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]

Key
  • *  Incumbent Chief Minister
  • † Died in office
  •   Indicates the Chief Minister was associated with multiple political party
# Chief MinisterPortraitStatePartyTerm(s)Term lengthRef.
1 Pawan Kumar Chamling
(b. 22 September 1949)		 Sikkim SDF 12 December 1994 – 26 May 2019 24 years, 165 days [3][4]
2 Jyoti Basu
(8 July 1914 – 17 January 2010)		 West Bengal CPI(M) 21 June 1977 – 5 November 2000 23 years, 137 days [3][5][6]
3 Gegong Apang
(b. 8 July 1949)		 Arunachal Pradesh
  • 18 January 1980 – 18 January 1999
  • 3 August 2003 – 9 April 2007
 22 years, 250 days [3]
4 Naveen Patnaik*
(b. 16 October 1946)		 Odisha BJD 5 March 2000 – present 22 years, 58 days [3]
5 Lal Thanhawla
(b. 19 May 1942)		 Mizoram INC
  • 5 May 1984 – 20 August 1986
  • 24 January 1989 – 7 December 1993
  • 8 December 1993 – 3 December 1998
  • 11 December 2008 – 12 December 2018
 21 years, 55 days [3]
6 Virbhadra Singh
(23 June 1934 – 8 July 2021)		 Himachal Pradesh INC
  • 8 April 1983 – 5 March 1990
  • 3 December 1993 – 23 March 1998
  • 6 March 2003 – 30 December 2007
  • 25 December 2012 – 27 December 2017
 21 years, 11 days [3]
7 Manik Sarkar
(b. 22 January 1949)		 Tripura CPI(M) 11 March 1998 – 9 March 2018 19 years, 363 days [3]
8 M. Karunanidhi
(3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018)		 Tamil Nadu DMK
  • 10 February 1969 – 31 January 1976
  • 27 January 1989 – 30 January 1991
  • 13 May 1996 – 13 May 2001
  • 13 May 2006 – 15 May 2011
 18 years, 360 days
9 Parkash Singh Badal
(b. 8 December 1927)		 Punjab SAD
  • 27 March 1970 – 14 June 1971
  • 20 June 1977 – 17 February 1980
  • 12 February 1997 – 26 February 2002
  • 1 March 2007 – 16 March 2017
 18 years, 350 days
10 Yashwant Singh Parmar
(4 August 1906 – 2 May 1981)		 Himachal Pradesh INC
  • 8 March 1952 – 31 October 1956
  • 1 July 1963 – 28 January 1977
 18 years, 30 days
11 Mohan Lal Sukhadia
(31 July 1916 – 2 February 1982)		 Rajasthan INC
  • 13 November 1954 – 13 March 1967
  • 26 April 1967 – 9 July 1971
 16 years, 194 days
12 Nitish Kumar*
(b. 1 March 1951)		 Bihar SP
JD(U)
  • 3 March 2000 – 10 March 2000
  • 24 November 2005 – 19 May 2014
  • 22 February 2015 – present
 16 years, 159 days [7]
13 Pratapsingh Rane
(b. 28 January 1939)		 Goa INC
  • 16 January 1980 – 27 March 1990
  • 16 December 1994 – 29 July 1998
  • 2 February 2005 – 4 March 2005
  • 7 June 2005 – 8 June 2007
 15 years, 250 days
14 S. C. Jamir
(b. 17 October 1931)		 Nagaland INC
  • 18 April 1980 – 5 June 1980
  • 18 November 1982 – 28 November 1986
  • 25 January 1989 – 10 May 1990
  • 22 February 1993 – 6 March 2003
 15 years, 200 days
15 Neiphiu Rio*
(b. 11 November 1950)		 Nagaland NPF
NDPP
  • 6 March 2003 – 3 January 2008
  • 12 March 2008 – 24 May 2014
  • 8 March 2018 – present
 15 years, 65 days
16 Shivraj Singh Chouhan*
(b. 5 March 1959)		 Madhya Pradesh BJP
  • 29 November 2005 – 17 December 2018
  • 23 March 2020 – present
 15 years, 58 days
17 Sheila Dikshit
(31 March 1938 – 20 July 2019)		 Delhi INC
  • 3 December 1998 – 28 December 2013
 15 years, 25 days
18 Okram Ibobi Singh
(b. 19 June 1948)		 Manipur INC
  • 7 March 2002 – 14 March 2017
 15 years, 8 days
19 Tarun Gogoi
(11 October 1934 – 23 November 2020)		 Assam INC
  • 18 May 2001 – 24 May 2016
 15 years, 7 days
20 Raman Singh
(b. 15 October 1952)		 Chhattisgarh BJP
  • 7 December 2003 – 17 December 2018
 15 years, 4 days
21 Shri Krishna Sinha
(21 October 1887 – 31 January 1961)		 Bihar INC 2 April 1946 – 31 January 1961[†] 14 years, 304 days
22 Bidhan Chandra Roy
(1 July 1882 – 1 July 1962)		 West Bengal INC
14 years, 159 days [6]
23 J. Jayalalithaa
