Chief Minister of Rajasthan

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Chief Minister of Rajasthan
राजस्थान के मुख्यमंत्री
Emblem Rajasthan.png
Bhajan Lal Sharma.jpg
since 15 December 2023
Government of Rajasthan
Style The Honourable (Formal)
Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Status Head of Government
AbbreviationCM
Member of
Reports to
Seat Secretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Appointer Governor of Rajasthan by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Term length 5 years
Chief minister's term is for five years, provided the confidence of legislative assembly and is subject to no term limits. [1]
Inaugural holder Heera Lal Shastri
Formation26 January 1950
(75 years ago) (1950-01-26)
Deputy Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan
Salary
  • ₹175,000 (US$2,100)/monthly
  • ₹2,100,000 (US$25,000)/annually
Website CMO Rajasthan

The chief minister of Rajasthan is the chief executive of the Indian state of Rajasthan. 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 Rajasthan 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]

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At the time of India's independence in 1947, the region known as Rajputana included various princely states [a] and the province of Ajmer-Merwara. Over time, these areas were gradually integrated to form the modern Indian state of Rajasthan. The integration occurred in seven stages, from March 1948 to November 1956. [2] On 18 March 1948, the states of Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur, and Karauli merged their territories to form the Matsya Union, with Shobha Ram becoming its prime minister. [3] Shortly after, on 25 March 1948, the Rajasthan Union was formed by the states of Bundi, Kota, Jhalawar, Dungarpur, Banswara, Pratapgarh, Kishangarh, Tonk, Shahpura and the chiefship of Lawa, with Gokul Lal Asava serving as its first prime minister. [4] On 18 April 1948, Udaipur State joined the Union, and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated the newly named United State of Rajasthan, with Manikya Lal Verma becoming its prime minister. [5] Later, on 30 March 1949, the states of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, and Jaisalmer merged into the union, which was then renamed the United State of Greater Rajasthan. Hiralal Shastri became the prime minister on 7 April 1949. On 15 May 1949, the Matsya Union joined the United State of Greater Rajasthan. [6]

From 26 January 1950, the state officially came to be known as Rajasthan, with Shashtri continuing as its first chief minister. [7] On 3 March 1952, following the first legislative assembly election, Tika Ram Paliwal of the Indian National Congress became the first elected chief minister of the state. [8] Since 1949, three people have served as Prime Minister and fourteen people have served as chief minister of Rajasthan. Mohan Lal Sukhadia of the Congress party is the longest-serving chief minister, having been sworn in four times and serving for over sixteen years. Vasundhara Raje Scindia of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the only female to have held this position. [9] Since 1998, no chief minister or political party has retained power after completing one term, a trend that continued in the recent elections. [10] After a landslide victory with 115 seats in the 2023 assembly elections, Bhajan Lal Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party succeeded Ashok Gehlot of the Indian National Congress. [11] [12]

List

Chief minister of Matsya Union (1948–1949)

#PortraitNameTerm of officeElection
(Term)		Appointed byParty
1 No image available.svg Shobha Ram Kumawat 18 March
1948		15 May
1949		1 year, 58 days– Udai Bhan Singh
(Rajpramukh)		 Indian National Congress

Prime ministers of Rajasthan (1948–1950)

#PortraitNameTerm of officeElection
(Term)		Appointed byParty
1

No image available.svg

Gokul Lal Asawa 25 March
1948		18 April
1948		24 days– Bhim Singh II
(Rajpramukh)		 Indian National Congress
2 Manikya Lal Verma.png Manikya Lal Verma 18 April
1948		7 April
1949		354 days– Bhupal Singh
(Rajpramukh)
3 Hiralal Shastri 1976 stamp of India.jpg Hiralal Shastri 7 April
1949		26 January
1950		294 days– Man Singh II
(Rajpramukh)

Chief Minister of Ajmer State (1952–1956)

Haribhau Upadhyaya was the first and last Chief Minister of Ajmer State from 24 March 1952 until 1956. [13] [14]

NoPortraitName Constituency TenureAssembly ElectionParty [b]
1 Pt. Haribhau Upadhyaya.jpg Haribhau Upadhyaya Shreenagar24 March 195231 October 19564 years, 221 days1st

(1952)

 Indian National Congress

Chief ministers of Rajasthan (1950–present)

Note: † Died in office

NoPortraitName Constituency TenureAssembly

(election)

Party [b]
1 Hiralal Shastri 1976 stamp of India.jpg Heera Lal Shastri –26 January 19506 January 1951345 days– Indian National Congress
2 Cadambi Sheshachar Venkatachar.jpg C. S. Venkatachar –6 January 195126 April 1951110 days–
3 Jai Narayan Vyas 1974 stamp of India.jpg Jai Narayan Vyas –26 April 19513 March 1952312 days–
4 Tika Ram Paliwal.jpg Tika Ram Paliwal Mahuwa 3 March 19521 November 1952243 days1st

(1952 election)

(3) Jai Narayan Vyas 1974 stamp of India.jpg Jai Narayan Vyas Kishangarh 1 November 195213 November 19542 years, 12 days
5 Mohan Lal Sukhadia 1988 stamp of India.jpg Mohan Lal Sukhadia Udaipur 13 November 195411 April 195712 years, 120 days
11 April 195711 March 19622nd

(1957 election)

12 March 196213 March 19673rd

(1962 election)

– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [c]

(President's rule)

