List of chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh | |
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Head of Government | |
Abbreviation | CM |
Member of | Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly |
Reports to |
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Appointer | Governor of Madhya Pradesh |
Term length | 5 years Chief minister's term is for five years, provided the confidence of legislative assembly and is subject to no term limits.[1] |
Inaugural holder | Ravishankar Shukla |
Formation | 1 November 1956 |
The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh is the
Following
Precursor states
Vindhya Pradesh (1948-1956)
In 1948, the eastern regions of Central India Agency, became the Union of Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand States, and were later renamed to Vindhya Pradesh, in 1952. It was admitted into the union as a "Part B" state.
# | Name | Tenure | Assembly | Appointed by | Party | |||
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1 | Awadhesh Pratap Singh | 28 May 1948 | 15 April 1949 | 322 days | Not yet created | Rameshwar Prasad Singh | Independent | |
2 | S. N. Mehta | 15 April 1949 | 31 March 1952 | 2 years, 351 days | Martand Singh | Indian National Congress | ||
3 | Sambhu Nath Shukla
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31 March 1952 | 31 October 1956 | 4 years, 214 days | 1st |
Madhya Bharat (1948-1956)
In 1948, the western regions of Central India Agency and the Gwalior and Indore residencies, became the new state of Madhya Bharat. It was admitted into the union as a "Part B" state.
# | Portrait | Name | Tenure | Assembly | Appointed by | Party | |||
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1 | Liladhar Joshi | 28 May 1948 | May 1949 | Not yet created | Jivaji Rao Scindia
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Indian National Congress | |||
2 | Gopikrishna Vijayavargiya | May 1949 | 18 October 1950 | ||||||
3 | Takhatmal Jain | 18 October 1950 | 31 March 1952 | 1 year, 165 days | |||||
4 | Mishrilal Gangwal | 31 March 1952 | 16 April 1955 | 3 years, 16 days | 1st | ||||
(3) | Takhatmal Jain | 16 April 1955 | 31 October 1956 | 1 year, 198 days |
Bhopal State (1949-1956)
On 30 April 1949, Sir Hamidullah Khan, the Nawab of Bhopal signed an Instrument of Accession to the Dominion of India. The state of Bhopal was taken over by the Union Government on 1 June 1949, and was declared a "Part C" state.
# | Portrait | Name | Tenure[3][4] | Assembly | Party | |||
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1 | Shankar Dayal Sharma | 31 March 1952 | 31 October 1956 | 4 years, 214 days | 1st
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Indian National Congress |
List of Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh
After the independence of India, the state of
as the capital of the state.The
# | Portrait | Name | Constituency
|
Tenure[5][6] | Assembly
(election) |
Party[a] | |||
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1 | Ravishankar Shukla[7] | N/A | 26 January 1950 | 30 March 1952 | 6 years, 340 days | Not yet created | Indian National Congress | ||
Saraipali
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31 March 1952 | 31 October 1956 | 1st[8] | ||||||
1 November 1956 | 31 December 1956 | ||||||||
2 | Bhagwantrao Mandloi | Khandwa
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9 January 1957 | 31 January 1957 | 22 days | ||||
3 | Kailash Nath Katju | Jaora | 31 January 1957 | 14 March 1957 | 5 years, 40 days | ||||
14 March 1957 | 12 March 1962 | 2nd | |||||||
(2) | Bhagwantrao Mandloi | Khandwa
|
12 March 1962 | 30 September 1963 | 1 year, 202 days | 3rd
(1962 election) | |||
4 | Dwarka Prasad Mishra | Katangi | 30 September 1963 | 8 March 1967 | 3 years, 303 days | ||||
8 March 1967 | 30 July 1967 | 4th | |||||||
5 | Govind Narayan Singh | Rampur-Baghelan
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30 July 1967 | 13 March 1969 | 1 year, 226 days | Samyukta Vidhayak Dal | |||
6 | Nareshchandra Singh | Pussore | 13 March 1969 | 26 March 1969 | 13 days | ||||
7 | Shyama Charan Shukla | Rajim | 26 March 1969 | 29 January 1972 | 2 years, 309 days | Indian National Congress | |||
