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]
| Chief Minister of Rajasthan | |
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| राजस्थान के मुख्यमंत्री | |
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| Government of Rajasthan | |
| Style | The Honourable (Formal) Mr. Chief Minister (Informal) |
| Status | Head of Government |
| Abbreviation | CM |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | |
| Seat | Secretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan |
| Appointer | Governor of Rajasthan by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | 5 years Chief minister's term is for five years, provided the confidence of legislative assembly and is subject to no term limits.[1] |
| Inaugural holder | Heera Lal Shastri |
| Formation | 26 January 1950 |
| Deputy | Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan |
| Salary |
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| Website | CMO Rajasthan |
At the time of India's independence in 1947, the region known as Rajputana included various princely states[a] and the province of Ajmer-Merwara. Over time, these areas were gradually integrated to form the modern Indian state of Rajasthan. The integration occurred in seven stages, from March 1948 to November 1956.[2] On 18 March 1948, the states of Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur, and Karauli merged their territories to form the Matsya Union, with Shobha Ram becoming its prime minister.[3] Shortly after, on 25 March 1948, the Rajasthan Union was formed by the states of Bundi, Kota, Jhalawar, Dungarpur, Banswara, Pratapgarh, Kishangarh, Tonk, Shahpura and the chiefship of Lawa, with Gokul Lal Asava serving as its first prime minister.[4] On 18 April 1948, Udaipur State joined the Union, and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated the newly named United State of Rajasthan, with Manikya Lal Verma becoming its prime minister.[5] Later, on 30 March 1949, the states of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, and Jaisalmer merged into the union, which was then renamed the United State of Greater Rajasthan. Hiralal Shastri became the prime minister on 7 April 1949. On 15 May 1949, the Matsya Union joined the United State of Greater Rajasthan.[6]
From 26 January 1950, the state officially came to be known as Rajasthan, with Shashtri continuing as its first chief minister.[7] On 3 March 1952, following the first legislative assembly election, Tika Ram Paliwal of the Indian National Congress became the first elected chief minister of the state.[8] Since 1949, three people have served as Prime Minister and fourteen people have served as Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Mohan Lal Sukhadia of the Congress party is the longest-serving chief minister, having been sworn in four times and serving for over sixteen years. Vasundhara Raje Scindia of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the only female to have held this position.[9] Since 1998, no chief minister or political party has retained power after completing one term, a trend that continued in the recent elections.[10] After a landslide victory with 115 seats in the 2023 assembly elections, Bhajan Lal Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party succeeded Ashok Gehlot of the Indian National Congress.[11][12]
List
editPrime minister of Matsya Union (1948–1949)
edit| # | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Election (Term) |
Appointed by | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Shobha Ram Kumawat | 18 March 1948 |
15 May 1949 |
1 year, 58 days | – | Udai Bhan Singh (Rajpramukh) |
Indian National Congress | |
Prime ministers of Rajasthan (1948–1950)
edit| # | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Election (Term) |
Appointed by | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
|
Gokul Lal Asawa | 25 March 1948 |
18 April 1948 |
24 days | – | Bhim Singh II (Rajpramukh) |
Indian National Congress | |
| 2 | 
|
Manikya Lal Verma | 18 April 1948 |
7 April 1949 |
354 days | – | Bhupal Singh (Rajpramukh) | ||
| 3 | 
|
Hiralal Shastri | 7 April 1949 |
26 January 1950 |
294 days | – | Man Singh II (Rajpramukh) | ||
Chief Ministers of Rajasthan (1950 to present)
editNote: † Died in office
| No | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Tenure | Assembly
(election) |
Party[b] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
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Heera Lal Shastri | – | 26 January 1950 | 6 January 1951 | 345 days | – | Indian National Congress | |
| 2 | 
|
C. S. Venkatachar | – | 6 January 1951 | 26 April 1951 | 110 days | – | ||
| 3 | 
|
Jai Narayan Vyas | – | 26 April 1951 | 3 March 1952 | 312 days | – | ||
| 4 | 
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Tika Ram Paliwal | Mahuwa | 3 March 1952 | 1 November 1952 | 243 days | 1st | ||
| (3) |
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Jai Narayan Vyas | Kishangarh | 1 November 1952 | 13 November 1954 | 2 years, 12 days | |||
| 5 | 
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Mohan Lal Sukhadia | Udaipur | 13 November 1954 | 11 April 1957 | 12 years, 120 days | |||
| 11 April 1957 | 11 March 1962 | 2nd | |||||||
| 12 March 1962 | 13 March 1967 | 3rd | |||||||
| – | 
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Vacant[c] | – | 13 March 1967 | 26 April 1967 | 44 days | – | ||
| (5) |
|
Mohan Lal Sukhadia | Udaipur | 26 April 1967 | 9 July 1971 | 4 years, 74 days | 4th | Indian National Congress | |
| 6 | 
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Barkatullah Khan | Tijara | 9 July 1971 | 11 October 1973[†] | 2 years, 94 days | |||
