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List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party

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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the two major parties in the political system of the Republic of India, the other being the Indian National Congress (INC).[1][2] As of 2015, it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the national parliament.[3] Established in 1980, the BJP's platform is generally considered as the right-wing of the political spectrum.[4] As of 13 June 2024, 54 BJP leaders have held the position of a chief minister out of which thirteen are incumbent.

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A chief minister is the head of government of each of the twenty-eight states and two union territories (UTs) (Delhi and Puducherry). 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. 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. The chief minister's term is usually for a maximum of five years, with the confidence of the assembly's confidence. There are no limits to the number of terms the chief minister can serve.[5]

Of the 54 BJP chief ministers, thirteen are incumbent – Pema Khandu in Arunachal Pradesh, Himanta Biswa Sarma in Assam, Vishnu Deo Sai in Chhattisgarh, Pramod Sawant in Goa, Bhupendrabhai Patel in Gujarat, Nayab Singh Saini in Haryana, Mohan Yadav in Madhya Pradesh, N. Biren Singh in Manipur, Mohan Charan Majhi in Odisha, Bhajan Lal Sharma in Rajasthan, Manik Saha in Tripura, Pushkar Singh Dhami in Uttarakhand, and Yogi Adityanath in Uttar Pradesh. Four of the BJP chief ministers have been women – Sushma Swaraj in Delhi, Uma Bharti in Madhya Pradesh, Anandiben Patel in Gujarat and Vasundhara Raje in Rajasthan. Shivraj Singh Chauhan, who is chief minister of Madhya Pradesh for more than 15 years has been the longest-serving chief minister from the BJP. Devendra Fadnavis's second tenure as the chief minister of Maharashtra lasted for only three days, which is the least tenure among chief ministers from BJP; however, taking the total of all the tenures into consideration, Sushma Swaraj served as a chief minister of Delhi for the shortest period of 52 days. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat of Rajasthan was the first chief minister from the BJP; however some BJP leaders had already been elected before as the chief minister while being a member of the Janata Party (JP), an amalgam of political parties which included BJP's predecessor Bharatiya Jana Sangh.[6] There have been seven chief ministers in Uttarakhand from the BJP, six chief ministers in Gujarat, five chief ministers in Madhya Pradesh, four chief ministers in Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh each, and three in Delhi, Goa, Himachal Pradesh and Jharkhand each.

Arunachal Pradesh

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 Gegong Apang[α] Tuting–Yingkiong 31 August 2003 29 August 2004 364 days 6th
2 Pema Khandu*[β] Mukto 31 December 2016 28 May 2019 7 years, 341 days 9th
29 May 2019 12 June 2024 10th
13 June 2024 Incumbent 11th
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

Assam

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 Sarbananda Sonowal Majuli 24 May 2016 10 May 2021 4 years, 351 days 14th
2 Himanta Biswa Sarma* Jalukbari 10 May 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 210 days 15th
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

Chhattisgarh

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 Raman Singh Dongargaon 7 December 2003 11 December 2008 15 years, 10 days 2nd
Rajnandgaon 12 December 2008 11 December 2013 3rd
12 December 2013 17 December 2018 4th
2 Vishnu Deo Sai* Kunkuri 13 December 2023 Incumbent 359 days 6th
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

Delhi

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 Madan Lal Khurana Moti Nagar 2 December 1993 26 February 1996 2 years, 86 days 1st
2 Sahib Singh Verma Shalimar Bagh 26 February 1996 12 October 1998 2 years, 228 days
3 Sushma Swaraj Not Contested 12 October 1998 3 December 1998 52 days
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

Goa

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 Manohar Parrikar Panaji 24 October 2000 2 June 2002 8 years, 349 days 8th
3 June 2002 3 February 2005 9th
9 March 2012 8 November 2014 11th
14 March 2017 17 March 2019 12th
2 Laxmikant Parsekar Mandrem 8 November 2014 14 March 2017 2 years, 126 days 11th
3 Pramod Sawant* Sanquelim 19 March 2019 27 March 2022 5 years, 262 days 12th
28 March 2022 Incumbent 13th
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

