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.Chief Minister also serves as Leader of the House in the Legislative Assembly.
At the time of India's independence in 1947, the region known as Rajputana included various princely states and the province of Ajmer-Merwara. Over time, these areas were gradually integrated to form the modern Indian state of Rajasthan. The integration occurred in seven stages, from March 1948 to November 1956. On 18 March 1948, the states of Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur, and Karauli merged their territories to form the Matsya Union, with Shobha Ram becoming its prime minister. Shortly after, on 25 March 1948, the Rajasthan Union was formed by the states of Bundi, Kota, Jhalawar, Dungarpur, Banswara, Pratapgarh, Kishangarh, Tonk, Shahpura and the chiefship of Lawa, with Gokul Lal Asava serving as its first prime minister. On 18 April 1948, Udaipur State joined the Union, and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated the newly named United State of Rajasthan, with Manikya Lal Verma becoming its prime minister. Later, on 30 March 1949, the states of Jaipur, Jodhpur, Bikaner, and Jaisalmer merged into the union, which was then renamed the United State of Greater Rajasthan. Hiralal Shastri became the prime minister on 7 April 1949. On 15 May 1949, the Matsya Union joined the United State of Greater Rajasthan.
From 26 January 1950, the state officially came to be known as Rajasthan, with Shashtri continuing as its first chief minister. On 3 March 1952, following the first legislative assembly election, Tika Ram Paliwal of the Indian National Congress became the first elected chief minister of the state. Since 1949, three people have served as Prime Minister and fourteen people have served as chief minister of Rajasthan. Mohan Lal Sukhadia of the Congress party is the longest-serving chief minister, having been sworn in four times and serving for over sixteen years. Vasundhara Raje Scindia of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the only female to have held this position. Since 1998, no chief minister or political party has retained power after completing one term, a trend that continued in the recent elections. After a victory with 115 seats in the 2023 assembly elections, Bhajan Lal Sharma of the Bharatiya Janata Party succeeded Ashok Gehlot of the Indian National Congress. Oath as the state chief minister The chief minister serves five years in the office. The following is the oath of the chief minister of state: Oath of Secrecy "I, [Name], do swear in the name of God / solemnly affirm that I will not directly or indirectly communicate or reveal to any person or persons any matter which shall be brought under my consideration or shall become known to me as a Minister for the State of [Name of State] except as may be required for the due discharge of my duties as such Minister."Pad ki Shapath (Oath of Office) "Main, [CM ka Naam], Ishwar ki shapath leta hoon / satyanishtha se pratigyan karta hoon ki main vidhi dwara sthapit Bharat ke Samvidhan ke prati sachi shraddha aur nishtha rakhunga. Main Bharat ki prabhuta aur akhandta akshunn rakhunga. Main [State ka Naam] ke Rajya ke Mukhya Mantri ke roop mein apne kartavyon ka shraddhapoorvak aur shuddh antahkaran se nirvahan karunga, tatha main bhay ya pakshpat, anurag ya dwesh ke bina, sabhi prakar ke logon ke prati Samvidhan aur vidhi ke anusar nyay karunga." B. Gopniyata ki Shapath (Oath of Secrecy) "Main, [CM ka Naam], Ishwar ki shapath leta hoon / satyanishtha se pratigyan karta hoon ki jo vishay [State ka Naam] ke Rajya ke Mukhya Mantri ke roop mein mere vichar ke liye laya jayega athva mujhe gyaat hoga, use kisi vyakti ya vyaktityon ko, tab ke sivay jab ki aise Mukhya Mantri ke roop mein apne kartavyon ke uchit nirvahan ke liye aisa karna apekshit ho, main pratyaksh (directly) ya apratyaksh (indirectly) roop mein sansuchit ya prakat nahi karunga."
Predecessors Chief minister of Matsya Union (1948–1949)
#PortraitNameTerm of officeElectionAppointed byParty1Shobha Ram Kumawat18 March194815 May1949Udai Bhan SinghIndian National Congress
Prime ministers of Rajasthan (1948–1950) #PortraitNameTerm of officeElectionAppointed byParty1Gokul Lal Asawa25 March194818 April1948Bhim Singh IIIndian National Congress2Manikya Lal Verma18 April19487 April1949Bhupal Singh3Hiralal Shastri7 April194926 January1950Man Singh II
Chief Minister of Ajmer State (1952–1956)
Haribhau Upadhyaya was the first and last Chief Minister of Ajmer State from 24 March 1952 until 1956.
