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Jump to: navigation, search executive powers. He or she is elected by legislators of the political party or coalition commanding an assembly majority, and serves a five-year term with a provision of re-election. The Governor is the head of state, but his or her role is largely ceremonial. There are a total of thirty Chief Ministers elected by all twenty-eight states and two out of the seven union territories. The following table lists the parties that hold power in various states.
Chief Ministers by State TOOK STATE
NAME
OFFICE
PARTY
FMR
2009-09-03
Indian National Congress
all
Arunachal Pradesh Dorjee Khandu
2007-04-09
Indian National Congress
all
Assam
Tarun Kumar Gogoi
2001-05-17
Indian National Congress
all
Bihar
Nitish kumar
2005-11-24
Janata Dal (United)
all
Chhattisgarh
Raman Singh
2003-12-07
Bharatiya Janata Party
all
Delhi†
Sheila Dikshit
1998-12-03
Indian National Congress
all
Goa
Digambar Kamat
2007-06-08
Indian National Congress
all
Gujarat
Narendra Modi
2001-10-07
Bharatiya Janata Party
all
Haryana
Bhupinder Singh Hooda
2005-03-05
Indian National Congress
all
Andhra Pradesh
Konijeti Rosaiah
Himachal Pradesh Prem Kumar Dhumal
2007-12-30
Bharatiya Janata Party
all
Jammu and Kashmir
Omar Abdullah
2009-01-05
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
all
Jharkhand
'President's Rule
Karnataka
B. S. Yeddyurappa
2008-05-28
Bharatiya Janata Party
all
Kerala
V. S. Achuthanandan
2006-05-18
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
all
Madhya Pradesh
Shivraj Singh Chauhan
2005-11-29
Bharatiya Janata Party
all
Maharashtra
Ashok Chavan
2008-12-08
Indian National Congress
all
Manipur
Okram Ibobi Singh
2002-03-02
Indian National Congress
all
Meghalaya
Don Kupar Roy
2009-05-13
Indian National Congress
all
Mizoram
Lal Thanhawla
2008-12-07
Indian National Congress
all
Nagaland
Neiphiu Rio
2003-03-06
Nagaland People's Front all
Orissa
Naveen Patnaik
2000-05-17
Biju Janata Dal
all
Pondicherry†
V. Vaithilingam
2008-09-04
Indian National Congress
all
all
Punjab
Parkash Singh Badal
2007-02-28
Shiromani Akali Dal
all
Rajasthan
Ashok Gehlot
2008-12-12
Indian National Congress
all
Sikkim
Pawan Kumar Chamling
1994-12-12
Sikkim Democratic Front
all
Tamil Nadu
M Karunanidhi
2006-05-12
Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam
all
Tripura
Manik Sarkar
1998-03-11
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
all
Uttarakhand
Ramesh Pokhriyal
2007-03-12
Bharatiya Janata Party
all
Uttar Pradesh
Mayawati
2007-05-13
Bahujan Samaj Party
all
West Bengal
Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
2000-10-06
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
all
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† Union Territories.
By party
Indian state governments led by various political parties as of March 2009
As of 2009 Lok Sabha elections, this is the current list of parties that hold power to the number of states.
Number of States/Territories won
Party
States/Territories
Current coalition (2009)
Indian National 12 Congress
Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Delhi†, Goa, Haryana, Maharastra, Meghalaya,Manipur, Mizoram, Pondicherry†, Rajasthan
United Progressive Alliance
Bharatiya Janata 6 Party
Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand
National Democratic Alliance
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
3
Kerala, Tripura, West Bengal
Third Front
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1
Tamil Nadu
United Progressive Alliance
Janata Dal (United)
1
Bihar
National Democratic Alliance
Nagaland People's Front
1
Nagaland
National Democratic Alliance
Shiromani Akali 1 Dal
Punjab
National Democratic Alliance
Bahujan Samaj 1
Uttar Pradesh
Third Front
Party Biju Janata Dal 1
Orissa
Third Front
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference
1
Jammu & Kashmir
United Progressive Alliance
Sikkim Democratic Front
1
Sikkim
None
Currently, United Progressive Alliance is in power in 12 states (+2 territories), National Democratic Alliance is in power in 9 states, and the Third Front is in power in 5 states.
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