In the Republic of India, a chief minister is the head of government of each of twenty-nine states and two union territories (Delhi and Puducherry). According to the Constitution of India, at the state-level, thegovernor is de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister.
Following elections to the state legislative assembly, the 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 he has the assembly’s confidence, the chief minister’s term is usually for a maximum of five years; there are no limits to the number of terms he/she can serve.
| State | Chief Minister |
| Andhra Pradesh | Shri. Nara Chandrababu Naidu |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Shri Nabam Tuki |
| Assam | Shri Tarun Gogoi |
| Bihar | Shri Jeetan Ram Manjhi |
| Chhattisgarh | Dr. Raman Singh |
| Delhi (NCT) | Under President’s Rule |
| Goa | Shri Laxmikant Parsekar |
| Gujarat | Smt. Anandiben Patel |
| Haryana | Shri Manohar Lal Khattar |
| Himachal Pradesh | Shri Virbhadra Singh |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Shri Omar Abdullah |
| Jharkhand | Shri Hemant Soren |
| Karnataka | Shri Siddaramaiah |
| Kerala | Mr Oommen Chandy |
| Madhya Pradesh | Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan |
| Maharashtra | Shri Devendra Fadnavis |
| Manipur | Shri Okram Ibobi Singh |
| Meghalaya | Dr. Mukul Sangma |
| Mizoram | Shri Lal Thanhawla |
| Nagaland | Shri. T R Zeliang |
| Odisha | Shri Naveen Patnaik |
| Puducherry (UT) | Shri N. Rangasamy |
| Punjab | Shri Parkash Singh Badal |
| Rajasthan | Smt. Vasundhara Raje |
| Sikkim | Shri Pawan Kumar Chamling |
| Tamil Nadu | Thiru O.Panneerselvam |
| Telangana | K Chandrasekhar Rao |
| Tripura | Shri Manik Sarkar |
| Uttar Pradesh | Shri Akhilesh Yadav |
| Uttarakhand | Shri Harish Rawat |
| West Bengal | Km. Mamata Banerjee |
