In India, a chief minister is the elected head of government of each state out of the 28[1] states and sometimes a union territory (UT). Currently, only the UTs of Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry have serving chief ministers. According to the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister.

Following elections to the State legislative assembly or Vidhan Sabha in a state, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints and swears in the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Based on the Westminster system, given that they retain the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term can last for the length of the assembly's life, a maximum of five years. There are no limits to the number of terms that the chief minister can serve.[2] A chief minister heads a state government's council of ministers and can be deputised in that role by a deputy chief minister. The chief minister generally selects the chief secretary and can also allot departments to the cabinet ministers of their state and ministers of state. They also direct the chief secretary to transfer, suspend, or promote officers of their state.

The chief minister usually serves as the leader of the house in the respective legislative assembly.[a][4]

Of the 31 incumbents, Seventeen incumbents belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party and four to the Indian National Congress, with no other party having more than one chief minister in office. Neiphiu Rio from Nagaland, has had the longest tenure (19 years, 140 days) as a chief minister. Pema Khandu of Arunachal Pradesh, serving since 16 July 2016 (for 9 years, 364 days), has the longest continuous incumbency. Mizoram's Lalduhoma (aged 77) is the oldest and Pema Khandu (aged 46), from Arunachal Pradesh is the youngest. Delhi's Rekha Gupta is the only incumbent female chief minister.

Eligibility

The Constitution of India sets the principle qualifications one must meet to be eligible to the office of chief minister. A chief minister must be:

  • a citizen of India.
  • should be a member of the state legislature
  • of 25 years of age or more[5]

An individual who is not a member of the legislature can be considered the chief minister provided they get themselves elected to the State Legislature within six months from the date of their appointment. Failing which, they would cease to be the chief minister.

Election

The chief minister is elected through a majority in the state legislative assembly. This is procedurally established by the vote of confidence in the legislative assembly, as suggested by the governor of the state who is the appointing authority. They are elected for five years.[6] The chief minister holds office at the pleasure of the governor.

Oath

Since, according to the constitution, the chief minister is appointed by the governor, the swearing in ceremony is held before the governor of the state.

The oath of office

Resignation

In the event of a chief minister's resignation, which conventionally occurs after a general election or during a phase of assembly majority transition, the outgoing chief minister holds the informal title of "caretaker" chief minister until the governor either appoints a new chief minister or dissolves the assembly. Since the post is not constitutionally defined, the caretaker chief minister enjoys all the powers of a regular chief minister, but cannot make any major policy decisions or cabinet changes during his or her short tenure as caretaker.[7]

Remuneration

By Article 164 of the constitution of India, remuneration of the chief minister as well as other ministers are to be decided by the respective state legislatures.[8] Until the legislature of the state decides salary, it shall be as specified in the second schedule. [9] The salaries thus vary from state to state. As of 2026, the highest salary is drawn by chief ministers of Telangana, which is ₹410,000 (US$4,300) and lowest by the chief ministers of Tripura which is ₹105,500 (US$1,100) legally.[10]

The net salary of the Chief Ministers varies from state to state. The following table shows the basic pay of CM of each state of India in decreasing order from top to bottom.

Net Salary of Chief Minister of all states as of 2019
State CM Net Salary

per month[b] (including other emoluments and allowances)

