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Chief Minister of Rajasthan

Chief ministers of Rajasthan

Summary

Chief ministers of Rajasthan

Field	Value
insignia	Emblem Rajasthan.png
incumbentsince	15 December 2023
appointer	Governor of Rajasthan by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly
inaugural	Heera Lal Shastri
department	Government of Rajasthan
seat	Secretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan
post	Chief Minister
body	Rajasthan
image	Bhajan Lal Sharma.jpg
imagecaption	CM Designate
style	The Honourable (Formal)
Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
status	Head of Government
abbreviation	CM
member_of
reportsto
termlength	5 years
termlength_qualified	Chief minister's term is for five years, provided the confidence of legislative assembly and is subject to no term limits.
deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Rajasthan
formation
salary	*/monthly
website
incumbent	Bhajan Lal Sharma
native_name	राजस्थान के मुख्यमंत्री

Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)

/annually

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.Chief Minister also serves as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly.

At the time of India's independence in 1947, the region known as Rajputana included various princely states 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

From 26 January 1950, the state officially came to be known as Rajasthan, with Shashtri continuing as its first chief minister. 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. 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. Since 1998, no chief minister or political party has retained power after completing one term, a trend that continued in the recent elections. After a 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.

Oath as the state chief minister

The chief minister serves five years in the office. The following is the oath of the chief minister of state:

List

Chief minister of Matsya Union (1948–1949)

#	Portrait	Name	Term of office	Election
(Term)	Appointed by	Party
1	[[File:Blank.svg	75x75px]]	Shobha Ram Kumawat	18 March
1948	15 May
1949

Prime ministers of Rajasthan (1948–1950)

#	Portrait	Name	Term of office	Election
(Term)	Appointed by	Party
1		Gokul Lal Asawa	25 March
1948	18 April
1948
2	[[File:Manikya Lal Verma.png	87x87px]]	Manikya Lal Verma	18 April
1948	7 April
1949
3	[[File:Hiralal_Shastri_1976_stamp_of_India.jpg	102x102px]]	Hiralal Shastri	7 April
1949	26 January
1950

Chief Minister of Ajmer State (1952–1956)

Haribhau Upadhyaya was the first and last Chief Minister of Ajmer State from 24 March 1952 until 1956.

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure	Assembly Election	Party
1	[[File:Pt. Haribhau Upadhyaya.jpg	94x94px]]	Haribhau Upadhyaya	Shreenagar	24 March 1952	31 October 1956

Chief ministers of Rajasthan (1950–present)

