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Prime Ministers of India (1947 to 2026)

The Prime Minister of India is the chief executive of the Government of India. The world's most populous democracy, India has a wide parliamentary system with Prime Minister as the chief executive of this system. According to the Constitution, President is always the head of state de jure, but his or her de facto executive powers are vested in the prime minister and their Council of Ministers. Prime Minister is usually the leader of the party or the alliance that has a majority in the Lok Sabha. Here is the list of Prime Ministers of India.

PMs Of India

Name Term of Office
Jawaharlal Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru INC
15 August, 1947 - 15 April, 1952
15 April, 1952 - 17 April, 1957
17 April, 1957 - 2 April, 1962
2 April, 1962 - 27 May, 1964
Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
Gulzarilal Nanda (acting) INC
27 May, 1964 - 9 June, 1964
11 January, 1966 - 24 January, 1966
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Lal Bahadur Shastri INC
9 June, 1964 - 11 January, 1966
Indira Gandhi INC
24 January, 1966 - 4 March, 1967
4 March, 1967 - 15 March, 1971
15 March, 1971 - 24 March, 1977
14 January, 1980 - 31 October, 1984
Morarji Desai
Morarji Desai Janata Party
24 March, 1977 - 28 July, 1979
Name Term of Office
Charan Singh
Charan Singh Janata Party (Secular)
28 July, 1979 - 14 January, 1980
Rajiv Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi INC
31 October, 1984 - 31 December, 1984
31 December, 1984 - 2 December, 1989
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
Vishwanath Pratap Singh Janata Dal
2 December, 1989 - 10 November, 1990
Chandra Shekhar
Chandra Shekhar Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
10 November, 1990 - 21 June, 1991
P.V. Narasimha Rao
P.V. Narasimha Rao INC
21 June, 1991 - 16 May, 1996
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The information provided on this page about the current and previous elections in the constituency is sourced from various publicly available platforms including https://old.eci.gov.in/statistical-report/statistical-reports/ and https://affidavit.eci.gov.in/. The ECI is the authoritative source for election-related data in India, and we rely on their official records for the content presented here. However, due to the complexity of electoral processes and potential data discrepancies, there may be occasional inaccuracies or omissions in the information provided.

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