List of chief ministers of Odisha

The chief minister of Odisha, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Odisha. 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 Odisha 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]

Chief Minister of Odisha
Emblem of Odisha
Incumbent Mohan Charan Majhi since 12 June 2024
Chief Minister's Office
Style	The Honourable Manyabara (formal) Shree Mohana Charana Majhi Mukhyamantri Mahoday (informal)
Status	Head of government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Odisha Legislative Assembly Council of Ministers
Reports to	Governor of Odisha Lok Seva Bhavan
Residence	Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Seat	Lok Seva Bhavan, Bhubaneswar, Odisha
Appointer	Governor of Odisha by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
Term length	At the pleasure of the governor Legislative Assembly term is 5 years unless dissolved sooner No term limits specified.[1]
Precursor	Prime Minister of Orissa
Inaugural holder	Harekrushna Mahatab
Formation	1 April 1936 (88 years ago) (1936-04-01)
Website	cm.odisha.gov.in

On 1 April 1936, Orissa Province was formed. The first provincial government formed under Prime ministership of Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deo. He ruled until July 1937. Thereafter the All India Congress party leader Bishwanath Das took over the charge of Prime minister for two more years. Again Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati took the charge before he finally handed over to Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab in the year 1946. After India got its independence under the new framework the Prime Minister or Premier position of provincial governments got abolished and the position of chief minister is created. Until the first election after independence, Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab continued to be the chief minister of Odisha and then it was taken over by Nabakrushna Choudhury. Here is the list of chief ministers of Odisha since 1946. Since 1946, Odisha has had 14 chief ministers. Serving from 2000 till 2024, Naveen Patnaik of the Biju Janata Dal was the longest-serving chief minister in Odisha's history. The current chief minister of Odisha since 12 June 2024 is Mohan Charan Majhi of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Prime ministers of Orissa (1937–1950)

Main article: Prime Minister of Orissa

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party
1		Krushna Chandra Gajapati	Paralakhemundi	1 April 1937	19 July 1937	109 days	1st Pre-Independent (1937 election)	Independent
2		Bishwanath Das	Ghumsur	19 July 1937	6 November 1939	2 years, 108 days		Indian National Congress
(1)		Krushna Chandra Gajapati	Paralakhemundi	24 November 1941	30 June 1944	2 years, 213 days		Independent
3		Harekrushna Mahatab	East Bhadrak	23 April 1946	26 January 1950	3 years, 278 days	2nd Pre-Independent (1946 election)	Indian National Congress

