List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers

This list details chief ministers of Indian states and union territories who have served for the longest years consecutively or otherwise. This list includes chief ministers who have served for more than 10 years in office.[1][2]

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List

Key

• *  incumbent chief minister
• ^† Died in office

#	Chief Minister	Portrait	State	Party	Term(s)	Term length	Ref.
1	Pawan Kumar Chamling (b. 22 September 1950)		Sikkim	SDF	12 December 1994 - 26 May 2019	24 years, 165 days	[3][4]
2	Jyoti Basu (8 July 1914 – 17 January 2010)		West Bengal	CPI(M)	21 June 1977 - 5 November 2000	23 years, 137 days	[3][5][6]
3	Gegong Apang (b. 8 July 1949)		Arunachal Pradesh	INC AC UDF BJP JDS	18 January 1980 – 18 January 1999 3 August 2003 – 9 April 2007	22 years, 8 months, 5 days	[3]
4	Lal Thanhawla (b. 19 May 1942)		Mizoram	INC	5 May 1984 – 20 August 1986 24 January 1989 - 7 December 1993 8 December 1993 - 3 December 1998 11 December 2008 – 11 December 2013 12 December 2013 - 12 December 2018	21 years, 55 days	[3]
5	Virbhadra Singh (b. 23 June 1934)		Himachal Pradesh	INC	8 April 1983 – 8 March 1985 8 March 1985 – 5 March 1990 3 December 1993 – 23 March 1998 6 March 2003 – 30 December 2007 25 December 2012 – 27 December 2017	21 years, 11 days	[3]
6	Naveen Patnaik* (b. 16 October 1946)		Odisha	BJD	5 March 2000 - "present"	20 years, 163 days	[3]
7	Manik Sarkar (b. 22 January 1949)		Tripura	CPI(M)	11 March 1998 – 9 March 2018	19 years, 363 days	[3]
8	M. Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018)		Tamil Nadu	DMK	10 February 1969 – 4 January 1971 15 March 1971 – 31 January 1976 27 January 1989 – 30 January 1991 13 May 1996 – 13 May 2001 13 May 2006 – 15 May 2011	18 years, 293 days
9	Yashwant Singh Parmar (4 August 1906 – 2 May 1981)		Himachal Pradesh	INC	8 March 1952 – 31 October 1956 1 July 1963 – 28 January 1977	18 years, 30 days
10	Parkash Singh Badal (b. 8 December 1927)		Punjab	SAD	27 March 1970 – 14 June 1971 20 June 1977 – 17 February 1980 12 February 1997 – 26 February 2002 1 March 2007 – 14 March 2012 15 March 2012 - 16 March 2017	18 years, 350 days
11	Mohan Lal Sukhadia (31 July 1916 – 2 February 1982)		Rajasthan	INC	13 November 1954 – 1957 1957 - 1962 1962 - 13 March 1967 26 April 1967 – 9 July 1971	17 years, 175 days
12	Pratapsingh Rane (b. 28 January 1939)		Goa	INC	16 January 1980 - 7 January 1985 8 January 1985 - 30 May 1987 30 May 1987 - 9 January 1990 9 January 1990 - 27 March 1990 16 December 1994 – 29 July 1998 2 February 2005 – 4 March 2005 7 June 2005 – 8 June 2007	15 years, 250 days
13	S. C. Jamir (b. 17 October 1931)		Nagaland	UDF	18 April 1980 – 5 June 1980 18 November 1982 – 28 November 1986 25 January 1989 – 10 May 1990 22 February 1993 – 6 March 2003	15 years, 200 days
14	Sheila Dikshit (31 March 1938 – 20 July 2019)		Delhi	INC	3 December 1998 - 1 December 2003 1 December 2003 - 29 October 2008 29 October 2008 - 28 December 2013	15 years, 25 days
15	Okram Ibobi Singh (b. 19 June 1948)		Manipur	INC	7 March 2002 - 1 March 2007 2 March 2007 - 5 March 2012 6 March 2012 - 14 March 2017	15 years, 8 days
16	Tarun Gogoi (b. 11 October 1934)		Assam	INC	18 May 2001 – 14 May 2006 14 May 2006 - 18 May 2011 18 May 2011 - 24 May 2016	15 years, 7 days
17	Raman Singh (b. 15 October 1952)		Chhattisgarh	BJP	7 December 2003 – 11 December 2008 12 December 2008 – 11 December 2013 12 December 2013 – 17 December 2018	15 years, 4 days
18	Shri Krishna Sinha (21 October 1887 – 31 January 1961)		Bihar	INC	2 April 1946 – 31 January 1961^[†]	14 years, 304 days
19	Bidhan Chandra Roy		West Bengal	INC	23 January 1948 - 25 January 1950[lower-alpha 1] 26 January 1950 - 30 March 1952 31 March 1952 - 5 April 1957 6 April 1957 - 2 April 1962 3 April 1962 - 1 July 1962^[†]	14 years, 159 days	[6]
20	J. Jayalalithaa (24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016)		Tamil Nadu	AIADMK	24 June 1991 – 12 May 1996 14 May 2001 – 21 September 2001 2 March 2002 – 12 May 2006 16 May 2011 – 27 September 2014 23 May 2015 – 22 May 2016 23 May 2016 - 5 December 2016^[†]	14 years, 126 days
21	Williamson A. Sangma (18 October 1919 – 25 October 1990)		Meghalaya	APHLC INC	2 April 1970 - 3 March 1978 7 May 1981- 24 February 1983 2 April 1983 - 5 February 1988	14 Years,87 days
