Chief Minister of Odisha

Chief Minister of Odisha
Chief Minister of Odisha
	Emblem of Odisha
	Incumbent; Mohan Charan Majhi ; since 12 June 2024
	Chief Minister's Office
Style	Honourable Chief Minister ; ମାନ୍ୟବର ମୁଖ୍ୟମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ମହୋଦୟ / ମହୋଦୟା
Status	Head of government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Odisha Legislative Assembly ; Council of Ministers ;
Reports to	Governor of Odisha ; Odisha Legislative Assembly ;
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.
Precursor	Prime Minister of Orissa
Inaugural holder	Harekrushna Mahatab
Formation	1 April 1936; (89 years ago)
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha
Salary	₹374,000 (US$4,400)/monthly; ₹4,488,000 (US$53,000)/annually;
Website	cm.odisha.gov.in

Last updated December 31, 2025

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]Chief Minister also serves as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly.^[2]

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.

Oath as the state chief minister

The chief minister serves five years in the office. The following is the oath of the chief minister of state:

I, <Name of Chief Minister>, do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India, that I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge my duties as a Minister for the State of () and that I will do right to all manner of people in accordance with the Constitution and the law without fear or favour, affection or ill-will.

Prime Minister of Orissa (1937-1947)

#	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (Election)	Appointer (Governor)	Party
1	Krushna Chandra Gajapati	Paralakhemundi	1 April 1937	19 July 1937	109 days	1st Provisional (1937)	Sir John Austen Hubback	Independent
2	Bishwanath Das	Ghumsur	19 July 1937	6 November 1939	2 years, 110 days		Sir John Austen Hubback	Indian National Congress
(1)	Krushna Chandra Gajapati	Paralakhemundi	24 November 1941	30 June 1944	2 years, 219 days		Sir Hawthorne Lewis	Independent
3	Harekrushna Mahatab	East Bhadrak	23 April 1946	26 January 1950	3 years, 278 days	2nd Provincial (1946)	Chandulal Trivedi	Indian National Congress

Chief Minister of Orissa (1947 Onwards)

#	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Assembly (Election)	Appointer (Governor)	Party^[a]
1	Harekrushna Mahatab	East Bhadrak	26 January 1950	12 May 1950	106 days	2nd Provincial (1946)	Chandulal Trivedi	Indian National Congress
2	Nabakrushna Choudhuri	Barchana	12 May 1950	20 February 1952	6 years, 160 days	2nd Provincial (1946)	Asaf Ali
2	Nabakrushna Choudhuri	Barchana	20 February 1952	19 October 1956	6 years, 160 days	1st (1952)	Asaf Ali
(1)	Harekrushna Mahatab	Soro	19 October 1956	5 April 1957	4 years, 129 days	1st (1952)	Bhim Sen Sachar
(1)	Harekrushna Mahatab	Soro	6 April 1957	25 February 1961	4 years, 129 days	2nd (1957)	Bhim Sen Sachar
–	Vacant^[b] (President's rule)	N/A	25 February 1961	23 June 1961	118 days	2nd (1957)	N/A
3	Biju Patnaik	Choudwar	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	2 years, 101 days	3rd (1961)	Y. N. Sukthankar	Indian National Congress
4	Biren Mitra	Cuttack City	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	1 year, 142 days		Ajudhiya Nath Khosla
5	Sadashiva Tripathy	Umerkote	21 February 1965	8 March 1967	2 years, 15 days
6	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Bolangir	8 March 1967	9 January 1971	3 years, 307 days	4th (1967)		Swatantra Party
–	Vacant^[b] (President's rule)	N/A	9 January 1971	3 April 1971	84 days	4th (1967)	N/A
7	Bishwanath Das	Rourkela	3 April 1971	14 June 1972	1 year, 72 days	5th (1971)	Shaukatullah Shah Ansari	Independent
8	Nandini Satpathy	Cuttack City	14 June 1972	3 March 1973	262 days		Jogendra Singh	Indian National Congress
–	Vacant^[b] (President's rule)	N/A	3 March 1973	6 March 1974	1 year, 3 days		N/A
(8)	Nandini Satpathy	Dhenkanal	6 March 1974	16 December 1976	2 years, 285 days	6th (1974)	B. D. Jatti	Indian National Congress
–	Vacant^[b] (President's rule)	N/A	16 December 1976	29 December 1976	13 days		N/A
9	Binayak Acharya	Berhampur	29 December 1976	30 April 1977	122 days		Siba Narain Sankar	Indian National Congress
–	Vacant^[b] (President's rule)	N/A	30 April 1977	26 June 1977	57 days		N/A
10	Nilamani Routray	Basudevpur	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	2 years, 236 days	7th (1977)	Harcharan Singh Brar	Janata Party
–	Vacant^[b] (President's rule)	N/A	17 February 1980	9 June 1980	113 days	7th (1977)	N/A
11	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Athagarh	9 June 1980	10 March 1985	9 years, 181 days	8th (1980)	C. M. Poonacha	Indian National Congress
11	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Athagarh	10 March 1985	7 December 1989	9 years, 181 days	9th (1985)	Bishambhar Nath Pande
12	Hemananda Biswal	Laikera	7 December 1989	5 March 1990	88 days	9th (1985)	Nurul Hasan
(3)	Biju Patnaik	Bhubaneswar	5 March 1990	15 March 1995	5 years, 10 days	10th (1990)	Yagya Dutt Sharma	Janata Dal
(11)	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Begunia	15 March 1995	17 February 1999	3 years, 339 days	11th (1995)	B. Satya Narayan Reddy	Indian National Congress
13	Giridhar Gamang	Laxmipur	17 February 1999	6 December 1999	292 days		C. Rangarajan
(12)	Hemananda Biswal	Laikera	6 December 1999	5 March 2000	90 days		M. M. Rajendran
14	Naveen Patnaik	Hinjili	5 March 2000	16 May 2004	24 years, 99 days	12th (2000)		Biju Janata Dal
			16 May 2004	21 May 2009		13th (2004)
			21 May 2009	21 May 2014		14th (2009)	Murlidhar Bhandare
			21 May 2014	29 May 2019		15th (2014)	S. C. Jamir
			29 May 2019	12 June 2024		16th (2019)	Ganeshi Lal
15	Mohan Charan Majhi	Keonjhar	12 June 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 202 days	17th (2024)	Raghubar Das	Bharatiya Janata Party

