Chief Minister of Gujarat

Chief Minister of Gujarat
મુખ્યમંત્રી ગુજરાત
Emblem of Gujarat
Incumbent Bhupendrabhai Patel since 13 September 2021
Government of Gujarat
Style	The Honourable
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Gujarat Legislative Assembly& Gujarat Council of Ministers
Residence	Bungalow No. 26, Ministers’ Enclave, Sector-20, Gandhinagar
Appointer	Governor of Gujarat
Term length	5 years subject to the confidence of the assembly. [1] No term limits
Inaugural holder	Jivraj Narayan Mehta
Formation	1 May 1960 (65 years ago) (1960-05-01)
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat
Website	http://cmogujarat.gov.in/

The chief minister of Gujarat is the chief executive of the government of the Indian state of Gujarat. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. The chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits, given that he has the confidence of the assembly. ^[1]

The state of Gujarat was created on 1 May 1960, composed of the Gujarati-speaking districts of Bombay State following the Mahagujarat Movement. ^[2] Jivraj Narayan Mehta of the INC was the inaugural chief minister. Narendra Modi of the BJP is the longest serving chief minister for twelve and a half years from 2001 to 2014. He resigned in 2014 to become the 14th prime minister of India. He was succeeded by Anandiben Patel who became the state's first woman chief minister. The current chief minister is Bhupendrabhai Patel of the BJP. He was elected for the post following the resignation of then incumbent Vijay Rupani, who was in office since 7 August 2016. ^[3]

Predecessors

Colour key for political parties

   Indian National Congress

   Indian National Congress (Urs)

   Indian Congress (Socialist)

   Shiv Sena

   Bharatiya Janata Party

  N/A (President's rule)

Prime ministers of Bombay (1937–50)

# [a] [b]	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Assembly	Appointed by (Governor)	Party
1		Dhanjishah Cooper	1 April 1937	19 July 1937 [5]	140 days	1st Provincial (1937 Elections)	The Lord Brabourne	Independent
2		Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher	19 July 1937 [5] [6]	2 November 1939 [7]	2 years, 106 days		Robert Duncan Bell	Indian National Congress
-		Vacant (Governor's Rule)	2 November 1939	30 March 1946	6 years, 148 days	Dissolved	-	N/A
(2)		Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher	30 March 1946	26 January 1950	3 years, 302 days	2nd Provincial (1946 Elections)	Sir John Colville	Indian National Congress

Chief ministers of Bombay State (1947–60)

# [c]	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly	Appointed by (Governor)	Party
1		Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher	MLC	15 August 1947	21 April 1952	4 years, 250 days	Provincial Assembly 1946 election)	Sir John Colville	Indian National Congress
2		Morarji Desai	Bulsar Chikhli	21 April 1952	31 October 1956	4 years, 193 days	1st (1952 elections)	Raja Maharaj Singh
Chief ministers of Bombay State (1956–60) [d]
3		Yashwantrao Chavan	Karad North	1 November 1956	5 April 1957	3 years, 181 days	1st (1952 elections)	Harekrushna Mahatab	Indian National Congress
				5 April 1957	30 April 1960		2nd (1957 elections)	Sri Prakasa

Prime ministers of Kathiawar/Saurashtra (1948-50)

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party
1		U. N. Dhebar	Upleta	15 February 1948	26 January 1950	1 year, 345 days	Interim	Indian National Congress

Chief ministers of Saurashtra (1950-56)

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party
1		U. N. Dhebar	Upleta	26 January 1950	19 December 1954	4 years, 327 days	Interim	Indian National Congress
							2nd (1952 election)
2		Rasiklal Parikh		19 December 1954	31 October 1956	1 year, 317 days

