List of chief ministers of Maharashtra
| Chief Minister of Maharashtra | |
|---|---|
| मुख्यमंत्री महाराष्ट्र राज्य | |
 | |
 | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Status | Head of the Government of Maharashtra |
| Abbreviation | CM |
| Member of | |
| Residence | Varsha Bungalow, Malabar Hill, Mumbai |
| Seat | Mantralaya, Mumbai |
| Appointer | Governor of Maharashtra |
| Term length | At the confidence of the assembly 5 years and is subject to no term limits.[1] |
| Precursor | |
| Inaugural holder |
(Prime Minister of Bombay State) ( April 1937 - July 1937 )
(Chief Minister of Bombay State) (1947–1952) (Chief Minister of Maharashtra) (1960–1962) |
| Formation | 1 May 1960 |
| Deputy | Ajit Pawar |
| Website | CMO Maharashtra |
The Chief Minister of Maharashtra is the head of the Government of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Following elections to the Legislative Assembly, the Governor invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government and appoints the Chief Minister (CM). If the appointee is not a member of either the Legislative Assembly or the Legislative Council of Maharashtra, then the Constitution stipulates that they need to be elected within six months of being sworn in.[2] The office of the CM is coterminous with the concurrent Assembly provided the CM commands confidence in the house and hence does not exceed five years. However, it is subject to no term limits.[1]
Maharashtra was formed by dissolution of Bombay State on 1 May 1960.[3] Yashwantrao Chavan, who was serving as the third CM of Bombay State since 1956, became the first CM of Maharashtra. He belonged to the Indian National Congress and held the office until the 1962 Assembly elections. Marotrao Kannanwar succeeded him and was the only CM to die while in office.[4][5] Vasantrao Naik, who was in office from December 1963 to February 1975 for more than 11 years, has by far been the longest serving CM. He also was the first and only CM to complete his full term of five years (1967-1972) till Devendra Fadnavis matched it (2014-2019). With the exceptions of Manohar Joshi (SS), Narayan Rane (SS), Devendra Fadnavis (BJP) and Uddhav Thackeray (SS), all other CMs have been from the Congress or its breakaway parties.[6][7][8]
So far, President's rule has been imposed thrice in the state: first from February to June 1980 and again from September to October 2014. It was again imposed on 12 November 2019 [9][10]
The current incumbent is Uddhav Thackeray of the Shiv Sena since 28 November 2019.
Key[]
Colour key for political parties
Indian National Congress (Urs)
Indian National Congress (Socialist)
N/A (President's rule)
Precursors[]
Prime Ministers of Bombay (1937-47) [a][]
| No.[b] | Name
(birth-death) |
Portrait | Term of Office | Party | Assembly | Appointed
by (Governor) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Tenure | ||||||
| 1 | Dhanjishah Bomanjee Cooper | 
|
1 April 1937 | 19 July 1937[12] | 140 days | Independent | 1st Provincial Assembly (1937 Elections) |
The Lord Brabourne |
| 2 | B. G. Kher (1888-1957) |
|
19 July 1937[12][13] | 2 November
1939 [14] |
2 years, 106 days | Indian National | Robert Duncan Bell | |
| - | Vacant
(Governor's Rule) |
|
2 November
1939 |
30 March 1946 | 6 years, 148 days | N/A | Dissolved | - |
| (2) | B. G. Kher
(1888-1957) |
|
30 March 1946 | 15 August 1947 | 1 year, 138 days | Indian National | 2nd
Provincial Assembly |
Sir John Colville |
Chief Ministers of Bombay (1947-60)[]
| Chief Ministers of Bombay State (1947–56) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No.[c] | Name
(birth-death) |
Portrait | Constituency | Term of Office | Party | Assembly | Appointed
by (Governor) | ||
| Took office | Left office | Tenure | |||||||
| 1 | B. G. Kher (1888-1957) |
|
Did not contest | 15 August 1947 | 21 April 1952 | 4 years, 250 days | Indian National | Provincial
Assembly |
Sir John Colville |
| 2 | Morarji Desai (1896-1995) |
 |
Chikhli, Gujarat | 21 April 1952 | 31 October 1956 | 4 years, 193 days | 1st
Assembly |
Raja Sir Maharaj Singh | |
| Chief Ministers of Bombay State (1956–60)
(States Reorganisation Act, 1956) [d] | |||||||||
| 3 | Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (1913-1984) |
 |
Karad North | 1 November 1956 | 5 April 1957 | 3 years, 181 days | Indian National | 1st
Assembly |
Harekrushna Mahatab |
| 5 April 1957 | 30 April 1960 | 2nd
Assembly |
Sri Prakasa | ||||||
