Chief Minister of Jharkhand

Chief Minister of Jharkhand
Chief Minister of Jharkhand
	Emblem of Jharkhand
	Incumbent; Hemant Soren; since 4 July 2024
	Government of Jharkhand
Style	The Honourable (Formal); Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Type	Head of Government
Status	Leader of the Executive
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Cabinet; Jharkhand Legislative Assembly;
Reports to	Governor of Jharkhand; Jharkhand Legislative Assembly;
Residence	Jinx, Kanke Road, Ranchi
Seat	Chief Minister Secretariat (CMO), Ranchi, Jharkhand
Nominator	Members of the Government of Jharkhand in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Governor of Jharkhand by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly; Chief minister's term is for 5 years and is subject to no term limits.
Inaugural holder	Babulal Marandi
Formation	15 November 2000
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Jharkhand
Salary	₹272,000 (US$3,200)/monthly; ₹3,000,000 (US$35,000)/annually;
Website	cm.jharkhand.gov.in

The chief minister of Jharkhand is the chief executive of the Indian state of Jharkhand. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the legislative assembly, the state's 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 the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.^[1]

Seven people have served as the state's chief minister since Jharkhand's formation on 15 November 2000.^[2] Half of them, including the inaugural officeholder Babulal Marandi and Arjun Munda, represented the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Hemant Soren, from the JMM, is the longest-serving chief minister. Three chief ministers, Shibu Soren, his son Hemant Soren, and Champai Soren, represented the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM). Shibu Soren's first term ended in just ten days, as he could not prove that he had the support of a majority of the house and was forced to resign. The state has also been governed by Madhu Koda, one of the few independents to become the chief minister of any state.^[3] In between their reigns, the state has also been under President's rule three times. Raghubar Das, of the BJP, was the first non-tribal and first chief minister to complete a full term in the state. Hemant Soren of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is the incumbent chief minister.

List

^† Died in office
^§ Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term

#	Portrait	Name (born – died) Constituency)	Election (Assembly)	Tenure in office			Party		Ministry	Appointer (Governor)
#	Portrait	Name (born – died) Constituency)	Election (Assembly)	From	To	Time in office	Party		Ministry	Appointer (Governor)
1		Babulal Marandi (born 1958) MLA for Ramgarh	2000 (1st)	15 November 2000	18 March 2003	2 years, 123 days		Bharatiya Janata Party	Marandi	Prabhat Kumar
2		Arjun Munda (born 1968) MLA for Kharsawan	2000 (1st)	18 March 2003	2 March 2005	1 year, 349 days		Bharatiya Janata Party	Munda I	Rama Jois
3		Shibu Soren (1944–2025) Non-elected	2005 (2nd)	2 March 2005	12 March 2005	10 days		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Shibu I	Syed Sibtey Razi
(2)		Arjun Munda (born 1968) MLA for Kharsawan		12 March 2005^[§]	18 September 2006	1 year, 190 days		Bharatiya Janata Party	Munda II
4		Madhu Koda (born 1971) MLA for Jaganathpur		18 September 2006	27 August 2008	1 year, 344 days		Independent	Koda
(3)		Shibu Soren (1944–2025) Non-elected		27 August 2008^[§]	19 January 2009	145 days		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Shibu II
Position vacant (19 January – 30 December 2009) President's rule was imposed during this period^[a]
(3)		Shibu Soren (1944–2025) Non-elected	2009 (3rd)	30 December 2009^[§]	1 June 2010	153 days		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Shibu III	Kateekal Sankaranarayanan
Position vacant (1 June – 11 September 2010) President's rule was imposed during this period^[a]
(2)		Arjun Munda (born 1968) MLA for Kharsawan	– (3rd)	1 June 2010^[§]	18 January 2013	2 years, 231 days		Bharatiya Janata Party	Munda III	M. O. H. Farook
Position vacant (18 January – 13 July 2010) President's rule was imposed during this period^[a]
5		Hemant Soren (born 1975) MLA for Dumka	– (3rd)	13 July 2013	28 December 2014	1 year, 168 days		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Hemant I	Syed Ahmed
6		Raghubar Das (born 1955) MLA for Jamshedpur East	2014 (4th)	28 December 2014	29 December 2019	5 years, 1 day		Bharatiya Janata Party	Das	Syed Ahmed
(5)		Hemant Soren (born 1975) MLA for Barhait	2019 (5th)	29 December 2019^[§]	2 February 2024	4 years, 35 days		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Hemant II	Droupadi Murmu
7		Champai Soren (born 1956) MLA for Seraikella		2 February 2024	4 July 2024	153 days			Champai	C. P. Radhakrishnan
(5)		Hemant Soren (born 1975) MLA for Barhait		4 July 2024^[§]	Incumbent	1 year, 49 days			Hemant III	C. P. Radhakrishnan
(5)		Hemant Soren (born 1975) MLA for Barhait	2024 (6th)	4 July 2024^[§]	Incumbent	1 year, 49 days			Hemant IV	Santosh Gangwar

Statistics

Fraction of time of holding CMO by party (as of December 2024)

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
#	Chief Minister	Party		Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
1	Hemant Soren*		JMM*	4 years, 35 days*	6 years, 252 days*
2	Arjun Munda		BJP	2 years, 129 days	5 years, 307 days
3	Raghubar Das		BJP	5 years, 1 day	5 years, 1 day
4	Babulal Marandi		BJP	2 years, 123 days	2 years, 123 days
5	Madhu Koda		IND	1 year, 343 days	1 year, 343 days
6	Shibu Soren		JMM	153 days	308 days
7	Champai Soren		JMM	153 days	153 days

Timeline

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Basu, Durga Das (1960). Introduction to the Constitution of India (20 ed.). Nagpur: LexisNexis Butterworths, Wadhwa. pp. 241, 245. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help). Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Jharkhand as well.
^ Chaudhuri, Kalyan (1 September 2000). "Jharkhand, at last". Frontline. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.
^ Ramanujam, P.V. (14 September 2006). "Madhu Koda to be next Jharkhand CM". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.

[PR-5] 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.^[4]

[term1-1] Basu, Durga Das (1960). Introduction to the Constitution of India (20 ed.). Nagpur: LexisNexis Butterworths, Wadhwa. pp. 241, 245. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help). Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Jharkhand as well.

[main-2] Chaudhuri, Kalyan (1 September 2000). "Jharkhand, at last". Frontline. Archived from the original on 24 July 2019. Retrieved 4 August 2019.

[3] Ramanujam, P.V. (14 September 2006). "Madhu Koda to be next Jharkhand CM". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2019.

[4] Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.

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