The Centre

Governments

Every Union government in order, including short and caretaker ones. Coalition shares are each partner's share of the governing seats at formation.

Timeline

Timeline of governments

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Each block is one government, coloured and patterned by its lead party or coalition. Hover, focus or open a block for leader, dates and length. Labels are left out where there is no room; every government is in the table below.

All Union governments

Union governments since independenceTime in office is counted to today for the current government.
Prime minister	Party or coalition	Partners (share of governing seats)	Type	From	To	In office	Lok Sabha	Sources
Jawaharlal Nehru	INCINC government	INC 100%	Majority government	15 Aug 1947	27 May 1964	16 y 9 m	1st	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India
Gulzarilal Nanda	INCActing Prime Minister (INC)	INC 100%	Caretaker	27 May 1964	9 Jun 1964	13 days	3rd	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India
Lal Bahadur Shastri	INCINC government	INC 100%	Majority government	9 Jun 1964	11 Jan 1966	1 y 7 m	3rd	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India
Gulzarilal Nanda	INCActing Prime Minister (INC)	INC 100%	Caretaker	11 Jan 1966	24 Jan 1966	13 days	3rd	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India
Indira Gandhi	INCINC government	INC 100%	Majority government	24 Jan 1966	24 Mar 1977	11 y 2 m	3rd	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India
Morarji Desai	JPJanata Party government	JP 100%	Majority government	24 Mar 1977	28 Jul 1979	2 y 4 m	6th	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India
Charan Singh	JP(S)Janata Party (Secular) government	JP(S) 100%	Minority, outside support	28 Jul 1979	14 Jan 1980	6 months	6th	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India
Indira Gandhi	INCINC government	INC 100%	Majority government	14 Jan 1980	31 Oct 1984	4 y 10 m	7th	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India
Rajiv Gandhi	INCINC government	INC 100%	Majority government	31 Oct 1984	2 Dec 1989	5 y 1 m	8th	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India
V. P. Singh	JDNational Front government	JD 100%	Minority, outside support	2 Dec 1989	10 Nov 1990	11 months	9th	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India, Wikipedia: 1989 Indian general election
Chandra Shekhar	SJP(R)SJP(R) government	SJP(R) 100%	Minority, outside support	10 Nov 1990	21 Jun 1991	7 months	9th	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India, Wikipedia: Chandra Shekhar ministry
P. V. Narasimha Rao	INCINC government	INC 100%	Minority, outside support	21 Jun 1991	16 May 1996	4 y 11 m	10th	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India, Wikipedia: 1991 Indian general election
Atal Bihari Vajpayee	BJPBJP government	BJP 100%	Minority, outside support	16 May 1996	1 Jun 1996	16 days	11th	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India, Wikipedia: First Vajpayee ministry, Wikipedia: 1996 Indian general election
H. D. Deve Gowda	JDUnited Front government	JD 35%TMC(M) 15%DMK 13%SP 13%TDP 12%CPI 9%AGP 4%	Coalition government	1 Jun 1996	21 Apr 1997	11 months	11th	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India, Wikipedia: Deve Gowda ministry, Wikipedia: 1996 Indian general election
I. K. Gujral	JDUnited Front government	JD 35%TMC(M) 15%DMK 13%SP 13%TDP 12%CPI 9%AGP 4%	Coalition government	21 Apr 1997	19 Mar 1998	11 months	11th	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India, Wikipedia: Deve Gowda ministry
Atal Bihari Vajpayee	BJPNDA government	BJP 72%AIADMK 7%SAP 5%BJD 4%SAD 3%AITC 3%SS 2%PMK 2%LS 1%MDMK 1%	Coalition government	19 Mar 1998	22 May 2004	6 y 2 m	12th	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India, Wikipedia: 1998 Indian general election, Wikipedia: 1999 Indian general election
Manmohan Singh	INCUPA government	INC 67%RJD 11%DMK 7%NCP 4%PMK 3%JMM 2%TRS 2%LJP 2%MDMK 2%	Coalition government	22 May 2004	22 May 2009	5 y	14th	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India, Wikipedia: 2004 Indian general election
Manmohan Singh	INCUPA government	INC 80%AITC 7%DMK 7%NCP 4%JKNC 1%IUML 1%	Coalition government	22 May 2009	26 May 2014	5 y	15th	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India, Wikipedia: Second Manmohan Singh ministry, Wikipedia: 2009 Indian general election
Narendra Modi	BJPNDA government	BJP 84%SS 5%TDP 5%LJP 2%SAD 1%RLSP 1%AD 1%PMK 0%SWP 0%AINRC 0%NPP 0%NPF 0%	Majority government	26 May 2014	30 May 2019	5 y	16th	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India, Wikipedia: 2014 Indian general election
Narendra Modi	BJPNDA government	BJP 88%SS 5%JD(U) 5%LJP 2%SAD 1%AIADMK 0%	Majority government	30 May 2019	9 Jun 2024	5 y	17th	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India, Wikipedia: 2019 Indian general election
Narendra Modi	BJPNDA government	BJP 85%TDP 6%JD(U) 4%SS 2%LJP(RV) 2%JD(S) 1%	Coalition government	9 Jun 2024	Present	2 y 4 m	18th	Wikipedia: List of prime ministers of India, Wikipedia: 2024 Indian general election, Wikipedia: Third Modi ministry

