Chief Minister of Maharashtra

The chief minister of Maharashtra (IAST: Mahārāṣṭrāce Mukhyamaṃtrī) is the head of the executive branch of the government of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Following elections to the Legislative Assembly, the governor invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government and appoints the chief minister. If the appointee is not a member of either the Legislative Council or the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, then the Constitution stipulates that they need to be elected within six months of being sworn in.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The office of the CM is coterminous with the concurrent Assembly provided the CM commands confidence in the house and hence does not exceed five years. However, it is subject to no term limits.<ref name="term1">Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. Template:ISBN. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Maharashtra as well.</ref>

Maharashtra was formed by dissolution of Bombay State and Hyderabad State on 1 May 1960.<ref name=BomReorg1960>Template:Cite web</ref> Yashwantrao Chavan, who was serving as the third CM of Bombay State since 1956, became the first CM of Maharashtra. He belonged to the Indian National Congress and held the office until the 1962 Assembly elections. Marotrao Kannamwar succeeded him and was the only CM to die while in office.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Vasantrao Naik, who was in office from December 1963 to February 1975 for more than 11 years, has by far been the longest serving CM. He also was the first and only CM to complete his full term of five years (1967–1972) till Devendra Fadnavis matched it (2014–2019). With the exceptions of Manohar Joshi (SS), Narayan Rane (SS), Devendra Fadnavis (BJP), Uddhav Thackeray (SS) and Eknath Shinde (SS), all other CMs have been from the Congress or its breakaway parties.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

So far, President's rule has been imposed thrice in the state: first from February to June 1980 and again from September to October 2014. It was again imposed on 12 November 2019.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The current incumbent is Devendra Fadnavis of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 5 December 2024.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

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Prime ministers of Bombay (1937–50)

#Template:EfnTemplate:Efn	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Assembly	Appointed by (Governor)	Party
1	File:Blank.svg	Dhanjishah Cooper	1 April 1937	19 July 1937<ref name="RABP">Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Ayd	1st Provincial (1937 Elections)	The Lord Brabourne	Independent	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
2	File:BG Kher 1989 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher	19 July 1937<ref name="RABP" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	2 November 1939<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	Template:Ayd		Robert Duncan Bell	Indian National Congress	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
-	File:Emblem of India.svg	Vacant (Governor's Rule)	2 November 1939	30 March 1946	Template:Ayd	Dissolved	-	N/A
(2)	File:BG Kher 1989 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher	30 March 1946	26 January 1950	Template:Age in years and days	2nd Provincial (1946 Elections)	Sir John Colville	Indian National Congress	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |

Chief ministers of Bombay State (1947–60)

#Template:Efn	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly	Appointed by (Governor)	Party
1	File:BG Kher 1989 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher	MLC	15 August 1947	21 April 1952	Template:Age in years and days	Provincial Assembly 1946 election)	Sir John Colville	Indian National Congress	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
2	File:Morarji Desai During his visit to the United States of America .jpg	Morarji Desai	Bulsar Chikhli	21 April 1952	31 October 1956	Template:Age in years and days	1st (1952 elections)	Raja Maharaj Singh
Chief ministers of Bombay State (1956–60)Template:Efn
3	File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg	Yashwantrao Chavan	Karad North	1 November 1956	5 April 1957	Template:Age in years and days	1st (1952 elections)	Harekrushna Mahatab	Indian National Congress	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
				5 April 1957	30 April 1960		2nd (1957 elections)	Sri Prakasa

Chief ministers of Maharashtra

Key

• No.: Incumbent number
• Template:Note label Died in office
• Template:Note label Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
• Template:Note label Resigned
• Template:Note label Resigned following a no-confidence motion

