India operates under a parliamentary system in which the Chief Minister (CM) acts as the head of the executive government for each state and specific Union Territories (UTs). According to Article 164 of the Indian Constitution, the Governor is responsible for appointing the CM, who effectively leads the state government. As of February 2025, there are 30 Chief Ministers in India—27 representing States and 3 from UTs, including Rekha Gupta (Delhi) and Omar Abdullah (J&K). This article provides a current list of the Chief Ministers..

1. Rekha Gupta is the recent chief minister for Delhi (NCT) from the Bharatiya Janata Party.

2. Currently, the women chief ministers of India 2025 are Rekha Gupta (Delhi) and Mamata Banerjee (West Bengal).

3. The chief ministers of Union Territories include Rekha Gupta (Delhi), Omar Abdullah (Jammu and Kashmir), and N. Rangaswamy (Puducherry).

4. Pema Khandu is the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh and the youngest at 37.

The chief minister oversees the state, advising on cabinet appointments and overseeing the legislature. While the governor is the formal leader, the chief minister exercises actual executive power. This article discusses the 2025 list of chief ministers of India, including their photographs, parties, qualifications, first CMs, women CMs, longest-serving, youngest CMs, and so on. Candidates can get this PDF via the link provided below. For any questions, see the FAQ section below.

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In India, there are 28 states and 8 Union Territories that have a separate Chief Minister. However, the union territories are directly headed by the Central government. Also, there is an exception to it. Only 3 union territories of India have separate chief ministers. They are Puducherry, Delhi, and Jammu & Kashmir.

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List of Chief Ministers of India 2025 (India's CM List)
State/ UT	All Chief Ministers of Indian States List 2025	New Chief Ministers of India with photos	Current Chief Ministers of India: Political Parties
Andhra Pradesh	Chandrababu Naidu		Telugu Desam Party
Arunachal Pradesh	Shri Pema Khandu		Bharatiya Janata Party
Assam	Himanta Biswa Sarma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Bihar	Shri Nitish Kumar		Janata Dal (United)
Chhattisgarh	Vishnu Deo Sai		Bharatiya Janata Party
Delhi (NCT)	Rekha Gupta		Bharatiya Janata Party
Goa	Shri Pramod Sawant		Bharatiya Janata Party
Gujarat	Bhupendrabhai Patel		Bharatiya Janata Party
Haryana	Nayab Singh Saini		Bharatiya Janata Party
Himachal Pradesh	Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu		Indian National Congress
Jharkhand	Hemant Soren		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
Karnataka	Siddaramaiah		Indian National Congress
Kerala	Shri Pinarayi Vijayan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Madhya Pradesh	Mohan Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
Manipur	Vacant		Presidential Rule
Maharashtra	Devendra Fadnavis		Bharatiya Janata Party
Meghalaya	Shri Conrad Sangma		National People’s Party
Mizoram	Lalduhoma		Zoram People's Movement
Nagaland	Shri Neiphiu Rio		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
Odisha	Mohan Charan Majhi		Bharatiya Janata Party
Puducherry (UT)	Nadesan Rangaswamy		All India N.R. Congress
Punjab	Bhagwant Mann		Aam Aadmi Party
Rajasthan	Bhajan Lal Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
Sikkim	Shri PS Golay		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
Tamil Nadu	M. K. Stalin		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Telangana	Revanth Reddy		Indian National Congress
Tripura	Manik Saha		Bharatiya Janata Party
Uttar Pradesh	Shri Yogi Adityanath		Bharatiya Janata Party
Uttarakhand	Pushkar Singh Dhami		Bharatiya Janata Party
West Bengal	Km. Mamata Banerjee		All India Trinamool Congress

Note: Delhi and Puducherry are both Union Territories (UTs). They were included in this table because they have Chief Ministers, while other UTs do not.

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Chief Ministers of Union Territories in India 2025 

Check out the table below for a list of all the chief ministers of Indian Union Territories in 2025.

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Chief Ministers of India, State Wise 2025 Name List In Hindi PDF

Here we have added the chief ministers of all Indian states in the 2025 name list in Hindi PDF for the reference of the candidates.

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Qualification of Chief Ministers of India

For the qualifications of all the chief ministers of Indian states, kindly see the section below.

• They must be a citizen of India.

• They must be above the age of 25 years.

• They must be a member of the State Legislative Assembly (MLA). In case the person is not an MLA at the time of their appointment as Chief Minister of a State, they must become an MLA by contesting an election in their respective constituency within six months of appointment.

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Here, we explain all states chief ministers of India, who are responsible for the work, duties, and responsibilities that are mentioned in our constitution.

Chief Ministers of India 2025 New List

Recent appointments of New Indian Chief Ministers across various states, along with their assumption dates, are listed below.

Chief Ministers of India List 2025: Famous Chief Ministers of All the States in India

Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has been rated as India’s Most Popular Chief Minister in the Mood of the Nation Survey 2022 conducted by India Today. A total of 71.1% of respondents in the survey from Odisha voted in favour of Naveen. “Nearly 71% of respondents of the total of 2,743 from Odisha said they were satisfied with Naveen Patnaik,” the magazine stated. 

• After Naveen, 69.9% of the 4,982 respondents from West Bengal expressed satisfaction with Mamata Banerjee’s performance.

• Similarly, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin garnered 67.5% approval ratings.

• Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray 61.8%

• Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan 61.1%.

• Delhi’s Arvind Kejriwal 57.9%,

• Assam’s Himanta Biswa Sarma 56.6%, and Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel 51.4%.

Who is the first Chief Minister of India?

A chief minister leads a state government's council of ministers and may be supported by a deputy chief minister. They typically select the State Chief Secretary and assign departments to Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State. 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 in India belonged to the Indian National Congress.

Who is the First woman Chief Minister of India?

The First Woman Chief Minister of India, or First Lady Chief Minister of India, was Sucheta Kripalani (née Majumdar; 25 June 1908 – 1 December 1974), an Indian freedom fighter and politician. She was India's first female Chief Minister, serving as the head of the Uttar Pradesh government from 1963 to 1967.

Longest Serving Chief Minister of India

The longest-serving chief minister of India is Pawan Kumar Chamling (born 22 September 1949, an Indian politician and writer who served as the 5th Chief Minister of Sikkim from 1994 to 2019.

Youngest Chief Minister of India

The youngest chief minister of India is Mr Pema Khandu (37), who is the current Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.

The chief ministers of Karnataka are listed below.

FAQs

Q. What are the roles of the chief ministers of India in 2025?

A chief minister leads a state government's council of ministers and may be supported by a deputy chief minister. They typically select the State Chief Secretary and assign departments to Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State.

Q. Who is the first chief minister of India?

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.

Q. Who is the present chief minister of Himachal Pradesh?

Shri Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu is the present Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.

Q. Who is the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh?

The chief minister of Madhya Pradesh is Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

Q. Who is the first chief minister of Delhi?

Chaudhary Brahm Prakash is the first chief minister of Delhi.

Q. Who is the present chief minister of Puducherry?

Nadesan Rangaswamy is the present chief minister of Puducherry.

Q. Who was the first woman chief minister of India / Who was the first woman chief minister of India?

Sucheta Kripalani (née Majumdar; 25 June 1908 – 1 December 1974) was an Indian freedom fighter and politician. She was India's first female Chief Minister, serving as the head of the Uttar Pradesh government from 1963 to 1967.

Q. Who is the chief minister of Karnataka?

The chief minister of Karnataka is Siddaramaiah.