Delhi

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INC
BJP
AAP
PR
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PR: President's rule or no lead party

Brahm Prakash, 17 Mar 1952 to 12 Feb 1955
Gurmukh Nihal Singh, 12 Feb 1955 to 1 Nov 1956
Madan Lal Khurana, 2 Dec 1993 to 26 Feb 1996
Sahib Singh Verma, 26 Feb 1996 to 12 Oct 1998
Sushma Swaraj, 12 Oct 1998 to 3 Dec 1998
Sheila Dikshit, 3 Dec 1998 to 28 Dec 2013
Arvind Kejriwal, 28 Dec 2013 to 14 Feb 2014
President's Rule, 14 Feb 2014 to 14 Feb 2015
Arvind Kejriwal, 14 Feb 2015 to 21 Sep 2024
Atishi Marlena, 21 Sep 2024 to 20 Feb 2025
Rekha Gupta, 20 Feb 2025 to present

Gujarat

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INC
JP
JD
BJP
PR
INC(O)
RJP
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PR: President's rule or no lead party

Jivraj Mehta, 1 May 1960 to 19 Sep 1963
Balwantrai Mehta, 19 Sep 1963 to 19 Sep 1965
Hitendra Desai, 19 Sep 1965 to 13 May 1971
President's Rule, 13 May 1971 to 17 Mar 1972
Ghanshyam Oza, 17 Mar 1972 to 17 Jul 1973
Chimanbhai Patel, 17 Jul 1973 to 9 Feb 1974
President's Rule, 9 Feb 1974 to 18 Jun 1975
Babubhai Patel, 18 Jun 1975 to 12 Mar 1976
President's Rule, 12 Mar 1976 to 24 Dec 1976
Madhav Singh Solanki, 24 Dec 1976 to 11 Apr 1977
Babubhai Patel, 11 Apr 1977 to 17 Feb 1980
President's Rule, 17 Feb 1980 to 7 Jun 1980
Madhav Singh Solanki, 7 Jun 1980 to 11 Mar 1985
Madhav Singh Solanki, 11 Mar 1985 to 6 Jul 1985
Amarsinh Chaudhary, 6 Jul 1985 to 10 Dec 1989
Madhav Singh Solanki, 10 Dec 1989 to 4 Mar 1990
Chimanbhai Patel, 4 Mar 1990 to 25 Oct 1990
Chimanbhai Patel, 25 Oct 1990 to 17 Feb 1994
Chhabildas Mehta, 17 Feb 1994 to 14 Mar 1995
Keshubhai Patel, 14 Mar 1995 to 21 Oct 1995
Suresh Mehta, 21 Oct 1995 to 19 Sep 1996
President's Rule, 19 Sep 1996 to 23 Oct 1996
Shankersinh Vaghela, 23 Oct 1996 to 27 Oct 1997
Dilip Parikh, 27 Oct 1997 to 4 Mar 1998
Keshubhai Patel, 4 Mar 1998 to 7 Oct 2001
Narendra Modi, 7 Oct 2001 to 22 May 2014
Anandiben Patel, 22 May 2014 to 7 Aug 2016
Vijay Rupani, 7 Aug 2016 to 13 Sep 2021
Bhupendra Patel, 13 Sep 2021 to present

