List of chief ministers of Haryana

The Chief Minister of Haryana is the chief executive of the Indian state of Haryana. As per 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 Haryana 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 that they have the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is not subjected to any term limits.[1]

Chief Minister of Haryana
Incumbent
Nayab Singh Saini
since 12 March 2024
StyleThe Honourable (Formal)
Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
StatusHead of Government
AbbreviationCM
Member ofHaryana Legislative Assembly
Reports toGovernor of Haryana
Residence1, Sector 3, Chandigarh
SeatChandigarh
AppointerGovernor of Haryana
Term lengthAt the confidence of the assembly
Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
PrecursorChief Minister of Punjab
Inaugural holderBhagwat Dayal Sharma
Formation1 November 1966
(57 years ago)
 (1966-11-01)
DeputyDeputy Chief Minister
Salary
  • 288,000 (US$3,500)/monthly
  • 3,456,000 (US$41,000)/annually
WebsiteOffice of the Chief Minister

Eleven people have served as the state's chief minister since Haryana's formation in 1966. The first was B. D. Sharma of the Indian National Congress party. Bhajan Lal Bishnoi is Haryana's longest-serving chief minister; he held office for 11 years and 10 months (4317 days). Devi Lal, the fifth chief minister of Haryana, went on to twice serve as Deputy Prime Minister of India, under prime ministers V. P. Singh and Chandra Shekhar. Om Prakash Chautala served the most discontinuous stints as Chief Minister (four), as a member of three different parties. The incumbent chief minister is Nayab Singh Saini, the second officeholder from the Bharatiya Janata Party, who was sworn in on 12 March 2024.

Chief ministers of Haryana

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Chief ministers of Haryana
NoPortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office[2][3][4]Assembly
(Elections)
Party[a]
1 Bhagwat Dayal SharmaJhajjar1 November 196623 March 1967142 days1st
(1962 elections)
Indian National Congress
2 Rao Birender SinghPataudi24 March 196720 November 1967241 days2nd
(1967 elections)
Vishal Haryana Party
Vacant[b]
(President's rule)
N/A20 November 196721 May 1968183 daysDissolvedN/A
3 Bansi LalTosham21 May 196814 March 19727 years, 193 days3rd
(1968 elections)
Indian National Congress
14 March 197230 November 19754th
(1972 elections)
4 Banarsi Das GuptaBhiwani1 December 197530 April 19771 year, 150 days
Vacant[b]
(President's rule)
N/A30 April 197721 June 197752 daysDissolvedN/A
5 Devi LalBhattu Kalan21 June 197728 June 19792 years, 7 days5th
(1977 elections)
Janata Party
6 Bhajan Lal BishnoiAdampur28 June 197923 May 19826 years, 341 days
23 May 19824 June 19866th
(1982 elections)
Indian National Congress
(3) Bansi LalTosham5 June 198620 June 19871 year, 15 days
(5) Devi LalMeham20 June 19872 December 19892 years, 165 days7th
(1987 election)
Janata Dal
7 Om Prakash ChautalaUchana Kalan2 December 198922 May 1990171 days
(4) Banarsi Das GuptaBhiwani22 May 199012 July 199051 days
(7) Om Prakash ChautalaUchana Kalan12 July 199017 July 19905 days
8Hukam SinghDadri17 July 199022 March 1991248 days
(7) Om Prakash ChautalaUchana Kalan22 March 19915 April 199114 daysSamajwadi Janata Party
Vacant[b]
(President's rule)
N/A6 April 199123 July 1991108 daysDissolvedN/A
(6) Bhajan Lal BishnoiAdampur23 June 199110 May 19964 years, 322 days8th
(1991 election)
Indian National Congress
(3) Bansi LalTosham11 May 199624 July 19993 years, 74 days9th
(1996 elections)
Haryana Vikas Party
(7) Om Prakash ChautalaNarwana24 July 19992 March 20005 years, 224 daysIndian National Lok Dal
2 March 20005 March 200510th
(2000 elections)
9 Bhupinder Singh HoodaGarhi Sampla-Kiloi5 March 200525 October 20099 years, 235 days11th
(2005 elections)
Indian National Congress
25 October 200926 October 201412th
(2009 elections)
10 Manohar Lal KhattarKarnal26 October 201427 October 20199 years, 238 days13th
(2014 elections)
Bharatiya Janata Party
27 October 201912 March 2024[6]14th

(2019 elections)

11 Nayab Singh Saini12 March 2024[7]Incumbent100 days

Timeline

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Nayab Singh SainiManohar Lal KhattarBhupinder Singh HoodaHukam SinghOm Prakash ChautalaBhajan Lal BishnoiDevi LalBanarsi Das GuptaBansi LalBirender SinghB. D. Sharma

Notes

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Footnotes
  1. ^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
  2. ^ a b c 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.[5]
References
  1. ^ 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 for the specific case of Haryana as well.
  2. ^ "EX-CMs". Chief Minister's Office, Harayana. Archived from the original on 5 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Haryana Legislative Assembly". Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  4. ^ "Haryana Chief Minister". Times of India. 15 March 2023. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  5. ^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule Archived 19 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
  6. ^ "CM Manohar Lal Khattar, cabinet resign after cracks in BJP-JJP alliance". 12 March 2024. Archived from the original on 12 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  7. ^ Jatin Takkar (13 March 2024). "OBC leader Nayab Saini is new Haryana chief minister". The Economic Times. Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
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