Chief Minister of Rajasthan | |
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राजस्थान के मुख्यमंत्री | |
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Government of Rajasthan | |
Style | The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal) |
Status | Head of Government |
Abbreviation | CM |
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 |
Formation | 26 January 1950 |
Deputy | Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan |
Salary |
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Website | Government of 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]
At the time of India's independence in 1947, the region known as Rajputana included various princely states [lower-alpha 1] 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]
# | Portrait | Prime Minister (Lifespan) Constituency | Term of office | Election (Term) | Party | Appointed by (Governor) | |||
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1 | ![]() | Shobha Ram Kumawat (1814–1984) Unelected | 18 March 1948 | 15 May 1949 | 1 year, 58 days | – | Indian National Congress | Udai Bhan Singh (Rajpramukh) | |
# | Portrait | Prime Minister (Lifespan) Constituency | Term of office | Election (Term) | Party | Appointed by (Governor) | |||
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1 | ![]() | Gokul Lal Asawa (1901–1981) Unelected | 25 March 1948 | 18 April 1948 | 24 days | – | Indian National Congress | Bhim Singh II (Rajpramukh) | |
2 | ![]() | Manikya Lal Verma (1897–1969) Unelected | 18 April 1948 | 7 April 1949 | 354 days | – | Unaffiliated | Bhupal Singh (Rajpramukh) | |
3 | ![]() | Hiralal Shastri (1899–1974) Unelected | 7 April 1949 | 26 January 1950 | 294 days | – | Indian National Congress | Man Singh II (Rajpramukh) |
Note: † Died in office
# | Portrait | Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency | Term of office | Election (Term) | Party | Deputy Chief Minister(s) (Term in office) | Government | Appointed by (Governor) | |||
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1 | ![]() | Hiralal Shastri (1899–1974) Unelected | 26 January 1950 | 6 January 1951 | 345 days | – | Indian National Congress | Position vacant (26 Jan. 1950 – 26 Apr. 1951) | Shastri | Man Singh II (Rajpramukh) | |
2 | ![]() | C. S. Venkatachar (1899–1999) Unelected | 6 January 1951 | 26 April 1951 | 110 days | Venkatachar | |||||
3 | ![]() | Jai Narayan Vyas (1899–1963) Unelected | 26 April 1951 | 3 March 1952 | 312 days | Tika Ram Paliwal (26 Apr. 1951 – 3 Mar. 1952) | Vyas I | ||||
4 | ![]() | Tika Ram Paliwal (1909–1995) MLA for Mahuwa | 3 March 1952 | 1 November 1952 | 243 days | 1952 (1st) | Position vacant (3 Mar. – 1 Nov. 1952) | Paliwal | |||
(3) | ![]() | Jai Narayan Vyas (1899–1963) MLA for Kishangarh | 1 November 1952 | 13 November 1954 | 2 years, 12 days | Tika Ram Paliwal (1 Nov. 1952 – 13 Nov. 1954) | Vyas II | ||||
5 | ![]() | Mohan Lal Sukhadia (1916–1982) MLA for Udaipur | 13 November 1954 | 13 March 1967 | 12 years, 120 days | Position vacant (13 Nov. 1954 – 13 Mar. 1967) | Sukhadia I | ||||
1957 (2nd) | Sukhadia II | Gurmukh Nihal Singh | |||||||||
1962 (3rd) | Sukhadia III | ||||||||||
First President's rule was imposed during the period (13 March – 26 April 1967) | |||||||||||
(5) | ![]() | Mohan Lal Sukhadia (1916–1982) MLA for Udaipur | 26 April 1967 | 9 July 1971 | 4 years, 74 days | 1967 (4th) | Indian National Congress | Position vacant (26 Apr. 1967 – 29 Apr. 1977) | Sukhadia IV | Hukam Singh | |
6 | ![]() | Barkatullah Khan (1920–1973) MLA for Tijara | 9 July 1971 | 11 October 1973 [†] | 2 years, 94 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Khan I | ||||
1972 (5th) | Khan II | Jogendra Singh | |||||||||
7 | ![]() | Hari Dev Joshi (1920–1995) MLA for Banswara | 11 October 1973 | 29 April 1977 | 3 years, 200 days | Joshi I | |||||
Second President's rule was imposed during the period (30 April – 21 June 1977) | |||||||||||
8 | ![]() | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1925–2010) MLA for Chhabra | 22 June 1977 | 16 February 1980 | 2 years, 239 days | 1977 (6th) | Janata Party | Position vacant (22 Jun. 1977 – 16 Feb. 1980) | Shekhawat I | Raghukul Tilak | |
