List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers

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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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# Chief Minister Portrait State Party Term(s) Term length Ref.
1 Pawan Kumar Chamling
Template:Small 		File:PawanKumarChamling.jpg Sikkim bgcolor=Template:Party color|SDF 12 December 1994 – 26 May 2019 Template:Ayd [3][4]
2 Jyoti Basu
Template:Small 		File:Jyoti Basu - Calcutta 1996-12-21 089 Cropped.png West Bengal [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Template:White]] 21 June 1977 – 5 November 2000 Template:Ayd [3][5][6]
3 Gegong Apang
Template:Small 		File:Gegong Apang.jpg Arunachal Pradesh Template:Ubl Template:Bulletlist 22 years, 250 days [3]
4 Naveen Patnaik*
Template:Small 		File:NaveenPatnaik.jpg Odisha [[Biju Janata Dal|Template:White]] 5 March 2000Template:Sndpresent Template:Ayd [3]
5 Lal Thanhawla
Template:Small 		File:Lal Thanhawla.jpg Mizoram INC Template:Bulletlist 21 years, 55 days [3]
6 Virbhadra Singh
Template:Small 		File:Virbhadra Singh HP.jpg Himachal Pradesh INC Template:Bulletlist 21 years, 11 days [3]
7 Manik Sarkar
Template:Small 		File:Manik Sarkar.jpg Tripura [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Template:White]] 11 March 1998Template:Snd9 March 2018 Template:Ayd [3]
8 M. Karunanidhi
Template:Small 		File:M. Karunanidhi .jpg Tamil Nadu [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|Template:White]] Template:Bulletlist 18 years, 360 days
9 Parkash Singh Badal
Template:Small 		File:Parkash Singh Badal Official portrait 2017.png Punjab [[Shiromani Akali Dal|Template:White]] Template:Bulletlist 18 years, 350 days
10 Yashwant Singh Parmar
Template:Small 		File:Yashwant Singh Parmar 1988 stamp of India.jpg Himachal Pradesh INC Template:Bulletlist 18 years, 30 days
11 Mohan Lal Sukhadia
Template:Small 		File:Mohan Lal Sukhadia 1988 stamp of India.jpg Rajasthan INC Template:Bulletlist 16 years, 194 days
12 Nitish Kumar*
Template:Small 		File:Nitish Kumar (cropped).JPG Bihar [[Samata Party|Template:White]]
[[Janata Dal (United)|Template:White]] 		Template:Bulletlist Template:Ayd [7]
13 Pratapsingh Rane
Template:Small 		File:Pratapsingh Rane.jpg Goa INC Template:Bulletlist 15 years, 250 days
14 S. C. Jamir
Template:Small 		File:Dr. SC Jamir with Naveen Patnaik 02 (cropped).jpg Nagaland [[United Democratic Front (Nagaland)|Template:White]] Template:Bulletlist 15 years, 200 days
15 Sheila Dikshit
Template:Small 		File:Sheila Dikshit Ji.jpg Delhi INC Template:Bulletlist Template:Ayd
16 Okram Ibobi Singh
Template:Small 		File:Okram Ibobi Singh.JPG Manipur INC Template:Bulletlist Template:Ayd
17 Tarun Gogoi
Template:Small 		File:Tarun Gogoi - Kolkata 2013-02-10 4891 Cropped.JPG Assam INC Template:Bulletlist Template:Ayd
18 Raman Singh
Template:Small 		File:The former Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh, Dr. Raman Singh.jpg Chhattisgarh BJP Template:Bulletlist Template:Ayd
19 Shri Krishna Sinha
Template:Small 		File:Shri Krishna Singh 2016 stamp of India.jpg Bihar INC 2 April 1946Template:Snd31 January 1961Template:Ref label Template:Ayd
20 Neiphiu Rio*
Template:Small 		File:The Chief Minister of Nagaland, Shri Neiphiu Rio addressing at the inauguration of the World Bamboo Day function, at Kisama Heritage Village, in Kohima, Nagaland on September 18, 2010.jpg Nagaland [[Nagaland People's Front|Template:White]]
[[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party|Template:White]] 		Template:Bulletlist Template:Ayd
21 Shivraj Singh Chouhan*
Template:Small 		File:Shivraj Singh Chauhan (cropped 2).jpg Madhya Pradesh BJP Template:Bulletlist Template:Ayd
22 Bidhan Chandra Roy
Template:Small 		File:Bidhan Chandra Roy 1982 stamp of India.jpg West Bengal INC Template:Bulletlist Template:Ayd [6]
23 J. Jayalalithaa
Template:Small 		File:J Jayalalithaa.jpg Tamil Nadu [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|Template:White]] Template:Bulletlist 14 years, 124 days [8]
24 Williamson A. Sangma
Template:Small 		File:No image available.svg Meghalaya APHLC
INC 		Template:Bulletlist 14 Years, 87 days
25 Nar Bahadur Bhandari
Template:Small 		File:No image available.svg Sikkim SJP
[[Sikkim Sangram Parishad|Template:Blue]] 		Template:Bulletlist 13 Years, 272 days
26 N. Chandrababu Naidu
Template:Small 		File:Chandrababu Naidu 2017.jpg Andhra Pradesh TDP Template:Bulletlist 13 years, 230 days
27 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
