Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Last updated August 26, 2025 Chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh, India
The chief minister of Madhya Pradesh is the chief executive of the 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 1999, 19 people have served as its chief minister. Twelve 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 . Shivraj Singh Chouhan of the Bharatiya Janata Party was the longest-serving chief minister of the state, serving for over 16 and half years. Chouhan was succeeded by Dr. Mohan Yadav of his own party after the 2023 elections , which was seen as a landslide victory [ 2] for the BJP.
In 1948, the eastern regions of Central India Agency , became the Union of Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand States, and was admitted into the Dominion of India as a Part B state, headed by a Rajpramukh under the advice of a Prime Minister. It was renamed Vindhya Pradesh and converted to a Part C state, headed by a Chief Commissioner, on 1 January 1950. In 1952, a legislative assembly was created and the post of Chief Commissioner was replaced by the Lieutenant Governor .
List of chief ministers of Vindhya Pradesh In 1948, the western regions of Central India Agency and the Gwalior and Indore residencies, became the new state of Madhya Bharat . It was admitted into the union as a "Part B " state.
Prime Ministers of Madhya Bharat List of chief ministers of Madhya Bharat List of chief ministers of Madhya Pradesh After the independence of India, the state of Madhya Pradesh was created in 1950 from the Central Provinces and Berar and the princely state of Makrai with Nagpur as the capital of the state.
The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 merged the states of Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, and Bhopal were merged into Madhya Pradesh and the Marathi -speaking southern region Vidarbha , which included Nagpur, was ceded to Bombay . In November 2000, as part of the Madhya Pradesh Reorganization Act the southeastern portion of the state was split off to form the new state of Chhattisgarh .
Portrait Name Constituency Tenure [ 5] [ 6] Assembly (election )
Party [ a] 1 Ravishankar Shukla [ 7] N/A 26 January 1950 30 March 1952 6 years, 340 days Not yet created Indian National Congress Saraipali 31 March 1952 31 October 1956 1st [ 8] (1952 election )
1 November 1956 31 December 1956 2 Bhagwantrao Mandloi Khandwa 9 January 1957 31 January 1957 22 days 3 Kailash Nath Katju Jaora 31 January 1957 14 March 1957 5 years, 40 days 14 March 1957 12 March 1962 2nd (1957 election )
(2) Bhagwantrao Mandloi Khandwa 12 March 1962 30 September 1963 1 year, 202 days 3rd (1962 election)
4 Dwarka Prasad Mishra Katangi 30 September 1963 8 March 1967 3 years, 303 days 8 March 1967 30 July 1967 4th (1967 election )
5 Govind Narayan Singh Rampur-Baghelan 30 July 1967 13 March 1969 1 year, 226 days Samyukta Vidhayak Dal 6 Nareshchandra Singh Pussore 13 March 1969 26 March 1969 13 days 7 Shyama Charan Shukla Rajim 26 March 1969 29 January 1972 2 years, 309 days Indian National Congress 8 Prakash Chandra Sethi Ujjain North 29 January 1972 22 March 1972 3 years, 328 days 23 March 1972 23 December 1975 5th (1972 election )
(7) Shyama Charan Shukla Rajim 23 December 1975 30 April 1977 1 year, 128 days – Vacant [ b] (President's rule )
N/A 30 April 1977 24 June 1977 55 days Dissolved N/A 9 Kailash Chandra Joshi Bagli 24 June 1977 18 January 1978 208 days 6th (1977 election )
Janata Party 10 Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha Jawad 18 January 1978 20 January 1980 2 years, 2 days 11 Sunder Lal Patwa Mandsaur 20 January 1980 17 February 1980 28 days – Vacant [ b] (President's rule )
N/A 17 February 1980 9 June 1980 113 days Dissolved N/A 12 Arjun Singh Churhat 9 June 1980 10 March 1985 4 years, 277 days 7th (1980 election )
Indian National Congress 11 March 1985 13 March 1985 8th (1985 election )
13 Motilal Vora Durg 13 March 1985 14 February 1988 2 years, 338 days (12) Arjun Singh Kharsia 14 February 1988 25 January 1989 346 days (13) Motilal Vora Durg 25 January 1989 9 December 1989 318 days (7) Shyama Charan Shukla Not contested 9 December 1989 5 March 1990 86 days (11) Sunder Lal Patwa Bhojpur 5 March 1990 15 December 1992 2 years, 285 days 9th (1990 election )
Bharatiya Janata Party – Vacant [ b] (President's rule )
N/A 15 December 1992 7 December 1993 357 days Dissolved N/A 14 Digvijaya Singh Chachoura 7 December 1993 1 December 1998 10 years, 1 day 10th (1993 election )
Indian National Congress Raghogarh 1 December 1998 8 December 2003 11th (1998 election )
15 Uma Bharti Malhara 8 December 2003 23 August 2004 259 days 12th (2003 election )
Bharatiya Janata Party 16 Babulal Gaur Govindpura 23 August 2004 29 November 2005 1 year, 98 days 17 Shivraj Singh Chouhan Budhni 29 November 2005 12 December 2008 13 years, 18 days 12 December 2008 13 December 2013 13th (2008 election )
14 December 2013 17 December 2018 14th (2013 election )
18 Kamal Nath Chhindwara 17 December 2018 23 March 2020 1 year, 97 days 15th (2018 election )
Indian National Congress (17) Shivraj Singh Chouhan Budhni 23 March 2020 13 December 2023 3 years, 265 days Bharatiya Janata Party 19 Mohan Yadav Ujjain South 13 December 2023 Incumbent 1 year, 256 days 16th (2023 election )
Statistics # Chief Minister Party Term of office Longest continuous term Total duration of chief ministership 1 Shivraj Singh Chouhan BJP 13 years, 18 days 16 years, 283 days 2 Digvijay Singh INC 10 years, 1 day 10 years, 1 day 3 Ravishankar Shukla INC 6 years, 340 days 6 years, 340 days 4 Arjun Singh INC 4 years, 277 days 5 years, 258 days 5 Kailash Nath Katju INC 5 years, 40 days 5 years, 40 days 6 Shyama Charan Shukla INC 2 years, 309 days 4 years, 158 days 7 Prakash Chandra Sethi INC 3 years, 328 days 3 years, 328 days 8 Dwarka Prasad Mishra INC 3 years, 303 days 3 years, 303 days 9 Sunderlal Patwa JP /BJP 2 years, 285 days 2 years, 313 days 10 Motilal Vora INC 2 years, 338 days 3 years, 291 days 11 Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha JP 2 years, 2 days 2 years, 2 days 12 Mohan Yadav * BJP 1 year, 256 days 1 year, 256 days 13 Govind Narayan Singh SVD 1 year, 226 days 1 year, 226 days 14 Bhagwantrao Mandloi INC 1 year, 202 days 1 year, 224 days 15 Babulal Gaur BJP 1 year, 98 days 1 year, 98 days 16 Kamal Nath INC 1 year, 97 days 1 year, 97 days 17 Uma Bharti BJP 259 days 259 days 18 Kailash Chandra Joshi JP 208 days 208 days 19 Nareshchandra Singh SVD 13 days 13 days
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