List of chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh

The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly, the state's 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. Given the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]

Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
Incumbent Shivraj Singh Chouhan since 23 March 2020
Inaugural holder	Ravishankar Shukla
Formation	1 November 1956

Following Madhya Pradesh's reorganisation on 1 November 1956, 18 people have served as its chief minister. Twelve of these belonged to the Indian National Congress, including the inaugural officeholder Ravishankar Shukla. The first non-Congress chief minister was Govind Narayan Singh who defected from the party and lead a Samyukta Vidhayak Dal government from 1967 to 1969. Digvijaya Singh of the Congress became the first officeholder to serve two full five-year terms. He was succeeded by Uma Bharti of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh's only woman chief minister. Shivraj Singh Chouhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the longest serving and current incumbent.

Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh

Colour key for parties
Bharatiya Janata Party   Indian National Congress   Janata Party   Samyukta Vidhayak Dal   N/A (President's rule)

No.[lower-alpha 1]	Name	Constituency	Portrait	Tenure[2][3]			Assembly (election)	Party[lower-alpha 2]
1	Ravishankar Shukla	Saraipali		1 November 1956	31 December 1956	60 days	First Assembly (1956–57) (1952 election)	Indian National Congress
2	Bhagwantrao Mandloi	Khandwa		9 January 1957	30 January 1957	21 days
3	Kailash Nath Katju	Jaora		31 January 1957	14 March 1957	5 years, 39 days
				14 March 1957	11 March 1962		Second Assembly (1957–62) (1957 election)
(2)	Bhagwantrao Mandloi	Khandwa		12 March 1962	29 September 1963	1 year, 201 days	Third Assembly (1962–67) (1962 election)
4	Dwarka Prasad Mishra	Katangi		30 September 1963	8 March 1967	3 years, 302 days
				8 March 1967	29 July 1967		Fourth Assembly (1967–72) (1967 election)
5	Govind Narayan Singh	Rampur-Baghelan		30 July 1967	12 March 1969	1 year, 225 days		Samyukta Vidhayak Dal
6	Nareshchandra Singh	Pussore		13 March 1969	25 March 1969	12 days
7	Shyama Charan Shukla	Rajim		26 March 1969	28 January 1972	2 years, 308 days		Indian National Congress
8	Prakash Chandra Sethi	Ujjain Uttar		29 January 1972	22 March 1972	3 years, 328 days
				23 March 1972	23 December 1975		Fifth Assembly (1972–77) (1972 election)
(7)	Shyama Charan Shukla	Rajim		23 December 1975	30 April 1977	1 year, 128 days
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule)	N/A		30 April 1977	23 June 1977	54 days	Dissolved	N/A
9	Kailash Chandra Joshi	Bagli		24 June 1977	17 January 1978	207 days	Sixth Assembly (1977–80) (1977 election)	Janata Party
10	Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha	Jawad		18 January 1978	19 January 1980	2 years, 1 day
11	Sunderlal Patwa	Mandsaur		20 January 1980	17 February 1980	28 days
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule)	N/A		17 February 1980	9 June 1980	113 days	Dissolved	N/A
12	Arjun Singh	Churhat		9 June 1980	10 March 1985	4 years, 276 days	Seventh Assembly (1980–85) (1980 election)	Indian National Congress (I)
				11 March 1985	12 March 1985		Eighth Assembly (1985–90) (1985 election)	Indian National Congress
13	Motilal Vora	Durg		13 March 1985	13 February 1988	2 years, 337 days
(12)	Arjun Singh	Kharsia		14 February 1988	23 January 1989	344 days
(13)	Motilal Vora	Durg		25 January 1989	9 December 1989	318 days
(7)	Shyama Charan Shukla			9 December 1989	1 March 1990	82 days
(11)	Sunderlal Patwa	Bhojpur		5 March 1990	15 December 1992	2 years, 285 days	Ninth Assembly (1990–92) (1990 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
–	Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule)	N/A		15 December 1992	6 December 1993	355 days	Dissolved	N/A
14	Digvijaya Singh	Raghogarh		7 December 1993	1 December 1998	10 years, 0 days	Tenth Assembly (1993–98) (1993 election)	Indian National Congress
				1 December 1998	7 December 2003		Eleventh Assembly (1998–2003) (1998 election)
15	Uma Bharti	Malhara		8 December 2003	23 August 2004	259 days	Twelfth Assembly (2003–08) (2003 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
16	Babulal Gaur	Govindpura		23 August 2004	29 November 2005	1 year, 98 days
17	Shivraj Singh Chouhan	Budhni		29 November 2005	12 December 2008	13 years, 17 days
				12 December 2008	13 December 2013		Thirteenth Assembly (2008–13) (2008 election)
				14 December 2013	17 December 2018		Fourteenth Assembly (2013–18) (2013 election)
18	Kamal Nath	Chhindwara		17 December 2018	23 March 2020	1 year, 97 days	Fifteenth Assembly (2018-) (2018 election)	Indian National Congress
(17)	Shivraj Singh Chouhan	Budhni		23 March 2020	Incumbent	145 days		Bharatiya Janata Party

Footnotes

1. A number in parentheses indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
2. This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
3. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[4]

References

1. Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Madhya Pradesh as well.
2. "Honorable Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh" (in Hindi). Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 14 September 2018.
3. "Instances of 'President's Rule' in Madhya Pradesh" (in Hindi). Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 14 September 2018.
4. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.

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