List of all Chief Ministers of Maharastra and their tenure
List of all Chief Ministers of Maharastra. Maharastra has had 17 Chief Ministers in the last 54 years, most of whom have been from the Congress. For 50 years the post of Chief Minister was with the Congress, but Maratha strongman Sharad Pawar dominated the government. 3 Chief Ministers have been from Vidarbha, while the maximum number of 6 Chief Ministers have been from West Maharashtra. President’s rule was also imposed in the state once in 1978.
In Maharashtra, which has seen 17 Chief Ministers in the last 54 years, the issue of the post of Chief Minister has also heated up this time. The knot of alliances of political parties has been slipping away over the post of Chief Minister. So far, the maximum number of Chief Ministers have been from the Congress. Here is the complete list, chief minister of Maharastra.
| Chief Minister | Tenure | Party |
Yashwantrao Chavan | 1 May 1960 to 19 November 1962 | Indian National Congress |
Marotrao Kannamwar | 20 November 1962 to 24 November 1963 | Indian National Congress |
| PK Sawant | 25 November 1963 to 4 December 1963 | Indian National Congress |
| Vasantrao Naik | 5 December 1963 to 1 March 1967 | Indian National Congress |
| Shankarrao Chavan | 21 February 1975 to 16 May 1977 | Indian National Congress |
Vasantdada Patil | 17 May 1977 to 18 July 1978 | Indian National Congress |
| Sharad Pawar | 18 July 1978 to 17 February 1980 | Indian National Congress (Socialist) |
| Abdul Rehman Antulay | 9 June 1980 to 12 January 1982 | Indian National Congress |
| Babasaheb Bhosle | 21 January 1982 to 1 February 1983 | Indian National Congress |
| Vasantdada Patil | 2 February 1983 to 1 June 1985 | Indian National Congress |
| Shivaji Rao Patil | 3 June 1985 to 6 March 1986 | Indian National Congress |
| Shankarrao Chavan | 12 March 1986 to 26 June 1988 | Indian National Congress |
| Sharad Pawar | 26 June 1988 to 25 June 1991 | Indian National Congress |
| Sudhakar Rao Naik | 25 June 1991 to 22 February 1993 | Indian National Congress |
| Sharad Pawar | 6 March 1993 to 14 March 1995 | Indian National Congress |
| manohar joshi | 14 March 1995 to 31 January 1999 | Shiv Sena |
| Narayan Rane | 1 February 1999 to 17 October 1999 | Shiv Sena |
| Vilasrao Deshmukh | 18 October 1999 to 16 January 2003 | Indian National Congress |
| Sushil Kumar Shinde | 18 January 2003 to 30 October 2004 | Indian National Congress |
| Vilasrao Deshmukh | 1 November 2004 to 4 December 2008 | Indian National Congress |
| Ashok Chavan | 7 November 2009 to 9 November 2010 | Indian National Congress |
| prithviraj chauhan | 11 November 2010 to 26 September 2014 | Indian National Congress |
| Devendra Fadnavis | 31 October 2014 to 12 November 2019 | BJP |
| Devendra Fadnavis | 23 November 2019 to 26 November 2019 | BJP |
| Uddhav Thackeray | 28 November 2019 to 29 June 2022 | Shiv Sena |
| Eknath Shinde | 30 June 2022 to 26 November 2024 | Shiv Sena |
| Devendra Fadnavis | Swearing-in ceremony on December 5 | BJP (Mahayuti Alliance) |
President’s Rule
There was also President’s rule in the state. The first non-Congress government came into existence in 1978. Sharad Pawar led the Pulwama government. It was dismissed, and early assembly elections were held. There was President’s rule from 17 February 1980 to 9 June 1980.
longest-serving Chief Minister
Vasantrao Naik holds the record of serving as the Chief Minister for the longest time in Maharashtra. He was the Chief Minister of the state for 11 years and 77 days. He held this post from December 1963 to February 1975. Not only this, Vasantrao Naik was the first Chief Minister of the state who also completed a five-year term. Sharad Pawar has been the youngest Chief Minister of the state. He took over this post at the age of 38. It is another matter that this time the party of Sharad Pawar, who is considered the Chanakya of politics, which joined the Maha Aghadi alliance in the assembly elections, could win only 13 seats. His party candidates contested on 86 seats. Earlier, Sharad Pawar’s nephew Ajit Pawar broke the party and joined the government with the BJP.
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