List of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh

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Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
Seal of Uttar Pradesh.svg
Emblem of Uttar Pradesh
Yogiji in 2023.jpg
Incumbent
Yogi Adityanath
since 19 March 2017 (2017-03-19)
Government of Uttar Pradesh
Style The Honourable (Formal)
Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Status Head of Government
AbbreviationCM
Member of
Reports to Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Residence 5, Kalidas Marg, Lucknow
Seat Lok Bhawan, Lucknow
Appointer Governor of Uttar Pradesh
Term length At the confidence of the assembly
Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. [1]
Precursor Premier of United Provinces
Inaugural holder Govind Ballabh Pant
Formation26 January 1950
(74 years ago) (1950-01-26)
Deputy Deputy Chief Minister
Salary
  • ₹365,000 (US$4,400)/monthly
  • ₹4,380,000 (US$52,000)/annually
Website Office of the Chief Minister

The chief minister of Uttar Pradesh is the head of the Government of Uttar Pradesh. 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 Uttar Pradesh 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]

Contents

On 26 January 1950 Govind Ballabh Pant, premier of United Provinces, became the first chief minister of the newly renamed Uttar Pradesh. Including him, 11 out of UP's 21 chief ministers belonged to the Indian National Congress. Among these is V. P. Singh, a future prime minister of India, as was Charan Singh of the Bharatiya Lok Dal. On ten occasions, most recently in 2002, the state has come under President's rule, leaving the office of chief minister vacant. UP has also had two women chief ministers—Sucheta Kripalani and Mayawati. Akhilesh Yadav of the Samajwadi Party served as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh from 2012 to 2017; having taken the oath at 38 years of age, he is the youngest person to have held the office. Only three chief ministers completed their official tenure of five years: Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav, and Yogi Adityanath.

Yogi Adityanath of the Bharatiya Janata Party is serving as the incumbent chief minister since 19 March 2017.

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 Uttar Pradesh:

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 Uttar Pradesh 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.

Precursor

Prime Ministers of United Provinces (1937–50)

The United Provinces, headquartered in Allahabad was a province of British India that comprised present day Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Under the Government of India Act 1935, a bicameral legislature was set up with a legislative assembly and a legislative council.

Prime Ministers of United Provinces (1937–50)
NoPortraitNameTerm of Office [2] AssemblyAppointeeParty
1 MuhammadSaidKhan.jpg The Nawab of Chhatari 3 April 193716 July 1937104 days1st

(1937 elections)

Harry Graham Haig Independent
2 Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg Govind Ballabh Pant 17 July 19372 November

1939

2 years, 108 days Indian National Congress
-Vacant

(Governor's Rule)

3 November 193931 March 19466 years, 148 daysDissolved-N/A
(2) Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg Govind Ballabh Pant 1 April 194626 January 19503 years, 300 days2nd

(1946 elections)

Francis Verner Wylie Indian National Congress

Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh

NoPortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [2] [3] Assembly [4]
(Election)		Party [lower-alpha 1]
1 Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg Govind Ballabh Pant Bareilly 26 January 195020 May 19524 years, 336 daysProvincial

(1946 elections)

