Chief Minister of Haryana

Chief Minister of Haryana
Emblem of Haryana
Incumbent Nayab Singh Saini since 12 March 2024
Style	The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Haryana Council of Ministers Haryana Legislative Assembly
Reports to	Governor of Haryana
Residence	1, Sector 3, Chandigarh
Seat	Chandigarh
Appointer	Governor of Haryana
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. [1]
Precursor	Chief Minister of Punjab
Inaugural holder	Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
Formation	1 November 1966 (59 years ago) (1966-11-01)
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister
Salary	₹288,000 (US$3,400)/monthly ₹3,456,000 (US$41,000)/annually
Website	Office of the Chief Minister

The chief minister of Haryana is the chief executive of the Indian state of Haryana. As per 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 Haryana 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 they have the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is not subjected to any term limits. ^[1] Chief Minister also serves as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly. ^[2]

Eleven people have served as the state's chief minister since Haryana's formation in 1966. The first was B. D. Sharma of the Indian National Congress party. Bhajan Lal Bishnoi is Haryana's longest-serving chief minister; he held office for 11 years and 10 months (4317 days). Devi Lal, the fifth chief minister of Haryana, went on to twice serve as Deputy Prime Minister of India, under prime ministers V. P. Singh and Chandra Shekhar. Om Prakash Chautala served the most discontinuous stints as chief minister (four), as a member of three different parties. The incumbent chief minister is Nayab Singh Saini, the second officeholder from the Bharatiya Janata Party, who was sworn in on 12 March 2024.

Predecessors

Punjab Province (1937–1947)

Color key

•    Unionist Party (2)

No		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death) (Constituency)	Term of office [3]		Time in office	Party (Alliance/ Partner)	Assembly (Election)	Appointed by (Governor)
				Took office	Left office
1			Sikandar Hayat Khan (1882-1942) (West-Punjab Landlord)	5 April 1937	26 December 1942 [d]	5 years, 265 days	Unionist Party (Khalsa National Party)	1st (1937)	Herbert William Emerson
Vacant (26 - 30 December 1940) (4 days)
2			Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana (1900-1975) (Khushab)	30 December 1942	19 March 1945	2 years, 79 days	Unionist Party (Khalsa National Party)	1st (1937)	Bertrand Glancy
(i)		Governor Rule		19 March 1945	21 March 1946	1 year, 2 days	-		Viscount Wavell
(2)			Malik Khizar Hayat Tiwana (1900-1975) (Khushab)	21 March 1946	2 March 1947	346 days	Unionist Party (Indian National Congress-Shiromani Akali Dal)	2nd (1946)	Bertrand Glancy
(ii)		Governor Rule		2 March 1947	15 August 1947 [pd]	166 days	-		Earl Mountbatten

Patiala and East Punjab States Union (1948-1956)

Color key

•    Indian National Congress (2)
•    Independent (1)

No		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death) (Constituency)	Term of office		Time in office	Party (Alliance/ Partner)	Assembly (Election)	Appointed by (Rajpramukh)
				Took office	Left office
Interim Government (1948–1949)
-			Gian Singh Rarewala (1901-1979) ( – ) (Acting)	15 July 1948	13 January 1949	182 days	IND	Interim Government	Yadavindra Singh
Premier (1949-1952)
1			Gian Singh Rarewala (1901-1979) ( – )	13 January 1949	23 May 1951 [R]	2 years, 130 days	IND	Not Yet Created	Yadavindra Singh
2			Raghbir Singh (1895-1955) ( – )	23 May 1951	21 April 1952	1 year, 333 days	Indian National Congress
Chief Minister (1952–1956)
1			Raghbir Singh (1895-1955) (Patiala Sadar)	21 April 1952	22 April 1952 [R]	1 day	Indian National Congress	1st (1952)	Yadavindra Singh
2			Gian Singh Rarewala (1901-1979) (Amloh)	22 April 1952	5 March 1953	317 days	IND (UDF)
(i)			Vacant [a] (President's rule)	5 March 1953	8 March 1954	1 year, 3 days	-		Rajendra Prasad
(1)			Raghbir Singh (1895-1955) (Patiala Sadar)	8 March 1954	12 January 1955 [d]	310 days	Indian National Congress	2nd (1954)	Yadavindra Singh
3			Brish Bhan (1908-1988) (Kalayat)	12 January 1955	1 November 1956 [pd]	1 year, 294 days

