List of Chief Minister and Governor 2022
For students studying for competitive exams like SBI PO, SSC, banking, etc., the list of state-by-state chief ministers and governors is crucial. In The table below we have included all the states and their governor and chief ministers. We have also included the chief minister and governors of union territories. You may read more about the procedure for choosing the chief minister and governor of India, as well as their authority, in the article.
November 2022 Current Affairs Quiz
State Chief Minister and Governor 2022: Important Facts
1. The chief minister of Odisha, Naveen Patnaik has the longest incumbency from 5th March 2000.
2. The oldest chief minister in India is Zoramthanga, who serves as the Mizoram state’s chief minister.
3. The youngest chief minister in India is Pema Khandu, the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh.
4. Twelve incumbents belong to Bhartiya Janta Party, two belong to Indian National Congress and two to Aam Aadmi Party.
States and Capitals of India 2022
| States | Chief Minister | Governer |
| Andhra Pradesh | Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy | Biswabhushan Harichandan |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Pema Khandu | Brigadier B.D Mishra (retd) |
| Assam | Himanta Biswa Sarma | Jagdish Mukhi |
| Bihar | Nitish Kumar | Phagu Chauhan |
| Chhattisgarh | Bhupesh Bhagel | Anusuiya Uikey |
| Goa | Pramod Sawant | PS Sreedharan Pillai |
| Gujarat | Bhupendrabhai Patel | Acharaya Devvrat |
| Haryana | Manohar Lal Khattar | Bandaru Dattatreya |
| Himachal Pradesh | Jai Ram Thakur | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar |
| Jharkhand | Hemant Soren | Ramesh Bais |
| Karnataka | Sri Basavaraj Bommai | Thawar Chand Gehlot |
| Kerala | Pinarayi Vijayan | Arif Mohammed Khan |
| Madhya Pradesh | Shivraj Singh Chouhan | Mangubhai Chaganbhai Patel |
| Maharastra | Eknath Shinde | Bhagat Singh Koshyari |
| Manipur | N. Biren Singh | Shri La. Ganesan |
| Meghalaya | Conrad Kongkal Sangma | Satya Pal Malik |
| Mizoram | Zoramthanga | Dr. Kambhampati Haribabu |
| Nagaland | Neiphiu Rio | Jagdish Mukhi |
| Odisha | Naveen Patnaik | Prof. Ganeshi Lal Mathur |
| Punjab | Bhagwant Singh Mann | Shri Banwarilal Purohit |
| Rajasthan | Ashok Gehlot | Kalraj Mishra |
| Sikkim | PS Golay | Ganga Prasad |
| Tamil Nadu | M.K Stalin | R.N. Ravi |
| Telangana | K.Chandrashekhar Rao | Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan |
| Tripura | Dr. Manik Saha | Satyadev Narayan Arya |
| Uttar Pradesh | Yogi Adityanath | Anandiben Patel |
| Uttarakhand | Shri Pushkar Singh Dhami | Gurmit Singh |
| West Bengal | Mamata Banerjee | Dr CV Ananda Bose |
Union Territory-wise Governor List
| Union Territory | Governor | Capital |
| Andaman & Nicobar | Shri. Devendra Kumar Joshi (Lieutenant Governor) | Port Blair |
| Chandigarh | Banwarilal Purohit | Chandigarh |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Shri Praful Patel (Administrator) | Daman |
| Delhi | Vinai Kumar Saxena | New Delhi |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Shri Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor) | Srinagar |
| Lakshadweep | Shri Praful Patel (Administrator) | Kavaratti |
| Puducherry | Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan | Puducherry |
| Ladakh | Shri Radha Krishna Mathur (Lieutenant Governor) | Leh |
Selection and Powers of Governor in India
The governor in India is appointed by the president. The central government is responsible for the nomination of the government for each state. There is no indirect or direct election for the appointment of governor unlike the elections for president. The office of a governor is an independent constitutional office the governor doesn’t serve the union government.
The governor just needs to meet two requirements: first, he must be an Indian citizen, and second, he must be 35 or older. There are two conventions that the government follows to nominate a governor that is the person who is going to be appointed as the governor must not belong to the state, he shall be an outsider with having no relations with the state. The other one is the consultation of the chief minister is taken before the appointment of a governor by the president. He is the executive head of the state he is appointed to. All the executive actions that are performed in the state are in the name of the governor.
Selection and Powers of Chief Minister in India
There is no specific procedure for the selection and appointment of the chief minister of a state as per the constitution of India. The Government of a state appoints the chief minister, as stated in article 164. There are a few qualifications that a person needs to become a chief minister of India. The person must be a citizen of India, he must have completed 25 years of age, and must be a member of any house either the legislative assembly or the legislative council. A citizen of India who is not a member of the legislative assembly or legislative council has to get himself elected within 6 months from the date of their appointment, if the person fails the procedure, he would not be considered the chief minister.
The powers given to the chief minister are that he can allocate and reshuffle the portfolios among ministers, if the chief minister resigns the full cabinet has to resign with him, guides controls and direct activities of all the ministers, if there is any difference of opinion he can ask the minister to resign, he advises the government to appoint any person as a minister.