List of chief ministers of Rajasthan

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
(Redirected from Chief Minister of Rajasthan)

Chief Minister of Rajasthan
राजस्थान के मुख्यमंत्री
Incumbent
Bhajan Lal Sharma
since 15 December 2023
Government of Rajasthan
StyleThe Honourable (Formal)
Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
StatusHead of Government
AbbreviationCM
Member of
Reports to
SeatSecretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan
AppointerGovernor of Rajasthan by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
Term length5 years
Chief minister's term is for five years, provided the confidence of legislative assembly and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Inaugural holderHeera Lal Shastri
Formation26 January 1950
(74 years ago)
 (1950-01-26)
Salary
  • 175,000 (US$2,200)/monthly
  • 2,100,000 (US$26,000)/annually
WebsiteGovernment of Rajasthan

The Chief Minister of Rajasthan is the chief executive of the Indian state of Rajasthan. 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 Rajasthan 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 the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]

Since 1949, 3 people have served as Prime Minister and 14 people have served as the Chief Minister of Rajasthan.[2][3] Mohan Lal Sukhadia of Congress party, popularly known as father of modern Rajasthan, is the longest serving chief minister of the state. He was sworn in as CM four times, serving for a period of over 16 years. Vasundhara Raje Scindia of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the only female to serve at this post.

No chief minister (or political party) has retained power after completing one term since 1998[4] and the trend continued in the recent elections. After a landslide victory with 115 seats in 2023 elections, Bhajan Lal Sharma of Bharatiya Janata Party succeeded Ashok Gehlot of the Indian National Congress.[5][6]

Prime ministers of Rajasthan[edit]

# Portrait Prime Minister
(Lifespan)
Constituency
Term of office Election
(Term)
Party Appointed by
(Governor)
1 Gokul Lal Asawa
Unelected
25 March
1948
18 April
1948
1 year, 14 days Indian National Congress Bhim Singh II
(Rajpramukh)
2 Manikya Lal Verma
(1897–1969)
Unelected
18 April
1948
7 April
1949
354 days Unaffiliated Bhupal Singh
(Rajpramukh)
3 Hiralal Shastri
(1899–1974)
Unelected
7 April
1949
26 January
1950
294 days Indian National Congress Man Singh II
(Rajpramukh)

Chief ministers of Rajasthan[edit]