Karnataka

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INC
JP
JD
BJP
INC(O)
PR
JD(S)
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PR: President's rule or no lead party

K. Chengalaraya Reddy, 25 Oct 1947 to 30 Mar 1952
Kengal Hanumanthaiah, 30 Mar 1952 to 19 Aug 1956
Kadidal Manjappa, 19 Aug 1956 to 31 Oct 1956
S. Nijalingappa, 31 Oct 1956 to 16 May 1958
B. D. Jatti, 16 May 1958 to 14 Mar 1962
S. R. Kanthi, 14 Mar 1962 to 21 Jun 1962
S. Nijalingappa, 21 Jun 1962 to 29 May 1968
Veerendra Patil, 29 May 1968 to 18 Mar 1971
President's Rule, 18 Mar 1971 to 20 Mar 1972
D. Devaraj Urs, 20 Mar 1972 to 31 Dec 1977
President's Rule, 31 Dec 1977 to 28 Feb 1978
D. Devaraj Urs, 28 Feb 1978 to 12 Jan 1980
R. Gundu Rao, 12 Jan 1980 to 10 Jan 1983
Ramakrishna Hegde, 10 Jan 1983 to 8 Mar 1985
Ramakrishna Hegde, 8 Mar 1985 to 13 Aug 1988
S. R. Bommai, 13 Aug 1988 to 21 Apr 1989
President's Rule, 21 Apr 1989 to 30 Nov 1989
Veerendra Patil, 30 Nov 1989 to 10 Oct 1990
President's Rule, 10 Oct 1990 to 17 Oct 1990
S. Bangarappa, 17 Oct 1990 to 19 Nov 1992
Veerappa Moily, 19 Nov 1992 to 11 Dec 1994
H. D. Deve Gowda, 11 Dec 1994 to 31 May 1996
J. H. Patel, 31 May 1996 to 11 Oct 1999
S. M. Krishna, 11 Oct 1999 to 28 May 2004
Dharam Singh, 28 May 2004 to 3 Feb 2006
H. D. Kumaraswamy, 3 Feb 2006 to 8 Oct 2007
President's Rule, 8 Oct 2007 to 12 Nov 2007
B. S. Yediyurappa, 12 Nov 2007 to 19 Nov 2007
President's Rule, 19 Nov 2007 to 30 May 2008
B. S. Yediyurappa, 30 May 2008 to 5 Aug 2011
D. V. Sadananda Gowda, 5 Aug 2011 to 12 Jul 2012
Jagadish Shettar, 12 Jul 2012 to 13 May 2013
Siddaramaiah, 13 May 2013 to 17 May 2018
B. S. Yediyurappa, 17 May 2018 to 23 May 2018
H. D. Kumaraswamy, 23 May 2018 to 26 Jul 2019
B. S. Yediyurappa, 26 Jul 2019 to 28 Jul 2021
Basavaraj Bommai, 28 Jul 2021 to 20 May 2023
Siddaramaiah, 20 May 2023 to 3 Jun 2026
D. K. Shivakumar, 3 Jun 2026 to present

Kerala

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INC
PR
CPI
PSP
CPI(M)
IUML
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PR: President's rule or no lead party

