All States CM and Governor List - Summary
At present, there are 30 Chief Ministers in India which includes 28 Chief Ministers from States and 2 from the Union Territories (Delhi and Puducherry). In India union comprises 28 states and 8 union territories.
The governors are appointed by the President of India. For states, the governors are appointed whereas lieutenant governors are appointed for Union territories. The tenure for the governors and lieutenant governors is 5 years. As an exception, some union territories will have administrators.
CM and Governor List 2026 (States wise CM and Governor List)
| State | Capital | Governor | Chief Minister |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Amaravati | Justice (Retd.) S. Abdul Nazeer | N. Chandrababu Naidu |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar | Lt. General Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik (Retd.) | Pema Khandu |
| Assam | Dispur | Lakshman Prasad Acharya | Himanta Biswa Sarma |
| Bihar | Patna | Lt. General Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd.) | Samrat Choudhary |
| Chhattisgarh | Raipur | Ramen Deka | Vishnu Deo Sai |
| Goa | Panaji | Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju | Pramod Sawant |
| Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Acharya Dev Vrat | Bhupendrabhai Patel |
| Haryana | Chandigarh | Prof. Ashim Kumar Ghosh | Nayab Singh Saini |
| Himachal Pradesh | Shimla | Kavinder Gupta | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu |
| Jharkhand | Ranchi | Santosh Kumar Gangwar | Hemant Soren |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru | Thaawarchand Gehlot | Siddaramaiah |
| Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar | V. D. Satheesan |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel | Mohan Yadav |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai | Jishnu Dev Varma | Devendra Fadnavis |
| Manipur | Imphal | Ajay Kumar Bhalla | Yumnam Khemchand Singh |
| Meghalaya | Shillong | C. H. Vijayashankar | Conrad K. Sangma |
| Mizoram | Aizawl | General (Dr.) Vijay Kumar Singh (Retd.) | Lalduhoma |
| Nagaland | Kohima | Nand Kishore Yadav | Neiphiu Rio |
| Odisha | Bhubaneswar | Dr. Hari Babu Kambhampati | Mohan Charan Majhi |
| Punjab | Chandigarh | Gulab Chand Kataria | Bhagwant Mann |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur | Haribhau Kisanrao Bagde | Bhajan Lal Sharma |
| Sikkim | Gangtok | Om Prakash Mathur | Prem Singh Tamang (P. S. Golay) |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar* | M. K. Stalin |
| Telangana | Hyderabad | Shiv Pratap Shukla | A. Revanth Reddy |
| Tripura | Agartala | Indra Sena Reddy Nallu | Manik Saha |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Anandiben Patel | Yogi Adityanath |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun | Lt. Gen. Gurmit Singh (Retd.) | Pushkar Singh Dhami |
| West Bengal | Kolkata | R. N. Ravi | Suvendu Adhikari |
Union Territory States-wise Governors of India List
| Union Territory | Lieutenant Governor / Administrator | Capital |
|---|---|---|
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Admiral D. K. Joshi (Retd.) – Lieutenant Governor | Port Blair |
| Chandigarh | Gulab Chand Kataria – Administrator | Chandigarh |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Praful Patel – Administrator | Daman |
| Delhi | Taranjit Singh Sandhu – Lieutenant Governor | New Delhi |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Manoj Sinha – Lieutenant Governor | Srinagar / Jammu |
| Ladakh | Vinai Kumar Saxena – Lieutenant Governor | Leh |
| Lakshadweep | Praful Patel – Administrator | Kavaratti |
| Puducherry | K. Kailashnathan – Lieutenant Governor | Puducherry |
FAQs
Q1. What are the powers of the governor of a state?
Ans. Every executive action that is taken by the state government is under the name of the governor. The governor appoints the advocate general of the state and their remuneration. He also appoints the state election commissioner, vice-chancellors of the universities in the state, chairman, and members of the state public service commission.
Q2. Who appoints the governor of a state in India?
Ans. In India, the governor of a state is appointed by the president of India for a term of 5 years. The governor is the head of all the state governments and all the executive actions are taken in the name of the governor.
Q3. Which union Territories have chief ministers?
Ans. Only two union territories, Delhi and Puducherry have chief ministers. The chief minister of Delhi is Arvind Kejriwal and the chief minister of Puducherry is N. Rangaswamy.
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