List of Chief Ministers in India

A Chief Minister in India is the elected head of government at the level of States, and is vested with most of the executive powers. He or she is elected by legislators of the political party or coalition commanding an assembly majority, and serves a five-year term with a provision of re-election. The Governor is the head of state, but his or her role is largely ceremonial.

The following table lists the current Chief Ministers and the parties that hold power in various states.

Chief Ministers by State

'No	'State & Capital	Name	Took Office	Party	List	Age
1	Andhra Pradesh	Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy	2010-11-25	Indian National Congress	all	50
2	Arunachal Pradesh	Nabam Tuki	2011-11-01	Indian National Congress	all	47
3	Assam	Tarun Kumar Gogoi*	2001-05-17	Indian National Congress	all	74
4	Bihar	Nitish Kumar*	2005-10-24	Janata Dal (United)	all	59
5	Chhattisgarh	Raman Singh*	2003-12-07	Bharatiya Janata Party	all	58
6	National Capital Territory of Delhi†	Sheila Dikshit	1998-12-03	Indian National Congress	all	72
7	Goa	Manohar Parrikar	2012-03-09	Bharatiya Janata Party	all	56
8	Gujarat	Narendra Modi	2001-10-07	Bharatiya Janata Party	all	60
9	Haryana	Bhupinder Singh Hooda	2005-03-05	Bharatiya Janata Party	all	63
10	Himachal Pradesh	Prem Kumar Dhumal	2007-12-30	Bharatiya Janata Party	all	66
11	Jammu & Kashmir	Omar Abdullah*	2009-01-05	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	all	40
12	Jharkhand	Arjun Munda*	2010-09-11	Bharatiya Janata Party	all	42
13	Karnataka	DV Sadananda Gowda	2011-08-03	Bharatiya Janata Party	all	58
14	Kerala	Oommen Chandy*	2011-05-18	Indian National Congress	all	67
15	Madhya Pradesh	Shivraj Singh Chauhan	2005-11-29	Bharatiya Janata Party	all	51
16	Maharashtra	Prithviraj Chavan*	2010-11-11	Indian National Congress	all	64
17	Manipur	Okram Ibobi Singh	2002-03-02	Indian National Congress	all	62
18	Meghalaya	Mukul Sangma*	2010-04-20	Indian National Congress	all	45
19	Mizoram	Lal Thanhawla	2008-12-07	Indian National Congress	all	68
20	Nagaland	Neiphiu Rio*	2008-03-12	Nagaland People's Front	all	60
21	Orissa	Naveen Patnaik	2000-03-05	Biju Janata Dal	all	64
22	Pondicherry†	N. Rangaswamy	2011-05-16	All India NR Congress	all	60
23	Punjab	Parkash Singh Badal*	2007-02-28	Shiromani Akali Dal	all	83
24	Rajasthan	Ashok Gehlot	2008-12-12	Indian National Congress	all	59
25	Sikkim	Pawan Kumar Chamling	1994-12-12	Sikkim Democratic Front	all	60
26	Tamil Nadu	J. Jayalalithaa*	2011-05-16	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	all	63
27	Tripura	Manik Sarkar*	1998-03-11	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	all	61
28	Uttarakhand	B.C. Khanduri	2011-09-11	Bharatiya Janata Party	all	76
29	Uttar Pradesh	Akhilesh Yadav	2012	Samajwadi Party	all	39
30	West Bengal	Mamata Banerjee*	2011-05-20	All India Trinamool Congress	all	56

† Union Territories * Coalition government

By party

Indian state governments led by various political parties as of May 2011

As of 2011, this is the current list of parties that hold power to the number of states.

Party	Number of States/Territories won	States/Territories	Current coalition (2011)
Indian National Congress	12	Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Haryana, Maharastra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Kerala, Delhi*	United Progressive Alliance
Bharatiya Janata Party	11	Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Bihar, Punjab	National Democratic Alliance
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	Tripura	Third Front
Samajwadi Party	1	Uttar Pradesh
Biju Janata Dal	1	Orissa	Third Front
Sikkim Democratic Front	1	Sikkim
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1	Tamil Nadu	Third Front
All India Trinamool Congress	1	West Bengal	United Progressive Alliance
All India N.R Congress	1	Pondicherry	Third Front