NoPortrait Name Constituency TenureAssembly Election Party 1 Haribhau Upadhyaya Shreenagar 24 March 1952 31 October 19561st (1952) Indian National Congress
Chief ministers of Rajasthan (1950–present)
Note: Died in office NoPortraitNameConstituencyTenureAssembly (election)Party1Heera Lal Shastri26 January 19506 January 1951Indian National Congress2C. S. Venkatachar6 January 195126 April 19513Jai Narayan Vyas26 April 19513 March 19524Tika Ram PaliwalMahuwa3 March 19521 November 19521st (1952 election)(3)Jai Narayan VyasKishangarh1 November 195213 November 19545Mohan Lal SukhadiaUdaipur13 November 195411 April 195711 April 195711 March 19622nd (1957 election)12 March 196213 March 19673rd (1962 election)–Vacant (President's rule)13 March 196726 April 1967(5)Mohan Lal SukhadiaUdaipur26 April 19679 July 19714th (1967 election)Indian National Congress6Barkatullah KhanTijara9 July 197111 October 19735th (1972 election)7Hari Dev JoshiBanswara11 October 197329 April 1977–Vacant (President's rule)29 April 197722 June 19778Bhairon Singh ShekhawatChhabra22 June 197716 February 19806th (1977 election)Janata Party–Vacant (President's rule)16 February 19806 June 19809Jagannath PahadiaWeir6 June 198014 July 19817th (1980 election)Indian National Congress10Shiv Charan MathurMandalgarh14 July 198123 February 198511Hira Lal DevpuraKumbhalgarh23 February 198510 March 1985(7)Hari Dev JoshiBanswara10 March 198520 January 19888th (1985 election)(10)Shiv Charan MathurMandalgarh20 January 19884 December 1989(7)Hari Dev JoshiBanswara4 December 19894 March 1990(8)Bhairon Singh ShekhawatChhabra4 March 199015 December 19929th (1990 election)Bharatiya Janata Party–Vacant (President's rule)15 December 19924 December 1993(8)Bhairon Singh ShekhawatBali4 December 19931 December 199810th (1993 election)Bharatiya Janata Party12Ashok GehlotSardarpura1 December 19988 December 200311th (1998 election)Indian National Congress13Vasundhara RajeJhalrapatan8 December 200312 December 200812th (2003 election)Bharatiya Janata Party(12)Ashok GehlotSardarpura12 December 200813 December 201313th (2008 election)Indian National Congress(13)Vasundhara RajeJhalrapatan13 December 201317 December 201814th (2013 election)Bharatiya Janata Party(12)Ashok GehlotSardarpura17 December 201815 December 202315th (2018 election)Indian National Congress14Bhajan Lal SharmaSanganer15 December 2023Incumbent16th (2023 election)Bharatiya Janata Party
Statistics
#Chief MinisterPartyLength of term Longest tenure Total tenure1 Mohan Lal Sukhadia 12 years, 120 days 16 years, 194 days 2 Ashok Gehlot 5 years, 7 days 15 years, 6 days 3 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat /JP 4 years, 362 days 10 years, 157 days 4 Vasundhara Raje 5 years, 4 days 10 years, 8 days 5 Hari Dev Joshi 3 years, 200 days 6 years, 241 days 6 Shiv Charan Mathur 3 years, 224 days 5 years, 177 days 7 Jai Narayan Vyas 2 years, 12 days 2 years, 324 days 8 Bhajan Lal Sharma * 9 Barkatullah Khan 2 years, 94 days 2 years, 94 days 10 Jagannath Pahadia 1 year, 38 days 1 year, 38 days 11 Heera Lal Shastri 345 days 345 days 12 Tika Ram Paliwal 243 days 243 days 13 C. S. Venkatachar 110 days 110 days 14 Hira Lal Devpura 15 days 15 days
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See also List of districts of Rajasthan List of governors of Rajasthan List of deputy chief ministers of Rajasthan List of institutions of higher education in Rajasthan
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