List of Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh
Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh | |
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Appointer | Governor of Madhya Pradesh |
Inaugural holder | Ravishankar Shukla |
Formation | 1 November 1956 |
The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh is the chief executive of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Madhya Pradesh 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 the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Following Madhya Pradesh's reorganisation on 1 November 1956, 17 people have served as its chief minister. Eleven of these belonged to the Indian National Congress, including the inaugural officeholder Ravishankar Shukla. The first non-Congress chief minister was Govind Narayan Singh who defected from the party and lead a Samyukta Vidhayak Dal government from 1967 to 1969. Digvijaya Singh of the Congress became the first officeholder to serve two full five-year terms. He was succeeded by Uma Bharti of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh's only woman chief minister. Her party-mate Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the current incumbent and the state's longest-serving chief minister, having held office since November 2005.
Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh
Colour key for parties |
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No.[lower-alpha 1] | Name Constituency |
Tenure[2][3] | Duration | Assembly (election) |
Party[lower-alpha 2] | ||
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1 | Ravishankar Shukla MLA for Saraipali |
1 November 1956 | 31 December 1956 | 60 days | First Assembly (1956–57) (1951–52 election) |
Indian National Congress | |
2 | Bhagwantrao Mandloi MLA for Khandwa |
9 January 1957 | 30 January 1957 | 21 days | |||
3 | Kailash Nath Katju MLA for Jaora |
31 January 1957 | 14 March 1957 | 5 years, 39 days | |||
14 March 1957 | 11 March 1962 | Second Assembly (1957–62) (1957 election) | |||||
(2) | Bhagwantrao Mandloi MLA for Khandwa |
12 March 1962 | 29 September 1963 | 1 year, 201 days | Third Assembly (1962–67) (1962 election) | ||
4 | Dwarka Prasad Mishra MLA for Katangi |
30 September 1963 | 8 March 1967 | 3 years, 302 days | |||
8 March 1967 | 29 July 1967 | Fourth Assembly (1967–72) (1967 election) | |||||
5 | Govind Narayan Singh MLA for Rampur-Baghelan |
30 July 1967 | 12 March 1969 | 1 year, 225 days | Samyukta Vidhayak Dal | ||
6 | Nareshchandra Singh MLA for Pussore |
13 March 1969 | 25 March 1969 | 12 days | Indian National Congress | ||
7 | Shyama Charan Shukla MLA for Rajim |
26 March 1969 | 28 January 1972 | 2 years, 308 days | |||
8 | Prakash Chandra Sethi MLA for Ujjain Uttar |
29 January 1972 | 22 March 1972 | 3 years, 328 days | |||
23 March 1972 | 23 December 1975 | Fifth Assembly (1972–77) (1972 election) | |||||
(7) | Shyama Charan Shukla MLA for Rajim |
23 December 1975 | 30 April 1977 | 1 year, 128 days | |||
– | Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule) |
30 April 1977 | 23 June 1977 | 54 days | Dissolved | N/A | |
9 | Kailash Chandra Joshi MLA for Bagli |
24 June 1977 | 17 January 1978 | 207 days | Sixth Assembly (1977–80) (1977 election) |
Janata Party | |
10 | Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha MLA for Jawad |
18 January 1978 | 19 January 1980 | 2 years, 1 day | |||
11 | Sunderlal Patwa MLA for Mandsaur |
20 January 1980 | 17 February 1980 | 28 days | |||
– | Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule) |
17 February 1980 | 9 June 1980 | 113 days | Dissolved | N/A | |
12 | Arjun Singh MLA for Churhat |
9 June 1980 | 10 March 1985 | 4 years, 276 days | Seventh Assembly (1980–85) (1980 election) |
Indian National Congress (I) | |
11 March 1985 | 12 March 1985 | Eighth Assembly (1985–90) (1985 election) |
Indian National Congress | ||||
13 | Motilal Vora MLA for Durg |
13 March 1985 | 13 February 1988 | 2 years, 337 days | |||
(12) | Arjun Singh MLA for Churhat |
14 February 1988 | 23 January 1989 | 344 days | |||
(13) | Motilal Vora MLA for Durg |
25 January 1989 | 9 December 1989 | 318 days | |||
(7) | Shyama Charan Shukla | 9 December 1989 | 1 March 1990 | 82 days | |||
(11) | Sunderlal Patwa MLA for Bhojpur |
5 March 1990 | 15 December 1992 | 2 years, 285 days | Ninth Assembly (1990–92) (1990 election) |
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
– | Vacant[lower-alpha 3] (President's rule) |
15 December 1992 | 6 December 1993 | 355 days | Dissolved | N/A | |
14 | Digvijaya Singh MLA for Raghogarh |
7 December 1993 | 1 December 1998 | 10 years, 0 days | Tenth Assembly (1993–98) (1993 election) |
Indian National Congress | |
1 December 1998 | 7 December 2003 | Eleventh Assembly (1998–2003) (1998 election) | |||||
15 | Uma Bharti MLA for Malhara |
8 December 2003 | 23 August 2004 | 259 days | Twelfth Assembly (2003–08) (2003 election) |
Bhartiya Janata Party | |
16 | Babulal Gaur MLA for Govindpura |
23 August 2004 | 29 November 2005 | 1 year, 98 days | |||
17 | Shivraj Singh Chouhan MLA for Budhni |
29 November 2005 | 11 December 2008 | 12 years, 317 days | |||
12 December 2008 | 12 December 2013 | Thirteenth Assembly (2008–13) (2008 election) | |||||
13 December 2013 | Incumbent | Fourteenth Assembly (2013–18) (2013 election) | |||||
Footnotes
- ↑ A number in parentheses indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 3 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.[4]
References
- ↑ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Madhya Pradesh as well.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.
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