Chief ministers of Punjab

Color keys for the party of the chief minister

•    Aam Aadmi Party (1)
•    Akali Dal Sant Fateh Singh Group (1)
•    Indian National Congress (12)
•    Punjab Janta Party (1)
•    Shiromani Akali Dal (3)

S.No.		Portrait	Name (birth-death) (Constituency)	Tenure			Party (Coalition)	Election	Assembly	Appointed by (Governor)
				Took office	Left office	Term in office
Before reorganisation of Punjab (1947–1966)
1			Gopi Chand Bhargava (1889-1966) (University)	15 August 1947	13 April 1949 [R]	1 year, 241 days	Indian National Congress	1946	Interim Assembly	C M Trivedi
2			Bhim Sen Sachar (1894-1978) (Lahore City)	13 April 1949 [b]	18 October 1949 [R]	188 days
(1)			Gopi Chand Bhargava (1889-1966) (University)	18 October 1949	20 June 1951	1 year, 245 days
(i)			Vacant [a] (President's rule) [c]	20 June 1951	17 April 1952	302 days	-
(2)			Bhim Sen Sachar (1894-1978) (Ludhiana City South)	17 April 1952	22 July 1953 [R]	3 years, 281 days	Indian National Congress	1952	First	C M Trivedi
				22 July 1953 [d]	23 January 1956 [R]					C P N Singh
3			Partap Singh Kairon (1901-1965) (Sujanpur)	23 January 1956	9 April 1957	8 years, 150 days
				9 April 1957	11 March 1962			1957	Second
				12 March 1962	21 June 1964 [R]			1962	Third	N V Gadgil
-			Gopi Chand Bhargava (1889-1966) (MLC) (Interim)	21 June 1964 [e]	6 July 1964	15 days				P T A Pillai
4			Ram Kishan (1913-1971) (Jalandhar North East)	7 July 1964	5 July 1966	1 year, 363 days
(ii)			Vacant [a] (President's rule) [f]	5 July 1966	1 November 1966	119 days	-

Chief ministers of Haryana

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office [5] [6] [7]			Assembly (Elections)	Party [g]
1		Bhagwat Dayal Sharma	Jhajjar	1 November 1966	21 February 1967	143 days	1st (1962 elections)	Indian National Congress
				21 February 1967	24 March 1967		2nd (1967 elections)
2		Rao Birender Singh	Pataudi	24 March 1967	20 November 1967	241 days		Vishal Haryana Party
–		Vacant [a] (President's rule)	N/A	20 November 1967	21 May 1968	183 days	Dissolved	N/A
3		Bansi Lal	Tosham	21 May 1968	14 March 1972	7 years, 194 days	3rd (1968 elections)	Indian National Congress
				14 March 1972	1 December 1975		4th (1972 elections)
4		Banarsi Das Gupta	Bhiwani	1 December 1975	30 April 1977	1 year, 150 days
–		Vacant [a] (President's rule)	N/A	30 April 1977	21 June 1977	52 days	Dissolved	N/A
5		Devi Lal	Bhattu Kalan	21 June 1977	28 June 1979	2 years, 7 days	5th (1977 elections)	Janata Party
6		Bhajan Lal	Adampur	28 June 1979	23 January 1980	6 years, 342 days
				23 January 1980	23 May 1982			Indian National Congress
				23 May 1982	5 June 1986		6th (1982 elections)
(3)		Bansi Lal	Tosham	5 June 1986	20 June 1987	1 year, 15 days
(5)		Devi Lal	Meham	20 June 1987	2 December 1989	2 years, 165 days	7th (1987 election)	Janata Dal
7		Om Prakash Chautala	Uchana Kalan	2 December 1989	22 May 1990	171 days
(4)		Banarsi Das Gupta	Bhiwani	22 May 1990	12 July 1990	51 days
(7)		Om Prakash Chautala	Uchana Kalan	12 July 1990	17 July 1990	5 days
8	–	Hukam Singh	Dadri	17 July 1990	22 March 1991	248 days
(7)		Om Prakash Chautala	Uchana Kalan	22 March 1991	6 April 1991	15 days		Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
–		Vacant [a] (President's rule)	N/A	6 April 1991	23 June 1991	78 days	Dissolved	N/A
(6)		Bhajan Lal	Adampur	23 June 1991	11 May 1996	4 years, 323 days	8th (1991 election)	Indian National Congress
(3)		Bansi Lal	Tosham	11 May 1996	24 July 1999	3 years, 74 days	9th (1996 elections)	Haryana Vikas Party
(7)		Om Prakash Chautala	Narwana	24 July 1999	2 March 2000	5 years, 224 days		Indian National Lok Dal
				2 March 2000	5 March 2005		10th (2000 elections)
9		Bhupinder Singh Hooda	Garhi Sampla-Kiloi	5 March 2005	25 October 2009	9 years, 235 days	11th (2005 elections)	Indian National Congress
				25 October 2009	26 October 2014		12th (2009 elections)
10		Manohar Lal Khattar	Karnal	26 October 2014	27 October 2019	9 years, 138 days	13th (2014 elections)	Bharatiya Janata Party
				27 October 2019	12 March 2024 [9]		14th (2019 elections)
11		Nayab Singh Saini	Karnal	12 March 2024 [10]	17 October 2024	1 year, 270 days
			Ladwa	17 October 2024	Incumbent		15th (2024 elections)

