List of chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh

The Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh is the chief executive of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. 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 Andhra Pradesh 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 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 Andhra Pradesh
Āndhra Pradēś Mukhya Mantrī
Emblem of Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent Nara Chandrababu Naidu since 12 June 2024 (2024-06-12)
Chief Minister's Office (Government of Andhra Pradesh)
Style	The Honourable (Formal) Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (Informal)
Status	Head of government
Abbreviation	CM of AP
Member of	Andhra Pradesh Legislature Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers
Reports to	Governor of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Legislature
Seat	Andhra Pradesh Secretariat, Amaravati
Appointer	The Governor of Andhra Pradesh
Term length	Five years and subject to no term limit At the confidence of the Legislative Assembly
Inaugural holder	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy
Formation	1 November 1956; 68 years ago (1956-11-01)
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Website	Official website

Since 1953, there have been 19 chief ministers with the majority of them belonging to the Indian National Congress (INC). In 1953, Tanguturi Prakasam from the INC became the first chief minister of the Andhra State. In 1956, Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy from the INC became the first chief minister of Andhra Pradesh post the reorganisation of Indian states. The longest-serving chief minister was N. Chandrababu Naidu from the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), who held the office for over thirteen years across multiple terms, while N. Bhaskara Rao from the TDP had the shortest tenure of 31 days. N. Chandrababu Naidu was also the first chief minister of the state post the bifurcation of Telangana in 2014. Later Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy went on to become the President of India, while P. V. Narasimha Rao, also from the INC and previously the fourth chief minister of Andhra Pradesh went on to serve as the Prime Minister of India. Notably, N. T. Rama Rao from the TDP was the first non-INC chief minister of the state. There have been three instances of President's rule in Andhra Pradesh, most recently in 2014.

The current incumbent N. Chandrababu Naidu is from the Telugu Desam Party since 12 June 2024.

List of chief ministers

Key

• No.: Incumbent number
• ^† Assassinated or died in office
• ^§ Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
• ^RES Resigned

1953–1956

Andhra State (1953–1956)

The Andhra State, a precursor to the modern state of Andhra Pradesh, was established on 1 October 1953, following the Andhra movement. The formation of Andhra State was made possible by the Andhra State Act, which was passed in the Parliament of India in September 1953. This significant development was ignited by a determined fast led by Potti Sreeramulu, whose sacrifice ultimately catalysed the demand for a new linguistic state.

The newly created Andhra State included 11 districts in the Telugu-speaking region of the Madras State, with Kurnool as its capital and a unicameral parliamentary system with a legislative assembly chamber.^[2][3][4][5]

A total of two people have served as the chief minister during the period, of which both of them belonged to the Indian National Congress. Bezawada Gopala Reddy was the longest serving chief minister of the region during this time period. Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi was the only governor in office during this time period.

#	Portrait		Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency	Term of the office			Election (Assembly)	Party	Government	Appointed by (Governor)
				Term start	Term end	Duration
1			Tanguturi Prakasam (1913–1996) –	1 October 1953	15 November 1954	1 year, 45 days	1952 (1st)	Indian National Congress	Prakasam	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
President's rule imposed during the period (15 November 1954 – 28 March 1955)[lower-alpha 1]
2			Bezawada Gopala Reddy (1913–1996) MLA for Atmakur	28 March 1955	31 October 1956	1 year, 217 days	1955 (2nd)	Indian National Congress	Gopala	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi

Since 1956

Andhra Pradesh (1956–2014)

Andhra Pradesh (since 2014)

The Andhra Pradesh was officially established on 1 November 1956, through the enactment of the States Reorganisation Act in August 1956. This led to the dissolution of Hyderabad State, with its divisions becoming part of Mysore State and Bombay State. Concurrently, the integration of Telugu-speaking regions into Andhra State laid the foundation of a bicameral parliamentary system consisting of Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly chambers.^[7][8]

Originally situated in Hyderabad, the capital later moved to Amaravati in 2017 following the implementation of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, which led to the formation of Telangana on 2 June 2014 and a reduction in the assembly constituencies from 294 to 175. Despite these significant boundary changes, the state continued to be recognised as Andhra Pradesh.^[9][10]

Currently, there are a total of 175 assembly constituencies in the state.^[11] The legislative council is the upper house with 58 members.^[12] N. Chandrababu Naidu of the TDP is the longest-serving chief minister of the state, followed by Kasu Brahmananda Reddy of the INC. INC and TDP are the longest-ruling political parties of the state of Andhra Pardesh.

