Chief Minister of Odisha

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Chief Minister of Odisha
Seal of Odisha.png
Emblem of Odisha
Mohan Charan Majhi (2024 Image).jpg
since 12 June 2024
Chief Minister's Office
Style The Honourable
Manyabara (formal)
Mr. Chief Minister
Mukhyamantri Mahoday (informal)
Status Head of government
AbbreviationCM
Member of
Reports to
Residence CM Residence, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Seat Lok Seva Bhavan, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Appointer Governor of Odisha
by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Term length At the pleasure of the governor
Legislative Assembly term is 5 years unless dissolved sooner
No term limits specified. [1]
Precursor Prime Minister of Orissa
Inaugural holder Harekrushna Mahatab
Formation1 April 1936
(89 years ago) (1936-04-01)
Deputy Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha
Salary
  • ₹160,000 (US$1,900)/monthly
  • ₹1,920,000 (US$23,000)/annualy
Website cm.odisha.gov.in

The chief minister of Odisha, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Odisha. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Odisha Legislative Assembly, the 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 he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. [1]

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On 1 April 1936, Orissa Province was formed. The first provincial government formed under Prime ministership of Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deo. He ruled until July 1937. Thereafter the All India Congress party leader Bishwanath Das took over the charge of Prime minister for two more years. Again Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati took the charge before he finally handed over to Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab in the year 1946. After India got its independence under the new framework the Prime Minister or Premier position of provincial governments got abolished and the position of chief minister is created. Until the first election after independence, Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab continued to be the chief minister of Odisha and then it was taken over by Nabakrushna Choudhury. Here is the list of chief ministers of Odisha since 1946. Since 1946, Odisha has had 14 chief ministers. Serving from 2000 till 2024, Naveen Patnaik of the Biju Janata Dal was the longest-serving chief minister in Odisha's history. The current chief minister of Odisha since 12 June 2024 is Mohan Charan Majhi of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Prime Minister of Orissa (1937-1947)

#PortraitName

(Lifespan)
Constituency

Term of officeAssembly

(Election)

PartyGovernmentAppointer

(Governor)

1 Painting of Gajapati Maharaja Krushna Chandra Dev, Bhubaneswar - Oct 2010.jpg Krushna Chandra Gajapati
(1892–1974)
Member from Paralekhemundi 		1 April 193719 July 1937109 days1st Provisional

(1937)

 Independent Gajapati I Sir John Austen Hubback
2 Biswanath-Das.jpg Bishwanath Das
(1889–1984)
Member from Ghumsur 		19 July 19376 November 19392 years, 110 days Indian National Congress Das I
(1) Painting of Gajapati Maharaja Krushna Chandra Dev, Bhubaneswar - Oct 2010.jpg Krushna Chandra Gajapati
(1892–1974)
Member from Paralekhemundi 		24 November 194130 June 19442 years, 219 days Independent Gajapati II Sir Hawthorne Lewis
3 Harekrushna Mahatab 2000 stamp of India.jpg Harekrushna Mahatab
(1899–1987)
Member from East Bhadrak 		23 April 194626 January 19503 years, 278 days2nd Provincial

(1946)

 Indian National Congress Mahtab I Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi

Chief Minister of Orissa (1947 Onwards)

#PortraitName

(Lifespan)
Constituency

Tenure Assembly

(Election)

Party [a] GovernmentAppointer

(Governor)

1 Harekrushna Mahatab 2000 stamp of India.jpg Harekrushna Mahatab
(1899–1987)
MLA from East Bhadrak 		26 January 195012 May 1950106 days2nd Provincial

(1946)

 Indian National Congress Mahtab I Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
2 Nabakrushna-Choudhury.jpg Nabakrushna Choudhuri
(1901–1984)
MLA from East Bhadrak
(1950-1952)
MLA from Barchana
(1952-1957)		12 May 195020 February 19526 years, 160 daysChoudhari I Asaf Ali
20 February 195219 October 1956 1st

(1952)

Choudhari II
(1) Harekrushna Mahatab 2000 stamp of India.jpg Harekrushna Mahatab
(1899–1987)
MLA from Soro 		19 October 19565 April 19574 years, 129 daysMahtab II Bhim Sen Sachar
6 April 195725 February 1961 2nd

(1957)

Mahtab III
President's rule was imposed in during the period (25 February – 23 June 1961)
3 Biju-Patnaik.jpg Biju Patnaik
(1916-1967)
MLA from Choudwar 		23 June 19612 October 19632 years, 101 days 3rd

(1961)

 Indian National Congress Biju I Yashwant Narayan Sukthankar
4 Biren-Mitra.jpg Biren Mitra
(1917-1978)
MLA from Cuttack City 		2 October 196321 February 19651 year, 142 daysMitra Ajudhia Nath Khosla
5 Sadasiva-Tripathy.jpg Sadashiva Tripathy
(1910-1980)
MLA from Umerkote 		21 February 19658 March 19672 years, 15 daysTripathy
6 RNS-Deo.jpg Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo
(1912-1975)
MLA from Bolangir 		8 March 19679 January 19713 years, 307 days 4th

(1967)

 Swatantra Party Singh Deo
President's rule was imposed in during the period (11 January – 3 April 1971)
7 Biswanath-Das.jpg Bishwanath Das
(1889–1984)
MLA from Rourkela 		3 April 197114 June 19721 year, 72 days 5th

