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List of Chief Ministers of Maharashtra & Their Tenure Periods

Maharashtra was formed on 1 May 1960.Yashwantrao Chavan, became the first CM of Maharashtra who was from INC Party and was the only CM to die while in office. The present Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis took oath in December 2024 and he is from BJP. Vasantrao Naik, is the longest serving CM for more than 11 years. Devendra Fadnavis was the only Chief Minister from BJP who served for 5 years. Maharashtra has also been under Presidents rule thrice over a short period of time. The major ruling party has been INC, Shiv-Sena and the BJP

Chief Minister

Chief Minister Party From To
Devendra Fadnavis BJP 05 Dec 2024 Present
Eknath Shinde Shiv-Sena 30 Jun 2022 05 Dec 2024
Uddhav Thackeray Shiv-Sena 28 Nov 2019 29 Jun 2022
Devendra Fadnavis BJP 23 Nov 2019 26 Nov 2019
President's rule 12 Nov 2019 23 Nov 2019
Devendra Fadnavis BJP 31 Oct 2014 08 Nov 2019
President's rule N/A 28 Sep 2014 30 Oct 2014
Prithviraj Chavan INC 11 Nov 2010 26 Sep 2014
Ashok Chavan INC 07 Nov 2009 09 Nov 2010
Ashok Chavan INC 08 Dec 2008 15 Oct 2009
Chief Minister Party From To
Vilasrao Deshmukh INC 01 Nov 2004 04 Dec 2008
Sushilkumar Shinde INC 18 Jan 2003 30 Oct 2004
Vilasrao Deshmukh INC 18 Oct 1999 16 Jan 2003
Narayan Rane Shiv-Sena (Sena-BJP) 01 Feb 1999 17 Oct 1999
Manohar Joshi Shiv-Sena (Sena-BJP) 14 Mar 1995 31 Jan 1999
Sharad Pawar INC 06 Mar 1993 14 Mar 1995
Sudhakarrao Naik INC 25 Jun 1991 22 Feb 1993
Sharad Pawar INC 04 Mar 1990 25 Jun 1991
Sharad Pawar INC 26 Jun 1988 03 Mar 1990
Shankarrao Chavan INC 12 Mar 1986 26 Jun 1988
Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar INC 03 Jun 1985 06 Mar 1986
Vasantdada Patil INC 02 Feb 1983 01 Jun 1985
Babasaheb Bhosale INC 21 Jan 1982 01 Feb 1983
Abdul Rehman Antulay INC 09 Jun 1980 12 Jan 1982
President's rule N/A 17 Feb 1980 08 Jun 1980
Sharad Pawar INC 18 Jul 1978 17 Feb 1980
Vasantdada Patil INC 05 Mar 1978 18 Jul 1978
Vasantdada Patil INC 17 May 1977 05 Mar 1978
Shankarrao Chavan INC 21 Feb 1975 16 May 1977
Vasantrao Naik INC 13 Mar 1972 20 Feb 1975
Vasantrao Naik INC 01 Mar 1967 13 Mar 1972
Vasantrao Naik INC 05 Dec 1963 01 Mar 1967
P. K. Sawant INC 25 Nov 1963 04 Dec 1963
Marotrao Kannamwar INC 20 Nov 1962 24 Nov 1963
Yashwantrao Chavan INC 01 May 1960 19 Nov 1962
Source: ECI
Disclaimer:

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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