indian National Congress
37 Farooq Abdullah Jammu and 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 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 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 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 West Bengal 6 November 2000 13 May 2011 10 years, 188 days Communist Party of India (Marxist)
42 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat 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 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 Tripura 5 January 1978 5 February 1988 10 years, 31 days Communist Party of India (Marxist)
45 Vasundhara Raje Rajasthan 8 December 2003 12 December 2008 10 years, 8 days Bharatiya Janata Party
13 December 2013 17 December 2018
46 Digvijaya Singh Madhya Pradesh 7 December 1993 8 December 2003 10 years, 1 day Indian National Congress

See also

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Footnotes

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