Template:Small 		File:Janaki Ballabh Patnaik.JPG Odisha INC Template:Bulletlist 13 years, 155 days
28 Zoramthanga*
Template:Small 		File:Zoramthanga in 2008.jpg Mizoram [[Mizo National Front|Template:White]] Template:Bulletlist Template:Ayd
29 Ashok Gehlot*
Template:Small 		File:Ashok Gehlot 2012.jpg Rajasthan INC Template:Bulletlist Template:Ayd
30 Bimala Prasad Chaliha
Template:Small 		File:No image available.svg Assam INC Template:Bulletlist Template:Ayd
31 Bansi Lal
Template:Small 		File:No image available.svg Haryana Template:Ubl Template:Bulletlist 12 years, 250 days
32 Narendra Modi
Template:Small 		File:Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.jpg Gujarat BJP 7 October 2001 – 22 May 2014 Template:Ayd [9]
33 N. Rangasamy*
Template:Small 		File:N Rangaswamy.jpg Puducherry Template:Ubl Template:Bulletlist Template:Ayd
34 Bhajan Lal
Template:Small 		File:No image available.svg Haryana Template:Ubl Template:Blist 11 Years, 298 Days
35 Vasantrao Naik
Template:Small 		File:No image available.svg Maharashtra INC Template:Bulletlist 11 Years, 75 Days
36 Farooq Abdullah
Template:Small 		File:Farooq Abdullah addressing at the presentation ceremony of the Cash Prizes to the best performing Regional Rural Banks and Certificates for extending loans for SPV home lighting systems during 2009-10, in New Delhi.jpg Jammu and Kashmir JKNC Template:Bulletlist 11 Years, 16 Days
37 Govind Ballabh Pant
Template:Small 		File:Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg Uttar Pradesh INC Template:Bulletlist 11 years, 11 days
38 E. K. Nayanar
Template:Small 		File:Ek nayanar.jpeg Kerala [[Communist Party of India(Marxist)|Template:White]] Template:Bulletlist 11 years 10 days
39 Mamata Banerjee*
Template:Small 		File:Ms. Mamata Banerjee, in Kolkata on July 17, 2018 (cropped) (cropped).JPG West Bengal bgcolor=Template:Party color| AITC 20 May 2011Template:Sndpresent Template:Ayd
40 Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
Template:Small 		File:The Chief Minister of West Bengal Shri Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, addressing at the 52nd National Development Council Meeting at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on December 9, 2006.jpg West Bengal [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Template:White]] Template:Bulletlist Template:Ayd [10]
41 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Template:Small 		File:BS Shekhawat.jpg Rajasthan [[Janata Party|Template:White]]
BJP 		Template:Bulletlist 10 Years, 158 Days
42 M. G. Ramachandran
Template:Small 		File:MG Ramachandran 2017 stamp of India.jpg Tamil Nadu [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|Template:White]] Template:Bulletlist 10 years, 65 days
43 Nripen Chakraborty
Template:Small 		File:Nripen Chakraborty.jpg Tripura [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Template:White]] 5 January 1978 – 5 February 1988 Template:Ayd
44 Vasundhara Raje
Template:Small 		File:Vasundhra Raje.jpg Rajasthan BJP Template:Bulletlist 10 years, 10 days
45 Digvijaya Singh
Template:Small 		File:Digvijaya Singh (cropped).jpg Madhya Pradesh INC 7 December 1993 – 7 December 2003 10 years

See also

Footnotes

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References

  1. ↑ List of longest serving Chief Ministers in India. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  2. ↑ India's longest-serving CMs(30 April 2018).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Naveen Patnaik takes oath for fifth time; but he's not India's longest serving chief minister yet(30 May 2019). Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  4. ↑ Sikkim's Pawan Chamling pips Jyoti Basu as India's longest-serving chief minister(30 April 2018).
  5. ↑ West Bengal celebrates birth anniversary of former chief minister Jyoti Basu(8 July 2018).
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal. Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Hooghly. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  7. ↑ Naveen Patnaik takes oath for fifth time; but he's not India's longest serving chief minister yet(30 May 2019). Retrieved 2019-06-01.
  8. ↑ The five oaths of Jayalalithaa. The Hindu. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  9. ↑ PSU stocks disappoint in Modi govt's first year(21 May 2015). Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  10. ↑ Curtain falls on Left rule after 34 years in WB(13 May 2011). Retrieved 5 August 2019.

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