List of chief ministers of Gujarat

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]

Chief Minister of Gujarat
મુખ્યમંત્રી ગુજરાત
Emblem of Gujarat
Incumbent Bhupendrabhai Patel since 13 September 2021
Government of Gujarat
Style	The Honourable
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Gujarat Legislative Assembly& Gujarat Council of Ministers
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
Formation	1 May 1960 (64 years ago) (1960-05-01)
Deputy	Vacant, DCM
Website	http://cmogujarat.gov.in/

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)

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party
1		U. N. Dhebar	Upleta	15 February 1948	26 January 1950	1 year, 345 days	Interim	Indian National Congress

Chief Ministers of Saurashtra (1950-56)

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party
1		U. N. Dhebar	Upleta	26 January 1950	19 December 1954	4 years, 327 days	Interim	Indian National Congress
							2nd (1952 election)
2		Rasiklal Parikh		19 December 1954	31 October 1956	1 year, 317 days

Chief Ministers of Gujarat

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party[a]
1		Jivraj Mehta	Amreli	1 May 1960	3 March 1962	2 years, 300 days	1st/Interim (1957 election)	Indian National Congress
				3 March 1962	25 February 1963		2nd (1962 election)
2		Balwantrai Mehta	Bhavnagar	25 February 1963	19 September 1965	2 years, 206 days
3		Hitendra Desai	Olpad	19 September 1965	3 April 1967	5 years, 236 days
				3 April 1967	12 November 1969		3rd (1967 election)
				12 November 1969	13 May 1971			Indian National Congress (O)
–		Vacant[b] (President's rule)	N/A	13 May 1971	17 March 1972	309 days	Dissolved	N/A
4		Ghanshyam Oza	Dahegam	17 March 1972	17 July 1973	1 year, 122 days	4th (1972 election)	Indian National Congress
5		Chimanbhai Patel	Sankheda	17 July 1973	9 February 1974	207 days
–		Vacant[b] (President's rule)	N/A	9 February 1974	18 June 1975	1 year, 129 days	Dissolved	N/A
6		Babubhai Patel	Sabarmati	18 June 1975	12 March 1976	268 days	5th (1975 election)	Indian National Congress (O)
–		Vacant[b] (President's rule)	N/A	12 March 1976	24 December 1976	287 days		N/A
7		Madhav Singh Solanki	Bhadran	24 December 1976	11 April 1977	108 days		Indian National Congress
(6)		Babubhai Patel	Sabarmati	11 April 1977	17 February 1980	2 years, 312 days		Janata Party
–		Vacant[b] (President's rule)	N/A	17 February 1980	7 June 1980	111 days		N/A
(7)		Madhav Singh Solanki	Bhadran	7 June 1980	10 March 1985	5 years, 29 days	6th (1980 election)	Indian National Congress
				11 March 1985	6 July 1985		7th (1985 election)
8		Amarsinh Chaudhary	Vyara	6 July 1985	10 December 1989	4 years, 157 days
(7)		Madhav Singh Solanki	Bhadran	10 December 1989	4 March 1990	84 days
(5)		Chimanbhai Patel	Sankheda	4 March 1990	25 October 1990	3 years, 350 days	8th (1990 election)	Janata Dal
				25 October 1990	17 February 1994			Indian National Congress
9		Chhabildas Mehta	Mahuva	17 February 1994	14 March 1995	1 year, 25 days
10		Keshubhai Patel	Visavadar	14 March 1995	21 October 1995	221 days	9th (1995 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
11		Suresh Mehta	Mandvi	21 October 1995	19 September 1996	334 days
–		Vacant[b] (President's rule)	N/A	19 September 1996	23 October 1996	34 days		N/A
12		Shankersinh Vaghela	Radhanpur	23 October 1996	28 October 1997	1 year, 5 days		Rashtriya Janata Party
13		Dilip Parikh	Dhandhuka	28 October 1997	4 March 1998	188 days
(10)		Keshubhai Patel	Visavadar	4 March 1998	7 October 2001	3 years, 217 days	10th (1998 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
14		Narendra Modi	Rajkot West	7 October 2001	22 December 2002	12 years, 227 days
			Maninagar	22 December 2002	22 December 2007		11th (2002 election)
				23 December 2007	20 December 2012		12th (2007 election)
				20 December 2012	22 May 2014		13th (2012 election)
15		Anandiben Patel	Ghatlodia	22 May 2014	7 August 2016	2 years, 77 days
16		Vijay Rupani	Rajkot West	7 August 2016	26 December 2017	5 years, 37 days
				26 December 2017	13 September 2021		14th (2017 election)
17		Bhupendrabhai Patel	Ghatlodia	13 September 2021	12 December 2022	3 years, 69 days
				12 December 2022	Incumbent		15th (2022 election)

Statistics

Fraction of time of holding CMO by party (as of October 2024)

  Bharatiya Janata Party (43.66%)

  Indian National Congress (40.1%)

  Janata Party (4.42%)

  Indian National Congress (O) (3.46%)

  Rashtriya Janata Party (2.11%)

  Janata Dal (1%)

  President's Rule (5.25%)

List by chief minister

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
				Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
1	Narendra Modi		BJP	12 years, 227 days	12 years, 227 days
2	Hitendra Desai		INC/INC(O)	5 years, 236 days	5 years, 236 days
3	Madhav Singh Solanki		INC	5 years, 29 days	5 years, 221 days
4	Vijay Rupani		BJP	5 years, 37 days	5 years, 37 days
5	Chimanbhai Patel		INC	3 years, 350 days	4 years, 192 days
6	Amarsinh Chaudhary		INC/JD	4 years, 157 days	4 years, 157 days
7	Keshubhai Patel		BJP	3 years, 217 days	4 years, 73 days
8	Chimanbhai Patel		INC(O)/JP	2 years, 312 days	3 years, 215 days
9	Bhupendrabhai Patel*		BJP	3 years, 69 days*	3 years, 69 days*
10	Jivraj Mehta		INC	2 years, 300 days	2 years, 300 days
11	Balwantrai Mehta		INC	2 years, 206 days	2 years, 206 days
12	Anandiben Patel		BJP	2 years, 77 days	2 years, 77 days
13	Ghanshyam Oza		INC	1 year, 122 days	1 year, 122 days
14	Chhabildas Mehta		INC	1 year, 25 days	1 year, 25 days
15	Shankersinh Vaghela		RJP	1 year, 5 days	1 year, 5 days
16	Suresh Mehta		BJP	334 days	334 days
17	Dilip Parikh		RJP	188 days	188 days

Timeline

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. 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. 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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