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.Chief Minister also serves as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly.
| Chief Minister of Odisha | |
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Emblem of Odisha | |
Incumbent since 12 June 2024Mohan Charan Majhi | |
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| Style | Honourable Chief Minister ମାନ୍ୟବର ମୁଖ୍ୟମନ୍ତ୍ରୀ ମହୋଦୟ / ମହୋଦୟା |
| Status | Head of government |
| Abbreviation | CM |
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| Residence | CM Residence, Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
| Seat | Lok Seva Bhavan, Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
| Appointer | Governor of Odisha by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Odisha Legislative Assembly |
| Term length | At the pleasure of the governor Legislative Assembly term is 5 years unless dissolved sooner No term limits specified. |
| Precursor | Prime Minister of Orissa |
| Inaugural holder | Harekrushna Mahatab |
| Formation | 1 April 1936 |
| Deputy | Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha |
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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 is created. 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.
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:
I, <Name of Chief Minister>, do swear in the name of God/solemnly affirm that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India, that I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge my duties as a Minister for the State of () and that I will do right to all manner of people in accordance with the Constitution and the law without fear or favour, affection or ill-will.
Prime Minister of Orissa (1937-1947)
| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Assembly (Election) | Appointer (Governor) | Party | |||
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| 1 | Krushna Chandra Gajapati | Paralakhemundi | 1 April 1937 | 19 July 1937 | 109 days | 1st Provisional (1937) | Sir John Austen Hubback | Independent | ||
| 2 | Bishwanath Das | Ghumsur | 19 July 1937 | 6 November 1939 | 2 years, 110 days | Indian National Congress | ||||
| (1) | Krushna Chandra Gajapati | Paralakhemundi | 24 November 1941 | 30 June 1944 | 2 years, 219 days | Sir Hawthorne Lewis | Independent | |||
| 3 | Harekrushna Mahatab | East Bhadrak | 23 April 1946 | 26 January 1950 | 3 years, 278 days | 2nd Provincial (1946) | Chandulal Trivedi | Indian National Congress | ||
Chief Minister of Orissa (1947 Onwards)
| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Tenure | Assembly (Election) | Appointer (Governor) | Party | |||
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| 1 | Harekrushna Mahatab | East Bhadrak | 26 January 1950 | 12 May 1950 | 106 days | 2nd Provincial (1946) | Chandulal Trivedi | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2 | Nabakrushna Choudhuri | Barchana | 12 May 1950 | 20 February 1952 | 6 years, 160 days | Asaf Ali | ||||
| 20 February 1952 | 19 October 1956 | 1st (1952) | ||||||||
| (1) | Harekrushna Mahatab | Soro | 19 October 1956 | 5 April 1957 | 4 years, 129 days | Bhim Sen Sachar | ||||
| 6 April 1957 | 25 February 1961 | 2nd (1957) | ||||||||
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 25 February 1961 | 23 June 1961 | 118 days | N/A | ||||
| 3 | Biju Patnaik | Choudwar | 23 June 1961 | 2 October 1963 | 2 years, 101 days | 3rd (1961) | Y. N. Sukthankar | Indian National Congress | ||
| 4 | Biren Mitra | Cuttack City | 2 October 1963 | 21 February 1965 | 1 year, 142 days | Ajudhiya Nath Khosla | ||||
| 5 | Sadashiva Tripathy | Umerkote | 21 February 1965 | 8 March 1967 | 2 years, 15 days | |||||
| 6 | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo | Bolangir | 8 March 1967 | 9 January 1971 | 3 years, 307 days | 4th (1967) | Swatantra Party | |||
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 9 January 1971 | 3 April 1971 | 84 days | N/A | ||||
| 7 | Bishwanath Das | Rourkela | 3 April 1971 | 14 June 1972 | 1 year, 72 days | 5th (1971) | Shaukatullah Shah Ansari | Independent | ||
| 8 | Nandini Satpathy | Cuttack City | 14 June 1972 | 3 March 1973 | 262 days | Jogendra Singh | Indian National Congress | |||
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 3 March 1973 | 6 March 1974 | 1 year, 3 days | N/A | ||||
| (8) | Nandini Satpathy | Dhenkanal | 6 March 1974 | 16 December 1976 | 2 years, 285 days | 6th (1974) | B. D. Jatti | Indian National Congress | ||
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 16 December 1976 | 29 December 1976 | 13 days | N/A | ||||
| 9 | Binayak Acharya | Berhampur | 29 December 1976 | 30 April 1977 | 122 days | Siba Narain Sankar | Indian National Congress | |||
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 30 April 1977 | 26 June 1977 | 57 days | N/A | ||||
| 10 | Nilamani Routray | Basudevpur | 26 June 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 2 years, 236 days | 7th (1977) | Harcharan Singh Brar | Janata Party | ||
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | N/A | 17 February 1980 | 9 June 1980 | 113 days | N/A | ||||
| 11 | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | Athagarh | 9 June 1980 | 10 March 1985 | 9 years, 181 days | 8th (1980) | C. M. Poonacha | Indian National Congress | ||
| 10 March 1985 | 7 December 1989 | 9th (1985) | Bishambhar Nath Pande | |||||||
| 12 | Hemananda Biswal | Laikera | 7 December 1989 | 5 March 1990 | 88 days | Nurul Hasan | ||||
| (3) | Biju Patnaik | Bhubaneswar | 5 March 1990 | 15 March 1995 | 5 years, 10 days | 10th (1990) | Yagya Dutt Sharma | Janata Dal | ||
| (11) | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | Begunia | 15 March 1995 | 17 February 1999 | 3 years, 339 days | 11th (1995) | B. Satya Narayan Reddy | Indian National Congress | ||
| 13 | Giridhar Gamang | Laxmipur | 17 February 1999 | 6 December 1999 | 292 days | C. Rangarajan | ||||
| (12) | Hemananda Biswal | Laikera | 6 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | 90 days | M. M. Rajendran | ||||
| 14 | Naveen Patnaik | Hinjili | 5 March 2000 | 16 May 2004 | 24 years, 99 days | 12th (2000) | Biju Janata Dal | |||
| 16 May 2004 | 21 May 2009 | 13th (2004) | ||||||||
| 21 May 2009 | 21 May 2014 | 14th (2009) | Murlidhar Bhandare | |||||||
| 21 May 2014 | 29 May 2019 | 15th (2014) | S. C. Jamir | |||||||
| 29 May 2019 | 12 June 2024 | 16th (2019) | Ganeshi Lal | |||||||
| 15 | Mohan Charan Majhi | Keonjhar | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 236 days | 17th (2024) | 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.
- When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.
Statistics
| # | Chief Minister | Party | Term of office | ||
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| 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, 236 days | 1 year, 236 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 | 90 days | 178 days | |
| 15 | Binayak Acharya | INC | 122 days | 122 days | |
- Bharatiya Janata Party (2.00%)
- Biju Janata Dal (32.5%)
- Independent (1.60%)
- President's Rule (1.47%)
- Indian National Congress (47.0%)
- Others (8.71%)
- Janata Dal (6.74%)
See also
- Government of Odisha
- Governor of Odisha
- Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha
- Speaker of the Odisha Legislative Assembly
- Leader of the Opposition in the Odisha Legislative Assembly
- Odisha Legislative Assembly
- Elections in Odisha
- History of Odisha
- Politics of Odisha
- List of current Indian chief ministers
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