(24 February 1948 – 5 December 2016)		 Tamil Nadu AIADMK
  • 24 June 1991 – 12 May 1996
  • 14 May 2001 – 21 September 2001
  • 2 March 2002 – 12 May 2006
  • 16 May 2011 – 27 September 2014
  • 23 May 2015 – 5 December 2016[†]
 14 years, 124 days [8]
24 Williamson A. Sangma
(18 October 1919 – 25 October 1990)		 Meghalaya APHLC
INC
  • 2 April 1970 – 3 March 1978
  • 7 May 1981 – 24 February 1983
  • 2 April 1983 – 5 February 1988
 14 Years, 87 days
25 Nar Bahadur Bhandari
(5 October 1940 – 16 July 2017)		 Sikkim SJP
SSP
  • 18 October 1979 – 11 May 1984
  • 8 March 1985 – 17 May 1994
 13 Years, 272 days
26 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
(3 January 1927 – 21 April 2015)		 Odisha INC
  • 9 June 1980 – 7 December 1989
  • 15 March 1995 – 17 February 1999
 13 years, 155 days
27 Zoramthanga*
(b. 13 July 1944)		 Mizoram MNF
  • 3 December 1998 – 11 December 2008
  • 15 December 2018 – present
 13 years, 146 days
28 Ashok Gehlot*
(b. 3 May 1951)		 Rajasthan INC
  • 1 December 1998 – 8 December 2003
  • 13 December 2008 – 12 December 2013
  • 17 December 2018 – present
 13 years, 142 days
29 Bimala Prasad Chaliha
(26 March 1912 – 25 February 1971)		 Assam INC
  • 28 December 1957 – 6 November 1970
 12 years, 313 days
30 N. Rangasamy*
(b. 4 August 1950)		 Puducherry
  • 27 October 2001 – 4 September 2008
  • 16 May 2011 – 6 June 2016
  • 7 May 2021 – present
 12 years, 328 days
31 Bansi Lal
(26 August 1927 – 28 March 2006)		 Haryana
  • 22 May 1968 – 30 May 1975
  • 5 July 1985 – 19 June 1987
  • 11 May 1996 – 23 July 1999
 12 years, 250 days
32 Narendra Modi
(b. 17 September 1950)		 Gujarat BJP 7 October 2001 – 22 May 2014 12 years, 227 days [9]
33 Bhajan Lal
(b. 6 October 1930 – 3 June 2011)		 Haryana
  • 28 June 1979 – 04 June 1986
  • 23 June 1991 – 10 May 1996
 11 Years, 298 Days
35 Vasantrao Naik
(1 July 1913 – 18 August 1979)		 Maharashtra INC
  • 5 December 1963 – 20 February 1975
 11 Years, 75 Days
36 Farooq Abdullah
(b.21 October 1937)		 Jammu and Kashmir JKNC
  • 8 September 1982 – 2 July 1984
  • 7 November 1986 – 19 January 1990
  • 9 October 1996 – 18 October 2002
 11 Years, 16 Days
37 Govind Ballabh Pant
(10 September 1887 – 7 March 1961)		 Uttar Pradesh INC
  • 17 July 1937 – 2 November 1939
  • 1 April 1946 – 27 December 1954
 11 years, 11 days
38 E. K. Nayanar
(9 December 1919 – 19 May 2004)		 Kerala CPI(M)
  • 25 January 1980 – 20 October 1981
  • 26 March 1987 – 17 June 1991
  • 20 May 1996 – 13 May 2001
 11 years 10 days
39 Mamata Banerjee*
(b. 5 January 1955)		 West Bengal AITC 20 May 2011 – present 10 years, 347 days
40 Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee
(b. 1 March 1944)		 West Bengal CPI(M)
  • 6 November 2000 – 13 May 2011
 10 years, 188 days [10]
41 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(23 October 1925 – 15 May 2010)		 Rajasthan JP
BJP
  • 22 June 1977 – 16 February 1980
  • 4 March 1990 – 15 December 1992
  • 4 December 1993 – 29 November 1998
 10 Years, 158 Days
42 M. G. Ramachandran
(17 January 1917 – 24 December 1987)		 Tamil Nadu AIADMK
  • 30 June 1977 – 17 February 1980
  • 9 June 1980 – 24 December 1987[†]
 10 years, 65 days
43 Nripen Chakraborty
(b. 4 April 1905 – 25 December 2004)		 Tripura CPI(M) 5 January 1978 – 5 February 1988 10 years, 31 days
44 Vasundhara Raje
(b. 8 March 1953)		 Rajasthan BJP
  • 8 December 2003 – 11 December 2008
  • 12 December 2013 – 16 December 2018
 10 years, 10 days
45 Digvijaya Singh
(b. 28 February 1947)		 Madhya Pradesh INC 7 December 1993 – 8 December 2003 10 years, 1 day

See also

Footnotes
  1. Until 26 January 1950, the post was known as "Prime Minister of West Bengal".

References
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