Chief Ministers of Gujarat

• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term

#	Portrait		Chief Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Election	Term of office			Political party	Ministry
					From	To	Period
1			Jivraj Narayan Mehta (1887–1978) MLA for Amreli	1957 (1st/Interim)	1 May 1960	25 February 1963	2 years, 300 days	Indian National Congress	Jivraj
2			Balwantrai Mehta (1900–1965) MLA for Bhavnagar	1962 (2nd)	25 February 1963	19 September 1965 [†]	2 years, 206 days		Balwantrai
3			Hitendra Desai (1915–1993) MLA for Olpad		19 September 1965	13 May 1971	5 years, 236 days		Desai I
				1967 (3rd)					Desai II
								Indian National Congress (O)
Position vacant (13 May 1971 –17 March 1972) President's rule was imposed during this period [e]
4			Ghanshyam Oza (1911–2002 MLA for Dahegam	1972 (4th)	17 March 1972	17 July 1973	1 year, 122 days	Indian National Congress	Oza
5			Chimanbhai Patel (1929–1974) MLA for Sankheda		17 July 1973	9 February 1974	207 days		Chimanbhai I
Position vacant (9 February 1974 –18 June 1975) President's rule was imposed during this period [e]
6			Babubhai J. Patel (1911–2002) MLA for Sabarmati	1975 (5th)	18 June 1975	12 March 1976	268 days	Indian National Congress (O)	Babubhai I
Position vacant (12 March –24 December 1976) President's rule was imposed during this period [e]
7			Madhavsinh Solanki (1927–2021) MLA for Bhadran	– (5th)	24 December 1976	11 April 1977	108 days	Indian National Congress	Solanki I
(6)			Babubhai J. Patel (1911–2002) MLA for Sabarmati		11 April 1977 [§]	17 February 1980	2 years, 312 days	Janata Party	Babubhai II
Position vacant (17 February –7 June 1980) President's rule was imposed during this period [e]
(7)			Madhavsinh Solanki (1927–2021) MLA for Bhadran	1980 (6th)	7 June 1980 [§]	6 July 1985	5 years, 29 days	Indian National Congress	Solanki II
				1985 (7th)					Solanki III
8			Amarsinh Chaudhary (1941–2004) MLA for Vyara		6 July 1985	10 December 1989	4 years, 157 days		Chaudhary
(7)			Madhavsinh Solanki (1927–2021) MLA for Bhadran		10 December 1989 [§]	4 March 1990	84 days		Solanki IV
(5)			Chimanbhai Patel (1929–1974) MLA for Sankheda	1990 (8th)	4 March 1990 [§]	17 February 1994 [†]	3 years, 350 days	Janata Dal	Chimanbhai II
								Indian National Congress
9			Chhabildas Mehta (1925–2008) MLA for Mahuva		17 February 1994	14 March 1995	1 year, 25 days		Chhabildas
10			Keshubhai Patel (1928–2020) MLA for Visavadar	1995 (9th)	14 March 1995	21 October 1995	221 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Keshubhai I
11			Suresh Mehta (born 1936) MLA for Mandvi		21 October 1995	19 September 1996	334 days		Suresh
Position vacant (19 September –23 October 1996) President's rule was imposed during this period [e]
12			Shankersinh Vaghela (born 1940) MLA for Radhanpur	– (9th)	23 October 1996	28 October 1997	1 year, 5 days	Rashtriya Janata Party	Vaghela
13			Dilip Parikh (1937–2019) MLA for Dhandhuka		28 October 1997	4 March 1998	127 days		Parikh
(10)			Keshubhai Patel (1928–2020) MLA for Visavadar	1998 (10th)	4 March 1998 [§]	7 October 2001	3 years, 217 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Keshubhai II
14			Narendra Modi (born 1950) MLA for Rajkot West, until 2002 MLA for Maninagar, from 2002		7 October 2001	22 May 2014	12 years, 227 days		Modi I
				2002 (11th)					Modi II
				2007 (12th)					Modi III
				2012 (13th)					Modi IV
15			Anandiben Patel (born 1941) MLA for Ghatlodia		22 May 2014	7 August 2016	2 years, 77 days		Anandiben
16			Vijay Rupani (1956–2025) MLA for Rajkot West		7 August 2016	13 September 2021	5 years, 37 days		Rupani I
				2017 (14th)					Rupani II
17			Bhupendrabhai Patel (born 1962) MLA for Ghatlodia Assembly constituency		13 September 2021	Incumbent	4 years, 46 days		Bhupendrabhai I
				2022 (15th)					Bhupendrabhai II