Chief ministers of MaharashtraTemplate:Efn (1960–present) (Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly	Party Template:Small<ref name=":02">Template:Cite web</ref>
				Took office	Left office	Duration
1	File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg	Yashwantrao Chavan	Karad North	1 May 1960	20 November 1962	Template:Age in years and days	1st (1957 elections)	Indian National Congress	rowspan="8" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
2		Marotrao Kannamwar	Saoli	20 November 1962	24 November 1963 †	Template:Age in years and days	2nd (1962 election)
3		P. K. Sawant	Chiplun	25 November 1963	5 December 1963	Template:Age in years and days
4	File:Vasantrao Naik portrait.jpg	Vasantrao Naik	Pusad	5 December 1963	1 March 1967	Template:Age in years and days
				1 March 1967	13 March 1972		3rd (1967 election)
				13 March 1972	21 February 1975		4th (1972 election)
5	File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	Shankarrao Chavan	Bhokar	21 February 1975	17 May 1977	Template:Age in years and days
6	File:Vasantdada Patil 2012 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	Vasantdada Patil	MLC	17 May 1977	5 March 1978	Template:Age in years and days
			Sangli	5 March 1978	18 July 1978		5th (1978 election)	Indian National Congress (U)	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
7	File:The Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Sharad Pawar addressing at the launch of the Sahana Group’s New Marathi Channel “Jai Maharashtra”, in Mumbai on April 27, 2013 (cropped).jpg	Sharad Pawar	Baramati	18 July 1978	17 February 1980	Template:Age in years and days		Indian Congress (Socialist)	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
–	State Emblem of India	VacantTemplate:Efn (President's rule)	N/A	17 February 1980	8 June 1980	Template:Age in years and days	Dissolved<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>	N/A
8	File:A. R. Antulay with Shivraj Patil (cropped).jpg	A. R. Antulay	Shrivardhan	9 June 1980	21 January 1982	Template:Age in years and days	6th (1980 election)	Indian National Congress	rowspan="9" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
9	File:Babasaheb Bhosale.png	Babasaheb Bhosale	Nehrunagar	21 January 1982	2 February 1983	Template:Age in years and days
(6)	File:Vasantdada Patil 2012 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	Vasantdada Patil	Sangli	2 February 1983	3 June 1985	Template:Age in years and days
10		Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	Nilanga	3 June 1985	12 March 1986	Template:Age in years and days	7th (1985 election)
(5)	File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg	Shankarrao Chavan	MLC	12 March 1986	26 June 1988	Template:Age in years and days
(7)	File:The Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Sharad Pawar addressing at the launch of the Sahana Group’s New Marathi Channel “Jai Maharashtra”, in Mumbai on April 27, 2013 (cropped).jpg	Sharad Pawar	Baramati	26 June 1988	4 March 1990	Template:Age in years and days
				4 March 1990	25 June 1991		8th (1990 election)
11	File:Sudhakarrao Naik Lok Sabha photo portrait 1998-03-18.jpg	Sudhakarrao Naik	Pusad	25 June 1991	6 March 1993	Template:Age in years and days
(7)	File:The Union Minister for Agriculture and Food Processing Industries, Shri Sharad Pawar addressing at the launch of the Sahana Group’s New Marathi Channel “Jai Maharashtra”, in Mumbai on April 27, 2013 (cropped).jpg	Sharad Pawar	MLC	6 March 1993Template:Ref label	14 March 1995	Template:Age in years and days
12	File:Manohar Joshi cropped.jpg	Manohar Joshi	Dadar	14 March 1995	1 February 1999	Template:Age in years and days	9th (1995 election)	Shiv Sena	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
13	File:Narayan Rane with PM Modi (cropped).jpg	Narayan Rane	Malvan	1 February 1999	18 October 1999	Template:Age in years and days
14	File:Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Latur	18 October 1999	18 January 2003	Template:Age in years and days	10th (1999 election)	Indian National Congress	rowspan="6" style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
15	File:Sushilkumar Shinde.JPG	Sushilkumar Shinde	Solapur South	18 January 2003	1 November 2004	Template:Age in years and days
(14)	File:Vilasrao Deshmukh at Innovation Partnerships Event May 8, 2012.jpg	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Latur	1 November 2004Template:Ref label	8 December 2008	Template:Age in years and days	11th (2004 election)
16	File:The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Ashok Chavan and the Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Chhagan Chandrakant Bhujbal, in New Delhi on December 12, 2008 (cropped) 1.jpg	Ashok Chavan	Mudkhed	8 December 2008	7 November 2009	Template:Age in years and days
			Bhokar	7 November 2009	11 November 2010		12th (2009 election)
17	File:Prithviraj Chavan - India Economic Summit 2011.jpg	Prithviraj Chavan	MLC	11 November 2010	28 September 2014	Template:Age in years and days
–	State Emblem of India	VacantTemplate:Efn (President's rule)	N/A	28 September 2014	30 October 2014	Template:Age in years and days	Dissolved	N/A
18	File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi attends the Swearing-in Ceremony of the Government of Maharashtra at Mumbai, in Maharashtra on December 05, 2024 (2) (cropped).jpg	Devendra Fadnavis	Nagpur South West	31 October 2014	12 November 2019	Template:Age in years and days	13th (2014 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
-	State Emblem of India	VacantTemplate:Efn (President's rule)		12 November 2019	23 November 2019	Template:Age in years and days	14th (2019 election)	N/A
(18)	File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi attends the Swearing-in Ceremony of the Government of Maharashtra at Mumbai, in Maharashtra on December 05, 2024 (2) (cropped).jpg	Devendra Fadnavis	Nagpur South West	23 November 2019	28 November 2019	Template:Age in years and daysTemplate:Efn		Bharatiya Janata Party	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |
19	File:The Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Uddhav Thackeray calling on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on February 21, 2020 (Uddhav Thackeray) (cropped).jpg	Uddhav Thackeray	MLC	28 November 2019	30 June 2022	Template:Age in years and days		Shiv Sena	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |
20	File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi attends the Swearing-in Ceremony of the Government of Maharashtra at Mumbai, in Maharashtra on December 05, 2024 (3) (cropped).jpg	Eknath Shinde	Kopri-Pachpakhadi	30 June 2022	5 December 2024	Template:Age in years and days		Shiv Sena	style="background-color:Template:Party color" |
(18)	File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi attends the Swearing-in Ceremony of the Government of Maharashtra at Mumbai, in Maharashtra on December 05, 2024 (2) (cropped).jpg	Devendra Fadnavis	Nagpur South West	5 December 2024	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days	15th (2024 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party	style="background-color: Template:Party color" |

Statistics

#	Chief Minister	Party		Length of term
				Longest continuous term	Total tenure
1	Vasantrao Naik	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
2	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	7 years, 129 days
3	Sharad Pawar	Template:Party name with color/IC(S)	Template:Age in years and days	6 years, 221 days
4	Devendra Fadnavis	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
5	Shankarrao Chavan	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	4 years, 191 days
6	Manohar Joshi	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
7	Prithviraj Chavan	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
8	Vasantdada Patil	Template:Party name with color/INC	Template:Age in years and days	3 years, 183 days
9	Uddhav Thackeray	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
10	Yashwantrao Chavan	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
11	Eknath Shinde	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
12	Ashok Chavan	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
13	Sushilkumar Shinde	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
14	Sudhakarrao Naik	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
15	A. R. Antulay	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
16	Babasaheb Bhosale	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
17	Marotrao Kannamwar	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
18	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
19	Narayan Rane	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
20	P. K. Sawant	Template:Party name with color	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days

Timeline

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See also

• List of governors of Maharashtra
• List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra
• List of chairmen of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
• List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of deputy speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Council
• List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council