ᱯᱩᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱵᱮᱝᱜᱚᱞ ᱨᱤᱱ ᱥᱤᱨᱟᱹ ᱢᱚᱱᱛᱨᱤ ᱠᱚᱣᱟᱜ ᱞᱤᱥᱴᱤ

ᱯᱩᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱵᱮᱝᱜᱚᱞ ᱥᱤᱨᱟᱹ ᱢᱚᱱᱛᱨᱤ
Photo of Mamata Banerjee
ᱯᱚᱫᱽ
ᱢᱚᱢᱚᱛᱟ ᱵᱟᱱᱟᱨᱡᱤ
᱒᱐ ᱢᱮ ᱒᱐᱑᱑ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ
ᱮᱜᱽᱡᱚᱨᱴᱟᱥᱚᱱThe Honourable (Formal)
Ms. Chief Minister (Informal)
ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱥᱚᱨᱠᱟᱨ ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ ᱢᱩᱠᱷᱤᱭᱟᱹ
AbbreviationsCM
ᱢᱮᱢᱵᱟᱨWest Bengal Legislative Assembly
Answerabilityᱯᱩᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱵᱮᱝᱜᱚᱞ ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱡᱚᱯᱟᱞ
ᱵᱟᱥᱟChief Minister Abas, Kolkata[᱑]
ᱢᱟᱹᱪᱤWriters' Building, Kolkata[lower-alpha ᱑]
ᱵᱟᱜᱦᱟᱞᱤᱡᱯᱩᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱵᱮᱝᱜᱚᱞ ᱨᱤᱱᱤᱡ ᱨᱟᱡᱽᱡᱚᱯᱟᱞ
At the confidence of the assembly
Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[᱓]
ᱩᱰᱷᱟᱹᱣᱯᱨᱚᱯᱷᱩᱞᱞᱚ ᱪᱚᱸᱫᱽᱨᱚ ᱜᱷᱳᱥ
ᱴᱷᱟᱯᱚᱱ15 ᱚᱜᱚᱥᱴ 1947
(77 years ago) (1947-᱐᱘-15)
(as Prime Minister of West Bengal)

ᱯᱩᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱵᱮᱝᱜᱚᱞ ᱨᱤᱱ ᱥᱤᱨᱟᱹ ᱢᱚᱱᱛᱨᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱩᱨᱩᱵᱽ ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱯᱚᱱᱚᱛ ᱯᱩᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱵᱮᱝᱜᱚᱞ ᱨᱤᱱ ᱢᱩᱬᱩᱛ ᱠᱩᱢᱩᱴ ᱟᱺᱜᱤᱵᱷᱟᱹᱨᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱾ ᱥᱤᱨᱟᱹ ᱢᱚᱱᱛᱨᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱯᱩᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱵᱮᱝᱜᱚᱞ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱪᱟᱸᱜᱟ ᱨᱤᱱ ᱢᱩᱠᱷᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱾

ᱯᱩᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱵᱮᱝᱜᱚᱞ ᱨᱤᱱ ᱥᱤᱨᱟᱹ ᱢᱚᱱᱛᱨᱤ ᱠᱚ

Colour key for parties
  ᱵᱷᱟᱨᱚᱛ ᱡᱟᱠᱟᱛ ᱛᱨᱤᱱᱟᱢᱩᱞ ᱠᱚᱸᱜᱽᱨᱮᱥ
  ᱥᱤᱧᱚᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱡᱟᱹᱛᱤᱭᱟᱹᱨᱤ ᱠᱚᱸᱜᱽᱨᱮᱥ
  ᱵᱟᱸᱜᱽᱞᱟ ᱠᱚᱸᱜᱽᱨᱮᱥ
  ᱠᱚᱢᱢᱩᱱᱤᱥᱴ ᱯᱟᱨᱴᱤ ᱳᱯᱷ ᱤᱱᱰᱤᱭᱟ (ᱢᱟᱨᱡᱤᱥᱴ)
  Independent (politician)
  N/A (President's rule)
photo of Writers' Building
Writers' Building, an 18th-century Company-era construction in Kolkata, traditionally served as the office of West Bengal's chief Minister.
photo of Prafulla Chandra Ghosh
The first Premier of West Bengal since Independence, Prafulla Chandra Ghosh, at Writers' in 1947
State Emblem of India
The State Emblem of India. West Bengal has come under President's rule on four occasions, all between 1968 and 1977.
photo of Jyoti Basu
With over 23 years in office, Jyoti Basu of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) is India's second longest-serving chief minister.
photo of Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
Basu's successor Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, who served for over 10 years
Premiers of West Bengal
No. ᱧᱩᱛᱩᱢ ᱢᱩᱴᱷᱟᱹᱱ ᱚᱠᱛᱚ[᱔] Duration Assembly
(election) 		Party[᱕] Appointed

by

(Governor)

᱑ ᱯᱨᱚᱯᱷᱩᱞᱞᱚ ᱪᱚᱸᱫᱽᱨᱚ ᱜᱷᱳᱥ 15 August 1947 22 January 1948 160 days Provincial Assembly

(1946–52)[lower-alpha ᱒]
(January 1946 election)

Indian National Congress Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari
᱒ ᱵᱤᱫᱷᱟᱱ ᱪᱚᱸᱫᱽᱨᱚ ᱨᱚᱭ 23 January 1948 25 January 1950 2 years, 2 days

ᱯᱩᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱵᱮᱝᱜᱚᱞ ᱨᱤᱱ ᱥᱤᱨᱟᱹ ᱢᱚᱱᱛᱨᱤ

ᱯᱩᱪᱷᱤᱢ ᱵᱮᱝᱜᱚᱞ ᱨᱤᱱ ᱥᱤᱨᱟᱹ ᱢᱚᱱᱛᱨᱤ
No.[lower-alpha ᱓] Name
Constituency 		Portrait Tenure[lower-alpha ᱔] Duration Assembly[᱖]
(election) 		Party[᱕]
(alliance) 		Appointed

by

(Governor)

1 ᱵᱤᱫᱷᱟᱱ ᱪᱚᱸᱫᱽᱨᱚ ᱨᱚᱭ
Bowbazar[lower-alpha ᱕] 		26 January 1950 30 March 1952 12 years, 156 days Provincial Assembly[lower-alpha ᱖](1946–52)
(January 1946 election) 		Indian National Congress K. N. Katju
31 March 1952 5 April 1957 First Assembly

(1952–57)
(January 1952 election)

H. C. Mookerjee
6 April 1957 2 April 1962 Second Assembly

(1957–62)
(March 1957 election)

Padmaja Naidu
3 April 1962 1 July 1962 Third Assembly

(1962–67)
(February 1962 election)

2 ᱯᱨᱚᱯᱷᱩᱞᱞᱚ ᱪᱚᱸᱫᱽᱨᱚ ᱥᱮᱱ[lower-alpha ᱗]
Arambagh East 		9 July 1962 28 February 1967 4 years, 234 days
3 ᱚᱡᱚᱭ ᱠᱩᱢᱟᱨ ᱢᱩᱠᱷᱚᱨᱡᱤ
Tamluk 		1 March 1967 21 November 1967 265 days Fourth Assembly

(1967–68)
(February 1967 election)

Bangla Congress
(United Front)
4 ᱯᱨᱚᱯᱷᱩᱞᱞᱚ ᱪᱚᱸᱫᱽᱨᱚ ᱜᱷᱳᱥ
Jhargram 		photo of Prafulla Chandra Ghosh 21 November 1967 19 February 1968 90 days
(total: 250 days) 		Independent
(Progressive Democratic Front) 		Dharma Vira
– Vacant[lower-alpha ᱘]
(President's rule) 		20 February 1968 25 February 1969 1 year, 5 days Dissolved N/A
(3) ᱚᱡᱚᱭ ᱠᱩᱢᱟᱨ ᱢᱩᱠᱷᱚᱨᱡᱤ
Tamluk 		25 February 1969 16 March 1970 1 year, 19 days Fifth Assembly

(1969–70)
(February 1969 election)

Bangla Congress
(United Front) 		Dharma Vira
– Vacant[lower-alpha ᱘]
(President's rule) 		19 March 1970 30 July 1970 1 year, 14 days N/A
30 July 1970 2 April 1971 Dissolved
(3) ᱚᱡᱚᱭ ᱠᱩᱢᱟᱨ ᱢᱩᱠᱷᱚᱨᱡᱤ
Tamluk 		2 April 1971 28 June 1971 87 days
(total: 2 years, 6 days) 		Sixth Assembly

(1971)
(March 1971 election)

Bangla Congress
(Democratic Coalition) 		style="background-color: ᱪᱷᱟᱸᱪ:Bangla Congress/meta/color" | ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱤ ᱥᱣᱚᱨᱩᱯ ᱫᱷᱟᱵᱚᱱ
– Vacant[lower-alpha ᱘]
(President's rule) 		29 June 1971 20 March 1972 265 days Dissolved N/A
5 ᱥᱤᱫᱷᱟᱨᱛᱷᱚ ᱥᱚᱝᱠᱚᱨ ᱨᱟᱭ
Malda 		ᱨᱮᱫ:Sidharth Shankar Ray Official portrait 1986.jpg 20 March 1972 30 April 1977 5 years, 41 days Seventh Assembly

