Chief Minister of Maharashtra

The chief minister of Maharashtra (IAST: Mahārāṣṭrāce Mukhyamaṃtrī) is the head of the executive branch of the government of the Indian state of Maharashtra. Following elections to the Legislative Assembly, the governor invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government and appoints the chief minister. If the appointee is not a member of either the Legislative Council or the Legislative Assembly of Maharashtra, then the Constitution stipulates that they need to be elected within six months of being sworn in. The office of the CM is coterminous with the concurrent Assembly provided the CM commands confidence in the house and hence does not exceed five years. However, it is subject to no term limits.Chief Minister also serves as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly.

Chief Minister of Maharashtra
महाराष्ट्राचे मुख्यमंत्री
Emblem of Maharashtra
Incumbent Devendra Fadnavis since 5 December 2024
Government of Maharashtra
Style	The Honorable Mr. Chief Minister His Excellency
Status	Head of Government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Vidhan Sabha Vidhan Parishad Cabinet
Residence	Varsha Bungalow, Malabar Hill, Mumbai (not using)
Seat	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Appointer	Governor of Maharashtra
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly 5 years and is subject to no term limits.
Precursor	Prime Minister of Bombay
Inaugural holder	Dhanjishah Bomanjee Cooper (as Prime Minister of Bombay State) Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher (as Chief Minister of Bombay State) Yashwantrao Chavan (as Chief Minister of Maharashtra)
Formation	1 May 1960 (65 years ago) (1960-05-01)
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Salary	₹340,000 (US$4,000)/monthly ₹4,080,000 (US$48,000)/annually
Website	CMO Maharashtra

Maharashtra was formed by dissolution of Bombay State and Hyderabad State on 1 May 1960. Yashwantrao Chavan, who was serving as the third CM of Bombay State since 1956, became the first CM of Maharashtra. He belonged to the Indian National Congress and held the office until the 1962 Assembly elections. Marotrao Kannamwar succeeded him and was the only CM to die while in office. Vasantrao Naik, who was in office from December 1963 to February 1975 for more than 11 years, has by far been the longest serving CM. He also was the first and only CM to complete his full term of five years (1967–1972) till Devendra Fadnavis matched it (2014–2019). With the exceptions of Manohar Joshi (SS), Narayan Rane (SS), Devendra Fadnavis (BJP), Uddhav Thackeray (SS) and Eknath Shinde (SS), all other CMs have been from the Congress or its breakaway parties.

So far, President's rule has been imposed thrice in the state: first from February to June 1980 and again from September to October 2014. It was again imposed on 12 November 2019.

The current incumbent is Devendra Fadnavis of the Bharatiya Janata Party since 5 December 2024.

Colour key for political parties

  Indian National Congress

  Indian National Congress (Urs)

  Indian Congress (Socialist)

  Shiv Sena

  Bharatiya Janata Party

  N/A (President's rule)

Prime ministers of Bombay (1937–50)

#	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Assembly	Appointed by (Governor)	Party
1		Dhanjishah Cooper	1 April 1937	19 July 1937	140 days	1st Provincial (1937 Elections)	The Lord Brabourne	Independent
2		Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher	19 July 1937	2 November 1939	2 years, 106 days		Robert Duncan Bell	Indian National Congress
-		Vacant (Governor's Rule)	2 November 1939	30 March 1946	6 years, 148 days	Dissolved	-	N/A
(2)		Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher	30 March 1946	26 January 1950	3 years, 302 days	2nd Provincial (1946 Elections)	Sir John Colville	Indian National Congress

Chief ministers of Bombay State (1947–60)

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly	Appointed by (Governor)	Party
1		Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher	MLC	15 August 1947	21 April 1952	4 years, 250 days	Provincial Assembly 1946 election)	Sir John Colville	Indian National Congress
2		Morarji Desai	Bulsar Chikhli	21 April 1952	31 October 1956	4 years, 193 days	1st (1952 elections)	Raja Maharaj Singh
Chief ministers of Bombay State (1956–60)
3		Yashwantrao Chavan	Karad North	1 November 1956	5 April 1957	3 years, 181 days	1st (1952 elections)	Harekrushna Mahatab	Indian National Congress
				5 April 1957	30 April 1960		2nd (1957 elections)	Sri Prakasa

Chief ministers of Maharashtra

Key No.: Incumbent number ^† Died in office ^§ Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term ^RES Resigned ^NC Resigned following a no-confidence motion

• Shiv Sena (14.8%)
• Bharatiya Janata Party (9.14%)
• Indian Congress (Socialist) (2.44%)
• Indian National Congress (U) (0.57%)