↑ 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 4 5 6 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.^[3]

Statistics

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
#	Chief Minister	Party		Longest tenure	Total tenure
1	Naveen Patnaik		BJD	24 years, 99 days	24 years, 99 days
2	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik		INC	9 years, 181 days	13 years, 155 days
3	Biju Patnaik		JD/INC	5 years, 10 days	7 years, 111 days
4	Nabakrushna Choudhuri		INC	6 years, 160 days	6 years, 160 days
5	Harekrushna Mahatab		INC	4 years, 129 days	4 years, 236 days
6	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo		SWA	3 years, 307 days	3 years, 307 days
7	Nandini Satpathy		INC	2 years, 285 days	3 years, 182 days
8	Nilamani Routray		JP	2 years, 236 days	2 years, 236 days
9	Sadashiva Tripathy		INC	2 years, 15 days	2 years, 15 days
10	Mohan Charan Majhi		BJP	1 year, 202 days	1 year, 202 days
11	Biren Mitra		INC	1 year, 142 days	1 year, 142 days
12	Bishwanath Das		IND	1 year, 72 days	1 year, 72 days
13	Giridhar Gamang		INC	292 days	292 days
14	Hemananda Biswal		INC	90 days	178 days
15	Binayak Acharya		INC	122 days	122 days

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

Bharatiya Janata Party (2.00%)
Biju Janata Dal (32.5%)
Independent (1.60%)
President's Rule (1.47%)
Indian National Congress (47.0%)
Others (8.71%)
Janata Dal (6.74%)

References

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.
↑ https://apuat21.cgg.gov.in/web/legislative-assembly/leader-of-the-house
↑ 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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[3] 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.

[PR-5] 1 2 3 4 5 6 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.^[3]

[term1-1] 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.

[2] ttps://apuat21.cgg.gov.in/web/legislative-assembly/leader-of-the-house

[4] 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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v t e Chief ministers of Odisha
Orissa Province	Krushna Chandra Gajapati Bishwanath Das Harekrushna Mahatab
Odisha (formerly Orissa)	Harekrushna Mahatab Nabakrushna Choudhuri Biju Patnaik Biren Mitra Sadashiva Tripathy Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo Bishwanath Das Nandini Satpathy Binayak Acharya Nilamani Routray Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Hemananda Biswal Giridhar Gamang Naveen Patnaik Mohan Charan Majhi
Ministry	Gajapati I Das I Gajapati II Mahatab I Choudhuri I Choudhuri II Mahtab II Mahtab III Biju I Mitra Tripathy Singh Deo Das II Satpathy I Satpathy II Acharya Routray Janaki I Janaki II Biswal I Biju II Janaki III Gamang Biswal II Naveen I Naveen II Naveen III Naveen IV Naveen V Majhi