List of chief ministers of Chhattisgarh
Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh | |
---|---|
Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (Informal) | |
Type | Head of Government |
Status | Leader of the Executive |
Abbreviation | CM |
Member of | |
Reports to |
|
Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh | |
Salary |
|
Website | Official website |
The Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh is 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]
Four people have served as the state's chief minister since Chhattisgarh's formation on 1 November 2000 as a result of the
Vishnudeo Sai, the current incumbent, following the resounding victory[4] of Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2023 elections
.
List
The
Bombay. In November 2000, as part of the Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act the southeastern portion of the state was split off to form the new state of Chhattisgarh
.
No | Portrait | Name | Constituency
|
Tenure | Assembly (election) |
Party[a] | |||
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1 | Ajit Jogi | Marwahi
|
1 November 2000 | 7 December 2003 | 3 years, 34 days | 1st/Interim[b] (1998 election) |
Indian National Congress | ||
2 | Raman Singh | Dongargaon | 7 December 2003 | 11 December 2008 | 15 years, 10 days | 2nd (2003 election) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
Rajnandgaon | 12 December 2008 | 11 December 2013 | 3rd (2008 election) | ||||||
12 December 2013 | 17 December 2018 | 4th (2013 election) | |||||||
3 | Bhupesh Baghel | Patan
|
17 December 2018 | 13 December 2023 | 4 years, 361 days | 5th (2018 election) |
Indian National Congress | ||
4 | Vishnu Deo Sai | Kunkuri | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | 135 days | 6th (2023 election) |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
Timeline
Notes
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- ^ 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.
- MLAs elected in the 1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Chhattisgarh.[5]
References
- ^ "Cabinet". Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9.
- ^ Venkatesan, V. (1 September 2000). "Chhattisgarh: quite arrival". Frontline. Vol. 17, no. 17. Raipur. Archived from the original on 3 August 2019.
- ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "The Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2000" (PDF). 2000. p. 6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.