(1971)

 Independent Das II Shaukatullah Shah Ansari
8 Nandini-Satapathy.jpg Nandini Satpathy
(1936-2006)
MLA from Cuttack City 		14 June 19723 March 1973262 days Indian National Congress Satpathy I Jogendra Singh
President's rule was imposed in during the period (3 March 1973 – 6 March 1974)
(8) Nandini-Satapathy.jpg Nandini Satpathy
(1936-2006)
MLA from Dhenkanal 		6 March 197416 December 19762 years, 285 days 6th

(1974)

 Indian National Congress Satpathy II Basappa Danappa Jatti
President's rule was imposed in during the period (16 December – 29 December 1976)
9 Binayak Acharya, Former CM, Odisha.jpg Binayak Acharya
(1918-1983)
MLA from Berhampur 		29 December 197630 April 1977122 days 6th

(1974)

 Indian National Congress Acharya Siba Narain Sankar
President's rule was imposed in during the period (30 April – 26 June 1977)
10 NilamaniRautray.jpg Nilamani Routray
(1920-2004)
MLA from Basudevpur 		26 June 197717 February 19802 years, 236 days 7th

(1977)

 Janata Party Routray Harcharan Singh Brar
President's rule was imposed in during the period (17 Feburary – 9 June 1980)
11 J B Pattnaik, Governor of Assam.jpg Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
(1927-2015)
MLA from Athagarh 		9 June 198010 March 19859 years, 181 days 8th

(1980)

 Indian National Congress Janaki I C. M. Poonacha
10 March 19857 December 1989 9th

(1985)

Janaki II Bishambhar Nath Pande
12 Hemananda-Biswal.jpg Hemananda Biswal
(1939-2022)
MLA from Laikera		7 December 19895 March 199088 daysBiswal I Saiyid Nurul Hasan
(3) Biju-Patnaik.jpg Biju Patnaik
(1916-1967)
MLA from Bhubaneswar 		5 March 199015 March 19955 years, 10 days 10th

(1990)

 Janata Dal Biju II Yagya Dutt Sharma
(11) J B Pattnaik, Governor of Assam.jpg Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
(1927-2015)
MLA from Begunia 		15 March 199517 February 19993 years, 339 days 11th

(1995)

 Indian National Congress Janaki III B. Satya Narayan Reddy
13 Giridhar Gamang (cropped).jpg Giridhar Gamang
(born 1943)
MLA from Laxmipur 		17 February 19996 December 1999292 daysGamang C. Rangarajan
(12) Hemananda-Biswal.jpg Hemananda Biswal
(1939-2022)
MLA from Laikera		6 December 19995 March 200090 daysBiswal II M. M. Rajendran
14 NaveenPatnaik.jpg Naveen Patnaik
(born 1946)
MLA from Hinjili 		5 March 200016 May 200424 years, 99 days 12th

(2000)

 Biju Janata Dal Naveen I
16 May 200421 May 2009 13th

(2004)

 Naveen II
21 May 200921 May 2014 14th

(2009)

 Naveen III Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare
21 May 201429 May 2019 15th

(2014)

 Naveen IV S. C. Jamir
29 May 201912 June 2024 16th

(2019)

 Naveen V Ganeshi Lal
15 Mohan Charan Majhi (2024 Image).jpg Mohan Charan Majhi
(born 1972)
MlA from Keonjhar 		12 June 2024Incumbent1 year, 78 days 17th

(2024)

 Bharatiya Janata Party Majhi Raghubar Das
  1. ↑ 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.

Statistics

#Chief MinisterPartyTerm of office
Longest continuous termTotal duration of chief ministership
1 Naveen Patnaik BJD 24 years, 98 days24 years, 98 days
2 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik INC 9 years, 181 days13 years, 155 days
3 Biju Patnaik JD/INC 5 years, 10 days7 years, 111 days
4 Nabakrushna Choudhuri INC 6 years, 160 days6 years, 160 days
5 Harekrushna Mahatab INC 4 years, 129 days4 years, 236 days
6 Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo SWA 3 years, 307 days3 years, 307 days
7 Nandini Satpathy INC 2 years, 285 days3 years, 182 days
8 Nilamani Routray JP 2 years, 236 days2 years, 236 days
- President's rule -1 year, 3 days2 years, 82 days
9 Sadashiva Tripathy INC 2 years, 15 days2 years, 15 days
10 Biren Mitra INC 1 year, 142 days1 year, 142 days
12 Mohan Charan Majhi * BJP*1 year, 78 days*1 year, 78 days*
11 Bishwanath Das IND 1 year, 72 days1 year, 72 days
13 Giridhar Gamang INC 292 days292 days
14 Hemananda Biswal INC 90 days178 days
15 Binayak Acharya INC 122 days122 days
Fraction of time of holding CMO by party (as of 10 Aug, 2025)
  1. Bharatiya Janata Party (1.57%)
  2. Biju Janata Dal (32.6%)
  3. Independent (1.61%)
  4. President's Rule (1.48%)
  5. Indian National Congress (47.2%)
  6. Others (8.75%)
  7. Janata Dal (6.77%)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 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 Odisha as well.
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