Note: Died in office

# Portrait Chief Minister
(Lifespan)
Constituency
Term of office Election
(Term)
Party Deputy Chief Minister(s)
(Term in office)
Government Appointed by
(Governor)
1 Hiralal Shastri
(1899–1974)
Unelected
26 January
1950
6 January
1951
345 days Indian National Congress Position vacant
(26 Jan. 1950 – 26 Apr. 1951)
Shastri Man Singh II
(Rajpramukh)
2 C. S. Venkatachar
(1899–1999)
Unelected
6 January
1951
26 April
1951
110 days Venkatachar
3 Jai Narayan Vyas
(1899–1963)
Unelected
26 April
1951
3 March
1952
312 days Tika Ram Paliwal
(26 Apr. 1951 – 3 Mar. 1952)
Vyas I
4 Tika Ram Paliwal
(1909–1995)
MLA for Mahuwa
3 March
1952
1 November
1952
243 days 1952
(1st)
Position vacant
(3 Mar. – 1 Nov. 1952)
Paliwal
(3) Jai Narayan Vyas
(1899–1963)
MLA for Kishangarh
1 November
1952
13 November
1954
2 years, 12 days Tika Ram Paliwal
(1 Nov. 1952 – 13 Nov. 1954)
Vyas II
5 Mohan Lal Sukhadia
(1916–1982)
MLA for Udaipur
13 November
1954
13 March
1967
12 years, 120 days Position vacant
(13 Nov. 1954 – 13 Mar. 1967)
Sukhadia I
1957
(2nd)
Sukhadia II Gurmukh Nihal Singh
1962
(3rd)
Sukhadia III
President's rule was imposed during the period (13 March – 26 April 1967)
(5) Mohan Lal Sukhadia
(1916–1982)
MLA for Udaipur
26 April
1967
9 July
1971
4 years, 74 days 1967
(4th)
Indian National Congress Position vacant
(26 Apr. 1967 – 29 Apr. 1977)
Sukhadia IV Hukam Singh
6 Barkatullah Khan
(1920–1973)
MLA for Tijara
9 July
1971
11 October
1973[†]
2 years, 94 days Indian National Congress (R) Khan I
1972
(5th)
Khan II Jogendra Singh
7 Hari Dev Joshi
(1920–1995)
MLA for Banswara
11 October
1973
29 April
1977
3 years, 200 days Joshi I
President's rule was imposed during the period (29 April – 22 June 1967)
8 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(1925–2010)
MLA for Chhabra
22 June
1977
16 February
1980
2 years, 239 days 1977
(6th)
Janata Party Position vacant
(22 Jun. 1977 – 16 Feb. 1980)
Shekhawat I Raghukul Tilak
President's rule was imposed during the period (16 February – 6 June 1980)
9 Jagannath Pahadia
(1932–2021)
MLA for Weir
6 June
1980
14 July
1981
1 year, 38 days 1980
(7th)
Indian National Congress (Indira) Position vacant
(6 Jun. 1980 – 15 Dec. 1992)
Pahadia Raghukul Tilak
10 Shiv Charan Mathur
(1927–2009)
MLA for Mandalgarh
14 July
1981
23 February
1985
3 years, 224 days Mathur I
11 Hira Lal Devpura
(1925–2004)
MLA for Kumbhalgarh
23 February
1985
10 March
1985
15 days Devpura Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Om Prakash Mehra
(7) Hari Dev Joshi
(1920–1995)
MLA for Banswara
10 March
1985
20 January
1988
2 years, 316 days 1985
(8th)
Joshi II
(10) Shiv Charan Mathur
(1927–2009)
MLA for Mandalgarh
20 January
1988
4 December
1989
1 year, 318 days Mathur II Justice
J. S. Verma
(Acting)
(7) Hari Dev Joshi
(1920–1995)
MLA for Banswara
4 December
1989
4 March
1990
90 days Joshi III Sukhdev Prasad
(8) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(1925–2010)
MLA for Chhabra
4 March
1990
15 December
1992
2 years, 286 days 1990
(9th)
Bharatiya Janata Party Shekhawat II D. P. Chattopadhyaya
President's rule was imposed during the period (15 December 1992 – 4 December 1993)
(8) Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
(1925–2010)
MLA for Bali
4 December
1993
1 December
1998
4 years, 362 days 1993
(10th)
Bharatiya Janata Party Position vacant
(4 Dec. 1993 – 6 Oct. 1994)
Hari Shankar Bhabhra
(6 Oct. 1994 – 29 Nov. 1998)
Shekhawat III Bali Ram Bhagat
12 Ashok Gehlot
(born 1951)
MLA for Sardarpura
1 December
1998
8 December
2003
5 years, 7 days 1998
(11th)
Indian National Congress Position vacant
(1 Dec. 1998 – 25 Jan. 2003)
Banwari Lal Bairwa &
Kamla Beniwal
(25 Jan. 2003 – 8 Dec. 2003)
Gehlot I Justice
Navrang Lal Tibrewal
(Acting)
13 Vasundhara Raje
(born 1953)
MLA for Jhalrapatan
8 December
2003
12 December
2008
5 years, 4 days 2003
(12th)
Bharatiya Janata Party Position vacant
(8 Dec. 2003 – 17 Dec. 2018)
Raje I Kailashpati Mishra
(12) Ashok Gehlot
(born 1951)
MLA for Sardarpura
12 December
2008
13 December
2013
5 years, 1 day 2008
(13th)
Indian National Congress Gehlot II Shilendra Kumar Singh
(13) Vasundhara Raje
(born 1953)
MLA for Jhalrapatan
13 December
2013
17 December
2018
5 years, 4 days 2013
(14th)
Bharatiya Janata Party Raje II Margaret Alva
(12) Ashok Gehlot
(born 1951)
MLA for Sardarpura
17 December
2018
15 December
2023
4 years, 363 days 2018
(15th)
Indian National Congress Sachin Pilot
(17 Dec. 2018 – 14 Jul. 2020)
Position vacant
(14 Jul. 2020 – 15 Dec. 2023)
Gehlot III Kalyan Singh
14 Bhajan Lal Sharma
(born 1967)
MLA for Sanganer
15 December
2023
Incumbent 92 days 2023
(16th)
Bharatiya Janata Party Diya Kumari &
Prem Chand Bairwa
(since 15 Dec. 2023)
Sharma Kalraj Mishra

Timeline[edit]

Bhajan Lal SharmaVasundhara RajeAshok GehlotShiv Charan MathurJagannath PahadiaBhairon Singh ShekhawatHari Dev JoshiBarkatullah KhanMohan Lal SukhadiaTika Ram PaliwalJai Narayan VyasC. S. VenkatacharHiralal Shastri

Statistics[edit]

List of chief ministers by length of term[edit]

No. Name Party Total years of chief ministership
1 Mohan Lal Sukhadia INC 16 years, 194 days
2. Ashok Gehlot INC 15 years, 6 days
3. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat BJP 10 years, 157 days
4. Vasundhara Raje BJP 10 years, 8 days
5. Hari Dev Joshi INC 6 years, 241 days
6. Shiv Charan Mathur INC 5 years, 117 days
7. Jai Narayan Vyas INC 2 years, 324 days
8. Barkatullah Khan INC 2 years, 94 days
9. Heera Lal Shastri INC 1 years, 274 days
10. Jagannath Pahadia INC 1 years, 38 days
11. Tika Ram Paliwal INC 243 days
12. C. S. Venkatachar INC 110 days
13. Hira Lal Devpura INC 15 days
14. Bhajan Lal Sharma BJP 92 days

Notes[edit]

Notes
Reference
  1. ^ a b 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 to the specific case of Rajasthan as well.
  2. ^ RAJASTHAN LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY
  3. ^ History of Legislature in Rajasthan
  4. ^ Anand, Akriti (24 November 2023). "BJP Vs Congress in Rajasthan Poll: Why govt has been changing every 5 years". mint. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Ashok Gehlot Resigns As Rajasthan Chief Minister As BJP Thumps Congress In Assembly Polls". English Jagran. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Who is Bhajan Lal Sharma, the new chief minister of Rajasthan". The Times of India. 12 December 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 14 December 2023.

External links[edit]