#	Portrait		Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency	Term of the office			Election (Assembly)	Party	Government	Appointed by (Governor)
				Term start	Term end	Duration
1			Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) MLA for Srikalahasti	1 November 1956	11 January 1960	3 years, 71 days	1955 (1st)	Indian National Congress	Sanjiva I	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi
							1957 (2nd)		Sanjiva II
2			Damodaram Sanjivayya (1921–1972) MLA for Kurnool	11 January 1960	12 March 1962	2 years, 60 days			Sanjivayya	Bhim Sen Sachar
(1)			Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) MLA for Dhone	12 March 1962§	20 February 1964	1 year, 345 days	1962 (3rd)		Sanjiva III
3			Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (1909–1994) MLA for Narasaraopet	21 February 1964	30 September 1971	7 years, 221 days			Brahmananda I	Satyawant Mallannah Shrinagesh
							1967 (4th)		Brahmananda II	Pattom A. Thanu Pillai
4			Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) MLA for Manthani	30 September 1971	10 January 1973	1 year, 102 days	1972 (5th)	Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)	Narasimha	Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
President's rule imposed during the period (11 January 1973 – 10 December 1973)[lower-alpha 1]
5			Jalagam Vengala Rao (1921–1999) MLA for Vemsoor	10 December 1973	6 March 1978	4 years, 86 days	1972 (5th)	Indian National Congress (Requisitionists)	Vengala	Khandubhai Kasanji Desai
6			Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996) MLA for Medchal	6 March 1978	10 October 1980	2 years, 218 days	1978 (6th)	Indian National Congress (Indira)	Chenna I	Sharda Mukherjee
7			Tanguturi Anjaiah (1919–1986) MLC	11 October 1980	24 February 1982	1 year, 136 days			Anjaiah	K. C. Abraham
8			Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy (1931–2002) MLC	24 February 1982	20 September 1982	208 days			Venkatarami
9			Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (1920–2001) MLA for Kurnool	20 September 1982	9 January 1983	111 days			Vijaya I
10			Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (1923–1996) MLA for Tirupati	9 January 1983	16 August 1984	1 year, 220 days	1983 (7th)	Telugu Desam Party	Taraka I
11			Nadendla Bhaskara Rao (born 1935) MLA for Vemuru	16 August 1984	16 September 1984	31 days			Bhaskara	Thakur Ram Lal
(10)			Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (1923–1996) MLA for Tirupati 1984–1985 MLA for Hindupur 1985–1989	16 September 1984§	9 March 1985	174 days			Taraka I	Shankar Dayal Sharma
				9 March 1985	2 December 1989	4 years, 268 days	1985 (8th)		Taraka II
(6)			Marri Chenna Reddy (1919–1996) MLA for Sanathnagar	3 December 1989§	17 December 1990	1 year, 14 days	1989 (9th)	Indian National Congress (Indira)	Chenna II	Kumudben Joshi
12			Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy (1935–2014) MLA for Venkatagiri	17 December 1990	9 October 1992	1 year, 297 days			Janardhana	Krishan Kant
(9)			Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (1920–2001) MLA for Panyam	9 October 1992§	12 December 1994	2 years, 64 days			Vijaya II
(10)			Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (1923–1996) MLA for Hindupur	12 December 1994§	1 September 1995	263 days	1994 (10th)	Telugu Desam Party	Taraka III
13			Nara Chandrababu Naidu (born 1950) MLA for Kuppam	1 September 1995	11 October 1999	4 years, 40 days			Naidu I
				11 October 1999	13 May 2004	4 years, 215 days	1999 (11th)		Naidu II	C. Rangarajan
14			Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy (1949–2009) MLA for Pulivendla	14 May 2004	20 May 2009	5 years, 6 days	2004 (12th)	Indian National Congress	Rajasekhara I	Surjit Singh Barnala
				20 May 2009	2 September 2009†	105 days	2009 (13th)		Rajasekhara II	N. D. Tiwari
15			Konijeti Rosaiah (1933–2021) MLC	3 September 2009	24 November 2010RES	1 year, 82 days			Rosaiah
16			Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy (born 1959) MLA for Pileru	25 November 2010	1 March 2014	3 years, 96 days			Kiran	E. S. L. Narasimhan
President's rule imposed during the period (1 March 2014 – 7 June 2014)[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]
(13)			Nara Chandrababu Naidu (born 1950) MLA for Kuppam	8 June 2014§	29 May 2019	4 years, 355 days	2014 (14th)	Telugu Desam Party	Naidu III	E. S. L. Narasimhan
17			Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy (born 1972) MLA for Pulivendla	30 May 2019	11 June 2024	5 years, 12 days	2019 (15th)	YSR Congress Party	Jagan
(13)			Nara Chandrababu Naidu (born 1950) MLA for Kuppam	12 June 2024§	Incumbent	143 days	2024 (16th)	Telugu Desam Party	Naidu IV	Syed Abdul Nazeer