Third President's rule was imposed during the period (17 February – 5 June 1980) | |||||||||||
9 | ![]() | Jagannath Pahadia (1932–2021) MLA for Weir | 6 June 1980 | 14 July 1981 | 1 year, 38 days | 1980 (7th) | Indian National Congress (Indira) | Position vacant (6 Jun. 1980 – 15 Dec. 1992) | Pahadia | Raghukul Tilak | |
10 | ![]() | Shiv Charan Mathur (1927–2009) MLA for Mandalgarh | 14 July 1981 | 23 February 1985 | 3 years, 224 days | Mathur I | |||||
11 | ![]() | Hira Lal Devpura (1925–2004) MLA for Kumbhalgarh | 23 February 1985 | 10 March 1985 | 15 days | Devpura | Air Chief Marshal (Retd.) Om Prakash Mehra | ||||
(7) | ![]() | Hari Dev Joshi (1920–1995) MLA for Banswara | 10 March 1985 | 20 January 1988 | 2 years, 316 days | 1985 (8th) | Joshi II | ||||
(10) | ![]() | Shiv Charan Mathur (1927–2009) MLA for Mandalgarh | 20 January 1988 | 4 December 1989 | 1 year, 318 days | Mathur II | Justice J. S. Verma (Acting) | ||||
(7) | ![]() | Hari Dev Joshi (1920–1995) MLA for Banswara | 4 December 1989 | 4 March 1990 | 90 days | Joshi III | Sukhdev Prasad | ||||
(8) | ![]() | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1925–2010) MLA for Chhabra | 4 March 1990 | 15 December 1992 | 2 years, 286 days | 1990 (9th) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Shekhawat II | D. P. Chattopadhyaya | ||
Fourth President's rule was imposed during the period (15 December 1992 – 3 December 1993) | |||||||||||
(8) | ![]() | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1925–2010) MLA for Bali | 4 December 1993 | 1 December 1998 | 4 years, 362 days | 1993 (10th) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Position vacant (4 Dec. 1993 – 6 Oct. 1994) Hari Shankar Bhabhra (6 Oct. 1994 – 29 Nov. 1998) | Shekhawat III | Bali Ram Bhagat | |
12 | ![]() | Ashok Gehlot (born 1951) MLA for Sardarpura | 1 December 1998 | 8 December 2003 | 5 years, 7 days | 1998 (11th) | Indian National Congress | Position vacant (1 Dec. 1998 – 25 Jan. 2003) Banwari Lal Bairwa & Kamla Beniwal (25 Jan. 2003 – 8 Dec. 2003) | Gehlot I | Justice Navrang Lal Tibrewal (Acting) | |
13 | ![]() | Vasundhara Raje (born 1953) MLA for Jhalrapatan | 8 December 2003 | 12 December 2008 | 5 years, 4 days | 2003 (12th) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Position vacant (8 Dec. 2003 – 17 Dec. 2018) | Raje I | Kailashpati Mishra | |
(12) | ![]() | Ashok Gehlot (born 1951) MLA for Sardarpura | 12 December 2008 | 13 December 2013 | 5 years, 1 day | 2008 (13th) | Indian National Congress | Gehlot II | Shilendra Kumar Singh | ||
(13) | ![]() | Vasundhara Raje (born 1953) MLA for Jhalrapatan | 13 December 2013 | 17 December 2018 | 5 years, 4 days | 2013 (14th) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Raje II | Margaret Alva | ||
(12) | ![]() | Ashok Gehlot (born 1951) MLA for Sardarpura | 17 December 2018 | 15 December 2023 | 4 years, 363 days | 2018 (15th) | Indian National Congress | Sachin Pilot (17 Dec. 2018 – 14 Jul. 2020) Position vacant (14 Jul. 2020 – 15 Dec. 2023) | Gehlot III | Kalyan Singh | |
14 | ![]() | Bhajan Lal Sharma (born 1967) MLA for Sanganer | 15 December 2023 | Incumbent | 242 days | 2023 (16th) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Diya Kumari & Prem Chand Bairwa (since 15 Dec. 2023) | Sharma | Kalraj Mishra | |
No. | Name | Party | Total years of chief ministership |
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1 | Mohan Lal Sukhadia | INC | 16 years, 194 days |
2. | Ashok Gehlot | INC | 15 years, 6 days |
3. | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | BJP | 10 years, 157 days |
4. | Vasundhara Raje | BJP | 10 years, 8 days |
5. | Hari Dev Joshi | INC | 6 years, 241 days |
6. | Shiv Charan Mathur | INC | 5 years, 117 days |
7. | Jai Narayan Vyas | INC | 2 years, 324 days |
8. | Barkatullah Khan | INC | 2 years, 94 days |
9. | Heera Lal Shastri | INC | 1 years, 274 days |
10. | Jagannath Pahadia | INC | 1 years, 38 days |
11. | Tika Ram Paliwal | INC | 243 days |
12. | C. S. Venkatachar | INC | 110 days |
13. | Hira Lal Devpura | INC | 15 days |
14. | Bhajan Lal Sharma | BJP | 242 days |
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