State Chief Minister and Governor List 2024

According to Article 164, the Chief Minister is appointed by The Governor and according to Article 167, CM serves as a liaison between the Governor and the state council of ministers. Our constitution makes no specific mention of the educational qualifications to nominate a Chief Minister (CM), however, this does not mean that the governor is free to appoint anyone as the state's or UT's Chief Minister. In this article, we are discussing the State Chief Minister and Governor list for all Indian states. In the general awareness/GK section of bank exams (PO, Clerk, Grade B, SO, Assistant), Insurance Exams, and SSC Exams (SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS, GD Constable) Railway Exams (RRB NTPC, Group D) and state govt. exams, you can expect around 2-3 questions from the state chief minister (CM) and governor list. Let's have a look at the current chief ministers (CM) and governors list for all Indian states and union territories.

All States CM and Governor List 2024

The Chief Minister of a state has a wide variety of responsibilities with respect to the state. A CM is the leader of the state's MLAs. Have a look at the complete state-wise list of chief ministers and governors of all Indian states as of 2024. Learning the complete list of State Chief Ministers and Governors would be a bonus for the aspirants to boost up their preparation level.

All States Chief Minister and Governor List 2024
StatesChief Minister NameGovernor Name
Andhra PradeshY.S. Jagan Mohan ReddyS. Abdul Nazeer
Arunachal PradeshPema KhanduLt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik
AssamHimanta Biswa SarmaGulab Chand Kataria
BiharNitish KumarRajendra Arlekar
ChhattisgarhVishnu Deo SaiJustice (Retd) Biswa Bhusan Harichandan
GoaPramod SawantPS Sreedharan Pillai
GujaratBhupendra PatelAcharaya Devvrat
HaryanaManohar Lal KhattarBandaru Dattatreya
Himachal PradeshSukhwinder Singh SukhuShiv Pratap Shukla
JharkhandChampai SorenC.P. Radhakrishnan
KarnatakaSri Basavaraj BommaiThawar Chand Gehlot
KeralaPinarayi VijayanArif Mohammed Khan
Madhya PradeshMohan YadavMangubhai Chaganbhai Patel
MaharashtraEknath ShindeRamesh Bais
ManipurN. Biren SinghShri La. Ganesan
MeghalayaConrad Kongkal SangmaSatya Pal Malik
MizoramLalduhomaDr. Kambhampati Haribabu
NagalandNeiphiu RioJagdish Mukhi
OdishaNaveen PatnaikProf. Ganesh Lal Mathur
PunjabBhagwant MannShri Banwarilal Purohit
RajasthanBhajan Lal SharmaKalraj Mishra
SikkimPrem Singh Tamang (PS Golay)Ganga Prasad
Tamil NaduM.K StalinR.N. Ravi
TelanganaRevanth ReddyDr. Tamilisai Soundararajan
TripuraManik SahaSatyadev Narayan Arya
Uttar PradeshYogi AdityanathAnandiben Patel
UttarakhandShri Pushkar Singh DhamiGurmit Singh
West BengalMamata BanerjeeJagdeep Dhankar

Chief Minister and Governor List (Union Territory)

Out of 8 Union Territories of India, 3 UTs are led by Administrators and the remaining 5 UTs are led by lieutenant governors. Check the list of current chief ministers and governors of all Indian union territories which are elaborated in the below table. 

Chief Minister and Governor List 2024 (Union Territory)
Union TerritoriesChief Minister NameGovernor Name
Andaman & Nicobar  Shri. Devendra Kumar Joshi (Lieutenant Governor)
Chandigarh  Shri. V.P. Singh Badnore (Administrator)
Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu  Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)
DelhiArvind Kejriwal Shri Vinai Kumar Saxena (Lieutenant Governor)
Jammu and Kashmir  Shri Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor)
Lakshadweep  Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)
PuducherryN. Rangaswamy Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan (Lieutenant Governor)
Ladakh  Shri Radha Krishna Mathur (Lieutenant Governor)
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State CM and Governor List

Ans. Mr. Arvind Kejriwal is the Chief Minister of Delhi Union Territory.

Ans. Vishnu Deo Sai became the new Chief Minister of Chattisgarh after BJP won the elections in the state.

Ans. Mr. Vinai Kumar Saxena appointed as the Delhi's new Lieutenant Governor.

Ans. Yogi Adityanath is the Chief Minister of UP (Uttar Pradesh).

Ans. Eknath Shinde will be the new Chief Minister Maharashtra, post the resignation of Uddhav Thackeray.

Ans. Mohan Yadav, an MLA from South Ujjain became the new CM of Madhya Pradesh.

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