(Updated on October 10/2015)
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DayTodayGK has prepared an updated list of Chief Ministers and Governors of India.
Who is the Chief Minister?
The Chief Minister is the leader of the Legislative Assembly of the State. On Chief Minister’s advice the Governor exercises his functions in matters like summoning, proroguing or, if necessary, dissolving the Legislative Assembly. Appointment of the Chief Minister is formally made by the Governor. The usual practice is that after the General Election is over, the Governor invites the leader of the majority party in the State Legislature to become the Chief Minister.
If the Chief Minister resigns, the entire Council of Ministers is bound to resign. The CM has to keep a watchful eye on the public opinion at the time of formulating government policy and performing his functions. The Chief Minister can ask any minister to resign if he is not happy with his work. No law can be framed without the will of the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister is the principal advisor of the Governor. He takes the advice of the Chief Minister on all the issue.
Tenure of the Chief Minister is maximum for five years.
Who is the Governor?
The Governor is the chief executive of a State in India. The powers and functions of the Governor of Indian State resembles that of the President of the Union Government. The Governor is appointed by the President of India. He holds office during the pleasure of the President. Any citizen of 35 years of age and above is eligible but he must not hold any other office of profit, nor be a Member of Parliament or State Legislature.
Complete List of Chief Ministers and Governors of Indian States
S.No |
Name of the State |
Capital |
Chief Minister |
Governor |
| 1. | Andhra Pradesh | Hyderabad | Chandrababu Naidu | ES Lakshmi Narasimhan |
| 2. | Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar | Nabam Tuki | JP Rajkhowa |
| 3. | Assam | Dispur | Tarun Gogoi | Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya |
| 4. | Bihar | Patna | Nitish Kumar | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 5. | Chhattisgarh | Raipur | Raman Singh | Balramji Dass Tandon |
| 6. | Goa | Panaji | Laxmikant Parsekar | Mridula Sinha |
| 7. | Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Anandiben Patel | Om Prakash Kohli |
| 8. | Haryana | Chandigarh | Manohal Lal | Kaptan Singh Solanki |
| 9. | Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | Virbhadra Singh | Acharya Dev Vrat |
| 10. | Jharkhand | Ranchi | Raghubar Das | Droupati Murmu |
| 11. | Karnataka | Bengaluru | Siddaramaiah | Vajubhai Vala |
| 12. | Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Oommen Chandy | Justice (Retd) P Sathasivam |
| 13. | Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Sivaraj Singh Chouhan | Ram Naresh Yadav |
| 14. | Maharashtra | Mumbai | Devendra Fadnavis | C Vidyasagar Rao |
| 15. | Manipur | Imphal | Okram Ibobi Singh | Shri V. Shanmuganathan (Add. Charge) |
| 16. | Meghalaya | Shillong | Mukul Sangma | Shanmuganathan |
| 17. | Mizoram | Aizawl | Lal Thanhawla | Lt Gen (Retd) Nirbhay Sharma |
| 18. | Nagaland | Kohima | TR Zeilang | Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya |
| 19. | Odisha | Bhubaneshwar | Naveen Patnaik | SC Jamir |
| 20. | Punjab | Chandigarh | Prakash Singh Badal | Kaptan Singh Solanki |
| 21. | Rajasthan | Jaipur | Vasundra Raje | Kalyan Singh |
| 22. | Sikkhim | Gangtok | PawanKumar Chamling | Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil |
| 23. | Tamil Nadu | Chennai | J Jayalalitha | Dr K Rosaiah |
| 24. | Telangana | Hyderabad | Chandrasekhar Rao | ESL Narasimhan |
| 25. | Tripura | Agartala | Manik Sarkar | Tathagata Roy |
| 26. | Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Akhilesh Yadav | Ram Naik |
| 27. | Uttarakhand | Dehradun | Harish Rawat | Krishan Kant Paul |
| 28. | West Bengal | Kolkata | Mamata Banerjee | Keshari Nath Tripathi |
| 29. | Jammu and Kashmir | Sri Nagar (Summer)
Jammu (Winter) |
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed | NN Vohra |
In case of Union Territories, Lieutenant Governor plays a major role. the rank is present only in the union territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Delhi and Puducherry. However the governor of Punjab acts as the administrator of Chandigarh. Lieutenant-governors hold the same rank as a governor of a state in the list of precedence.
S.No |
Union Territory |
Capital |
Minister/Governor |
Lt Governor/Administrator |
| 1. | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Port Blair | Central Government | Lt Gen AK Singh (Retd) (Lieutenant Governor) |
| 2. | Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Central Government | Kaptan Singh Solank (Administrator) |
| 3. | Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Silvassa | Central Government | Ashish Kundra (Administrator) |
| 4. | Daman and Diu | Daman | Central Government | Ashish Kundra (Administrator) |
| 5. | Lakshadweep | Kavaratti | Central Government | H Rajesh Prasad (Administrator) |
| 6. | Delhi – National Capital Territory | Delhi | Arvind Kejriwal | Najeeb Jung (Lieteunant Governor) |
| 7. | Puducherry (Pondicherry) | Pondicherry | N Rangaswamy | Lt Gen AK Singh (Retd) (Lieutenant Governor) |
