The Third Fadnavis ministry was formed on 5 December 2024 as the 32nd Government of Maharashtra. The ministry would likely consist of maximum 43 members. The then-governor, C. P. Radhakrishnan administered the oath of office and secrecy to the Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy Chief Ministers, Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar, respectively at Azad Maidan, Mumbai. Pawar unexpectedly died in the 2026 Baramati Learjet 45 crash.
Background Assembly elections were held in November 2024. Maha Yuti (state alliance of the NDA) won 234 out of 288 seats contested, whereas Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) got 132 seats, Shiv Sena (SHS) 57 seats and Nationalist Congress Party 41 seats. Other small parties and independents under the alliance got total of 4 seats. Later 2 independents lawmakers and Ravi Rana supported the Maha Yuti, making a total of 237 seats.
Motion of confidence Fadnavis was elected as the leader of BJP Legislature Party in Maharashtra, thus resulting him to become chief minister for the third time.
Council of Ministers The cabinet expansion took place at Raj Bhavan in Nagpur on 15 December 2024. Maharashtra Cabinet can consist of a maximum of 43 ministers. 33 were inducted as cabinet ministers, 6 were sworn in as ministers of state. 19 ministers from the BJP, 11 from the Shiv Sena and 9 from the NCP took oath as cabinet ministers.
Cabinet ministers portfolios where allocated on 21 December 2024.
Cabinet Ministers
Ministers of State
Guardian Ministers
District MinisterTook officeLeft officeParty Ahilya NagarRadhakrishna Vikhe Patil18 January 2025IncumbentAkola Akash Fundkar18 January 2025IncumbentAmravati Chandrashekhar Bawankule18 January 2025IncumbentBeed Ajit Pawar(Dy Chief Minister)18 January 202528 January 2026Devendra Fadnavis(Chief Minister; additional charge)28 January 20263 February 2026Sunetra Ajit Pawar(Dy Chief Minister) 3 February 2026IncumbentBhandara Sanjay Savkare18 January 2025IncumbentBuldhana Makrand Jadhav18 January 2025IncumbentChandrapur Ashok Uike18 January 2025IncumbentChhatrapati Sambhaji NagarSanjay Shirsat18 January 2025Incumbent Dharashiv Pratap Sarnaik18 January 2025IncumbentDhule Jayakumar Rawal18 January 2025IncumbentGadchiroli Devendra Fadnavis(Chief Minister)18 January 2025IncumbentAshish Jaiswal (co-in-charge)18 January 2025IncumbentGondia Indranil Naik18 January 2025IncumbentHingoli Narhari Zirwal18 January 2025IncumbentJalgaon Gulabrao Patil18 January 2025IncumbentJalna Pankaja Munde18 January 2025IncumbentKolhapur Prakashrao Abitkar18 January 2025IncumbentMadhuri Misal (co-in-charge)18 January 2025IncumbentLatur Shivendra Raje Bhosale18 January 2025IncumbentMumbai CityEknath Shinde(Dy Chief Minister)18 January 2025IncumbentMumbai Suburban Ashish Shelar18 January 2025IncumbentMangal Prabhat Lodha (co-in-charge)18 January 2025Incumbent Nagpur Chandrashekhar Bawankule18 January 2025Incumbent Nanded Atul Save18 January 2025IncumbentNandurbar Manikrao Kokate18 January 202518 December 2025Ajit Pawar(Dy Chief Minister; additional charge)18 December 202528 January 2026Devendra Fadnavis(Chief Minister; additional charge)28 January 2026IncumbentNashik Girish Mahajan18 January 202529 January 2025Devendra Fadnavis (Chief Minister; additional charge)29 January 2025Incumbent Palghar Ganesh Naik18 January 2025Incumbent Parbhani Meghana Bordikar18 January 2025IncumbentPune Ajit Pawar(Dy Chief Minister)18 January 202528 January 2026Devendra Fadnavis(Chief Minister; additional charge)28 January 20263 February 2026Sunetra Ajit Pawar(Dy Chief Minister) 3 February 2026IncumbentRaigad Aditi Tatkare18 January 202529 January 2025Ajit Pawar (Dy Chief Minister; additional charge)29 January 202528 January 2026Devendra Fadnavis(Chief Minister; additional charge)28 January 2026Incumbent Ratnagiri Uday Samant18 January 2025Incumbent Sangli Chandrakant Patil18 January 2025Incumbent Satara Shambhuraj Desai18 January 2025Incumbent Sindhudurg Nitesh Rane18 January 2025Incumbent Solapur Jaykumar Gore18 January 2025Incumbent Thane Eknath Shinde(Dy Chief Minister)18 January 2025Incumbent Wardha Pankaj Bhoyar18 January 2025Incumbent Washim Hasan Mushrif18 January 2025IncumbentYavatmal Sanjay Rathod18 January 2025Incumbent
Former Ministers
Former Deputy Chief Minister
Former Cabinet Ministers
Demographics of the Council of Ministers District No. of MinistersMinisters Ahilya Nagar1Radhakrishna Vikhe PatilAkola Amravati Beed 1Pankaja MundeBhandara Buldhana 1Akash FundkarChandrapur Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar2Atul SaveSanjay Shirsat Dharashiv Dhule 1Jayakumar RawalGadchiroli Gondia Hingoli Jalgaon 3Girish MahajanGulabrao PatilSanjay SavkareJalna Kolhapur 2Hasan MushrifPrakashrao AbitkarLatur 1Babasaheb PatilMumbai City1Mangal Prabhat LodhaMumbai Suburban 1Ashish Shelar Nagpur 3Devendra Fadnavis ()Chandrashekhar BawankuleAshish Jaiswal Nanded Nandurbar Nashik 4Dadaji BhuseManikrao KokateNarhari Zirwal Chhagan Bhujbal Palghar Parbhani 1Meghana BordikarPune 4Sunetra PawarChandrakant PatilDattatray BharneMadhuri Misal Raigad 2Aditi TatkareBharatshet Gogawale Ratnagiri 2Uday SamantYogesh Kadam Sangli Satara 4Shambhuraj DesaiShivendra Raje BhosaleJaykumar GoreMakrand Jadhav - Patil Sindhudurg 1Nitesh Rane Solapur Thane 3Eknath ShindeGanesh NaikPratap Sarnaik Wardha 1Pankaj Bhoyar Washim Yavatmal 3Sanjay RathodAshok UikeIndranil Naik Total 42
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