List of chief ministers of Gujarat

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Chief Minister of Gujarat
મુખ્યમંત્રી ગુજરાત
Government Of Gujarat Seal In All Languages.svg
Emblem of Gujarat
Bhupendrabhai Patel accompanies Narendra Modi at Rajkot (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Bhupendrabhai Patel
since 13 September 2021
Government of Gujarat
Style The Honourable
Status Head of Government
AbbreviationCM
Member of Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Residence Bungalow No. 26, Ministers’ Enclave, Sector-20, Gandhinagar
Appointer Governor of Gujarat
Term length 5 years subject to the confidence of the assembly. [1]
No term limits
Inaugural holder Jivraj Narayan Mehta
Formation1 May 1960
(63 years ago) (1960-05-01)
DeputyVacant, DCM

The Chief Minister of Gujarat is the chief executive of the government of the Indian state of Gujarat. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. The chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits, given that he has the confidence of the assembly. [1]

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The state of Gujarat was created on 1 May 1960, composed of the Gujarati-speaking districts of Bombay State following the Mahagujarat Movement. [2] Jivraj Narayan Mehta of the INC was the inaugural chief minister. Narendra Modi of the BJP is the longest serving chief minister for twelve and a half years from 2001 to 2014. He resigned in 2014 to become the 14th prime minister of India. He was succeeded by Anandiben Patel who became the state's first woman chief minister. The current chief minister is Bhupendrabhai Patel of the BJP. He was elected for the post following the resignation of then incumbent Vijay Rupani, who was in the office since 7 August 2016. [3]

Prime Ministers of Kathiawar/Saurashtra (1948-50)

NoPortraitName Constituency Term of officeAssembly

(election)

Party
1 U. N. Dhebar.png U. N. Dhebar 15 February 194826 January 19501 year, 345 daysInterim Indian National Congress

Chief Ministers of Saurashtra (1950-56)

NoPortraitName Constituency Term of officeAssembly

(election)

Party
1 U. N. Dhebar.png U. N. Dhebar 26 January 195019 December 19544 years, 327 daysInterim Indian National Congress
2nd

(1952 election)

2 Rasiklal Parikh 19 December 195431 October 19561 year, 317 days

Chief Ministers of Gujarat

NoPortraitName Constituency Term of office Assembly

(election)

Party [lower-alpha 1]
1 Jivraj Mehta.jpg Jivraj Mehta Amreli 1 May 19603 March 19622 years, 300 days1st/Interim
(1957 election)		 Indian National Congress
3 March 196225 February 19632nd
(1962 election)
2 Balwantrai Mehta 2000 stamp of India (cropped).jpg Balwantrai Mehta Bhavnagar 25 February 196319 September 19652 years, 206 days
3 Hitendra Desai Olpad 19 September 19653 April 19675 years, 245 days
3 April 196712 November 19693rd
(1967 election)
12 November 196912 May 1971 Indian National Congress (O)
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		N/A13 May 197117 March 1972309 daysDissolvedN/A
4 Ghanshyam Oza Dahegam 17 March 197217 July 19731 year, 122 days4th
(1972 election)		 Indian National Congress
5 Chimanbhai Patel Sankheda 17 July 19739 February 1974207 days
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		N/A9 February 197418 June 19751 year, 129 daysDissolvedN/A
6 Babubhai Patel Sabarmati 18 June 197512 March 1976268 days5th
(1975 election)		 Indian National Congress (O)
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		N/A12 March 197624 December 1976287 daysN/A
7 Madhav Singh Solanki Bhadran 24 December 197610 April 1977107 days Indian National Congress
(6) Babubhai Patel Sabarmati 11 April 197717 February 19802 years, 312 days Janata Party
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		N/A17 February 19806 June 1980110 daysN/A
(7) Madhav Singh Solanki Bhadran 7 June 198010 March 19855 years, 29 days6th
(1980 election)		 Indian National Congress
11 March 19856 July 19857th

(1985 election)