President's Rule, 1 Nov 1956 to 5 Apr 1957
E. M. S. Namboodiripad, 5 Apr 1957 to 31 Jul 1959
President's Rule, 31 Jul 1959 to 22 Feb 1960
Pattom A. Thanu Pillai, 22 Feb 1960 to 26 Sep 1962
R. Sankar, 26 Sep 1962 to 10 Sep 1964
President's Rule, 10 Sep 1964 to 25 Mar 1965
President's Rule, 25 Mar 1965 to 6 Mar 1967
E. M. S. Namboodiripad, 6 Mar 1967 to 1 Nov 1969
C. Achutha Menon, 1 Nov 1969 to 4 Aug 1970
President's Rule, 4 Aug 1970 to 4 Oct 1970
C. Achutha Menon, 4 Oct 1970 to 25 Mar 1977
K. Karunakaran, 25 Mar 1977 to 27 Apr 1977
A. K. Antony, 27 Apr 1977 to 29 Oct 1978
P. K. Vasudevan Nair, 29 Oct 1978 to 12 Oct 1979
C. H. Mohammed Koya, 12 Oct 1979 to 5 Dec 1979
President's Rule, 5 Dec 1979 to 25 Jan 1980
E. K. Nayanar, 25 Jan 1980 to 21 Oct 1981
President's Rule, 21 Oct 1981 to 28 Dec 1981
K. Karunakaran, 28 Dec 1981 to 17 Mar 1982
President's Rule, 17 Mar 1982 to 24 May 1982
K. Karunakaran, 24 May 1982 to 26 Mar 1987
E. K. Nayanar, 26 Mar 1987 to 24 Jun 1991
K. Karunakaran, 24 Jun 1991 to 22 Mar 1995
A. K. Antony, 22 Mar 1995 to 20 May 1996
E. K. Nayanar, 20 May 1996 to 17 May 2001
A. K. Antony, 17 May 2001 to 31 Aug 2004
Oommen Chandy, 31 Aug 2004 to 18 May 2006
V. S. Achuthanandan, 18 May 2006 to 18 May 2011
Oommen Chandy, 18 May 2011 to 25 May 2016
Pinarayi Vijayan, 25 May 2016 to 20 May 2021
Pinarayi Vijayan, 20 May 2021 to 18 May 2026
V. D. Satheesan, 18 May 2026 to present

Maharashtra

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INC
BJP
INC(U)
ICS
PR
SS
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PR: President's rule or no lead party

Yashwantrao Chavan, 1 May 1960 to 20 Nov 1962
Marotrao Kannamwar, 20 Nov 1962 to 25 Nov 1963
P. K. Sawant, 25 Nov 1963 to 5 Dec 1963
Vasantrao Naik, 5 Dec 1963 to 21 Feb 1975
Shankarrao Chavan, 21 Feb 1975 to 17 May 1977
Vasantdada Patil, 17 May 1977 to 5 Mar 1978
Vasantdada Patil, 5 Mar 1978 to 18 Jul 1978
Sharad Pawar, 18 Jul 1978 to 17 Feb 1980
President's Rule, 17 Feb 1980 to 9 Jun 1980
A. R. Antulay, 9 Jun 1980 to 21 Jan 1982
Babasaheb Bhosale, 21 Jan 1982 to 2 Feb 1983
Vasantdada Patil, 2 Feb 1983 to 3 Jun 1985
Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar, 3 Jun 1985 to 12 Mar 1986
Shankarrao Chavan, 12 Mar 1986 to 26 Jun 1988
Sharad Pawar, 26 Jun 1988 to 25 Jun 1991
Sudhakarrao Naik, 25 Jun 1991 to 6 Mar 1993
Sharad Pawar, 6 Mar 1993 to 14 Mar 1995
Manohar Joshi, 14 Mar 1995 to 1 Feb 1999
Narayan Rane, 1 Feb 1999 to 18 Oct 1999
Vilasrao Deshmukh, 18 Oct 1999 to 18 Jan 2003
Sushilkumar Shinde, 18 Jan 2003 to 1 Nov 2004
Vilasrao Deshmukh, 1 Nov 2004 to 8 Dec 2008
Ashok Chavan, 8 Dec 2008 to 11 Nov 2010
Prithviraj Chavan, 11 Nov 2010 to 28 Sep 2014
President's Rule, 28 Sep 2014 to 31 Oct 2014
Devendra Fadnavis, 31 Oct 2014 to 12 Nov 2019
President's Rule, 12 Nov 2019 to 23 Nov 2019
Devendra Fadnavis, 23 Nov 2019 to 28 Nov 2019
Uddhav Thackeray, 28 Nov 2019 to 30 Jun 2022
Eknath Shinde, 30 Jun 2022 to 5 Dec 2024
Devendra Fadnavis, 5 Dec 2024 to present