Chief Ministers of Maharashtra[]
| Chief Ministers of Maharashtra[e] (1960–present)
(Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960)[16] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Name
(birth-death) |
Portrait | Constituency | Term of office | Assembly | Party
(Alliance)[7] | |||
| Took office | Left office | Duration | |||||||
| 1 | Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (1913-1984) |
|
Karad North | 1 May 1960 | 19 November 1962 | 2 years, 202 days | 1st Assembly | Indian National | |
| 2 | Marotrao Shambshio Kannamwar (1900-1963) |
Saoli | 20 November 1962 | 24 November 1963 | 1 year, 4 days | 2nd | |||
| 3 | P. K. Sawant | Chiplun | 25 November 1963 | 4 December 1963 | 9 days | ||||
| 4 | Vasantrao Phulsing Naik (1913-1979) |
Pusad | 5 December 1963 | 1 March 1967 | 11 years, 77 days | ||||
| 1 March 1967 | 13 March 1972 | 3rd | |||||||
| 13 March 1972 | 20 February 1975 | 4th | |||||||
| 5 | Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan (1920-2004) |
 |
Bhokar | 21 February 1975 | 16 May 1977 | 2 years, 84 days | |||
| 6 | Vasantrao Banduji Patil
(1917-1989) |
 |
MLC[17] | 17 May 1977 | 5 March 1978 | 1 year, 62 days | |||
| Sangli | 5 March 1978 | 18 July 1978 | 5th | Indian National
Congress (Urs) (Congress - Congress (I)) |
|||||
| 7 | Sharad Govindrao Pawar (born 1940) |
 |
Baramati | 18 July 1978 | 17 February 1980 | 1 year, 214 days |
Indian National
Congress (Socialist) (Progressive Democratic Front) |
||
| – | Vacant[f] (President's rule) |
|
N/A | 17 February 1980 | 8 June 1980 | 112 days | Dissolved[23] | N/A | |
| 8 | Abdul Rehman Antulay (1929-2014) |
Shrivardhan | 9 June 1980 | 12 January 1982 | 1 year, 217 days | 6th | Indian National Congress | ||
| 9 | Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale (1921-2007) |
Nehrunagar | 21 January 1982 | 1 February 1983 | 1 year, 11 days | ||||
| (6) | Vasantrao Banduji Patil
[2] (1917-1989) |
|
Sangli[24]
(1983 by-elections) |
2 February 1983 | 1 June 1985 | 2 years, 119 days (3 years, 181 day) | |||
| 10 | Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (1931—2020) |
Nilanga | 3 June 1985 | 6 March 1986 | 276 days | 7th | |||
| (5) | Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan
[2] (1920-2004) |
|
MLC[25] | 12 March 1986 | 26 June 1988 | 2 years, 106 days (4 years, 190 days) | |||
| (7) | Sharad Govindrao Pawar
[2] |
|
Baramati | 26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | 2 years, 364 days | |||
| 4 March 1990 | 25 June 1991 | 8th | |||||||
| 11 | Sudhakarrao Rajusing Naik (1934-2001) |
Pusad | 25 June 1991 | 22 February 1993 | 1 year, 242 days | ||||
| (7) | Sharad Govindrao Pawar
[3] (born 1940) |
|
Baramati | 6 March 1993 | 14 March 1995 | 2 years, 8 days (6 years, 221 days) | |||
| 12 | Manohar Gajanan Joshi (born 1937) |
 |
Dadar | 14 March 1995 | 31 January 1999 | 3 years, 323 days | 9th | Shiv Sena | |
| 13 | Narayan Tatu Rane (born 1952) |
 |
Malvan | 1 February 1999 | 17 October 1999 | 258 days | |||
| 14 | Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh (1945-2012) |
 |
Latur City | 18 October 1999 | 16 January
2003 |
3 years, 90 days |
10th | Indian National | |
| 15 | Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde
(born 1941) |
 |
Solapur South[26] | 18 January
2003 |
30 October
2004 |
1 year, 286 days | |||
| (14) | Vilasrao Dagodajirao Deshmukh
[2] |
 |
Latur City | 1 November
2004 |
4 December
2008 |
4 years, 33 days (7 years, 123 days) |
11th | ||
| 16 | Ashok Shankarrao Chavan (born 1958) |
 |
Bhokar | 8 December 2008 | 9 November 2010 | 1 year, 336 days | |||
| 17 | Prithviraj Chavan (born 1946) |
 |
MLC[27][28] | 11 November
2010 |
26 September
2014 |
3 years, 319 days | 12th | ||
| – | Vacant[f] (President's rule) |
|
N/A | 28 September
2014[29] |
30 October
2014[30] |
32 days | Dissolved | N/A | |
| 18 | Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis (born 1970) |
 |
Nagpur South West | 31 October 2014 | 8 November
2019[31] |
5 years, 8 days | 13th | Bharatiya Janata | |
| - | Vacant[f] (President's rule) |
|
12 November 2019[32] | 23 November
2019[33] |
11 days | Dissolved | N/A | ||
| (18) | Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis
[2] |
|
Nagpur South West | 23 November
2019[34] |
26 November
2019[35] |
3 days [g] |
14th | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 19 | Uddhav Thackeray (born 1960) |
 |
MLC | 28 November 2019 | Incumbent | 2 years, 68 days | Shiv Sena | ||