Statistics

Fraction of time of holding CMO by party (as of September 2025)

1. Bharatiya Janata Party (43.7%)
2. Indian National Congress (40.1%)
3. Janata Party (4.42%)
4. Indian National Congress (O) (3.46%)
5. Rashtriya Janata Party (2.11%)
6. Janata Dal (1.00%)
7. President's Rule (5.25%)

List by chief minister

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
				Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
1	Narendra Modi		BJP	12 years, 227 days	12 years, 227 days
2	Hitendra Desai		INC/INC(O)	5 years, 236 days	5 years, 236 days
3	Madhav Singh Solanki		INC	5 years, 29 days	5 years, 221 days
4	Vijay Rupani		BJP	5 years, 37 days	5 years, 37 days
5	Chimanbhai Patel		INC	3 years, 350 days	4 years, 192 days
6	Amarsinh Chaudhary		INC/JD	4 years, 157 days	4 years, 157 days
7	Keshubhai Patel		BJP	3 years, 217 days	4 years, 73 days
8	Bhupendrabhai Patel *		BJP	4 years, 46 days*	4 years, 46 days*
9	Chimanbhai Patel		INC(O)/JP	2 years, 312 days	3 years, 215 days
10	Jivraj Mehta		INC	2 years, 300 days	2 years, 300 days
11	Balwantrai Mehta		INC	2 years, 206 days	2 years, 206 days
12	Anandiben Patel		BJP	2 years, 77 days	2 years, 77 days
13	Ghanshyam Oza		INC	1 year, 122 days	1 year, 122 days
14	Chhabildas Mehta		INC	1 year, 25 days	1 year, 25 days
15	Shankersinh Vaghela		RJP	1 year, 5 days	1 year, 5 days
16	Suresh Mehta		BJP	334 days	334 days
17	Dilip Parikh		RJP	188 days	188 days

Timeline

Notes

Footnotes

1. After India's Independence, Bombay State was created and its territory underwent constant change in the following years. It comprised Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding South Maharashtra and Vidarbha), the princely states of the Baroda, Western India and Gujarat (the present-day Indian state of Gujarat) and Deccan States (which included parts of the present-day Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka). ^[4]
2. A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
3. A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
4. States Reorganisation Act, 1956: Bombay State was enlarged by the addition of Saurashtra State and Kutch State, the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh and Marathwada region of Hyderabad State. The southernmost districts of the Bombay Presidency were transferred to Mysore State. ^[8]
5. President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved. ^[9]

References

1. 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 Gujarat as well.
2. "Gujarat". Government of India . Retrieved 16 January 2008.
3. Sep 11, TIMESOFINDIA COM / Updated. "Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani submits resignation | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 September 2021.{{cite news}}: |first1= has generic name (help)
4. Desai, S. H. (1972). A critical study of the development of secondary education for girls in Gujarat its history and present day problems (PhD Thesis). Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda: Shodhganga : a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET. pp. 411–420. hdl:10603/57937.
5. Bombay 1937-1938: A Review of the Administration of the Bombay Presidency. Mumbai: Government Central Press, Bombay. 1939. pp. 160–161.
6. "Chief Ministers (1937 to 2019)" (PDF). Maharashtra Legislature (in Marathi). Retrieved 15 May 2021.
7. "Forgotten fact: Most Mumbaiites are breaking the law when they grab a drink". 17 May 2015.
8. "The States Reorganisation Act, 1956" (PDF). India Code - Digital Repository of Legislations. 31 August 1956. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2018.
9. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

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