Tamil Nadu

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INC
DMK
PR
AIADMK
TVK
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PR: President's rule or no lead party

P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja, 26 Jan 1950 to 10 Apr 1952
C. Rajagopalachari, 10 Apr 1952 to 13 Apr 1954
K. Kamaraj, 13 Apr 1954 to 2 Oct 1963
M. Bhaktavatsalam, 2 Oct 1963 to 6 Mar 1967
C. N. Annadurai, 6 Mar 1967 to 3 Feb 1969
V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, 3 Feb 1969 to 10 Feb 1969
M. Karunanidhi, 10 Feb 1969 to 31 Jan 1976
President's Rule, 31 Jan 1976 to 30 Jun 1977
M. G. Ramachandran, 30 Jun 1977 to 17 Feb 1980
President's Rule, 17 Feb 1980 to 9 Jun 1980
M. G. Ramachandran, 9 Jun 1980 to 24 Dec 1987
V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, 24 Dec 1987 to 7 Jan 1988
V. N. Janaki Ramachandran, 7 Jan 1988 to 30 Jan 1988
President's Rule, 30 Jan 1988 to 27 Jan 1989
M. Karunanidhi, 27 Jan 1989 to 30 Jan 1991
President's Rule, 30 Jan 1991 to 24 Jun 1991
J. Jayalalithaa, 24 Jun 1991 to 13 May 1996
M. Karunanidhi, 13 May 1996 to 14 May 2001
J. Jayalalithaa, 14 May 2001 to 21 Sep 2001
O. Panneerselvam, 21 Sep 2001 to 2 Mar 2002
J. Jayalalithaa, 2 Mar 2002 to 13 May 2006
M. Karunanidhi, 13 May 2006 to 16 May 2011
J. Jayalalithaa, 16 May 2011 to 28 Sep 2014
O. Panneerselvam, 28 Sep 2014 to 23 May 2015
J. Jayalalithaa, 23 May 2015 to 6 Dec 2016
O. Panneerselvam, 6 Dec 2016 to 16 Feb 2017
Edappadi K. Palaniswami, 16 Feb 2017 to 7 May 2021
M. K. Stalin, 7 May 2021 to 10 May 2026
C. Joseph Vijay, 10 May 2026 to present

Uttar Pradesh

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INC
JP
JD
BJP
BKD
PR
INC(O)
SP
BSP
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PR: President's rule or no lead party