Telangana₹400,000 (US$4,200) (Including Salary received as MLC/MLA)
Delhi₹390,000 (US$4,100) (Including Salary received as MLA)[11]
Uttar Pradesh₹365,000 (US$3,800) (Including Salary received as MLC/MLA)
Maharashtra₹340,000 (US$3,600) (Including Salary received as MLC/MLA)
Andhra Pradesh₹335,000 (US$3,500) (Including Salary received as MLC/MLA)
Gujarat₹321,000 (US$3,400) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Himachal Pradesh₹310,000 (US$3,200) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Haryana₹288,000 (US$3,000) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Jharkhand₹272,000 (US$2,800) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Madhya Pradesh₹255,000 (US$2,700) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Chhattisgarh₹230,000 (US$2,400) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Punjab₹230,000 (US$2,400) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Goa₹220,000 (US$2,300) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Bihar₹215,000 (US$2,300) (Including Salary received as MLC/MLA)
West Bengal₹210,000 (US$2,200) (Including Salary received as MLA)[12]
Tamil Nadu₹285,000 (US$3,000) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Karnataka₹200,000 (US$2,100) (Including Salary received as MLC/MLA)
Sikkim₹190,000 (US$2,000) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Kerala₹185,000 (US$1,900) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Rajasthan₹300,000 (US$3,100) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Uttarakhand₹175,000 (US$1,800) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Assam₹160,000 (US$1,700) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Odisha₹160,000 (US$1,700)(Including Salary received as MLA)
Meghalaya₹150,000 (US$1,600) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Arunachal Pradesh₹133,000 (US$1,400) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Manipur₹120,000 (US$1,300) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Mizoram [c]₹120,000 (US$1,300) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Puducherry₹120,000 (US$1,300) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Nagaland₹110,000 (US$1,200) (Including Salary received as MLA)
Tripura₹105,000 (US$1,100) (Including Salary received as MLA)

Current list

Ruling parties as of May 2026 and alliances in Indian states as of May 2026
List of chief ministers[13]
State/UT List Portrait Officeholder Took office
(tenure length)		 Political Party[d] National Alliance State/UT Alliance
(Regional Alliance)		 Ministry Appointed by[e] Ref
Andhra Pradesh List N. Chandrababu Naidu 12 June 2024
(2 years, 33 days)		 TDP NDA Kutami Naidu IV Syed Abdul Nazeer [14]
Arunachal Pradesh List Pema Khandu 17 July 2016
(9 years, 363 days)		 BJP NEDA Khandu V Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik [15][16]
Assam List Himanta Biswa Sarma 10 May 2021
(5 years, 66 days)		 Sarma II Lakshman Acharya [17]
Bihar List Samrat Choudhary 15 April 2026
(91 days)		 NDA Choudhary Syed Ata Hasnain [18]
Chhattisgarh List Vishnu Deo Sai 13 December 2023
(2 years, 214 days)		 Sai Biswabhusan Harichandan [19]
Delhi[f] List Rekha Gupta 20 February 2025
(1 year, 145 days)		 Gupta V. K. Saxena [20]
Goa List Pramod Sawant 19 March 2019
(7 years, 118 days)		 Sawant II P. S. Sreedharan Pilliai [21]
Gujarat List Bhupendrabhai Patel 13 September 2021
(4 years, 305 days)		 Patel II Acharya Devvrat [22]
Haryana List Nayab Singh Saini 12 March 2024
(2 years, 125 days)		 Saini II Bandaru Dattatreya [23]
Himachal Pradesh List Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu 11 December 2022
(3 years, 216 days)		 INC INDIA INDIA Sukhu Rajendra Arlekar [24]
Jammu and Kashmir[f] List Omar Abdullah 16 October 2024
(1 year, 272 days)		 JKNC JKNC-led INDIA Abdullah II Manoj Sinha [25]
Jharkhand List Hemant Soren 4 July 2024
(2 years, 11 days)		 JMM MGB Soren IV Santosh Kumar Gangwar [26]
Karnataka List D. K. Shivakumar 3 June 2026
(42 days)		 INC INDIA Shivakumar Thawar Chand Gehlot
Kerala List V. D. Satheesan 18 May 2026
(58 days)		 UDF Satheesan Rajendra Arlekar
Madhya Pradesh List Mohan Yadav 13 December 2023
(2 years, 214 days)		 BJP NDA NDA Yadav Mangubhai C. Patel [27]
Maharashtra List Devendra Fadnavis 5 December 2024
(1 year, 222 days)		 MY Fadnavis III C. P. Radhakrishnan
Manipur List Yumnam Khemchand Singh 4 February 2026
(161 days)		 NEDA Singh Ajay Kumar Bhalla [28]
Meghalaya List Conrad Sangma 6 March 2018
(8 years, 131 days)		 NPP MDA (NEDA) Sangma II Phagu Chauhan [29]
Mizoram List Lalduhoma 8 December 2023
(2 years, 219 days)		 ZPM None None Lalduhoma Kambhampati Hari Babu [30]
Nagaland List Neiphiu Rio 8 March 2018
(8 years, 129 days)		 NPF NDA PDA (NEDA) Rio V La. Ganesan [31]
Odisha List Mohan Charan Majhi 12 June 2024
(2 years, 33 days)		 BJP NDA Majhi Raghubar Das [32]
Puducherry[f] List N. Rangaswamy 7 May 2021
(5 years, 69 days)		 AINRC AINRC-led NDA Rangasamy V Kuniyil Kailashnathan [33]
Punjab List Bhagwant Mann 16 March 2022
(4 years, 121 days)		 AAP None None Mann Banwarilal Purohit [34]
Rajasthan List Bhajan Lal Sharma 15 December 2023
(2 years, 212 days)		 BJP NDA NDA Sharma Kalraj Mishra [35]
Sikkim List Prem Singh Tamang 27 May 2019
(7 years, 49 days)		 SKM NEDA Tamang II Lakshman Acharya [36]
Tamil Nadu List C. Joseph Vijay 10 May 2026
(66 days)		 TVK None TVK+ Vijay Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar [37]
Telangana List Revanth Reddy 7 December 2023
(2 years, 220 days)		 INC INDIA INDIA Reddy Tamilisai Soundrararajan [38]
Tripura List Manik Saha 15 May 2022
(4 years, 61 days)		 BJP NDA NEDA Saha II Satyadev Narayan Arya [39]
Uttar Pradesh List Yogi Adityanath 19 March 2017
(9 years, 118 days)		 NDA Yogi II Anandiben Patel [40]
Uttarakhand List Pushkar Singh Dhami 4 July 2021
(5 years, 11 days)		 Dhami II Gurmit Singh [41]
West Bengal List Suvendu Adhikari 9 May 2026
(67 days)		 Adhikari R. N. Ravi

