List of chief ministers of Uttarakhand

Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
	Incumbent; Pushkar Singh Dhami; since 4 July 2021
	Government of Uttarakhand
Style	The Honourable (formal); Mr. Chief Minister (informal)
Status	Head of government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Uttarakhand Council of Ministers; Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly;
Reports to	Governor of Uttarakhand; Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly;
Residence	CM House, Bhararisain (summer); CM House, New Cantt Road, Dehradun (winter);
Nominator	Members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Governor of Uttarakhand; by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Assembly
Term length	At the pleasure of the governor; Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.
Inaugural holder	Nityanand Swami (2000–2001)
Formation	9 November 2000; (21 years ago)
Website	Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand is the chief executive of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the legislative assembly, the state's 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 the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.^[2]

Ten people have served as the state's chief minister since its formation on 9 November 2000. Seven of them, including the inaugural officeholder Nityanand Swami and the incumbent Pushkar Singh Dhami represented the (BJP) while the rest represented the Indian National Congress.

Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand[]

	Colour key for parties
	Colour key for parties

No	Name	Constituency	Term of office^[3]			Assembly (election)	Party^[a]
1	Nityanand Swami	MLC	9 November 2000	29 October 2001	354 days	Interim Assembly	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Bhagat Singh Koshyari	MLC	30 October 2001	1 March 2002	122 days	Interim Assembly	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	N. D. Tiwari	Ramnagar	2 March 2002	7 March 2007	5 years, 5 days	1st Assembly (2002)	Indian National Congress
4	B. C. Khanduri	Dhumakot	7 March 2007	26 June 2009	2 years, 111 days	2nd Assembly (2007)	Bharatiya Janata Party
5	Ramesh Pokhriyal	Thalisain	27 June 2009	10 September 2011	2 years, 75 days
(4)	B. C. Khanduri	Dhumakot	11 September 2011	13 March 2012	184 days
6	Vijay Bahuguna	Sitarganj	13 March 2012	31 January 2014	1 year, 324 days	3rd Assembly (2012)	Indian National Congress
7	Harish Rawat	Dharchula	1 February 2014	27 March 2016	2 years, 55 days		Indian National Congress
–	Vacant (President's rule)	N/A	27 March 2016	21 April 2016	25 days
(7)	Harish Rawat	Dharchula	21 April 2016	22 April 2016	1 day		Indian National Congress
–	Vacant (President's rule)	N/A	22 April 2016	11 May 2016	19 days
(7)	Harish Rawat	Dharchula	11 May 2016	18 March 2017	311 days		Indian National Congress
8	Trivendra Singh Rawat	Doiwala	18 March 2017	10 March 2021	3 years, 357 days	4th Assembly (2017)	Bharatiya Janata Party
9	Tirath Singh Rawat	Did not contest	10 March 2021	4 July 2021	116 days
10	Pushkar Singh Dhami	Khatima	4 July 2021	Incumbent	215 days

Statistics[]

List of chief ministers by length of term

No.	Name	Party	Length of term
No.	Name	Party	Longest continuous term	Total years of premiership
1	Narayan Dutt Tiwari	INC	5 years, 5 days	5 years, 5 days
2	Trivendra Singh Rawat	BJP	3 years, 357 days	3 years, 357 days
3	Harish Rawat	INC	2 years, 55 days	3 years, 2 days
4	B. C. Khanduri	BJP	2 years, 111 days	2 years, 295 days
5	Ramesh Pokhriyal	BJP	2 years, 75 days	2 years, 75 days
6	Vijay Bahuguna	INC	1 year, 324 days	1 year, 324 days
7	Nityanand Swami	BJP	354 days	354 days
8	Pushkar Singh Dhami	BJP	215 days	215 days
9	Bhagat Singh Koshyari	BJP	122 days	122 days
10	Tirath Singh Rawat	BJP	116 days	116 days

Timeline

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.

References[]

^ Kumar, Yogesh (30 March 2017). "Trivendra Singh Rawat moves into 'jinxed' CM bungalow". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
^ ^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 Uttar Pradesh as well.
^ "Ex-Chief Ministers: Official Website Of the Chief Minister Of Uttarakhand, India". cm.uk.gov.in. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

External links[]

[4] 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.

[1] Kumar, Yogesh (30 March 2017). "Trivendra Singh Rawat moves into 'jinxed' CM bungalow". The Times of India. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

[term1-2] 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 Uttar Pradesh as well.

[3] "Ex-Chief Ministers: Official Website Of the Chief Minister Of Uttarakhand, India". cm.uk.gov.in. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

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