List of Chief Ministers of Jharkhand

The state of Jharkhand is in northeast India.

This is the list of people who have served as the Chief Minister of Indian state of Jharkhand, since its creation in 2000, when the southern, hilly districts of Bihar were carved out to form a new state.

No.	Name Constituency	Party	Term of Office		Duration (Days)	Timeline	Assembly Composition
1	Babulal Marandi Ramgarh	Bharatiya Janata Party	15 November 2000	17 March 2003	852	First chief minister of Jharkhand Coalition govt. with Samata Party and JD (U) Dumka made second capital of Jharkhand Marandi enters assembly by winning Ramgarh by-poll Four new districts created - Jamtara, Latehar, Saraikela Kharsawan, Simdega Allies revolt against Marandi, he resigns subsequently	BJP: 32 JMM: 12 INC: 11 RJD: 9 JD(U): 8 Others: 9
2	Arjun Munda Kharsawan		18 March 2003	2 March 2005	715	Dissident allies support (then) Welfare Minister, Munda as CM
3	Shibu Soren --	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	2 March 2005	12 March 2005	10	Governor invites minority alliance to form govt Soren resigns 10 days later, on Central government intervention	BJP: 30 JMM: 17 INC: 9 RJD: 7 JD(U): 6 Others: 12
4	Arjun Munda Kharsawan	Bharatiya Janata Party	12 March 2005	14 September 2006	555	Coalition govt. with JD (U) and independents Independents withdraw support, Munda resigns
5	Madhu Koda Jaganathpur	Independent	14 September 2006	27 August 2008	709	JMM, Congress, RJD and independents support Koda making him 3rd independent legislator ever to become an Indian CM Shibhu Soren asks to become CM, JMM withdraws support, Koda resigns
6	Shibu Soren --	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	27 August 2008	18 January 2009	144	Coalition govt. with Congress, RJD and independents Soren loses Tamar by-poll thus failing to enter assembly, resigns subsequently
-	President's Rule	-	19 January 2009	29 December 2009	344
7	Shibu Soren --	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	30 December 2009	31 May 2010	152	Coalition govt. with BJP and AJSU Soren votes for UPA in Lok Sabha, prompting BJP to withdraw support, resigns subsequently	BJP: 18 JMM: 18 INC: 13 JVM(P): 11 AJSU: 6 RJD: 5 Others: 10
-	President's Rule	-	1 June 2010	11 September 2010	102
8	Arjun Munda Kharsawan	Bharatiya Janata Party	11 September 2010	18 January 2013	860	Coalition govt. with JMM, AJSU and JD(U) Munda enters assembly by winning Kharsawan bypoll BJP loses Munda's parliamentary seat to JVM in Jamshedpur by-election Munda survives a helicopter crash at Ranchi airport Shibu Soren claims that JMM was to get CM's seat after Munda Govt. completes 28 months; BJP denies this. Eventually, JMM withdraws support and Munda resigns.
-	President's Rule	-	18 January 2013	Till date	117	President's rule imposed.

See also

• Jharkhand
• Chief Ministers of India