INDIA ALL STATES CHIEF MINISTER'S LIST : MSOT IMP FOR TET EXAM
In the Republic of India, a chief minister is the head of government of
each of twenty-nine states and two union territories (Delhi and
Puducherry). According to the Constitution of India, at the state-level,
the governor is de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests
with the chief minister. Following elections to the state 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 he has the assembly's confidence, the chief
minister's term is usually for a maximum of five years; there are no
limits to the number of terms he/she can serve.
Of the thirty-one incumbents, three are women—Mamata Banerjee in West
Bengal, Mehbooba Mufti in Jammu and Kashmir, and Vasundhara Raje in
Rajasthan. Serving since December 1994 (for 22 years, 220 days),
Sikkim's Pawan Kumar Chamling has the longest incumbency. Virbhadra
Singh (b. 1934) of Himachal Pradesh is the oldest chief minister,[2]
while Arunachal Pradesh's Pema Khandu (b. 1979) is the youngest.
Thirteen incumbents belong to the Bharatiya Janata Party, six to the
Indian National Congress and two to the Communist Party of India
(Marxist); no other party has more than one chief minister in office.
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