List of chief ministers of Rajasthan

Chief Minister of Rajasthan
Chief Minister of Rajasthan
	Emblem of Rajasthan
	Incumbent; Ashok Gehlot; since 17 December 2018
	Government of Rajasthan
Style	The Honourable (Formal); Mr. Chief Minister (Informal)
Type	Head of Government
Status	Leader of the Executive
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Cabinet; Rajasthan Legislative Assembly;
Reports to	Governor of Rajasthan; Rajasthan Legislative Assembly;
Residence	Resident of Daron Ka Bas, Mahamandir, Jodhpur
Seat	Secretariat, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Appointer	Governor of Rajasthan by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Rajasthan 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	Heera Lal Shastri
Formation	7 April 1949; (75 years ago)
Salary	₹175,000 (US$2,100)/monthly; ₹2,100,000 (US$25,000)/annually;
Website	official website

The Chief Minister of Rajasthan is the chief executive of the Indian state of Rajasthan. 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 Rajasthan 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]

From 1949, 13 people have been Chief Minister of Rajasthan. Vasundhara Raje Scindia of the Bharatiya Janata Party is only female to serve as the chief minister of the state. After securing majority in 2018 assembly election, Ashok Gehlot of the Indian National Congress assumed office on 17 December 2018.

Chief minister of Ajmer State

No	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Assembly (election)	Party^[a]
1		Haribhau Upadhyaya		24 March 1952	31 October 1956	4 years, 221 days	1st (1952)	Indian National Congress

Chief ministers of Rajasthan

No	Name	Constituency	Tenure			Assembly (election)	Party^[b]
1	Heera Lal Shastri	N/A	7 April 1949	6 January 1951	1 year, 274 days		Indian National Congress
2	C. S. Venkatachar	N/A	6 January 1951	26 April 1951	110 days
3	Jai Narayan Vyas	N/A	26 April 1951	3 March 1952	312 days
4	Tika Ram Paliwal	Mahuwa	3 March 1952	1 November 1952	243 days	1st (1952 election)
(3)	Jai Narayan Vyas	Kishangarh	1 November 1952	13 November 1954	2 years, 12 days
5	Mohan Lal Sukhadia	Udaipur	13 November 1954	11 April 1957	12 years, 120 days
			11 April 1957	11 March 1962		2nd (1957 election)
			12 March 1962	13 March 1967		3rd (1962 election)
–	Vacant^[c] (President's rule)	N/A	13 March 1967	26 April 1967	44 days	N/A
(5)	Mohan Lal Sukhadia	Udaipur	26 April 1967	9 July 1971	4 years, 74 days	4th (1967 election)	Indian National Congress
6	Barkatullah Khan	Tijara	9 July 1971	11 October 1973	2 years, 94 days	4th (1967 election)
6	Barkatullah Khan	Tijara	9 July 1971	11 October 1973	2 years, 94 days	5th (1972 election)
7	Hari Dev Joshi	Banswara	11 October 1973	29 April 1977	3 years, 200 days	5th (1972 election)
–	Vacant^[c] (President's rule)	N/A	29 April 1977	22 June 1977	54 days	N/A
8	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat	Chhabra	22 June 1977	16 February 1980	2 years, 239 days	6th (1977 election)	Janata Party
–	Vacant^[c] (President's rule)	N/A	16 February 1980	6 June 1980	111 days	N/A
9	Jagannath Pahadia	Weir	6 June 1980	14 July 1981	1 year, 38 days	7th (1980 election)	Indian National Congress
10	Shiv Charan Mathur	Mandalgarh	14 July 1981	23 February 1985	3 years, 224 days
11	Hira Lal Devpura	Kumbhalgarh	23 February 1985	10 March 1985	15 days
(7)	Hari Dev Joshi	Banswara	10 March 1985	20 January 1988	2 years, 316 days	8th (1985 election)
(10)	Shiv Charan Mathur	Mandalgarh	20 January 1988	4 December 1989	1 year, 318 days
(7)	Hari Dev Joshi	Banswara	4 December 1989	4 March 1990	90 days
(8)	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat	Chhabra	4 March 1990	15 December 1992	2 years, 286 days	9th (1990 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
–	Vacant^[c] (President's rule)	N/A	15 December 1992	4 December 1993	354 days	N/A
(8)	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat	Bali	4 December 1993	1 December 1998	4 years, 362 days	10th (1993 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
12	Ashok Gehlot	Sardarpura	1 December 1998	8 December 2003	5 years, 7 days	11th (1998 election)	Indian National Congress
13	Vasundhara Raje	Jhalrapatan	8 December 2003	12 December 2008	5 years, 4 days	12th (2003 elections)	Bharatiya Janata Party
(12)	Ashok Gehlot	Sardarpura	12 December 2008	13 December 2013	5 years, 1 day	13th (2008 elections)	Indian National Congress
(13)	Vasundhara Raje	Jhalrapatan	13 December 2013	17 December 2018	5 years, 4 days	14th (2013 elections)	Bharatiya Janata Party
(12)	Ashok Gehlot	Sardarpura	17 December 2018	Incumbent	5 years, 347 days	15th (2018 elections)	Indian National Congress

Timeline

Statistics

List of chief ministers by length of term

No.	Name	Party	Total years of chief ministership
No.	Name		1	Mohan Lal Sukhadia	INC	16 years, 194 days
2.	Ashok Gehlot		INC	14 years, 258 days
3.	Bhairon Singh Shekhawat	BJP	10 years, 157 days
4.	Vasundhara Raje	BJP	10 years, 8 days
5.	Hari Dev Joshi	INC	6 years, 241 days
6.	Shiv Charan Mathur	INC	5 years, 117 days
7.	Haribhau Upadhyaya	INC	4 years, 221 days
8.	Jai Narayan Vyas	INC	2 years, 324 days
9.	Barkatullah Khan	INC	2 years, 94 days
10.	Heera Lal Shastri	INC	1 years, 274 days
11.	Jagannath Pahadia	INC	1 years, 38 days
12.	Tika Ram Paliwal	INC	243 days
13.	C. S. Venkatachar	INC	110 days
14	Hira Lal Devpura	INC	15 days

Notes

Notes

^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[2]

Reference

^ ^a ^b Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Rajasthan as well.
^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.

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[2] This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

[3] This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

[PR-5] President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[2]

[term1-1] Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Rajasthan as well.

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

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