State CM and Governor of India List 2023 for All State & UT

Chief Minister and Governor 2023

As per Article 164, the Chief Minister of an Indian state or Union Territory (UT) is chosen by the Governor, who acts as the appointing authority. Additionally, Article 167 states that the Chief Minister acts as a bridge between the Governor and the state council of ministers. Although our constitution does not explicitly specify the educational qualifications required to become a Chief Minister, it does not imply that the Governor has complete freedom to appoint anyone to the position. In this article, we will provide a list of Chief Ministers and Governors for all the states and Union Territories in India.

The list of state-wise chief ministers and the governor is important for the students who are preparing for competitive exams like SBI PO, SSC, banking, etc. In The table below we have included all the states and their governor and chief ministers. We have also included the chief minister and governors of union territories. Further in the article, you can also check out the selection process and powers of the chief minister and governor of India.

List Of Longest Serving Chief Ministers Of India

All State Chief Minister and Governor 2022: Important Facts

1. The chief minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik has the longest incumbency from 5th March 2000.
2. The chief minister of Mizoram, Zoramthanga is the oldest chief minister in India.
3. The Chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Pema Khandu is the youngest chief minister in India.
4. Twelve incumbents belong to Bhartiya Janta Party, two belong to Indian National Congress, and two to Aam Aadmi Party.

States and Capitals of India 2023

Chief Minister and Governor of India 2023 List

States	Chief Minister	Governer
Andhra Pradesh	Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	S. Abdul Nazeer
Arunachal Pradesh	Pema Khandu	Lt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik
Assam	Himanta Biswa Sarma	Gulab Chand Kataria
Bihar	Nitish Kumar	Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar
Chhattisgarh	Bhupesh Bhagel	Justice (Retd) Biswa Bhusan Harichandan
Goa	Pramod Sawant	P.S. Sgreedharan
Gujarat	Vijaybhai R. Rupani	Acharaya Devvrat
Haryana	Manohar Lal Khattar	Satyadeo Narayan Arya
Himachal Pradesh	Jai Ram Thakur	Shiv Pratap Shukla
Jharkhand	Hemant Soren	C.P. Radhakrishnan
Karnataka	Siddaramaiah	Thawar Chand Gehlot
Kerala	Pinarayi Vijayan	Arif Mohammed Khan
Madhya Pradesh	Shivraj Singh Chouhan	Mangubhai Chaganbhai Patel
Maharashtra	Eknath Shinde	Ramesh Bais
Manipur	N. Biren Singh	Anusuiya Uikye
Meghalaya	Conrad Kongkal Sangma	Phagu Chauhan
Mizoram	Zoramthanga	Dr. Kambhampati Haribabu
Nagaland	Neiphiu Rio	Shri La. Ganesan
Odisha	Naveen Patnaik	Prof. Ganeshi Lal Mathur
Punjab	Bhagwant Singh Mann	Shri Banwarilal Purohit
Rajasthan	Ashok Gehlot	Kalraj Mishra
Sikkim	Prem Singh Tamang	Lakshman Prasad Acharya
Tamil Nadu	M.K Stalin	R.N. Ravi
Telangana	K.Chandrashekhar Rao	Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan
Tripura	Bipplab Kumar Deb	Satyadeo Narayan Arya
Uttar Pradesh	Yogi Adityanath	Anandiben Patel
Uttarakhand	Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami	Gurmit Singh
West Bengal	Mamata Banerjee	Dr CV Ananda Bose

Union Territory States-wise Governors of India List

Union Territory	Governor	Capital
Andaman & Nicobar	Shri. Devendra Kumar Joshi (Lieutenant Governor)	Port Blair
Chandigarh	Shri Banwarilal Purohit (Administrator)	Chandigarh
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)	Daman
Delhi	Vinal Kumar Saxena (Lieutenant Governor)	New Delhi
Jammu and Kashmir	Shri Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor)	Srinagar
Lakshadweep	Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)	Kavaratti
Puducherry	Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan	Puducherry
Ladakh	Brig (Dr) B D Mishra (Retd)	Leh

Governor of India Selection and Powers

The governor in India is appointed by the president. The central government is responsible for the nomination of the government for each state. There is no indirect or direct election for the appointment of governor unlike the elections for president. The office of a governor is an independent constitutional office the governor doesn’t serve the union government.

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The governor only needs to meet two qualifications one he should be an Indian citizen and the other he should be 35 years old or more. There are two conventions that the government follows to nominate a governor that is the person who is going to be appointed as the governor must not belong to the state, he shall be an outsider with having no relations with the state.

The other one is the consultation of the chief minister is taken before the appointment of a governor by the president. He is the executive head of the state he is appointed to. All the executive actions that are performed in the state are in the name of the governor.

Chief Minister of India Selection and Powers

There is no specific procedure for the selection and appointment of the chief minister of a state as per the constitution of India. According to article 164, the Government of a state appoints the chief minister. There are a few qualifications that a person needs to become a chief minister of India. The person must be a citizen of India, he must have completed 25 years of age, and must be a member of any house either the legislative assembly or the legislative council.

A citizen of India who is not a member of the legislative assembly or legislative council has to get himself elected within 6 months from the date of their appointment, if the person fails the procedure, he would not be considered the chief minister.

The powers given to the chief minister are that he can allocate and reshuffle the portfolios among ministers, if the chief minister resigns the full cabinet has to resign with him, guides controls and direct activities of all the ministers, if there is any difference of opinion, he can ask the minister to resign, he advises the government to appoint any person as a minister.

Chief Ministers of India in Constitution

Article 163: The governor is advised by the Chief Mister, head of council of ministers.
Article 164: The Constitution appoints the Chief Minister by the governor.
Article 167: The Constitution, the Chief Minister acts as a link between the Governor and state council of ministers.

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Chief Ministers and Governors of India QNAs

Q1. What are the powers of the governor of a state?
Ans. Every executive action that is taken by the state government is under the name of the governor. The governor appoints the advocate general of the state and their remuneration. He also appoints the state election commissioner, vice-chancellors of the universities in the state, chairman, and members of the state public service commission.

Q2. Who appoints the governor of a state in India?
Ans. In India, the governor of a state is appointed by the president of India for a term of 5 years. The governor is the head of all the state governments and all the executive actions are taken in the name of the governor.

Q3. Which union Territories have chief ministers?
Ans. Only two union territories that are Delhi and Puducherry have chief ministers. The chief minister of Delhi is Arvind Kejriwal and the chief minister of Puducherry is N. Rangaswamy.

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