List of chief ministers of Jharkhand

Chief Minister of Jharkhand
Chief Minister of Jharkhand
	Emblem of Jharkhand
	Incumbent; Hemant Soren; since 4 July 2024
	Government of Jharkhand
Style	The Honourable (Formal); Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Type	Head of Government
Status	Leader of the Executive
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Cabinet; Jharkhand Legislative Assembly;
Reports to	Governor of Jharkhand; Jharkhand Legislative Assembly;
Residence	Jinx, Kanke Road, Ranchi
Seat	Chief Minister Secretariat (CMO), Ranchi, Jharkhand
Nominator	Members of the Government of Jharkhand in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Governor of Jharkhand by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly; Chief minister's term is for 5 years and is subject to no term limits.
Inaugural holder	Babulal Marandi
Formation	15 November 2000; (23 years ago)
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand
Salary	₹5,000,000 (US$60,000)/monthly; ₹66,000,000 (US$790,000)/annually;
Website	cm.jharkhand.gov.in

The chief minister of Jharkhand is the chief executive of the Indian state of Jharkhand. 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 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.^[1]

Seven people have served as the state's chief minister since Jharkhand's formation on 15 November 2000.^[2] Half of them, including the inaugural officeholder Babulal Marandi, represented the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). His successor Arjun Munda, also from the BJP, is the longest-serving chief minister; he served for over five years, across three terms but never completed a full term. Three chief ministers, Shibu Soren, his son Hemant Soren, and Champai Soren, represented the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). Shibu Soren's first term ended in just ten days, as he could not prove that he had the support of a majority of the house and was forced to resign. The state has also been governed by Madhu Koda, one of the few independents to become the chief minister of any state.^[3] In between their reigns, the state has also been under President's rule three times. Raghubar Das, of the BJP, was the first non-tribal and first chief minister to complete a full term in the state. Hemant Soren of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is the incumbent chief minister.

List

#	Name	Constituency	Term			Assembly (election)	Party^[a]
1	Babulal Marandi	Ramgarh	15 November 2000	18 March 2003	2 years, 123 days	1st^[b] (2000 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Arjun Munda	Kharsawan	18 March 2003	2 March 2005	1 year, 349 days	1st^[b] (2000 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	Shibu Soren	did not contest	2 March 2005	12 March 2005	10 days	2nd (2005 election)	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
(2)	Arjun Munda	Kharsawan	12 March 2005	18 September 2006	1 year, 190 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
4	Madhu Koda	Jaganathpur	18 September 2006	27 August 2008	1 year, 343 days		Independent
(3)	Shibu Soren	did not contest^[4]	27 August 2008	19 January 2009	145 days		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
–	Vacant^[c] (President's rule)	N/A	19 January 2009	30 December 2009	345 days		N/A
(3)	Shibu Soren	Jamtara	30 December 2009	1 June 2010	153 days	3rd (2009 election)	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
–	Vacant^[c] (President's rule)	N/A	1 June 2010	11 September 2010	102 days		N/A
(2)	Arjun Munda	Kharsawan	11 September 2010	18 January 2013	2 years, 129 days		Bharatiya Janata Party
–	Vacant^[c] (President's rule)	N/A	18 January 2013	13 July 2013	176 days		N/A
5	Hemant Soren	Dumka	13 July 2013	28 December 2014	1 year, 168 days		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
6	Raghubar Das	Jamshedpur East	28 December 2014	29 December 2019	5 years, 1 day	4th (2014 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
(5)	Hemant Soren	Barhait	29 December 2019	2 February 2024	4 years, 35 days	5th (2019 election)	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
7	Champai Soren	Seraikella	2 February 2024	4 July 2024	153 days
(5)	Hemant Soren	Barhait	4 July 2024	Incumbent	122 days

Statistics

List by chief minister

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
#	Chief Minister	Party		Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
1	Hemant Soren		JMM	4 years, 35 days	5 years, 288 days
2	Arjun Munda		BJP	2 years, 129 days	5 years, 307 days
3	Raghubar Das		BJP	5 years, 1 day	5 years, 1 day
4	Babulal Marandi		BJP	2 years, 123 days	2 years, 123 days
5	Madhu Koda		Independent	1 year, 343 days	1 year, 343 days
6	Shibu Soren		JMM	153 days	308 days
7	Champai Soren		JMM	153 days	153 days

Timeline

Notes

^ 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.
^ The first Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand was constituted by the MLAs elected in the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Jharkhand.^[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

^ ^a ^b Basu, Durga Das (1960). Introduction to the Constitution of India (20 ed.). Nagpur: LexisNexis Butterworths, Wadhwa. pp. 241, 245. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9.. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Jharkhand as well.
^ ^a ^b Chaudhuri, Kalyan (1 September 2000). "Jharkhand, at last". Frontline. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ Ramanujam, P.V. (14 September 2006). "Madhu Koda to be next Jharkhand CM". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
^ Shibu Soren lost the Tamar assembly by-election to Gopal Krishna Patar of the Jharkhand Party.
^ Diwanji, Amberish K. (15 March 2005). "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

[4] 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.

[5] The first Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand was constituted by the MLAs elected in the 2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Jharkhand.^[2]

[PR-8] 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]

[term1-1] Basu, Durga Das (1960). Introduction to the Constitution of India (20 ed.). Nagpur: LexisNexis Butterworths, Wadhwa. pp. 241, 245. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9.. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Jharkhand as well.

[main-2] Chaudhuri, Kalyan (1 September 2000). "Jharkhand, at last". Frontline. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[3] Ramanujam, P.V. (14 September 2006). "Madhu Koda to be next Jharkhand CM". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

[6] Shibu Soren lost the Tamar assembly by-election to Gopal Krishna Patar of the Jharkhand Party.

[7] Diwanji, Amberish K. (15 March 2005). "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 19 May 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2019.

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