Govind Ballabh Pant, 26 Jan 1950 to 28 Dec 1954
Sampurnanand, 28 Dec 1954 to 7 Dec 1960
Chandra Bhanu Gupta, 7 Dec 1960 to 2 Oct 1963
Sucheta Kripalani, 2 Oct 1963 to 14 Mar 1967
Chandra Bhanu Gupta, 14 Mar 1967 to 3 Apr 1967
Charan Singh, 3 Apr 1967 to 25 Feb 1968
President's Rule, 25 Feb 1968 to 26 Feb 1969
Chandra Bhanu Gupta, 26 Feb 1969 to 18 Feb 1970
Charan Singh, 18 Feb 1970 to 1 Oct 1970
President's Rule, 1 Oct 1970 to 18 Oct 1970
Tribhuvan Narain Singh, 18 Oct 1970 to 4 Apr 1971
Kamalapati Tripathi, 4 Apr 1971 to 13 Jun 1973
President's Rule, 13 Jun 1973 to 8 Nov 1973
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna, 8 Nov 1973 to 30 Nov 1975
President's Rule, 30 Nov 1975 to 21 Jan 1976
Narayan Datt Tiwari, 21 Jan 1976 to 30 Apr 1977
President's Rule, 30 Apr 1977 to 23 Jun 1977
Ram Naresh Yadav, 23 Jun 1977 to 28 Feb 1979
Banarasi Das, 28 Feb 1979 to 17 Feb 1980
President's Rule, 17 Feb 1980 to 9 Jun 1980
Vishwanath Pratap Singh, 9 Jun 1980 to 19 Jul 1982
Sripati Mishra, 19 Jul 1982 to 3 Aug 1984
Narayan Datt Tiwari, 3 Aug 1984 to 10 Mar 1985
Vir Bahadur Singh, 24 Sep 1985 to 25 Jun 1988
Narayan Datt Tiwari, 25 Jun 1988 to 5 Dec 1989
Mulayam Singh Yadav, 5 Dec 1989 to 24 Jun 1991
Kalyan Singh, 24 Jun 1991 to 6 Dec 1992
President's Rule, 6 Dec 1992 to 4 Dec 1993
Mulayam Singh Yadav, 4 Dec 1993 to 3 Jun 1995
Mayawati, 3 Jun 1995 to 18 Oct 1995
President's Rule, 18 Oct 1995 to 17 Oct 1996
President's Rule, 17 Oct 1996 to 21 Mar 1997
Mayawati, 21 Mar 1997 to 21 Sep 1997
Kalyan Singh, 21 Sep 1997 to 12 Nov 1999
Ram Prakash Gupta, 12 Nov 1999 to 28 Oct 2000
Rajnath Singh, 28 Oct 2000 to 8 Mar 2002
President's Rule, 8 Mar 2002 to 3 May 2002
Mayawati, 3 May 2002 to 29 Aug 2003
Mulayam Singh Yadav, 29 Aug 2003 to 13 May 2007
Mayawati, 13 May 2007 to 15 Mar 2012
Akhilesh Yadav, 15 Mar 2012 to 19 Mar 2017
Yogi Adityanath, 19 Mar 2017 to 25 Mar 2022
Yogi Adityanath, 25 Mar 2022 to present

West Bengal

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INC
BJP
BC
PR
CPI(M)
AITC
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PR: President's rule or no lead party

Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, 15 Aug 1947 to 23 Jan 1948
Bidhan Chandra Roy, 23 Jan 1948 to 2 Jul 1962
Prafulla Chandra Sen, 2 Jul 1962 to 1 Mar 1967
Ajoy Mukherjee, 1 Mar 1967 to 21 Nov 1967
Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, 21 Nov 1967 to 20 Feb 1968
President's Rule, 20 Feb 1968 to 25 Feb 1969
Ajoy Mukherjee, 25 Feb 1969 to 30 Jul 1970
President's Rule, 30 Jul 1970 to 2 Apr 1971
Ajoy Mukherjee, 2 Apr 1971 to 29 Jun 1971
President's Rule, 29 Jun 1971 to 20 Mar 1972
Siddhartha Shankar Ray, 20 Mar 1972 to 30 Apr 1977
President's Rule, 30 Apr 1977 to 21 Jun 1977
Jyoti Basu, 21 Jun 1977 to 6 Nov 2000
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, 6 Nov 2000 to 20 May 2011
Mamata Banerjee, 20 May 2011 to 7 May 2026
Suvendu Adhikari, 9 May 2026 to present