Note: Died in office

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure	Assembly	Party
1	[[File:Hiralal_Shastri_1976_stamp_of_India.jpg	102x102px]]	Heera Lal Shastri		26 January 1950	6 January 1951
2	[[File:Cadambi Sheshachar Venkatachar.jpg	104x104px]]	C. S. Venkatachar		6 January 1951	26 April 1951
3	[[File:Jai_Narayan_Vyas_1974_stamp_of_India.jpg	102x102px]]	Jai Narayan Vyas		26 April 1951	3 March 1952
4	[[File:Tika Ram Paliwal.jpg	87x87px]]	Tika Ram Paliwal	Mahuwa	3 March 1952	1 November 1952
(3)	[[File:Jai_Narayan_Vyas_1974_stamp_of_India.jpg	102x102px]]	Jai Narayan Vyas	Kishangarh	1 November 1952	13 November 1954
5	[[File:Mohan_Lal_Sukhadia_1988_stamp_of_India.jpg	109x109px]]	Mohan Lal Sukhadia	Udaipur	13 November 1954	11 April 1957
11 April 1957	11 March 1962	2nd
12 March 1962	13 March 1967	3rd
–	[[File:Emblem_of_India.svg	122x122px]]	Vacant		13 March 1967	26 April 1967
(5)	[[File:Mohan_Lal_Sukhadia_1988_stamp_of_India.jpg	109x109px]]	Mohan Lal Sukhadia	Udaipur	26 April 1967	9 July 1971
6	[[File:Barkatullah Khan.jpg	89x89px]]	Barkatullah Khan	Tijara	9 July 1971	11 October 1973
5th
7	[[File:Haridev Joshi.jpg	100x100px]]	Hari Dev Joshi	Banswara	11 October 1973	29 April 1977
–	[[File:Emblem_of_India.svg	122x122px]]	Vacant		29 April 1977	22 June 1977
8	[[File:The Vice President Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in a Traditional Rajasthani Turban during a book release function in New Delhi on January 27, 2004.jpg	101x101px]]	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat	Chhabra	22 June 1977	16 February 1980
–	[[File:Emblem_of_India.svg	122x122px]]	Vacant		16 February 1980	6 June 1980
9	[[File:Jagannath_Pahadia.jpg	95x95px]]	Jagannath Pahadia	Weir	6 June 1980	14 July 1981
10	[[File:Assam Governor Shiv Charan Mathur in 2008 (cropped).jpg	102x102px]]	Shiv Charan Mathur	Mandalgarh	14 July 1981	23 February 1985
11	[[File:Hiralal Devpura.jpg	110x110px]]	Hira Lal Devpura	Kumbhalgarh	23 February 1985	10 March 1985
(7)	[[File:Haridev Joshi.jpg	100x100px]]	Hari Dev Joshi	Banswara	10 March 1985	20 January 1988
(10)	[[File:Assam Governor Shiv Charan Mathur in 2008 (cropped).jpg	102x102px]]	Shiv Charan Mathur	Mandalgarh	20 January 1988	4 December 1989
(7)	[[File:Haridev Joshi.jpg	100x100px]]	Hari Dev Joshi	Banswara	4 December 1989	4 March 1990
(8)	[[File:The Vice President Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in a Traditional Rajasthani Turban during a book release function in New Delhi on January 27, 2004.jpg	101x101px]]	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat	Chhabra	4 March 1990	15 December 1992
–	[[File:Emblem_of_India.svg	122x122px]]	Vacant		15 December 1992	4 December 1993
(8)	[[File:The Vice President Shri Bhairon Singh Shekhawat in a Traditional Rajasthani Turban during a book release function in New Delhi on January 27, 2004.jpg	101x101px]]	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat	Bali	4 December 1993	1 December 1998
12	[[File:PM and Gehlot inaugurate various projects at Nathdwara 2023.jpg	92x92px]]	Ashok Gehlot	Sardarpura	1 December 1998	8 December 2003
13	[[File:VasundharaRaje.jpg	98x98px]]	Vasundhara Raje	Jhalrapatan	8 December 2003	12 December 2008
(12)	[[File:PM and Gehlot inaugurate various projects at Nathdwara 2023.jpg	92x92px]]	Ashok Gehlot	Sardarpura	12 December 2008	13 December 2013
(13)	[[File:VasundharaRaje.jpg	98x98px]]	Vasundhara Raje	Jhalrapatan	13 December 2013	17 December 2018
(12)	[[File:PM and Gehlot inaugurate various projects at Nathdwara 2023.jpg	92x92px]]	Ashok Gehlot	Sardarpura	17 December 2018	15 December 2023
14	[[File:Bhajan Lal Sharma.jpg	98x98px]]	Bhajan Lal Sharma	Sanganer	15 December 2023	Incumbent

Statistics

#	Chief Minister	Party	Length of term	Longest tenure
1	Mohan Lal Sukhadia		12 years, 120 days	16 years, 194 days
2	Ashok Gehlot		5 years, 7 days	15 years, 6 days
3	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat	/JP	4 years, 362 days	10 years, 157 days
4	Vasundhara Raje		5 years, 4 days	10 years, 8 days
5	Hari Dev Joshi		3 years, 200 days	6 years, 241 days
6	Shiv Charan Mathur		3 years, 224 days	5 years, 177 days
7	Jai Narayan Vyas		2 years, 12 days	2 years, 324 days
8	Barkatullah Khan		2 years, 94 days	2 years, 94 days
9	Bhajan Lal Sharma	*	****	****
10	Jagannath Pahadia		1 year, 38 days	1 year, 38 days
11	Heera Lal Shastri		345 days	345 days
12	Tika Ram Paliwal		243 days	243 days
13	C. S. Venkatachar		110 days	110 days
14	Hira Lal Devpura		15 days	15 days

Timeline

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Notes

References

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