Indian National Congress
20 May 195228 December 1954 1st
(1951 election)
2 Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Swarupanand.jpg Sampurnanand Varanasi South 28 December 19549 April 19575 years, 345 days
10 April 19577 December 1960 2nd
(1957 election)
3 Chandra Bhanu Gupta Ranikhet South 7 December 196014 March 19622 years, 299 days
14 March 19622 October 19633rd
(1962 election)
4 Sucheta Kriplani official portrait.gif Sucheta Kripalani Menhdawal 2 October 196314 March 19673 years, 163 days
(3) Chandra Bhanu Gupta Ranikhet 14 March 19673 April 196720 days4th
(1967 election)
5 Prime minister Charan Singh (cropped).jpg Charan Singh Chhaprauli 3 April 196725 February 1968328 days Bharatiya Kranti Dal
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		N/A25 February 196826 February 19691 year, 1 dayDissolvedN/A
(3) Chandra Bhanu Gupta Ranikhet 26 February 196918 February 1970357 days5th
(1969 election)		 Indian National Congress
(5) Prime minister Charan Singh (cropped).jpg Charan Singh Chhaprauli 18 February 19701 October 1970225 days Bharatiya Kranti Dal
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		N/A1 October 197018 October 197017 daysN/A
6 Tribhuvan Narain Singh 18 October 19704 April 1971168 days Indian National Congress (O)
7 Kamalapati Tripathi Lok Sabha photo.jpg Kamalapati Tripathi Chandauli4 April 197113 June 19732 years, 70 days Indian National Congress
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		N/A13 June 19738 November 1973148 daysN/A
8 Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna stamp (cropped).jpg Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Bara 8 November 19734 March 19742 years, 22 days Indian National Congress
5 March 197430 November 19756th
(1974 election)
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		N/A30 November 197521 January 197652 daysN/A
9 Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg Narayan Datt Tiwari Kashipur 21 January 197630 April 19771 year, 99 days Indian National Congress
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		N/A30 April 197723 June 197754 daysDissolvedN/A
10 Ram Naresh Yadav (cropped).jpg Ram Naresh Yadav Nidhauli Kalan23 June 197728 February 19791 year, 250 days7th
(1977 election)		 Janata Party
11 Banarasi Das 2013 stamp of India (cropped).jpg Banarasi Das Hapur 28 February 197917 February 1980354 days
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		N/A17 February 19809 June 1980113 daysDissolvedN/A
12 Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Sing, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg Vishwanath Pratap Singh Tindwari 9 June 198019 July 19822 years, 40 days8th
(1980 election)		 Indian National Congress
13 Sripati Mishra Isauli 19 July 19823 August 19842 years, 15 days
(9) Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg Narayan Datt Tiwari Kashipur 3 August 198410 March 19851 year, 52 days
11 March 198524 September 19859th
(1985 election)
14 Vir Bahadur Singh Paniyara 24 September 198525 June 19882 years, 275 days
(9) Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg Narayan Datt Tiwari Kashipur 25 June 19885 December 19891 year, 163 days
15 Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shri.Mulayam Singh Yadav , addressing at the National Development Council, New Delhi on December 9, 2006 (cropped).jpg Mulayam Singh Yadav Jaswantnagar 5 December 198924 June 19911 year, 201 days10th
(1989 election)		 Janata Dal
16 Kalyan Singh1.jpg Kalyan Singh Atrauli 24 June 19916 December 19921 year, 165 days11th
(1991 election)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		N/A6 December 19924 December 1993363 daysDissolvedN/A
(15) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shri.Mulayam Singh Yadav , addressing at the National Development Council, New Delhi on December 9, 2006 (cropped).jpg Mulayam Singh Yadav Jaswantnagar 4 December 19933 June 19951 year, 181 days12th
(1993 election)		 Samajwadi Party
17 Mayawati.jpg Mayawati N/A3 June 199518 October 1995137 days Bahujan Samaj Party
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		18 October 199517 October 19961 year, 154 daysDissolvedN/A
17 October 199621 March 199713th
(1996 election)
(17) Mayawati.jpg Mayawati Harora 21 March 199721 September 1997184 days Bahujan Samaj Party
(16) Kalyan Singh1.jpg Kalyan Singh Atrauli 21 September 199712 November 19992 years, 52 days Bharatiya Janata Party
18 Ram Prakash Gupta MLC 12 November 199928 October 2000351 days
19 Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh.jpg Rajnath Singh Haidergarh 28 October 20008 March 20021 year, 131 days
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant [lower-alpha 2]
(President's rule)		N/A8 March 20023 May 200256 daysDissolvedN/A
(17) Mayawati.jpg Mayawati Harora 3 May 200229 August 20031 year, 118 days14th
(2002 election)		 Bahujan Samaj Party
(15) Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shri.Mulayam Singh Yadav , addressing at the National Development Council, New Delhi on December 9, 2006 (cropped).jpg Mulayam Singh Yadav Gunnaur 29 August 200313 May 20073 years, 257 days Samajwadi Party
(17) Mayawati.jpg Mayawati MLC 13 May 200715 March 20124 years, 307 days15th
(2007 election)		 Bahujan Samaj Party
20 Akhilesh Yadav.jpg Akhilesh Yadav MLC 15 March 201219 March 20175 years, 4 days 16th
(2012 election)		 Samajwadi Party
21 The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Shri Yogi Adityanath in New Delhi on February 10, 2018 (cropped).jpg Yogi Adityanath MLC 19 March 201725 March 20227 years, 210 days 17th
(2017 election)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
Gorakhpur Urban 25 March 2022Incumbent 18th
(2022 election)

Statistics

List by chief minister

#Chief MinisterPartyTerm of office
Longest continuous termTotal duration of chief ministership
1 Yogi Adityanath BJP 7 years, 210 days7 years, 210 days
2 Mayawati BSP 4 years, 307 days7 years, 16 days
3 Mulayam Singh Yadav SP/JD 3 years, 257 days6 years, 274 days
4 Sampurnanand INC 5 years, 345 days5 years, 345 days
5 Akhilesh Yadav SP 5 years, 4 days5 years, 4 days
6 Govind Ballabh Pant INC 4 years, 336 days4 years, 336 days
7 Narayan Datt Tiwari INC 1 year, 163 days3 years, 314 days
8 Chandra Bhanu Gupta INC 2 years, 299 days3 years, 311 days
9 Kalyan Singh BJP 2 years, 52 days3 years, 217 days
10 Sucheta Kripalani INC 3 years, 163 days3 years, 163 days
11 Vir Bahadur Singh INC 2 years, 275 days2 years, 275 days
12 Kamalapati Tripathi INC 2 years, 70 days2 years, 70 days
13 Vishwanath Pratap Singh INC 2 years, 40 days2 years, 40 days
14 Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna INC 2 years, 22 days2 years, 22 days
15 Sripati Mishra INC 2 years, 15 days2 years, 15 days
16 Ram Naresh Yadav JP 1 year, 250 days1 year, 250 days
17 Charan Singh BKD 328 days1 year, 188 days
18 Rajnath Singh BJP 1 year, 131 days1 year, 131 days
19 Banarasi Das JP 354 days354 days
20 Ram Prakash Gupta BJP 351 days351 days
21 Tribhuvan Narain Singh INC(O) 168 days168 days

Only 6 of them served longer than the total length of President's rule (4 year, 228 days).

Timeline

Representation of chief ministers by party

  Indian National Congress (45.23%)
  Bharatiya Janata Party (18.22%)
  Samajwadi Party (13.92%)
  Bahujan Samaj Party (9.61%)
  Janata Party (3.61%)
  Bharatiya Kranti Dal (2.07%)
  Indian National Congress (O) (0.62%)
  Janata Dal (0.42%)
  President's Rule (6.3%)
Yogi AdityanathAkhilesh YadavRajnath SinghRam Prakash GuptaMayawatiKalyan SinghMulayam Singh YadavVir Bahadur SinghSripati MishraV. P. SinghBanarasi DasRam Naresh YadavN. D. TiwariHemwati Nandan BahugunaKamalapati TripathiTribhuvan Naraian SinghCharan SinghSucheta KripalaniChandra Bhanu GuptaSampurnanandGovind Ballabh PantList of chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh

Notes

  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 6 7 8 9 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. [5]

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