Chief Ministers of Indian States refer to the elected leaders of Government at the State level and generally occupy executive powers. The Chief Ministers of India are selected by legislators of the political party or alliance, commanding an assembly majority, and serve a term of 5 years. There is also provision for re-election. India is a nation of 7 Union Territories and 29 States. There are actually 29 Chief Ministers for the states and two for the Union Territories. Chief Minister of Indian State is the constitutional head of the state. They have complete power of control over the state.
Chief Ministers of North Indian States
The present Chief Ministers of Indian states of the Northern region are as follows:
Jammu and Kashmir - Governor"s Rule
Himachal Pradesh - Jai Ram Thakur (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Punjab - Amarinder Singh (Indian National Congress)
Uttarakhand - Trivendra Singh Rawat (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Haryana - Manohar Lal Khattar (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Rajasthan - Ashok Gehlot (Indian National Congress)
Uttar Pradesh - Yogi Adityanath (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Chief Ministers of South Indian States
The present Chief Ministers of Indian states of the southern region are provided below:
Andhra Pradesh - N. Chandrababu Naidu (Telugu Desam Party)
Karnataka - H. D. Kumaraswamy (Janata Dal, Secular)
Kerala - Pinarayi Vijayan (Communist Party of India, Marxist)
Tamil Nadu - Edappadi K. Palaniswami (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)
Telangana - K. Chandrashekhar Rao (Telangana Rashtra Samithi)
Chief Ministers of East Indian States
The present Chief Ministers of Indian states of the eastern region are shown below:
West Bengal - Mamata Banerjee (All India Trinamool Congress)
Bihar - Nitish Kumar(Janata Dal, United)
Jharkhand - Raghubar Das (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Odisha - Naveen Patnaik (Biju Janata Dal)
Chief Ministers of West Indian States
The list of present Chief Ministers of Indian states of the western region is given below:
Goa - Pramod Sawant (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Gujarat - Vijay Rupani (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Maharashtra - Devendra Fadnavis (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Chief Ministers of Central Indian States
The present Chief Ministers of Central Indian States and their respective parties are given below:
Chhattisgarh - Bhupesh Baghel (Indian National Congress)
Madhya Pradesh - Kamal Nath (Indian National Congress)
Chief Ministers of North-East Indian States
The present Chief Ministers of Indian states of the north-eastern region are given below:
Arunachal Pradesh - Pema Khandu (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Assam - Sarbananda Sonowal (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Manipur - N. Biren Singh (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Meghalaya - Conrad Sangma (National People"s Party)
Mizoram - Zoramthanga (Mizo National Front)
Nagaland - Neiphiu Rio (Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party)
Sikkim - Pawan Kumar Chamling (Sikkim Democratic Front)
Tripura - Biplab Kumar Deb (Bharatiya Janata Party)
Chief Ministers of Union Territories
The present Chief Ministers of Union Territories and their respective parties are shown below:
Delhi - Arvind Kejriwal (Aam Aadmi Party)
Puducherry - V. Narayanasamy (Indian National Congress)