Gujarat

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 Keshubhai Patel Visavadar 14 March 1995 21 October 1995 4 years, 73 days 9th
4 March 1998 7 October 2001 10th
2 Suresh Mehta Mandvi 21 October 1995 19 September 1996 334 days 9th
3 Narendra Modi Rajkot West 7 October 2001 21 December 2002 12 years, 227 days 10th
Maninagar 22 December 2002 22 December 2007 11th
23 December 2007 25 December 2012 12th
26 December 2012 22 May 2014 13th
4 Anandiben Patel Ghatlodia 22 May 2014 7 August 2016 2 years, 77 days
5 Vijay Rupani Rajkot West 7 August 2016 25 December 2017 5 years, 37 days
26 December 2017 13 September 2021 14th
6 Bhupendrabhai Patel Ghatlodia 13 September 2021 11 December 2022 3 years, 84 days
12 December 2022 Incumbent 15th
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

Haryana

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 Manohar Lal Khattar Karnal 26 October 2014 26 October 2019 9 years, 138 days 13th
27 October 2019 12 March 2024 14th
2 Nayab Singh Saini* Karnal 12 March 2024 17 October 2024 269 days
Ladwa 17 October 2024 Incubment 15th
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

Himachal Pradesh

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 Shanta Kumar[γ] Palampur 5 March 1990 15 December 1992 2 years, 285 days 7th
2 Prem Kumar Dhumal Bamsan 24 March 1998 6 March 2003 9 years, 343 days 9th
30 December 2007 25 December 2012 11th
3 Jai Ram Thakur Seraj 27 December 2017 11 December 2022 4 years, 349 days 13th
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

Jharkhand

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 Babulal Marandi Ramgarh 15 November 2000 18 March 2003 2 years, 123 days 1st
2 Arjun Munda Kharsawan 18 March 2003 2 March 2005 5 years, 304 days
12 March 2005 19 September 2006 2nd
11 September 2010 18 January 2013 3rd
3 Raghubar Das Jamshedpur East 28 December 2014 29 December 2019 5 years, 1 day 4th
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

Karnataka

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 B. S. Yediyurappa Shikaripura 12 November 2007 19 November 2007 5 years, 81 days 12th
30 May 2008 5 August 2011 13th
17 May 2018 23 May 2018 15th
26 July 2019 28 July 2021
2 Sadananda Gowda MLC 5 August 2011 12 July 2012 342 days 13th
3 Jagadish Shettar Hubli-Dharwad Central 12 July 2012 13 May 2013 305 days
4 Basavaraj Bommai Shiggaon 28 July 2021 20 May 2023 1 year, 296 days 15th
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

Madhya Pradesh

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 Sunder Lal Patwa[ε] Bhojpur 5 March 1990 15 December 1992 2 years, 285 days 9th
2 Uma Bharti Malhara 8 December 2003 23 August 2004 259 days 12th
3 Babulal Gaur Govindpura 23 August 2004 28 November 2005 1 year, 98 days
4 Shivraj Singh Chouhan Budhni 29 November 2005 11 December 2008 16 years, 282 days
12 December 2008 13 December 2013 13th
14 December 2013 17 December 2018 14th
23 March 2020 13 December 2023 15th
5 Mohan Yadav* Ujjain South 13 December 2023 Incumbent 359 days 16th
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

Maharashtra

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 Devendra Fadnavis Nagpur South West 31 October 2014 12 November 2019 5 years, 12 days 13th
23 November 2019 28 November 2019 5 days 14th
5 December 2024 Incumbent 1 day 15th
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

Manipur

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 N. Biren Singh* Heignang 15 March 2017 20 March 2022 7 years, 266 days 12th
21 March 2022 Incumbent 13th
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

Odisha

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 Mohan Charan Majhi* Keonjhar 12 June 2024 Incumbent 177 days 17th
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

Rajasthan

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat[ζ] Chhabra 4 March 1990 15 December 1992 7 years, 283 days 9th
Bali 4 December 1993 1 December 1998 10th
2 Vasundhara Raje Jhalrapatan 8 December 2003 12 December 2008 10 years, 8 days 12th
13 December 2013 17 December 2018 14th
3 Bhajan Lal Sharma* Sanganer 15 December 2023 Incumbent 357 days 16th
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

Tripura

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 Biplab Kumar Deb Banamalipur 9 March 2018 15 May 2022 4 years, 67 days 12th
2 Manik Saha* Town Bordowali 15 May 2022 7 March 2023 2 years, 205 days
8 March 2023 Incumbent 13th
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