Deputy chief minister

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. While not a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers.[42] 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. The position of deputy chief minister is not explicitly defined or mentioned in the Constitution of India. However, the Supreme Court of India has stated that the appointment of deputy chief ministers is not unconstitutional. The court has clarified that a deputy chief minister, for all practical purposes, remains a minister in the council of ministers headed by the chief minister and does not draw a higher salary or perks compared to other ministers.[43]

Various states throughout the history have appointed deputy chief ministers. Despite being not mentioned in the constitution or law, the deputy-chief minister office is often used to pacify factions within the party or coalition. It is similar to the rarely used deputy-prime minister post in the central government of India. During the absence of the chief minister, the deputy-chief minister may chair cabinet meetings and lead the assembly majority. Various deputy chief ministers have also taken the oath of secrecy in line with the one that chief minister takes. This oath has also sparked controversies.[44][45]

Currently, only 17 states and 1 union territory (out of 28 states and 3 union territories) have deputy chief ministers. Out of these, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have two deputy chief ministers each. No other state and union territory has more than one deputy chief minister in office.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has fifteen incumbents, the Indian National Congress has three, the Naga People's Front, Janata Dal (United) and the National People's Party have two incumbents, the Jana Sena Party, Nationalist Congress Party, Shiv Sena and the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has one incumbent each. Of the 28 incumbents, four are woman — Sunetra Pawar in Maharashtra, Nemcha Kipgen in Manipur,Pravati Parida in Odisha & Diya Kumari in Rajasthan. The longest-serving incumbent deputy chief minister is Chowna Mein, who has served as the deputy chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh since 17 July 2016 (for 9 years, 363 days). As of 15 July 2026, one state (Uttarakhand) and one union territory (Puducherry) have never had a deputy chief minister.