Chief ministers of Odisha

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Assembly (election)	Party[a]
1		Harekrushna Mahatab	East Bhadrak	26 January 1950	12 May 1950	107 days	2nd Pre-Independent (1946 election)	Indian National Congress
2		Nabakrushna Choudhuri	Barchana	12 May 1950	20 February 1952	6 years, 160 days
				20 February 1952	19 October 1956		1st (1952 election)
(1)		Harekrushna Mahatab	Soro	19 October 1956	25 February 1961	4 years, 129 days
				6 April 1957	25 February 1961		2nd (1957 election)
–		Vacant[b] (President's rule)	N/A	25 February 1961	23 June 1961	118 days		N/A
3		Biju Patnaik	Choudwar	23 June 1961	2 October 1963	2 years, 101 days	3rd (1961 election)	Indian National Congress
4		Biren Mitra	Cuttack City	2 October 1963	21 February 1965	1 year, 142 days
5		Sadashiva Tripathy	Omerkote	21 February 1965	8 March 1967	2 years, 15 days
6		Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo	Bolangir	8 March 1967	9 January 1971	3 years, 307 days	4th (1967 election)	Swatantra Party
–		Vacant[b] (President's rule)	N/A	11 January 1971	3 April 1971	83 days		N/A
7		Bishwanath Das	Rourkela	3 April 1971	14 June 1972	1 year, 72 days	5th (1971 election)	Independent
8		Nandini Satpathy	Cuttack	14 June 1972	3 March 1973	262 days		Indian National Congress
–		Vacant[b] (President's rule)	N/A	3 March 1973	6 March 1974	3 days		N/A
(8)		Nandini Satpathy	Dhenkanal	6 March 1974	16 December 1976	2 years, 285 days	6th (1974 election)	Indian National Congress
–		Vacant[b] (President's rule)	N/A	16 December 1976	29 December 1976	13 days		N/A
9		Binayak Acharya	Berhampur	29 December 1976	30 April 1977	122 days		Indian National Congress
–		Vacant[b] (President's rule)	N/A	30 April 1977	26 June 1977	57 days		N/A
10		Nilamani Routray	Basudevpur	26 June 1977	17 February 1980	2 years, 236 days	7th (1977 election)	Janata Party
–		Vacant[b] (President's rule)	N/A	17 February 1980	9 June 1980	113 days		N/A
11		Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Athagarh	9 June 1980	10 March 1985	9 years, 181 days	8th (1980 election)	Indian National Congress
				10 March 1985	7 December 1989		9th (1985 election)
12		Hemananda Biswal	Laikera	7 December 1989	5 March 1990	88 days
(3)		Biju Patnaik	Bhubaneswar	5 March 1990	15 March 1995	5 years, 10 days	10th (1990 election)	Janata Dal
(11)		Janaki Ballabh Patnaik	Begunia	15 March 1995	17 February 1999	3 years, 339 days	11th (1995 election)	Indian National Congress
13		Giridhar Gamang	Laxmipur	17 February 1999	6 December 1999	292 days
(12)		Hemananda Biswal	Laikera	6 December 1999	5 March 2000	90 days
14		Naveen Patnaik	Hinjili	5 March 2000	16 May 2004	24 years, 98 days	12th (2000 election)	Biju Janata Dal
				16 May 2004	21 May 2009		13th (2004 election)
				21 May 2009	21 May 2014		14th (2009 election)
				21 May 2014	29 May 2019		15th (2014 election)
				29 May 2019	12 June 2024		16th (2019 election)
15		Mohan Charan Majhi	Keonjhar	12 June 2024	Incumbent	196 days	17th (2024 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party

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. 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.^[2]

Statistics

List by chief minister

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
				Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
1	Naveen Patnaik		BJD	24 years, 98 days	24 years, 98 days
2	Janaki Ballabh Patnaik		INC	9 years, 181 days	13 years, 155 days
3	Biju Patnaik		JD/INC	5 years, 10 days	7 years, 111 days
4	Nabakrushna Choudhuri		INC	6 years, 160 days	6 years, 160 days
5	Harekrushna Mahatab		INC	4 years, 129 days	4 years, 236 days
6	Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo		SWA	3 years, 307 days	3 years, 307 days
7	Nandini Satpathy		INC	2 years, 285 days	3 years, 182 days
8	Nilamani Routray		JP	2 years, 236 days	2 years, 236 days
9	Sadashiva Tripathy		INC	2 years, 15 days	2 years, 15 days
10	Biren Mitra		INC	1 year, 142 days	1 year, 142 days
11	Bishwanath Das		IND	1 year, 72 days	1 year, 72 days
12	Giridhar Gamang		INC	292 days	292 days
13	Hemananda Biswal		INC	90 days	178 days
14	Mohan Charan Majhi*		BJP*	196 days*	196 days*
15	Binayak Acharya		INC	122 days	122 days

See also

• List of deputy chief ministers of Odisha
• List of governors of Odisha
• Odisha Legislative Assembly
• Elections in Odisha
• History of Odisha
• Politics of Odisha
• Government of Odisha
• Prime Minister of Orissa
• List of current Indian chief ministers

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 Odisha as well.
2. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.

External links

• Official Website of the Office of the Chief Minister
• Former Chief Ministers