List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra

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India has 28 states and 8 Union territories as of April 2021 in this country. Maharashtra is the third largest state by area and the second largest state by population in Indian Country.

The Chief Minister of Maharashtra is the chief executive of the Indian state of Maharashtra which a state's governor appoints. The chief minister is the leader of the state Legislative assembly. They would be the chief adviser to the nominal head of their respected state. All new principal announcements of policy are made by him on the floor of the house. The Chief Minister supervises and coordinates the policies of the several Ministers involved in the formulation and implementation of a policy and department. The governor is dependent on the chief minister for the removal of ministers because the governor can’t remove/dismiss ministers at his will. The Chief Minister has a free hand in preparing the list of his colleagues and also he may ask anyone of his colleagues to resign.

Maharashtra has a bicameral legislature that consists of two houses. The Maharashtra Legislative Assembly has 288 seats, headed by a speaker. Maharashtra state sends 48 members to the Lok Sabha and 19 members to the Rajya Sabha. The Chief Minister heads the executive, which is made up of the party or coalition elected with a majority in the legislature. Chief ministers guide and control the activity of other ministers. The maximum term served of the chief minister is for five years and is subject to no term limits. The formation of the first Chief Minister of Maharashtra was on 1 May 1960.

Sr no.	Name	Constituency	Tenure	Party
1.	Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan	Karad North	1 May 1960 to 19 November 1962 (2 Year 202 days)	Indian National Congress
2.	Marotrao Shambshio Kannamwar	Saoli	20 November 1962 to 24 November 1963 (1 year 4 days)	Indian National Congress
3.	P.K.alias Babasaheb Sawant	Chiplun	25 November 1963 to 4 December 1963 (9 days)	Indian National Congress
4.	Vasantrao Phulsing Naik	Pusad	5 December 1963 to 20 February 1975 (11 years 77 days)	Indian National Congress
5.	Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan	Bhokar	21 February 1975 to 16 May 1977 (2 years 84 days)	Indian National Congress
6.	Vasantrao Banduji Patil	Sangli	17 May 1977 to 18 July 1978 (1 year 62 days)	Indian National Congress
7.	Sharad Govindrao Pawar	Baramati	18 July 1978 to 17 February 1980 (1 year 214 days)	Progressive Democratic Front
	President rule	N/A	112 days	N/A
8.	Abdul Rehman Antulay	Shrivardhan	9 June 1980 to 12 January 1982 (1 year 217 days)	Indian National Congress
9.	Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale	Nehrunagar	21 January 1982 to 1 February 1983 (1 year 11 days)	Indian National Congress
10.	Vasantrao Banduji Patil (2nd term)	Sangli	2 February 1983 to 1 June 1985 (2 years 119 days)	Indian National Congress
11.	Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar	Nilanga	3 June 1985 to 6 March 1986 (276 days)	Indian National Congress
12.	Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan (2nd term)	MLC	12 March 1986 to 26 June 1988 (2 years 106 days)	Indian National Congress
13.	Sharad Govindrao Pawar	Baramati	26 June 1988 to 25 June 1991 (2 years 364 days)	Indian National Congress
14.	Sudhakarrao Rajusing Naik	Pusad	25 June 1991 to 22 February 1993 (1 year 242 days)	Indian National Congress
15.	Sharad Govindrao Pawar (3rd term)	Baramati	6 March 1993 to 14 March 1995 (2 years 8 days)	Indian National Congress
16.	Manohar Gajanan Joshi	Dadar	14 March 1995 to 31 January 1999 (3 years 323 days)	Shiv Sena (Sena – BJP)
17.	Narayan Tatu Rane	Malvan	1 February 1999 to 17 October 1999 (258 days)	Shiv Sena (Sena – BJP)
18.	Vilasrao Dagadojirao Deshmukh	Latur City	18 October 1999 to 16 January 2003 (3 years 90 days)	Indian National Congress
19.	Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde	Solapur South	18 January 2003 to 30 October 2004 (1 year 286 days)	Indian National Congress
20.	Vilasrao Dagodajirao Deshmukh (2nd term)	Latur City	1 November 2004 to 4 December 2008 (4 years 33 days)	Indian National Congress
21.	Ashok Shankarrao Chavan	Bhokar	8 December 2008 to 9 November 2010 (1 year 336 days)	Indian National Congress
22.	Prithviraj Chavan	MLC	11 November 2010 to 26 September 2014 (3 years 319 days)	Indian National Congress
	President rule	N/A	32 days	N/A
23.	Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis	Nagpur South West	31 October 2014 to 8 November 2019 (5 years 8 days)	Bharatiya Janata Party
	President rule	N/A	11 days	N/A
24.	Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis (2nd term)	Nagpur South West	23 November 2019 to 26 November 2019 (3 days)	Bharatiya Janata party
25.	Uddhav Bal Thackeray	MLC	28 November 2019 to present	Shiv – Sena

⦿Did you know?

1.Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis has 1,082,459 followers on Facebook and 67000 followers on Twitter.

2.Devendra Fadnavis is the second-youngest Chief Minister of Maharashtra after Sharad Pawar and youngest State President of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

3.His book name is ‘How to Understand & Read the State Budget'. And a total of five books he has written.

4.Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis wife name is Amruta Fadnavis. She is branch head at Axis bank.

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FAQ:

Q1. Which party is in power in Maharashtra?
Maharashtra legislative assembly has 288 seats. In the 2019 election, the Bharatiya Janata Party won 105 seats. Q2. At what age, Devendra Fadnavis become Chief Minister of Maharashtra?
At the age of 44, he became the second-youngest Chief Minister of Maharashtra. Q3. When shiv sena become a part of the BJP?
In December 2014, shiv sena become part of the BJP government in Maharashtra. Q4.How many people have served as chief minister of Maharashtra?
A total of 19 people have served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra.