Devendra Fadnavis to be sworn-in as next Maharashtra CM. List of past CMs

Devendra Fadnavis was unanimously elected as the Maharashtra BJP legislature party leader at its meeting here on Wednesday, paving the way for his appointment as the chief minister.

The swearing-in ceremony will be held in Mumbai on Thursday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Here is a list of past Maharashtra CMs

1) Yashwantrao Chavan - May 1, 1960 - November 19, 1962 (Congress)

2) Marotrao Kannamwar – November 20, 1962-November 24, 1963 (Congress)

3) PK alias Balasaheb Sawant – November 24, 1963-December 5, 1963 (Congress)

4) Vasantrao Naik – December 5, 1963-February 20, 1975 (Congress)

5) Shankarrao Chavan – February 21, 1975-May 17, 1977 (Congress)

6) Vasantdada Patil – May 17, 1977-March 5, 1978 (Congress)

7) Vasantdada Patil – March 5, 1978-July 18, 1978 (Indian National Congress-Urs)

8) Sharad Pawar – July 18, 1978-February 17, 1980 (Indian Congress-Socialist)

9) A R Antulay – June 9, 1980-January 21, 1982 (Congress)

10) Babasaheb Bhosale – January 21, 1982-February 1, 1983 (Congress)

11) Vasantdada Patil – February 2, 1983-March 9, 1985 (Congress)

12) Vasantdada Patil – March 10, 1985-June 1, 1985 (Congress)

13) Shivajirao Patil-Nilangekar – June 3, 1985-March 6, 1986 (Congress)

14) Shankarrao Chavan – March 12, 1986-June 26, 1988 (Congress)

15) Sharad Pawar – June 26, 1988-March 4, 1990 (Congress)

16) Sharad Pawar – March 4, 1990-June 25, 1991 (Congress)

17) Sudhakarrao Naik – June 26, 1991-March 8, 1993 (Congress)

18) Sharad Pawar – March 9, 1993-March 13, 1995 (Congress)

19) Manohar Joshi – March 14, 1995-January 31, 1999 (Shiv Sena)

20) Narayan Rane – February 1, 1999-October 17, 1999 (Shiv Sena)

21) Vilasrao Deshmukh – October18, 1999-January 16, 2003 (Congress)

22) Sushilkumar Shinde – January 18, 2003-October 30, 2004 (Congress)

23) Vilasrao Deshmukh – November 1, 2004-December 4, 2008 (Congress)

24) Ashok Chavan - December 8, 2008 till November 6, 2009 (Congress)

25) Ashok Chavan - November 7, 2009 - resigned on November 9, 2010 (Congress)

26) Prithviraj Chavan - November 11, 2014 - resigned on September 26, 2014 (Congress)

27) Devendra Fadnavis - October 31, 2014 - November 12, 2019 (BJP)

28) Devendra Fadnavis - 23-28 November, 2019 (BJP)

29) Uddhav Thackeray: 28 November, 2019 - 30 June, 2022 (Shiv Sena)

30) Eknath Shinde: 30 June, 2022-5 December, 2024 (Shiv Sena)

The state saw President's rule being imposed thrice -- first in between February 17, 1980 and June 9, 1980, then from September 28, 2014 to October 31, 2014, and finally between November 12 and November 23, 2019.

Term-wise, Congress has had 21 CMs, Shiv Sena had four CMs, BJP has had two CMs, Indian Congress-Socialist has had one CM, and Indian National Congress (Urs) has had one CM.