Statistics

List by chief minister

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

  Indian National Congress (53.17%)

  Telugu Desam Party (31.49%)

  YSR Congress Party (7.33%)

  Indian National Congress (R) (8.01%)

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
				Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
1	Nara Chandrababu Naidu		TDP	8 years, 255 days	14 years, 22 days
2	Kasu Brahmananda Reddy		INC	7 years, 221 days	7 years, 221 days
3	Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao		TDP	5 years, 76 days	7 years, 194 days
4	Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy		INC	5 years, 111 days	5 years, 111 days
5	Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy		YSRCP	5 years, 12 days	5 years, 12 days
6	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy		INC	3 years, 71 days	5 years, 51 days
7	Jalagam Vengala Rao		INC(R)	4 years, 86 days	4 years, 86 days
8	Marri Chenna Reddy		INC(I)	2 years, 218 days	3 years, 232 days
9	Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy		INC	3 years, 96 days	3 years, 96 days
10	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy		INC(I)	2 years, 64 days	2 years, 175 days
11	Damodaram Sanjeevaiah		INC	2 years, 60 days	2 years, 60 days
12	Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy		INC(I)	1 year, 297 days	1 year, 297 days
13	Bezawada Gopala Reddy		INC	1 year, 214 days	1 year, 214 days
14	Tanguturi Anjaiah		INC(I)	1 year, 136 days	1 year, 136 days
15	Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao		INC(R)	1 year, 102 days	1 year, 102 days
16	Konijeti Rosaiah		INC	1 year, 82 days	1 year, 82 days
17	Tanguturi Prakasam		INC	1 year, 45 days	1 year, 45 days
18	Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy		INC(I)	208 days	208 days
19	Nadendla Bhaskara Rao		TDP	31 days	31 days

List by party

#	Party		Number of chief ministers	Total days of holding the office
1		Indian National Congress	15	14644 days
2		Telugu Desam Party	3	7921 days
3		YSR Congress Party	1	1983 days

Timeline

Extended content

See also

• History of Andhra Pradesh
• Elections in Andhra Pradesh
• List of governors of Andhra Pradesh
• List of deputy chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh
• List of chief ministers of Telangana
• List of current Indian chief ministers

Notes

1. 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.^[6]
2. After 58 years, the state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. After state reorganisation Andhra Pradesh Sasana sabha seats come down from 294 to 175 seats.

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 Andhra Pradesh as well.
2. Roy, Pranay Dutta (16 March 2022). "Nehru couldn't ignore Potti Sriramulu who gave India Andhra Pradesh by fasting till death". ThePrint. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
3. "Indian Express October 2, 1953". Retrieved 26 August 2013.
4. "HT This Day: March 26, 1953 -- Andhra state from Oct 1". Hindustan Times. 25 March 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
5. "Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council History". National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 3 September 2010.
6. Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
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8. "Andhra Pradesh Formation Day 2023: AP History, Wishes, Quotes, and Must-try Foods". News18. 1 November 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
9. Gazette Notification of commencement (PDF) (Report). Government of India. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
10. "Telangana Assembly Elections 2023: Why Telangana Split From Andhra Pradesh | Explained". TimesNow. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
11. "Delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies order, 2008" (PDF). Election Commission of India. pp. 16–28. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
12. "Overview". AP Legislature. Government of Andhra Pradesh. Archived from the original on 19 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

External links

• Official Website of the Office of the Chief Minister