List of Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh (MP) & Their Tenure Periods
The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 merged the states of Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh, and Bhopal were merged into Madhya Pradesh and formed Reorganisation on 1 November 1956. Since then, India has seen 18 Chief Ministers. Pt. Ravishankar Shukla was the 1st Chief Minister who took oath in 1956. Twelve of Chief Ministers belonged to the INC.The first Non-Congress Chief Minister was Govind Narayan Singh who lead Samyukta Vidhayak Dal government from 1967 to 1969. Digvijaya Singh of the Congress served two full five-year terms. He was succeeded by Uma Bharti of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Madhya Pradesh's who is the only woman Chief Minister served for 1year. Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the current and longest-serving Chief Minister who took oath in 2005 and has served for 13years.MP has also been under Presidents rule thrice over a short period of time.The major ruling party has been BJP and INC.
Chief Minister
| Chief Minister | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mohan Yadav | BJP | 13 Dec 2026 | Present |
| Shivraj Singh Chouhan | BJP | 23 Mar 2020 | 11 Dec 2026 |
| Kamal Nath | INC | 18 Dec 2018 | 23 Mar 2020 |
| Shivraj Singh Chauhan | BJP | 14 Dec 2013 | 17 Dec 2018 |
| Shivraj Singh Chauhan | BJP | 13 Dec 2008 | 13 Dec 2013 |
| Shivraj Singh Chauhan | BJP | 29 Nov 2005 | 12 Dec 2008 |
| Babulal Gaur | BJP | 23 Aug 2004 | 29 Nov 2005 |
| Uma Bharti | BJP | 08 Dec 2003 | 23 Aug 2004 |
| Digvijay Singh | INC | 01 Dec 1998 | 08 Dec 2003 |
| Digvijay Singh | INC | 07 Dec 1993 | 01 Dec 1998 |
| Chief Minister | Party | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| President's rule | 16 Dec 1992 | 06 Dec 1993 | |
| Sunderlal Patwa | BJP | 05 Mar 1990 | 15 Dec 1992 |
| Shyama Charan Shukla | INC | 09 Dec 1989 | 04 Mar 1990 |
| Motilal Vora | INC | 25 Jan 1989 | 08 Dec 1989 |
| Arjun Singh | INC | 14 Feb 1988 | 24 Jan 1989 |
| Motilal Vora | INC | 13 Mar 1985 | 13 Feb 1988 |
| Arjun Singh | INC | 11 Mar 1985 | 12 Mar 1985 |
| Arjun Singh | INC | 08 Jun 1980 | 10 Mar 1985 |
| President's rule | 18 Feb 1980 | 08 Jun 1980 | |
| Sunderlal Patwa | Janata Party | 20 Jan 1980 | 17 Feb 1980 |
| Virendra Kumar Saklecha | Janata Party | 18 Jan 1978 | 19 Jan 1980 |
| Kailash Chandra Joshi | Janata Party | 26 Jun 1977 | 17 Jan 1978 |
| President's rule | 29 Apr 1977 | 25 Jun 1977 | |
| Shyama Charan Shukla | INC | 23 Dec 1975 | 29 Apr 1977 |
| Prakash Chandra Sethi | INC | 23 Mar 1972 | 22 Dec 1975 |
| Prakash Chandra Sethi | INC | 29 Jan 1972 | 22 Mar 1972 |
| Shyama Charan Shukla | INC | 26 Mar 1969 | 28 Jan 1972 |
| Raja Nareshchandra Singh | INC | 13 Mar 1969 | 25 Mar 1969 |
| Govind Narayan Singh | INC | 30 Jul 1967 | 12 Mar 1969 |
| Dwarka Prasad Mishra | INC | 09 Mar 1967 | 29 Jul 1967 |
| Dwarka Prasad Mishra | INC | 30 Sep 1963 | 08 Mar 1967 |
| Bhagwantrao Mandloi | INC | 12 Mar 1962 | 29 Sep 1963 |
| Kailash Nath Katju | INC | 14 Mar 1957 | 11 Mar 1962 |
| Kailash Nath Katju | INC | 31 Jan 1957 | 14 Mar 1957 |
| Bhagwantrao Mandloi | INC | 01 Jan 1957 | 30 Jan 1957 |
| Pt. Ravishankar Shukla | INC | 01 Nov 1956 | 31 Dec 1956 |
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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