22	Nitish Kumar* (b. 1 March 1951)		Bihar	JD(U)	3 March 2000 – 10 March 2000 24 November 2005 – 19 May 2014 22 February 2015 – present	13 years,303 days	[7]
23	Nar Bahadur Bhandari (5 October 1940 – 16 July 2017)		Sikkim	SJP SSP	18 October 1979 - 11 May 1984 8 March 1985 - 25 November 1989 26 November 1989 - 17 May 1994	13 Years, 272 days
24	N. Chandrababu Naidu (b. 20 April 1950)		Andhra Pradesh	TDP	1 September 1995 – 1999 1999 - 13 May 2004 8 June 2014 – 29 May 2019	13 years, 230 days
25	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (3 January 1927-21 April 2015)		Odisha	INC	9 June 1980-7 December 1989 15 March 1995-17 February 1999	13 years,155 days
26	Neiphiu Rio* (b. 11 November 1950))		Nagaland	NPF NDPP	6 March 2003- 3 January 2008 12 March 2008 - 24 May 2014 8 March 2018 - present	13 years,117 days
27	Shivraj Singh Chouhan* (b. 5 March 1959))		Madhya Pradesh	BJP	29 November 2005 - 12 December 2008 12 December 2008 - 13 December 2013 14 December 2013 - 17 December 2018 23 March 2020 - "present"	13 years,100 days	[8]
28	Bimala Prasad Chaliha (26 March 1912 – 25 February 1971)		Assam	INC	28 December 1957 - 1962 1962 - 1967 1967 - 6 November 1970	12 years, 313 days
29	Bansi Lal (26 August 1927 - 28 March 2006)		Haryana	INC HVP	22 May 1968 - 30 May 1975 5 July 1985 - 19 June 1987 11 May 1996 - 23 July 1999	12 years,250 days
30	Narendra Modi (b. 17 September 1950)		Gujarat	BJP	7 October 2001 - 22 December 2002 22 December 2002 - 22 December 2007 23 December 2007 - 20 December 2012 20 December 2012 - 22 May 2014	12 years, 226 days	[9]
31	N. Rangaswamy (b. 4 August 1950)		Puducherry	INC AIN.R.C	27 October 2001-4 September 2008 16 May 2011-6 June 2016	11 years,333 days
32	Ashok Gehlot* (b. 3 May 1951)		Rajasthan	INC	1 December 1998 - 8 December 2003 13 December 2008 - 12 December 2013 17 December 2018 - present	11 years,187 days
33	Zoramthanga* (b. 13 July 1944)		Mizoram	MNF	3 December 1998 - 4 December 2003 4 December 2003 - 11 December 2008 15 December 2018 - present	11 years,181 days
34	Vasantrao Naik (1913-1979)		Maharashtra	INC	5 December 1963 - 1 March 1967 1 March 1967 - 13 March 1972 13 March 1972 - 20 February 1975	11 Years,77 Days
35	Farooq Abdullah (b.21 October 1937)		Jammu and Kashmir	NC	8 September 1982 - 2 July 1984 7 November 1986 - 19 January 1990 9 October 1996- 18 October 2002	11 Years,16 Days
36	Govind Ballabh Pant * (b. 3 May 1951)		Uttar Pradesh	INC	17 July 1937 – 2 November 1939 1 April 1946 – 27 December 1954	11 years,11 days
37	E.K. Nayanar 9 December 1919-19 May 2004)		Kerala	CPI(M)	25 January 1980-20 October 1981 26 March 1987-17 June 1991 20 May 1996-13 May 2001	11 years 10 days
38	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (b. 1 March 1944)		West Bengal	CPI(M)	6 November 2000 - 14 May 2001 15 May 2001 - 17 May 2006 18 May 2006 - 13 May 2011	10 years, 188 days	[10]
39	M. G. Ramachandran (17 January 1917 – 24 December 1987)		Tamil Nadu	AIADMK	30 June 1977 - 24 December 1987^[†]	10 years, 177 days
40	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat		Rajasthan	BJP	22 June 1977 - 16 February 1980 4 March 1990 - 15 December 1992 4 December 1993 - 29 November 1998	10 Years, 158 Days
41	Vasundhara Raje		Rajasthan	BJP	8 December 2003 – 11 December 2008 12 December 2013 – 16 December 2018	10 Years, 10 Days
42	K. Kamaraj (15 July 1903 – 2 October 1975)		Tamil Nadu	INC	13 April 1954 - 2 October 1963	9 years, 172 days

See also

• List of current Indian chief ministers
• List of current Indian deputy chief ministers
• List of female Indian chief ministers
• List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party
• List of chief ministers from the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• List of chief ministers from the Indian National Congress

Footnotes

1. Until 26 January 1950, the post was known as "Prime Minister of West Bengal".

References

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5. "West Bengal celebrates birth anniversary of former chief minister Jyoti Basu". The New Indian Express. 8 July 2018.
6. "List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal" (PDF). Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Hooghly. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
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