List of female chief ministers in India

The chief minister is 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 that she has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.^[1]

Since 1963, India has had 16 female chief ministers. The first woman to become chief minister was

V. N. Janaki Ramachandran of the same state and party has the shortest tenure (only 23 days). Only 12 states and 1 union territory in India had female chief ministers out of 28 states and 3 union territories that have legislature systems. Mamata Banerjee of West Bengal

is the only female incumbent chief minister in India.

Chronological list

Key

* Incumbent Chief Minister
^† Assassinated or died in office

^RES Resigned
no-confidence motion

JKPDP (1) MGP (1) RJD (1)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			State/Union territory	Political party^[a]
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Assumed office	Left office	Time in office	State/Union territory	Political party^[a]
1		Sucheta Kripalani (1908–1974)	2 October 1963	13 March 1967	3 years, 162 days	Uttar Pradesh	Indian National Congress
2		Nandini Satpathy (1931–2006)	14 June 1972	16 December 1976^[RES]	4 years, 185 days	Odisha	Indian National Congress
3		Shashikala Kakodkar (1935–2016)	12 August 1973	27 April 1979	5 years, 258 days	Goa	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
4		Anwara Taimur (1936–2020)	6 December 1980	30 June 1981	206 days	Assam	Indian National Congress
5		V. N. Janaki Ramachandran (1923–1996)	7 January 1988	30 January 1988	23 days	Tamil Nadu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
6		J. Jayalalithaa (1948–2016)	24 June 1991	12 May 1996	14 years, 124 days
			14 May 2001	21 September 2001
			2 March 2002	12 May 2006
			16 May 2011	27 September 2014
			23 May 2015	5 December 2016^[†]
7		Mayawati (1956–)	13 June 1995	18 October 1995	7 years, 5 days	Uttar Pradesh	Bahujan Samaj Party
			21 March 1997	21 September 1997^[RES]
			3 May 2002	29 August 2003^[RES]
			13 May 2007	15 March 2012
8		Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (1945–)	21 November 1996	12 February 1997	83 days	Punjab	Indian National Congress
9		Rabri Devi (1955–)	25 July 1997	11 February 1999	7 years, 190 days	Bihar	Rashtriya Janata Dal
			9 March 1999	2 March 2000^[RES]
			11 March 2000	6 March 2005
10		Sushma Swaraj (1952–2019)	12 October 1998	3 December 1998	52 days	National Capital Territory of Delhi	Bharatiya Janata Party
11		Sheila Dikshit (1938–2019)	3 December 1998	28 December 2013	15 years, 25 days	National Capital Territory of Delhi	Indian National Congress
12		Uma Bharti (1959–)	8 December 2003	23 August 2004^[RES]	259 days	Madhya Pradesh	Bharatiya Janata Party
13		Vasundhara Raje (1953–)	8 December 2003	13 December 2008	10 years, 9 days	Rajasthan
13		Vasundhara Raje (1953–)	13 December 2013	17 December 2018	10 years, 9 days	Rajasthan
14		Mamata Banerjee* (1955–)	20 May 2011	Incumbent	12 years, 342 days	West Bengal	All India Trinamool Congress
15		Anandiben Patel (1941–)	22 May 2014	7 August 2016^[RES]	2 years, 77 days	Gujarat	Bharatiya Janata Party
16		Mehbooba Mufti (1959–)	4 April 2016	19 June 2018	2 years, 76 days	Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party

Statistics

List of female chief ministers by length of term

No.	Name	Party	Length of term
No.	Name	Party	Longest continuous term	Total years of chief ministership
1	Sheila Dikshit	INC	15 years, 25 days	15 years, 25 days
2	J. Jayalalithaa	AIADMK	4 years, 323 days	14 years, 124 days
3	Mamata Banerjee	AITC	12 years, 342 days	12 years, 342 days
4	Vasundhara Raje	BJP	5 years, 5 days	10 years, 9 days
5	Rabri Devi	RJD	4 years, 360 days	7 years, 190 days
6	Mayawati	BSP	4 years, 307 days	7 years, 5 days
7	Shashikala Kakodkar	MGP	5 years, 258 days	5 years, 258 days
8	Nandini Satpathy	INC	4 years, 185 days	4 years, 185 days
9	Sucheta Kripalani	INC	3 years, 162 days	3 years, 162 days
10	Anandiben Patel	BJP	2 years, 77 days	2 years, 77 days
11	Mehbooba Mufti	JKPDP	2 years, 76 days	2 years, 76 days
12	Uma Bharti	BJP	259 days	259 days
13	Anwara Taimur	INC	206 days	206 days
14	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal	INC	83 days	83 days
15	Sushma Swaraj	BJP	52 days	52 days
16	V. N. Janaki Ramachandran	AIADMK	23 days	23 days

Notes

^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government she heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

References

ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9

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List of current incumbent chief ministers of Indian states and union territories

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Arunachal Pradesh
Pema Khandu (BJP)
Assam
Himanta Biswa Sarma (BJP)
Bihar
Nitish Kumar (JD(U))
Chhattisgarh
Vishnu Deo Sai (BJP)
Goa
Pramod Sawant (BJP)
Gujarat
Bhupendrabhai Patel (BJP)
Haryana
Nayab Singh Saini (BJP)
Himachal Pradesh
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (INC)
Jammu and Kashmir
Vacant (President's rule)
Jharkhand
Champai Soren (JMM
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N. Rangasamy (AINRC
)

AITC
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Longest-serving chief ministers

Female chief ministers

From the Bharatiya Janata Party

From the Communist Party of India (Marxist)

From the Indian National Congress

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[party-2] This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government she heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

[1] ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9

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Chronological list

Statistics

List of female chief ministers by length of term

See also

Notes

References