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]

Key

Template:Legend inline Incumbent Chief Minister
Template:Note label Died in office
Template:Color box Indicates the Chief Minister was associated with multiple political party

#	Chief Minister	Portrait	State	Party	Term(s)	Term length	Ref.
1	Pawan Kumar Chamling Template:Small		Sikkim	bgcolor=Template:Party color\|SDF	12 December 1994 – 26 May 2019	Template:Ayd	^[3]^[4]
2	Jyoti Basu Template:Small		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		Arunachal Pradesh	Template:Ubl	Template:Bulletlist	22 years, 250 days	^[3]
4	Naveen Patnaik* Template:Small		Odisha	[[Biju Janata Dal\|Template:White]]	5 March 2000Template:Sndpresent	Template:Ayd	^[3]
5	Lal Thanhawla Template:Small		Mizoram	INC	Template:Bulletlist	21 years, 55 days	^[3]
6	Virbhadra Singh Template:Small		Himachal Pradesh	INC	Template:Bulletlist	21 years, 11 days	^[3]
7	Manik Sarkar Template:Small		Tripura	[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|Template:White]]	11 March 1998Template:Snd9 March 2018	Template:Ayd	^[3]
8	M. Karunanidhi Template:Small		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		Himachal Pradesh	INC	Template:Bulletlist	18 years, 30 days
11	Mohan Lal Sukhadia Template:Small		Rajasthan	INC	Template:Bulletlist	16 years, 194 days
12	Nitish Kumar* Template:Small		Bihar	[[Samata Party\|Template:White]] [[Janata Dal (United)\|Template:White]]	Template:Bulletlist	Template:Ayd	^[7]
13	Pratapsingh Rane Template:Small		Goa	INC	Template:Bulletlist	15 years, 250 days
14	S. C. Jamir Template:Small		Nagaland	[[United Democratic Front (Nagaland)\|Template:White]]	Template:Bulletlist	15 years, 200 days
15	Sheila Dikshit Template:Small		Delhi	INC	Template:Bulletlist	Template:Ayd
16	Okram Ibobi Singh Template:Small		Manipur	INC	Template:Bulletlist	Template:Ayd
17	Tarun Gogoi Template:Small		Assam	INC	Template:Bulletlist	Template:Ayd
18	Raman Singh Template:Small		Chhattisgarh	BJP	Template:Bulletlist	Template:Ayd
19	Shri Krishna Sinha Template:Small		Bihar	INC	2 April 1946Template:Snd31 January 1961Template:Ref label	Template:Ayd
20	Neiphiu Rio* Template:Small		Nagaland	[[Nagaland People's Front\|Template:White]] [[Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party\|Template:White]]	Template:Bulletlist	Template:Ayd
21	Shivraj Singh Chouhan* Template:Small		Madhya Pradesh	BJP	Template:Bulletlist	Template:Ayd
22	Bidhan Chandra Roy Template:Small		West Bengal	INC	Template:Bulletlist	Template:Ayd	^[6]
23	J. Jayalalithaa Template:Small		Tamil Nadu	[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam\|Template:White]]	Template:Bulletlist	14 years, 124 days	^[8]
24	Williamson A. Sangma Template:Small		Meghalaya	APHLC INC	Template:Bulletlist	14 Years, 87 days
25	Nar Bahadur Bhandari Template:Small		Sikkim	SJP [[Sikkim Sangram Parishad\|Template:Blue]]	Template:Bulletlist	13 Years, 272 days
26	N. Chandrababu Naidu Template:Small		Andhra Pradesh	TDP	Template:Bulletlist	13 years, 230 days
27	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Template:Small		Odisha	INC	Template:Bulletlist	13 years, 155 days
28	Zoramthanga* Template:Small		Mizoram	[[Mizo National Front\|Template:White]]	Template:Bulletlist	Template:Ayd
29	Ashok Gehlot* Template:Small		Rajasthan	INC	Template:Bulletlist	Template:Ayd
30	Bimala Prasad Chaliha Template:Small		Assam	INC	Template:Bulletlist	Template:Ayd
31	Bansi Lal Template:Small		Haryana	Template:Ubl	Template:Bulletlist	12 years, 250 days
32	Narendra Modi Template:Small		Gujarat	BJP	7 October 2001 – 22 May 2014	Template:Ayd	^[9]
33	N. Rangasamy* Template:Small		Puducherry	Template:Ubl	Template:Bulletlist	Template:Ayd
34	Bhajan Lal Template:Small		Haryana	Template:Ubl	Template:Blist	11 Years, 298 Days
35	Vasantrao Naik Template:Small		Maharashtra	INC	Template:Bulletlist	11 Years, 75 Days
36	Farooq Abdullah Template:Small		Jammu and Kashmir	JKNC	Template:Bulletlist	11 Years, 16 Days
37	Govind Ballabh Pant Template:Small		Uttar Pradesh	INC	Template:Bulletlist	11 years, 11 days
38	E. K. Nayanar Template:Small		Kerala	[[Communist Party of India(Marxist)\|Template:White]]	Template:Bulletlist	11 years 10 days
39	Mamata Banerjee* Template:Small		West Bengal	bgcolor=Template:Party color\| AITC	20 May 2011Template:Sndpresent	Template:Ayd
40	Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Template:Small		West Bengal	[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|Template:White]]	Template:Bulletlist	Template:Ayd	^[10]
41	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Template:Small		Rajasthan	[[Janata Party\|Template:White]] BJP	Template:Bulletlist	10 Years, 158 Days
42	M. G. Ramachandran Template:Small		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