Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

The chief minister of Uttarakhand is the Head of the government of the Indian state of Uttarakhand. 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 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.^[2]

Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
Emblem of Uttarakhand
Incumbent Pushkar Singh Dhami since 4 July 2021
Government of Uttarakhand
Style	The Honourable (formal) Mr. Chief Minister (informal)
Status	Head of government
Abbreviation	CM
Member of	Uttarakhand Council of Ministers Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Reports to	Governor of Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Residence	Chief Minister House, Bhararisain (summer) Chief Minister House, New Cantt Road, Dehradun (winter) [1]
Nominator	Members of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
Appointer	Governor of Uttarakhand by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Assembly
Term length	5 Years Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[2]
Inaugural holder	Nityanand Swami (2000–2001)
Formation	9 November 2000 (24 years ago) (2000-11-09)
Website	Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

Ten people have served as the state's chief minister since its formation on 9 November 2000. Seven of them, including the inaugural officeholder Nityanand Swami and the incumbent Pushkar Singh Dhami represented the (BJP) while the rest represented the Indian National Congress.

List

• ^† Died in office
• ^§ Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term

#	Portrait	Name (born – died) Constituency)	Election	Tenure in office			Party		Ministry	Appointer (Governor)
				From	To	Time in office
1		Nityanand Swami (1927–2012) MLC (Garhwal–Kumaon Graduates)	–	9 November 2000	29 October 2001	354 days		Bharatiya Janata Party	Swami	Surjit Singh Barnala
2		Bhagat Singh Koshyari (born 1942) MLC		30 October 2001	1 March 2002	122 days			Koshyari
3		Narayan Datt Tiwari (1925–2018) MLA for Ramnagar	2002	2 March 2002	7 March 2007	5 years, 5 days		Indian National Congress	Tiwari
4		Major-General B. C. Khanduri (Retd), AVSM (born 1934) MLA for Dhumakot	2007	7 March 2007	27 June 2009	2 years, 112 days		Bharatiya Janata Party	Khanduri I	Sudarshan Agarwal
5		Ramesh Pokhriyal "Nishank" (born 1959) MLA for Thalisain		27 June 2009	11 September 2011	2 years, 76 days			Pokhriyal	Banwari Lal Joshi
(4)		Major-General B. C. Khanduri (Retd), AVSM (born 1934) MLA for Dhumakot		11 September 2011[§]	13 March 2012	184 days			Khanduri II	Margaret Alva
6		Vijay Bahuguna (born 1947) MLA for Sitarganj	2012	13 March 2012	31 January 2014	1 year, 324 days		Indian National Congress	Bahuguna
7		Harish Rawat (born 1948) MLA for Dharchula		1 February 2014	27 March 2016	2 years, 55 days			Harish	Aziz Qureshi
Position vacant (22 April 2016 – 11 May 2016) President's rule was imposed during this period[a]
(7)		Harish Rawat (born 1948) MLA for Dharchula	–	11 May 2016[§]	18 March 2017	311 days		Indian National Congress	Harish	Krishan Kant Paul
8		Trivendra Singh Rawat (born 1960) MLA for Doiwala	2017	18 March 2017	10 March 2021	3 years, 357 days		Bharatiya Janata Party	Trivendra
9		Tirath Singh Rawat (born 1964) Unelected		10 March 2021	4 July 2021	116 days			Tirath	Baby Rani Maurya
10		Pushkar Singh Dhami (born 1975) MLA for Khatima (until Mar'2022) MLA for Champawat (from May'2022)		4 July 2021	Incumbent	4 years, 40 days			Dhami I
			2022						Dhami II	Gurmit Singh

Statistics

List by chief minister

Fraction of time of holding CMO by party (as of December 2024)

1. Bharatiya Janata Party (58.5%)
2. Indian National Congress (41.0%)
3. President's Rule (0.52%)

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
				Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
1.	N. D. Tiwari		INC	5 years, 5 days	5 years, 5 days
2.	Pushkar Singh Dhami		BJP	4 years, 40 days	4 years, 40 days
3.	Trivendra Singh Rawat		BJP	3 years, 357 days	3 years, 357 days
4.	Harish Rawat		INC	2 years, 55 days	3 years, 2 days
5.	B. C. Khanduri		BJP	2 years, 111 days	2 years, 295 days
6.	Ramesh Pokhriyal		BJP	2 years, 75 days	2 years, 75 days
7.	Vijay Bahuguna		INC	1 year, 324 days	1 year, 324 days
8.	Nityanand Swami		BJP	354 days	354 days
9.	Bhagat Singh Koshyari		BJP	122 days	122 days
10.	Tirath Singh Rawat		BJP	116 days	116 days

See also

• Government of Uttarakhand
• Governor of Uttarakhand
• Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
• Speaker of the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
• Leader of the Opposition in the Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly
• Cabinet of Uttarakhand
• Chief Justice of Uttarakhand
• List of current Indian chief ministers
• List of prime ministers of India

Notes

1. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.^[3]