Uttar Pradesh

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 Kalyan Singh Atrauli 24 June 1991 6 December 1992 3 years, 217 days 11th
21 September 1997 12 November 1999 13th
2 Ram Prakash Gupta MLC 12 November 1999 28 October 2000 351 days
3 Rajnath Singh Haidergarh 28 October 2000 8 March 2002 1 year, 131 days
4 Yogi Adityanath* MLC 19 March 2017 24 March 2022 7 years, 262 days 17th
Gorakhpur Urban 25 March 2022 Incumbent 18th
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

Uttarakhand

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# Portrait Name Constituency Term in office Assembly
1 Nityanand Swami MLC 9 November 2000 30 October 2001 355 days Interim
2 Bhagat Singh Koshyari MLC 30 October 2001 1 March 2002 123 days
3 B. C. Khanduri Dhumakot 7 March 2007 27 June 2009 2 years, 296 days 2nd
11 September 2011 13 March 2012
4 Ramesh Pokhriyal Thalisain 27 June 2009 11 September 2011 2 years, 76 days
5 Trivendra Singh Rawat Doiwala 18 March 2017 10 March 2021 3 years, 357 days 4th
6 Tirath Singh Rawat Not Contested 10 March 2021 4 July 2021 116 days
7 Pushkar Singh Dhami* Khatima 4 July 2021 22 March 2022 3 years, 155 days
Champawat 23 March 2022 Incumbent 5th
Key
  • *  – Incumbent Chief Minister

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Apang was a member of the INC while becoming the chief minister for the first time.[7] However, he left the INC and formed the Arunachal Congress in 1996,[8] and remained the chief minister until 1999.[7] He was reelected as the chief minister in August 2003,[7] and his party merged with the BJP in the same month.[9] However, he again joined the INC in August 2004,[8] and remained seated on the post of chief minister until 2007.[7] He once again joined the BJP in February 2014,[10] but left it in January 2019 and joined the Janata Dal (Secular) in February 2019.[11]
  2. ^ Khandu became the chief minister in July 2016 while being a member of the INC.[12] He joined the People's Party of Arunachal in September 2016,[12] and later defected to the BJP in December 2016.[13]
  3. ^ Shanta Kumar became the chief minister for the first time (1977–1980) while being a member of the JP.[7]
  4. ^ Kailash Chandra Joshi is a BJP leader who became Madhya Pradesh chief minister in 1977 as a member of JP.[7] Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha, who became Madhya Pradesh chief minister in 1978 as a JP member, was also a BJP leader.[7]
  5. ^ Patwa became the chief minister for the first time (January 1980 – February 1980) while being a member of the JP.[7]
  6. ^ Shekhawat became the chief minister for the first time (1977–1980) while being a member of the JP.

References

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General
  • "States of India since 1947". worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
Specific
  1. ^ Edward A. Gargan (29 November 1993). "India's Two Major Political Parties Stumble in Regional Elections". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. ^ "In Numbers: The Rise of BJP and decline of Congress". The Times of India. 19 May 2016. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Sixteenth Lok Sabha". Lok Sabha. Archived from the original on 18 October 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
  4. ^ Sagarika Dutt (12 November 2006). India in a Globalised World. Manchester University Press. p. 64. ISBN 9781847792143. Archived from the original on 3 March 2018. Retrieved 27 November 2013. BJP is a right wing party and gives priority to the unity of the country.
  5. ^ Durga Das Basu (1960). Introduction to the Constitution of India (20th ed.). LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. pp. 241, 245. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9.
  6. ^ "Janata Party merged with the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)". jagranjosh.com. 12 August 2013. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h "States of India since 1947". worldstatesmen.org. Archived from the original on 18 June 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  8. ^ a b "Apang back in Cong fold". The Economic Times. 29 August 2004. Archived from the original on 3 May 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  9. ^ "BJP bags its first NE state". The Economic Times. 31 August 2003. Archived from the original on 6 December 2014. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  10. ^ "Congress stalwart Gegong Apang joins BJP". The Times of India. 20 February 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2014. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
  11. ^ "Arunachal veteran Gegong Apang joins Devegowda's JD(S)". Business Standard. 21 February 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  12. ^ a b "BJP joins Pema Khandu's government in Arunachal Pradesh". Rediff.com. 14 October 2016. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
  13. ^ "BJP forms government in Arunachal Pradesh with 33 PPA MLAs joining it". The Economic Times. 31 December 2016. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
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