8 | Prakash Chandra Sethi | Ujjain North | 29 January 1972 | 22 March 1972 | 3 years, 328 days | ||||
23 March 1972 | 23 December 1975 | 5th | |||||||
(7) | Shyama Charan Shukla | Rajim | 23 December 1975 | 30 April 1977 | 1 year, 128 days | ||||
– | Vacant[b] | N/A | 30 April 1977 | 23 June 1977 | 54 days | Dissolved | N/A | ||
9 | Kailash Chandra Joshi | Bagli
|
24 June 1977 | 18 January 1978 | 208 days | 6th | Janata Party | ||
10 | Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha | Jawad
|
18 January 1978 | 20 January 1980 | 2 years, 2 days | ||||
11 | Sunderlal Patwa
|
Mandsaur | 20 January 1980 | 17 February 1980 | 28 days | ||||
– | Vacant[b] | N/A | 17 February 1980 | 9 June 1980 | 113 days | Dissolved | N/A | ||
12 | Arjun Singh
|
Churhat
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9 June 1980 | 10 March 1985 | 4 years, 277 days | 7th | Indian National Congress | ||
11 March 1985 | 13 March 1985 | 8th | |||||||
13 | Motilal Vora | Durg | 13 March 1985 | 14 February 1988 | 2 years, 338 days | ||||
(12) | Arjun Singh
|
Kharsia | 14 February 1988 | 25 January 1989 | 346 days | ||||
(13) | Motilal Vora | Durg | 25 January 1989 | 9 December 1989 | 318 days | ||||
(7) | Shyama Charan Shukla | 9 December 1989 | 5 March 1990 | 86 days | |||||
(11) | Sunderlal Patwa
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Bhojpur | 5 March 1990 | 15 December 1992 | 2 years, 285 days | 9th | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
– | Vacant[b] | N/A | 15 December 1992 | 6 December 1993 | 355 days | Dissolved | N/A | ||
14 | Digvijaya Singh | Chachoura
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7 December 1993 | 1 December 1998 | 10 years, 1 day | 10th | Indian National Congress | ||
Raghogarh
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1 December 1998 | 8 December 2003 | 11th | ||||||
15 | Uma Bharti | Malhara
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8 December 2003 | 23 August 2004 | 259 days | 12th | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
16 | Babulal Gaur | Govindpura
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23 August 2004 | 29 November 2005 | 1 year, 98 days | ||||
17 | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Budhni
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29 November 2005 | 12 December 2008 | 13 years, 17 days | ||||
12 December 2008 | 13 December 2013 | 13th | |||||||
14 December 2013 | 17 December 2018 | 14th | |||||||
18 | Kamal Nath | Chhindwara
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17 December 2018 | 23 March 2020 | 1 year, 97 days | 15th | Indian National Congress | ||
(17) | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Budhni
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23 March 2020 | 13 December 2023 | 3 years, 265 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
19 | Mohan Yadav | Ujjain South | 13 December 2023 | Incumbent | 130 days | 16th |
Timeline
Footnotes
- ^ 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 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.[9]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies to the specific case of Madhya Pradesh as well.
- ^ "Madhya Pradesh Election Result 2023 Highlights: Landslide victory for BJP with 163 seats; another CM tenure for Shivraj Singh Chouhan?". The Indian Express. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ "Honorable Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh" (in Hindi). Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 14 September 2018.
- ^ "Instances of 'President's Rule' in Madhya Pradesh" (in Hindi). Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 14 September 2018.
- ^ "Honorable Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh" (in Hindi). Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 14 September 2018.
- ^ "Instances of 'President's Rule' in Madhya Pradesh" (in Hindi). Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 14 September 2018.
- ^ V Ramu Sarma (29 August 2021). "Life and legacy of Madhya Pradesh's first leaders". Retrieved 19 October 2021.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.