In the Republic of India, a chief minister is the head of government of each of twenty-nine states and two union territories (Delhi and Puducherry). According to the Constitution of India, at the state-level, the governor is de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the state 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 he has the assembly's confidence, the chief minister's term is usually for a maximum of five years; there are no limits to the number of terms he or she can serve.
Since June 2018, the office of Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir has been vacant; President's rule is in force there. Of the thirty incumbents, only one is a woman—Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal. Serving since March 2000 (for 19 years, 114 days), Odisha's Naveen Patnaik has the longest incumbency. Amarinder Singh (b. 1942) of Punjab is the oldest chief minister while Arunachal Pradesh's Pema Khandu (b. 1979) is the youngest. Twelve incumbents belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party and five to the Indian National Congress; no other party has more than one chief minister in office.
Current Indian chief ministers
| Colour key for parties |
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Aam Aadmi Party
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
All India Trinamool Congress
Bharatiya Janata Party
Biju Janata Dal
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Indian National Congress
Janata Dal (Secular)
Janata Dal (United)
Mizo National Front
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
National People's Party
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Telangana Rashtra Samithi
YSR Congress Party
N/A (President's rule)
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| State (past chief ministers) | Name | Portrait | Took office (tenure length) | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy |  | 30 May 2019 (28 days) | YSR Congress Party | ||
| Arunachal Pradesh | Pema Khandu |  | 17 July 2016 (2 years, 345 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Assam | Sarbananda Sonowal |  | 24 May 2016 (3 years, 34 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Bihar | Nitish Kumar | .jpg) | 22 February 2015 (4 years, 125 days) | Janata Dal (United) | ||
| Chhattisgarh | Bhupesh Baghel |  | 17 December 2018 (192 days) | Indian National Congress | ||
| Delhi | Arvind Kejriwal |  | 14 February 2015 (4 years, 133 days) | Aam Aadmi Party | ||
| Goa | Pramod Sawant |  | 19 March 2019 (100 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Gujarat | Vijay Rupani |  | 7 August 2016 (2 years, 324 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Haryana | Manohar Lal Khattar |  | 26 October 2014 (4 years, 244 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Himachal Pradesh | Jai Ram Thakur |  | 27 December 2017 (1 year, 182 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Jammu and Kashmir | Vacant (President's rule) |  | 20 December 2018 (189 days) | N/A | ||
| Jharkhand | Raghubar Das |  | 28 December 2014 (4 years, 181 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Karnataka | H. D. Kumaraswamy |  | 23 May 2018 (1 year, 35 days) | Janata Dal (Secular) | ||
| Kerala | Pinarayi Vijayan | .jpg) | 25 May 2016 (3 years, 33 days) | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| Madhya Pradesh | Kamal Nath |  | 17 December 2018 (192 days) | Indian National Congress | ||
| Maharashtra | Devendra Fadnavis | .png) | 31 October 2014 (4 years, 239 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Manipur | N. Biren Singh |  | 15 March 2017 (2 years, 104 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Meghalaya | Conrad Sangma |  | 6 March 2018 (1 year, 113 days) | National People's Party | ||
| Mizoram | Zoramthanga |  | 15 December 2018 (194 days) | Mizo National Front | ||
| Nagaland | Neiphiu Rio |  | 8 March 2018 (1 year, 111 days) | Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party | ||
| Odisha | Naveen Patnaik |  | 5 March 2000 (19 years, 114 days) | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| Puducherry | V. Narayanasamy |  | 6 June 2016 (3 years, 21 days) | Indian National Congress | ||
| Punjab | Amarinder Singh |  | 16 March 2017 (2 years, 103 days) | Indian National Congress | ||
| Rajasthan | Ashok Gehlot |  | 17 December 2018 (192 days) | Indian National Congress | ||
| Sikkim | Prem Singh Tamang | 27 May 2019 (31 days) | Sikkim Krantikari Morcha | |||
| Tamil Nadu | Edappadi K. Palaniswami |  | 16 February 2017 (2 years, 131 days) | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
| Telangana | K. Chandrashekhar Rao |  | 2 June 2014 (5 years, 25 days) | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | ||
| Tripura | Biplab Kumar Deb |  | 9 March 2018 (1 year, 110 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | Yogi Adityanath |  | 19 March 2017 (2 years, 100 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| Uttarakhand | Trivendra Singh Rawat |  | 18 March 2017 (2 years, 101 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| West Bengal | Mamata Banerjee | .jpg) | 20 May 2011 (8 years, 38 days) | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
