Chief Minister of Odisha
Leader of the executive branch of Government of Odisha
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The chief minister of Odisha, an Indian state, is the head of the Government of Odisha. As per the Constitution of India, the governor is the state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Odisha Legislative Assembly, the 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 that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1] Chief Minister also serves as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly.[2]
| Chief Minister of Odisha | |
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| Style | The Honourable |
| Type | Head of government |
| Status | Leader of the Executive |
| Abbreviation | CMoOdisha |
| Member of | |
| Reports to | |
| Residence | Bhubaneswar |
| Seat | Lok Seva Bhavan, Bhubaneswar |
| Nominator | MLAs of the majority party or alliance |
| Appointer | Governor of Odisha by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Odisha Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | At the confidence of the assembly; Five years and no term limits |
| Precursor | Prime Minister of Orissa |
| Inaugural holder | Harekrushna Mahatab |
| Formation | 1 April 1936 |
| Deputy | Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha |
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| Website | cm |
Brief History
On 1 April 1936, Orissa Province was formed. The first provincial government formed under Prime ministership of Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati Narayan Deo. He ruled until July 1937. Thereafter the All India Congress party leader Bishwanath Das took over the charge of Prime minister for two more years. Again Maharaja Krishna Chandra Gajapati took the charge before he finally handed over to Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab in the year 1946.
After India got its independence under the new framework the Prime Minister or Premier position of provincial governments got abolished and the position of chief minister was created in 1950. Until the first election after independence, Dr. Harekrushna Mahatab continued to be the chief minister of Odisha and then it was taken over by Nabakrushna Choudhury. Here is the list of chief ministers of Odisha since 1946. Since 1946, Odisha has had 14 chief ministers. Serving from 2000 till 2024, Naveen Patnaik of the Biju Janata Dal was the longest-serving chief minister in Odisha's history (He also the 1st never INC associated member to occupy the post). The current chief minister of Odisha since 12 June 2024 is Mohan Charan Majhi of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Prime Minister of Orissa (1937–1950)
| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Tenure | Assembly (Election) |
Government | Appointer
(Governor) |
Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Krushna Chandra Gajapati | Paralakhemundi | 1 April 1937 | 19 July 1937 | 109 days | 1st Provincial (1937) |
Gajpati I | Sir John Austen Hubback | Independent | |
| 2 |  |
Bishwanath Das | Ghumsur | 19 July 1937 | 6 November 1939 | 2 years, 110 days | Das I | Indian National Congress | |||
| (1) | |
Krushna Chandra Gajapati | Paralakhemundi | 24 November 1941 | 30 June 1944 | 2 years, 219 days | Gajpati II | Sir Hawthorne Lewis | Independent | ||
| 3 |  |
Harekrushna Mahatab | East Bhadrak | 23 April 1946 | 26 January 1950 | 3 years, 278 days | 2nd Provincial (1946) |
Mahtab I | Chandulal Trivedi | Indian National Congress | |
Chief Minister of Orissa/Odisha (1950–present)
| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Tenure | Assembly (Election) |
Government | Appointer
(Governor) |
Party[a] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |
Harekrushna Mahatab | East Bhadrak | 26 January 1950 | 12 May 1950 | 106 days | 2nd Provincial (1946) |
Mahtab I | Chandulal Trivedi | Indian National Congress | |
| 2 |  |
Nabakrushna Choudhuri | North Kendrapara | 12 May 1950 | 20 February 1952 | 6 years, 160 days | Choudhari I | Asaf Ali | |||
| Barchana | 20 February 1952 | 19 October 1956 | 1st
(1952) |
Choudhari II | |||||||
| (1) | |
Harekrushna Mahatab | Not Contested | 19 October 1956 | 5 April 1957 | 4 years, 129 days | Mahtab II | Bhim Sen Sachar | |||
| Soro | 6 April 1957 | 25 February 1961 | 2nd (1957) |
Mahtab III | |||||||
| Position vacant (25 February 1961 – 23 June 1961) President's rule was imposed during this period[b] | |||||||||||
| 3 |  |
Biju Patnaik | Choudwar | 23 June 1961 | 2 October 1963 | 2 years, 101 days | 3rd (1961) |
Biju I | Y. N. Sukthankar | Indian National Congress | |
| 4 |  |
Biren Mitra | Cuttack City | 2 October 1963 | 21 February 1965 | 1 year, 142 days | Mitra | Ajudhiya Nath Khosla | |||
| 5 |  |
Sadashiva Tripathy | Umerkote | 21 February 1965 | 8 March 1967 | 2 years, 15 days | Tripathy | ||||
| 6 |  |
Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo | Bolangir | 8 March 1967 | 9 January 1971 | 3 years, 307 days | 4th (1967) |
Singh Deo | Swatantra Party | ||
| Position vacant (9 January 1971 – 3 April 1971) President's rule was imposed during this period[b] | |||||||||||
| 7 | |
Bishwanath Das | Rourkela | 3 April 1971 | 14 June 1972 | 1 year, 72 days | 5th (1971) |
Das II | Shaukatullah Shah Ansari | Independent | |
| 8 |  |
Nandini Satpathy | Cuttack City | 14 June 1972 | 3 March 1973 | 262 days | Satpathy I | Jogendra Singh | Indian National Congress | ||
| Position vacant (3 March 1973 – 6 March 1974) President's rule was imposed during this period[b] | |||||||||||
| (8) | |
Nandini Satpathy | Dhenkanal | 6 March 1974 | 16 December 1976 | 2 years, 285 days | 6th (1974) |
Satpathy II | B. D. Jatti | Indian National Congress | |
| Position vacant (16 December 1976 – 29 December 1976) President's rule was imposed during this period[b] | |||||||||||
| 9 |  |
Binayak Acharya | Berhampur | 29 December 1976 | 30 April 1977 | 122 days | 6th (1974) |
Acharya | Siba Narain Sankar | Indian National Congress | |
| Position vacant (30 April 1977 – 26 June 1977) President's rule was imposed during this period[b] | |||||||||||
| 10 |  |
Nilamani Routray | Basudevpur | 26 June 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 2 years, 236 days | 7th (1977) |
Routray | Harcharan Singh Brar | Janata Party | |
| Position vacant (17 February 1980 – 9 June 1980) President's rule was imposed during this period[b] | |||||||||||
| 11 |  |
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | Athagarh | 9 June 1980 | 10 March 1985 | 9 years, 181 days | 8th (1980) |
Janaki I | C. M. Poonacha | Indian National Congress | |
| 10 March 1985 | 7 December 1989 | 9th (1985) |
Janaki II | Bishambhar Nath Pande | |||||||
| 12 |  |
Hemananda Biswal | Laikera | 7 December 1989 | 5 March 1990 | 88 days | Biswal I | Nurul Hasan | |||
| (3) | |
Biju Patnaik | Bhubaneswar | 5 March 1990 | 15 March 1995 | 5 years, 10 days | 10th (1990) |
Biju II | Yagya Dutt Sharma | Janata Dal | |
| (11) | |
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | Begunia | 15 March 1995 | 17 February 1999 | 3 years, 339 days | 11th (1995) |
Janaki III | B. Satya Narayan Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| 13 |  |
Giridhar Gamang | Laxmipur | 17 February 1999 | 6 December 1999 | 292 days | Gamang | C. Rangarajan | |||
| (12) | |
Hemananda Biswal | Laikera | 6 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | 90 days | Biswal II | M. M. Rajendran | |||
| 14 |  |
Naveen Patnaik | Hinjili | 5 March 2000 | 16 May 2004 | 24 years, 99 days | 12th (2000) |
Naveen I | Biju Janata Dal | ||
| 16 May 2004 | 21 May 2009 | 13th (2004) |
Naveen II | ||||||||
| 21 May 2009 | 21 May 2014 | 14th (2009) |
Naveen III | Murlidhar Bhandare | |||||||
| 21 May 2014 | 29 May 2019 | 15th (2014) |
Naveen IV | S. C. Jamir | |||||||
| 29 May 2019 | 12 June 2024 | 16th (2019) |
Naveen V | Ganeshi Lal | |||||||
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Mohan Charan Majhi | Keonjhar | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 328 days | 17th (2024) |
Majhi | Raghubar Das | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
- 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.
- Under Article 356 of the Constitution of India, President's rule may be imposed when the government of a state cannot function as per the Constitution. During this time, the council of ministers is dissolved and the governor administers the state.
Statistics
- Indian National Congress (48.9%)
- Biju Janata Dal (30.4%)
- Janata Dal (6.29%)
- Swatantra Party (4.80%)
- President's Rule (2.57%)
- Janata Party (3.31%)
- Bharatiya Janata Party (2.30%)
- Independent (1.50%)
| # | Chief Minister | Party | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest tenure | Total tenure | ||||
| 1 | Naveen Patnaik | BJD | 24 years, 99 days | 24 years, 99 days | |
| 2 | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | INC | 9 years, 181 days | 13 years, 155 days | |
| 3 | Biju Patnaik | JD/INC | 5 years, 10 days | 7 years, 111 days | |
| 4 | Nabakrushna Choudhuri | INC | 6 years, 160 days | 6 years, 160 days | |
| 5 | Harekrushna Mahatab | INC | 4 years, 129 days | 4 years, 236 days | |
| 6 | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo | SWA | 3 years, 307 days | 3 years, 307 days | |
| 7 | Nandini Satpathy | INC | 2 years, 285 days | 3 years, 182 days | |
| 8 | Nilamani Routray | JP | 2 years, 236 days | 2 years, 236 days | |
| 9 | Sadashiva Tripathy | INC | 2 years, 15 days | 2 years, 15 days | |
| 10 | Mohan Charan Majhi | BJP | 1 year, 327 days | 1 year, 327 days | |
| 11 | Biren Mitra | INC | 1 year, 142 days | 1 year, 142 days | |
| 12 | Bishwanath Das | IND | 1 year, 72 days | 1 year, 72 days | |
| 13 | Giridhar Gamang | INC | 292 days | 292 days | |
| 14 | Hemananda Biswal | INC | 284 days | 374 days | |
| 15 | Binayak Acharya | INC | 122 days | 122 days | |
