List of chief ministers of Odisha

Chief Minister of Odisha
Chief Minister of Odisha
	Emblem of Odisha
	Incumbent; Naveen Patnaik; since 5 March 2000
	Chief Minister's Office
Style	The Honourable (formal); Mr. Chief Minister (informal)
Status	Head of government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Odisha Legislative Assembly; Council of Ministers;
Reports to	Governor of Odisha; Lok Seva Bhavan;
Residence	Naveen Nivas, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Seat	Lok Seva Bhavan, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Appointer	Governor of Odisha; by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Term length	At the pleasure of the governor; Legislative Assembly term is 5 years unless dissolved sooner; No term limits specified.
Precursor	Prime Minister of Orissa
Inaugural holder	Harekrushna Mahatab
Formation	1 April 1936; (85 years ago)
Website	cm.odisha.gov.in

The Chief Minister of Odisha, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Odisha. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Odisha Legislative Assembly, the 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 that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.^[1]

On 1 April 1936, Orissa Province was formed. The province has been controlled by the King of Paralakhemundi, Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deo. He ruled till July, 1937. There after the All India Congress party leader Bishwanath Das took over the charges for two more years. Again the King took the control before finally handed over to Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab in the year 1946. After India got its freedom and constitution was enacted, the state persuaded working in the principles of democracy. Till the first election, Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab continued to be the chief minister of Odisha and then it was taken over by Nabakrushna Choudhury. Here is the list of chief minister of Odisha since 1946. Since 1946, Odisha has had 14 chief ministers. Serving since 2000, Naveen Patnaik of the Biju Janata Dal is the incumbent chief minister, and the longest-serving one in Odisha's history.

Premiers/Chief Ministers of Orissa[]

No	Name	Term of office		Party	Days in office
1	Krushna Chandra Gajapati	1 April 1936	19 July 1937	Independent	109 days
2	Bishwanath Das	19 July 1937	4 November 1939	Indian National Congress	2 years, 108 days
(1)	Krushna Chandra Gajapati	29 November 1941	29 June 1944	Independent	2 years, 213 days
3	Harekrushna Mahatab	23 April 1946	15 August 1947	Indian National Congress	1 year, 114 days

Chief Ministers of Odisha[]

Colour key for parties
Biju Janata Dal Indian National Congress Janata Dal Janata Party Swatantra Party N/A (President's rule)

No	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Assembly (election)	Party^[a]
1	Harekrushna Mahatab		15 August 1947	12 May 1950	2 years, 270 days		Indian National Congress
2	Nabakrushna Choudhuri	Barchana	12 May 1950	20 February 1952	6 years, 160 days
2	Nabakrushna Choudhuri	Barchana	20 February 1952	19 October 1956	6 years, 160 days
(1)	Harekrushna Mahatab	Soro	19 October 1956	6 April 1957	4 years, 129 days
			6 April 1957	22 May 1959
			22 May 1959	25 February 1961
–	Vacant^[b] (President's rule)	N/A	25 February 1961	23 June 1961			N/A
3	Biju Patnaik	Choudwar	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	2 years, 101 days		Indian National Congress
4	Biren Mitra	Cuttack City	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	1 year, 142 days
5	Sadashiva Tripathy	Omerkote	21 February 1965	8 March 1967	2 years, 15 days
6	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Bolangir	8 March 1967	9 January 1971	3 years, 307 days	4th Assembly (1967–71) (1967 election)	Swatantra Party
–	Vacant^[b] (President's rule)	N/A	11 January 1971	3 April 1971			N/A
7	Bishwanath Das	Rourkela	3 April 1971	14 June 1972	1 year, 72 days	5th Assembly (1971–73) (1971 election)	Independent
8	Nandini Satpathy		14 June 1972	3 March 1973	262 days	5th Assembly (1971–73) (1971 election)	Indian National Congress
–	Vacant^[b] (President's rule)	N/A	3 March 1973	6 March 1974			N/A
(8)	Nandini Satpathy	Dhenkanal	6 March 1974	16 December 1976	2 years, 285 days	6th Assembly (1974–77) (1974 election)	Indian National Congress
–	Vacant^[b] (President's rule)	N/A	16 December 1976	29 December 1976			N/A
9	Binayak Acharya	Berhampur	29 December 1976	30 April 1977	122 days		Indian National Congress
–	Vacant^[b] (President's rule)	N/A	30 April 1977	26 June 1977			N/A
10	Nilamani Routray	Basudevpur	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	2 years, 236 days	7th Assembly (1977–80) (1977 election)	Janata Party
–	Vacant^[b] (President's rule)	N/A	17 February 1980	9 June 1980			N/A
11	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Athagarh	9 June 1980	10 March 1985	9 years, 181 days	8th Assembly (1980–85) (1980 election)	Indian National Congress
11	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Athagarh	10 March 1985	7 December 1989	9 years, 181 days	9th Assembly (1985–90) (1985 election)
12	Hemananda Biswal	Laikera	7 December 1989	5 March 1990	88 days	9th Assembly (1985–90) (1985 election)
(3)	Biju Patnaik	Bhubaneswar	5 March 1990	15 March 1995	5 years, 10 days (total 7 years, 111 days)	10th Assembly (1990–95) (1990 election)	Janata Dal
(11)	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Begunia	15 March 1995	17 February 1999	3 years, 339 days	11th Assembly (1995-2000) (1995 election)	Indian National Congress
13	Giridhar Gamang	Laxmipur	17 February 1999	6 December 1999	292 days
(12)	Hemananda Biswal	Laikera	6 December 1999	5 March 2000	90 days (total 178 days)
14	Naveen Patnaik	Hinjili	5 March 2000	16 May 2004	21 years, 337 days	12th Assembly (2000–04) (2000 election)	Biju Janata Dal
			16 May 2004	21 May 2009		13th Assembly (2004–09) (2004 election)
			21 May 2009	21 May 2014		14th Assembly (2009–14) (2009 election)
			21 May 2014	29 May 2019		15th Assembly (2014–19) (2014 election)
			29 May 2019	Incumbent		16th Assembly (2019 -) (2019 election)

Statistics[]

List by party

Political parties by total time-span of their member holding CMO (5 February 2022)
No.	Political party	Number of Chief ministers	Total days of holding CMO
1	Indian National Congress	11	15486 days
2	Biju Janata Dal	1	8007 days
3	Janata Dal	1	1836 days
4	Independent	2	1496 days
5	Swatantra Party	1	1403 days
6	Janata Party	1	966 days

Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Chief Minister's Office

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INC

BJD

JD

Independent

SP

JP

INC
BJD
JD
Independent
SP
JP

Living former chief ministers[]

As of 5 February 2022, there are two living former chief ministers of Odisha:

Living former chief ministers
Hemananda Biswal
(1989–90, 1999–2000)
(1939-12-01) 1 December 1939 (age 82)
Giridhar Gamang
(1999–1999)
(1943-02-08) 8 February 1943 (age 78)

The most recent death of a former chief minister was that of Janaki Ballabh Patnaik on 21 April 2015, aged 88.

Notes[]

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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.^[2]

References[]

^ ^a ^b 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 Odisha as well.
^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.

External links[]

Official Website of the Office of the Chief Minister

[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.

[PR-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 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.^[2]

[term1-1] 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 Odisha as well.

[3] 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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