Current list

State List Portrait Name Took office
(tenure length)		 Party Chief Minister Chief Minister's Party State/UT Alliance
(Regional Alliance)		 National Alliance Ref
Andhra Pradesh List Konidela Pawan Kalyan 12 June 2024
2 years, 33 days		 JSP N. Chandrababu Naidu TDP Kutami NDA
Arunachal Pradesh List Chowna Mein 16 July 2016
9 years, 364 days		 BJP Pema Khandu BJP NDA (NEDA) [46]
Bihar List Bijendra Prasad Yadav 15 April 2026
91 days		 JD (U) Samrat Chaudhary NDA
Vijay Kumar Chaudhary
Chhattisgarh List Arun Sao 13 December 2023
2 years, 214 days		 BJP Vishnu Deo Sai [47]
Vijay Sharma
Gujarat List Harsh Rameshbhai Sanghavi 17 October 2025
271 days		 Bhupendrabhai Patel
Himachal Pradesh List Mukesh Agnihotri 11 December 2022
3 years, 216 days		 INC Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu INC INDIA INDIA [48]
Jammu and Kashmir List Surinder Kumar Choudhary 16 October 2024
1 year, 272 days		 JKNC Omar Abdullah JKNC JKNC-led INDIA
Karnataka List G. Parameshwara 3 June 2026
42 days		 INC D. K. Shivakumar INC INDIA
Madhya Pradesh List Rajendra Shukla 13 December 2023
2 years, 214 days		 BJP Mohan Yadav BJP NDA NDA
Jagdish Devda
Maharashtra List Eknath Sambhaji Shinde 5 December 2024
1 year, 222 days		 SHS Devendra Fadnavis MY [49]
Sunetra Ajit Pawar 31 January 2026
165 days		 NCP
Manipur List Nemcha Kipgen 4 February 2026
161 days		 BJP Y. Khemchand Singh NDA (NEDA)
Losii Dikho NPF
Meghalaya List Prestone Tynsong 6 March 2018
8 years, 131 days		 NPP Conrad Sangma NPP MDA (NEDA) [50]
Sniawbhalang Dhar 7 March 2023
3 years, 130 days
Nagaland List Yanthungo Patton 9 March 2018
8 years, 128 days		 BJP Neiphiu Rio NPF PDA (NEDA) [51]
Taditui Rangkau Zeliang 7 March 2023
3 years, 130 days		 NPF
Odisha List Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo 12 June 2024
2 years, 33 days		 BJP Mohan Charan Majhi BJP NDA
Pravati Parida
Rajasthan List Diya Kumari 15 December 2023
2 years, 212 days		 Bhajan Lal Sharma
Prem Chand Bairwa
Telangana List Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka 7 December 2023
2 years, 220 days		 INC Revanth Reddy INC INDIA INDIA
Uttar Pradesh List Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped) Keshav Prasad Maurya 19 March 2017
9 years, 118 days		 BJP Yogi Adityanath BJP NDA NDA
Brajesh Pathak Brajesh Pathak 25 March 2022
4 years, 112 days

See also

  1. Governor (India)
  2. List of current Indian opposition leaders
  3. Chief Whip (India)
  4. List of current Indian legislative speakers and chairpersons

Notes

  1. ↑ Except in Tamil Nadu, where K. A. Sengottaiyan serves as the leader of the house whereas C. Joseph Vijay is the chief minister.[3]
  2. ↑ This salary includes the Basic Pay, Dearness Allowance and House Rent Allowance.
  3. ↑ passed by Assembly Session on 21 November 2019
  4. ↑ Only the chief minister's party is indicated. They may head a complex coalition of several parties and independents, which are not listed here.
  5. ↑ Denotes the governor at the time of appointment.
  6. 1 2 3 Although Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry each have an elected legislature and a council of ministers (headed by the chief minister), they are officially classified as union territories.

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