Statistics[]
- List of Chief Ministers by length of term
| No. | Name | Party | Length of term | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total years of premiership | Total terms | ||||
| 1 | Vasantrao Phulsing Naik | INC | 11 years, 77 days | 11 years, 77 days | 03 | |
| 2 | Vilasrao Deshmukh | INC | 4 years, 33 days | 7 years, 123 days | 02 | |
| 3 | Sharad Pawar | INC | 2 years, 364 days | 6 years, 221 days | 04 | |
| 4 | Devendra Fadnavis | BJP | 5 years, 8 days | 5 years, 11 days | 02 | |
| 5 | Shankarrao Chavan | INC | 2 years, 106 days | 4 years, 190 days | 02 | |
| 6 | Manohar Joshi | SS | 3 years, 323 days | 3 years, 323 days | 01 | |
| 7 | Prithviraj Chavan | INC | 3 years, 319 days | 3 years, 319 days | 01 | |
| 8 | Vasantdada Patil | INC | 2 years, 119 days | 3 years, 181 days | 03 | |
| 9 | Yashwantrao Chavan | INC | 2 years, 202 days | 2 years, 202 days | 01 | |
| 10 | Uddhav Thackeray | SS | 2 years, 68 days | 2 years, 68 days | 01* | |
| 11 | Ashok Chavan | INC | 1 year, 336 days | 1 year, 336 days | 02 | |
| 12 | Sushilkumar Shinde | INC | 1 year, 286 days | 1 year, 286 days | 01 | |
| 13 | Sudhakarrao Naik | INC | 1 year, 242 days | 1 year, 242 days | 01 | |
| 14 | A. R. Antulay | INC | 1 year, 217 days | 1 year, 217 days | 01 | |
| 15 | Babasaheb Bhosale | INC | 1 year, 11 days | 1 year, 11 days | 01 | |
| 16 | Marotrao Kannamwar | INC | 1 year, 4 days | 1 year, 4 days | 01 | |
| 17 | Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar | INC | 276 days | 276 days | 01 | |
| 18 | Narayan Rane | SS | 258 days | 258 days | 01 | |
| 19 | P. K. Sawant | INC | 9 days | 9 days | 01 | |
- Bold indicates incumbent Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
* indicates ongoing term
Timeline[]
See also[]
- List of governors of Maharashtra
- List of Chairman of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of Deputy Speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of Leaders of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- List of Deputy Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of Deputy Leader of the House of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- List of Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- List of Deputy Leaders of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of Deputy Leader of the Opposition of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
Notes[]
- ^ After India's Independence, Bombay State was created and its territory underwent constant change in the following years. It comprised Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding South Maharashtra and Vidarbha), the princely states of the Baroda, Western India and Gujarat (the present-day Indian state of Gujarat) and Deccan States (which included parts of the present-day Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka).[11]
- ^ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ^ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ^ States Reorganisation Act, 1956: Bombay State was enlarged by the addition of Saurashtra State and Kutch State, the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh and Marathwada region of Hyderabad State. The southernmost districts of the Bombay Presidency were transferred to Mysore State.[15]
- ^ Bombay state was dissolved to form the present-day states of Maharashtra and Gujarat by the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960, which was enacted by the Parliament of India on 25 April 1960 and came into effect on 1 May 1960.[3]
- ^ a b c Under Article 356 of the Constitution of India, in the event that a state government is unable to function according to constitutional provisions, the Central government can take direct control of the state machinery through the Governor. 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.[22]
- ^ Fadnavis sworn in as CM on 23 November 2019 at 8:00 am and resigned on 26 November 2019 at 4:00 pm making him the CM with shortest tenure ever in the history of India.[36][37] Before him, Jagdambika Pal had the shortest tenure as chief minister. He was the CM of Uttar Pradesh for 44 hours from 21 to 23 February 1998 and both Fadnavis and Pal were from BJP.[38] P. K. Sawant from INC was the CM with shortest term before Fadnavis for Maharastra; became CM on 25 November 1963 and his tenure ended on 4 December 1963.[39]
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