8 Amarsinh Chaudhary Vyara 6 July 19859 December 19894 years, 156 days
(7) Madhav Singh Solanki Bhadran 10 December 19893 March 199083 days
(5) Chimanbhai Patel Sankheda 4 March 199025 October 19903 years, 350 days8th
(1990 election)		 Janata Dal
25 October 199017 February 1994 Indian National Congress
9 Chhabildas Mehta Mahuva 17 February 199413 March 19951 year, 24 days
10 Keshubhai Patel.jpg Keshubhai Patel Visavadar 14 March 199521 October 1995221 days9th
(1995 election)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
11 Suresh Mehta Mandvi 21 October 199519 September 1996334 days
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		N/A19 September 199623 October 199627 daysN/A
12 Shankersinh vaghela profile.jpg Shankersinh Vaghela Radhanpur 23 October 199627 October 19971 year, 4 days Rashtriya Janata Party
13 Dilip Parikh Dhandhuka 28 October 19974 March 1998188 days
(10) Keshubhai Patel.jpg Keshubhai Patel Visavadar 4 March 19986 October 20013 years, 216 days10th
(1998 election)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
14 Official Photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Portrait.png Narendra Modi Rajkot West 7 October 200122 December 200212 years, 227 days
Maninagar 22 December 200222 December 200711th
(2002 election)
23 December 200720 December 201212th
(2007 election)
20 December 201222 May 201413th
(2012 election)
15 Anandiben Patel Ji.jpg Anandiben Patel Ghatlodia 22 May 20147 August 20162 years, 77 days
16 Vijay Rupani.jpg Vijay Rupani Rajkot West 7 August 201626 December 20175 years, 37 days
26 December 201713 September 2021 14th
(2017 election)
17 Bhupendra PAtel Sanskrit (cropped).jpg Bhupendrabhai Patel Ghatlodia 13 September 202112 December 20222 years, 217 days
12 December 2022Incumbent 15th
(2022 election)

Statistics

List of chief ministers by length of term
#NamePartyLength of term
Longest continuous termTotal term in the office
1 Narendra Modi BJP 12 years, 227 days12 years, 227 days
2 Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai INC & INC(O) 5 years, 245 days5 years, 245 days
3 Madhav Singh Solanki INC 5 years, 29 days5 years, 219 days
4 Vijay Rupani BJP 5 years, 37 days5 years, 37 days
5 Chimanbhai Patel INC & JD 3 years, 350 days4 years, 192 days
6 Amarsinh Chaudhary INC 4 years, 156 days4 years, 156 days
7 Keshubhai Patel BJP 3 years, 216 days4 years, 72 days
8 Babubhai Patel INC(O) & JP 2 years, 312 days3 years, 215 days
9 Jivraj Narayan Mehta INC 3 years, 141 days3 years, 141 days
10 Bhupendrabhai Patel BJP 2 years, 217 days2 years, 217 days
11 Anandiben Patel BJP 2 years, 77 days2 years, 77 days
12 Balwantrai Mehta INC 2 years, 0 days2 years, 0 days
13 Ghanshyam Oza INC 1 years, 122 days1 years, 122 days
14 Chhabildas Mehta INC 1 years, 24 days1 years, 24 days
15 Shankersinh Vaghela RJP 1 years, 4 days1 years, 4 days
16 Suresh Mehta BJP 334 days334 days
17 Dilip Parikh RJP 188 days188 days
List by party
Political parties by total time-span of their member holding (17April2024)
Political partyNumber of Chief ministersTotal days of holding CMO
Bharatiya Janata Party 610096 days
Indian National Congress 88495 days
Indian National Congress (Organisation) 21768 days
Janata Party 11042 days
Rashtriya Janata Party 2497 days
Janata Dal (Gujarat) 1235 days
Timeline
Bhupendrabhai PatelVijay RupaniAnandiben PatelNarendra ModiDilip ParikhShankersinh VaghelaSuresh MehtaKeshubhai PatelChhabildas MehtaAmarsinh ChaudharyMadhav Singh SolankiBabubhai J. PatelChimanbhai PatelGhanshyam OzaHitendra Kanaiyalal DesaiBalwantrai MehtaJivraj Narayan MehtaList of chief ministers of Gujarat

Notes

Footnotes
  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.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 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]
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 Gujarat as well.
  2. ↑ "Gujarat". Government of India . Retrieved 16 January 2008.
  3. ↑ Sep 11, TIMESOFINDIA COM / Updated. "Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani submits resignation | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 11 September 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ↑ "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

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