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][a]

As of April 2024^[update], 46 ministers have served for more than 10 years; of which only four have been female chief ministers: Sheila Dikshit (Delhi), J. Jayalalithaa (Tamil Nadu), Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal), and Vasundhara Raje (Rajasthan). Pawan Kumar Chamling has served five consecutive terms as Chief Minister of Sikkim completing a total of more than 24 years of tenure; the highest so far. Of the 46, five ministers are incumbent and continue to serve.

List

Key

• *  Incumbent chief minister

See also

• List of current Indian chief ministers
• List of current Indian deputy chief ministers
• List of female chief ministers in India
• List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party
• List of chief ministers from the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• List of chief ministers from the Indian National Congress
• List of longest-serving members of the Union Council of Ministers

Footnotes

1. The chief ministers from states Jharkhand,Karnataka and Uttarakhand have not served for 10 years in office or more.

References

1. "List of longest serving Chief Ministers in India". Jagron Josh. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
2. "India's longest-serving CMs". Times of India. 30 April 2018.
3. Chewn K Dahal (30 April 2018). "Sikkim's Pawan Chamling pips Jyoti Basu as India's longest-serving chief minister". Times of India.
4. "Naveen Patnaik takes oath for fifth time; but he's not India's longest serving chief minister yet". Indian Express. 30 May 2019.
5. "West Bengal celebrates birth anniversary of former chief minister Jyoti Basu". The New Indian Express. 8 July 2018.
6. "Nitish eyes another term: Who are the longest serving chief ministers of India?". www.timesnownews.com. 11 November 2020.
7. "The five oaths of Jayalalithaa". The Hindu.
8. "Curtain falls on Left rule after 34 years in WB". News18. 13 May 2011.

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