–13 March 196726 April 196744 days–
(5) Mohan Lal Sukhadia 1988 stamp of India.jpg Mohan Lal Sukhadia Udaipur 26 April 19679 July 19714 years, 74 days4th

(1967 election)

 Indian National Congress
6 Barkatullah Khan.jpg Barkatullah Khan Tijara 9 July 197111 October 1973 [†] 2 years, 94 days
5th

(1972 election)

7 Haridev Joshi.jpg Hari Dev Joshi Banswara 11 October 197329 April 19773 years, 200 days
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [c]

(President's rule)

–29 April 197722 June 197754 days–
8 BS Shekhawat.jpg Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Chhabra 22 June 197716 February 19802 years, 239 days6th

(1977 election)

 Janata Party
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [c]

(President's rule)

–16 February 19806 June 1980111 days–
9 Jagannath Pahadia.jpg Jagannath Pahadia Weir 6 June 198014 July 19811 year, 38 days7th

(1980 election)

 Indian National Congress
10 Assam Governor Shiv Charan Mathur in 2008 (cropped).jpg Shiv Charan Mathur Mandalgarh 14 July 198123 February 19853 years, 224 days
11 Hiralal Devpura.jpg Hira Lal Devpura Kumbhalgarh 23 February 198510 March 198515 days
(7) Haridev Joshi.jpg Hari Dev Joshi Banswara 10 March 198520 January 19882 years, 316 days8th

(1985 election)

(10) Assam Governor Shiv Charan Mathur in 2008 (cropped).jpg Shiv Charan Mathur Mandalgarh 20 January 19884 December 19891 year, 318 days
(7) Haridev Joshi.jpg Hari Dev Joshi Banswara 4 December 19894 March 199090 days
(8) BS Shekhawat.jpg Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Chhabra 4 March 199015 December 19922 years, 286 days9th

(1990 election)

 Bharatiya Janata Party
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [c]

(President's rule)

–15 December 19924 December 1993354 days–
(8) BS Shekhawat.jpg Bhairon Singh Shekhawat Bali 4 December 19931 December 19984 years, 362 days10th

(1993 election)

 Bharatiya Janata Party
12 PM and Gehlot inaugurate various projects at Nathdwara 2023.jpg Ashok Gehlot Sardarpura 1 December 19988 December 20035 years, 7 days11th

(1998 election)

 Indian National Congress
13 VasundharaRaje.jpg Vasundhara Raje Jhalrapatan 8 December 200312 December 20085 years, 4 days12th

(2003 election)

 Bharatiya Janata Party
(12) PM and Gehlot inaugurate various projects at Nathdwara 2023.jpg Ashok Gehlot Sardarpura 12 December 200813 December 20135 years, 1 day13th

(2008 election)

 Indian National Congress
(13) VasundharaRaje.jpg Vasundhara Raje Jhalrapatan 13 December 201317 December 20185 years, 4 days14th

(2013 election)

 Bharatiya Janata Party
(12) PM and Gehlot inaugurate various projects at Nathdwara 2023.jpg Ashok Gehlot Sardarpura 17 December 201815 December 20234 years, 363 days15th

(2018 election)

 Indian National Congress
14 Bhajan Lal Sharma.jpg Bhajan Lal Sharma Sanganer 15 December 2023Incumbent1 year, 178 days16th

(2023 election)

 Bharatiya Janata Party

Statistics

Fraction of time of holding CMO by party (as of December 2024)
  1. Bharatiya Janata Party (25.15%)
  2. Indian National Congress (69.25%)
  3. Janata Party (3.54%)
  4. President's Rule (2.06%)

Timeline

Bhajan Lal SharmaVasundhara RajeAshok GehlotShiv Charan MathurJagannath PahadiaBhairon Singh ShekhawatHari Dev JoshiBarkatullah KhanMohan Lal SukhadiaTika Ram PaliwalJai Narayan VyasC. S. VenkatacharHiralal ShastriChief Minister of Rajasthan

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The princely states included Udaipur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Kota, Bundi, Tonk, Jhalawar, Kishangarh, Alwar, Bharatpur, Sirohi, Dholpur, Karauli, Dungarpur, Banswara, Pratapgarh-Deoliya and Shahpura.
  2. 1 2 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.
  3. 1 2 3 4 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. [15]

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 to the specific case of Rajasthan as well.
  2. ↑ Hooja 2006, pp. 1130.
  3. ↑ Hooja 2006, pp. 1134–1135.
  4. ↑ Hooja 2006, pp. 1135.
  5. ↑ Hooja 2006, pp. 1136.
  6. ↑ Hooja 2006, pp. 1138.
  7. ↑ Hooja 2006, pp. 1139.
  8. ↑ Hooja 2006, pp. 1144.
  9. ↑ "Former Chief Minister". Rajasthan Legislative Assembly . Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  10. ↑ Anand, Akriti (24 November 2023). "BJP Vs Congress in Rajasthan Poll: Why govt has been changing every 5 years". mint. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Ashok Gehlot Resigns As Rajasthan Chief Minister As BJP Thumps Congress In Assembly Polls". English Jagran. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  12. ↑ "Who is Bhajan Lal Sharma, the new chief minister of Rajasthan". The Times of India. 12 December 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  13. ↑ "Haribhau Upadhyay Death Anniversary: All You Need To Know About The Indian Freedom Fighter And Politician". The Free Press Journal . 24 August 2023. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  14. ↑ Hooja 2006, pp. 1125.
  15. ↑ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

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