Statistics

Fraction of time of holding CMO by party (as of 7 December 2025)

1. Indian National Congress (50.0%)
2. Bharatiya Janata Party (17.2%)
3. Indian National Lok Dal (9.69%)
4. Janata Party (8.49%)
5. Janata Dal (6.48%)
6. Haryana Vikas Party (5.52%)
7. Vishal Haryana Party (1.14%)
8. Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) (0.07%)
9. President's Rule (1.40%)

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
				Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
1	Bhajan Lal		INC/JP	6 years, 342 days	11 years, 300 days
2	Bansi Lal		INC/HVP	7 years, 194 days	11 years, 283 days
3	Bhupinder Singh Hooda		INC	9 years, 235 days	9 years, 235 days
4	Manohar Lal Khattar		BJP	9 years, 138 days	9 years, 138 days
5	Om Prakash Chautala		INLD/JD/SJP(R)	5 years, 224 days	6 years, 50 days
6	Devi Lal		JP/JD	2 years, 165 days	4 years, 172 days
7	Nayab Singh Saini		BJP	1 year, 270 days	1 year, 270 days
8	Banarsi Das Gupta		INC/JD	1 year, 150 days	1 year, 201 days
9	Hukam Singh		JD	248 days	248 days
10	Rao Birender Singh		VHP	241 days	241 days
11	Bhagwat Dayal Sharma		INC	143 days	143 days

Timeline

Notes

Footnotes

1. 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. ^[4]
2. Bhargava resigned from the post of chief minister on 6 April 1949 but hold the office until Sachar succeeded him on 13 April.
3. Assembly Dissolved prematurely
4. Sachar resigned from the post of Chief Minister due to the differences with cabinet minister Sri Ram Sharma, but on same day re-sworn as Chief Minister.
5. Bhargava's one of the three terms was as caretaker Chief Minister serving for 15 days due to the resignation of Partap Singh Kairon.
6. Assembly suspended to facilitate state's bifurcation
7. This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

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 Haryana as well.
2. https://apuat21.cgg.gov.in/web/legislative-assembly/leader-of-the-house
3. World statesman - British India
4. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
5. "EX-CMs". Chief Minister's Office, Harayana. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.
6. "Haryana Legislative Assembly". Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
7. "Haryana Chief Minister". The Times of India . 15 March 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
9. "CM Manohar Lal Khattar, cabinet resign after cracks in BJP-JJP alliance". 12 March 2024. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
10. Jatin Takkar (13 March 2024). "OBC leader Nayab Saini is new Haryana chief minister". The Economic Times . Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.

External links

• Government of Haryana, Official website