| 5th | |||||||||
| 7 | 
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Hari Dev Joshi | Banswara | 11 October 1973 | 29 April 1977 | 3 years, 200 days | |||
| – |
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Vacant[c] | – | 29 April 1977 | 22 June 1977 | 54 days | – | ||
| 8 | 
|
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Chhabra | 22 June 1977 | 16 February 1980 | 2 years, 239 days | 6th | Janata Party | |
| – |
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Vacant[c] | – | 16 February 1980 | 6 June 1980 | 111 days | – | ||
| 9 | 
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Jagannath Pahadia | Weir | 6 June 1980 | 14 July 1981 | 1 year, 38 days | 7th | Indian National Congress | |
| 10 | 
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Shiv Charan Mathur | Mandalgarh | 14 July 1981 | 23 February 1985 | 3 years, 224 days | |||
| 11 | 
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Hira Lal Devpura | Kumbhalgarh | 23 February 1985 | 10 March 1985 | 15 days | |||
| (7) |
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Hari Dev Joshi | Banswara | 10 March 1985 | 20 January 1988 | 2 years, 316 days | 8th | ||
| (10) |
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Shiv Charan Mathur | Mandalgarh | 20 January 1988 | 4 December 1989 | 1 year, 318 days | |||
| (7) |
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Hari Dev Joshi | Banswara | 4 December 1989 | 4 March 1990 | 90 days | |||
| (8) |
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Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Chhabra | 4 March 1990 | 15 December 1992 | 2 years, 286 days | 9th | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| – |
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Vacant[c] | – | 15 December 1992 | 4 December 1993 | 354 days | – | ||
| (8) |
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Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | Bali | 4 December 1993 | 1 December 1998 | 4 years, 362 days | 10th | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 12 | 
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Ashok Gehlot | Sardarpura | 1 December 1998 | 8 December 2003 | 5 years, 7 days | 11th | Indian National Congress | |
| 13 | 
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Vasundhara Raje | Jhalrapatan | 8 December 2003 | 12 December 2008 | 5 years, 4 days | 12th | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| (12) |
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Ashok Gehlot | Sardarpura | 12 December 2008 | 13 December 2013 | 5 years, 1 day | 13th | Indian National Congress | |
| (13) |
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Vasundhara Raje | Jhalrapatan | 13 December 2013 | 17 December 2018 | 5 years, 4 days | 14th | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| (12) |
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Ashok Gehlot | Sardarpura | 17 December 2018 | 15 December 2023 | 4 years, 363 days | 15th | Indian National Congress | |
| 14 |
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Bhajan Lal Sharma | Sanganer | 15 December 2023 | Incumbent | 344 days | 16th | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Statistics
editList by chief minister
edit| # | Chief Minister | Party | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total duration of chief ministership | ||||
| 1 | Mohan Lal Sukhadia | INC | 12 years, 120 days | 16 years, 194 days | |
| 2 | Ashok Gehlot | INC | 5 years, 7 days | 15 years, 6 days | |
| 3 | Bhairon Singh Shekhawat | BJP/JP | 4 years, 362 days | 10 years, 157 days | |
| 4 | Vasundhara Raje | BJP | 5 years, 4 days | 10 years, 8 days | |
| 5 | Hari Dev Joshi | INC | 3 years, 200 days | 6 years, 241 days | |
| 6 | Shiv Charan Mathur | INC | 3 years, 224 days | 5 years, 177 days | |
| 7 | Jai Narayan Vyas | INC | 2 years, 12 days | 2 years, 324 days | |
| 8 | Barkatullah Khan | INC | 2 years, 94 days | 2 years, 94 days | |
| 9 | Jagannath Pahadia | INC | 1 year, 38 days | 1 year, 38 days | |
| 10 | Heera Lal Shastri | INC | 345 days | 345 days | |
| 11 | Bhajan Lal Sharma* | BJP* | 344 days* | 344 days* | |
| 12 | Tika Ram Paliwal | INC | 243 days | 243 days | |
| 13 | C. S. Venkatachar | INC | 110 days | 110 days | |
| 14 | Hira Lal Devpura | INC | 15 days | 15 days | |
Timeline
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See also
editNotes
edit- ^ The princely states included Udaipur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, Jaisalmer, Kota, Bundi, Tonk, Jhalawar, Kishangarh, Alwar, Bharatpur, Sirohi, Dholpur, Karauli, Dungarpur, Banswara, Pratapgarh-Deoliya and Shahpura.
- ^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
- ^ a b c d President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[13]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Hooja 2006, pp. 1130.
- ^ Hooja 2006, pp. 1134–1135.
- ^ Hooja 2006, pp. 1135.
- ^ Hooja 2006, pp. 1136.
- ^ Hooja 2006, pp. 1138.
- ^ Hooja 2006, pp. 1139.
- ^ Hooja 2006, pp. 1144.
- ^ "Former Chief Minister". Rajasthan Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
- ^ Anand, Akriti (24 November 2023). "BJP Vs Congress in Rajasthan Poll: Why govt has been changing every 5 years". mint. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ^ "Ashok Gehlot Resigns As Rajasthan Chief Minister As BJP Thumps Congress In Assembly Polls". English Jagran. 3 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
Bibliography
edit- Hooja, Rima (2006). A History of Rajasthan. New Delhi: Rupa & Company. ISBN 9788129108906. OCLC 80362053.
External links
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