(1972–77)
(March 1972 election)

Indian National Congress
(Progressive Democratic Alliance) 		A. L. Dias
– Vacant[lower-alpha ᱘]
(President's rule) 		30 April 1977 20 June 1977 51 days Dissolved N/A
6 ᱡᱳᱛᱤ ᱵᱚᱥᱩ
Satgachhia 		21 June 1977 23 May 1982 23 years, 137 days Eighth Assembly

(1977–82)
(June 1977 election)

Communist Party of India (Marxist)
(Left Front) 		A. L. Dias
24 May 1982 29 March 1987 Ninth Assembly

(1982–87)
(May 1982 election)

ᱵᱷᱚᱭᱨᱚᱵᱽ ᱫᱚᱛ ᱯᱟᱱᱰᱮ
30 March 1987 18 June 1991 Tenth Assembly

(1987–91)
(March 1987 election)

ᱥᱟᱭᱤᱫᱽ ᱱᱩᱨᱩᱞ ᱦᱟᱥᱚᱱ
19 June 1991 15 May 1996 Eleventh Assembly

(1991–96)
(May 1991 election)

16 May 1996 5 November 2000 Twelfth Assembly

(1996–2001)
(May 1996 election)

ᱠᱮ. ᱵᱷᱤ. ᱨᱚᱜᱷᱩᱱᱟᱛᱷᱚ ᱨᱮᱰᱰᱤ
7 ᱵᱩᱫᱽᱫᱷᱚᱫᱮᱵᱽ ᱵᱷᱚᱴᱟᱪᱟᱨᱭᱚ
Jadavpur 		ᱨᱮᱫ:BuddhoBabu.jpg 6 November 2000 14 May 2001 10 years, 188 days ᱵᱤᱨᱮᱱ ᱡᱮ. ᱥᱟᱦ
15 May 2001 17 May 2006 Thirteenth Assembly

(2001–06)
(May 2001 election)

18 May 2006 13 May 2011 Fourteenth Assembly (2006–11)
(April–May 2006 election) 		ᱜᱳᱯᱟᱞᱠᱨᱤᱥᱱᱟ ᱜᱟᱱᱫᱷᱤ
8 ᱢᱚᱢᱚᱛᱟ ᱵᱟᱱᱟᱨᱡᱤ
Bhabanipur 		20 May 2011 25 May 2016 13 years, 275 days Fifteenth Assembly

(2011–16)
(April–May 2011 election)

All India Trinamool Congress[lower-alpha ᱙] ᱮᱢ. ᱠᱮ. ᱱᱟᱨᱟᱭᱚᱱ
26 May 2016 Incumbent Sixteenth Assembly

(2016–21)
(April–May 2016 election)

ᱠᱮᱥᱚᱨᱤ ᱱᱟᱛᱷ ᱛᱨᱤᱯᱟᱴᱷᱤ

ᱥᱟᱹᱠᱷᱭᱟᱹᱛ

  1. ↑ Arshad Ali. "Mamata may move to new CM's residence — British-era bungalow". The Indian Express. 8 October 2013. Archived on 19 July 2014.
  2. ↑ Shiv Sahay Singh. "Mamata shifts office to Nabanna". The Hindu. 6 October 2013. Archived on 21 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of West Bengal as well.
  4. ↑ ᱔.᱐ ᱔.᱑ Premiers/Chief Ministers of West Bengal. West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Archive link from 12 March 2016.
  5. ↑ ᱕.᱐ ᱕.᱑ ᱕.᱒ ᱕.᱓ ᱕.᱔ ᱛᱩᱢᱟᱹᱞ ᱦᱩᱥᱭᱟᱹᱨ: <ref> tag with name assembly cannot be previewed because it is defined outside the current section or not defined at all.
  6. ↑ Brief Information on Previous Assemblies. West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Archive link from 12 March 2016.
  7. ↑ List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal. Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Hooghly. Retrieved on 27 July 2018. Archived on 27 July 2018.
  8. ↑ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Archived on 16 August 2017.
  9. ↑ ᱛᱩᱢᱟᱹᱞ ᱦᱩᱥᱭᱟᱹᱨ: <ref> tag with name UPA cannot be previewed because it is defined outside the current section or not defined at all.

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  1. ↑ Since October 2013 Chief Minister Banerjee has worked from the top floor of the newly constructed Nabanna building in Howrah, while Writers' undergoes renovation.[᱒]
  2. ↑ This refers to the 90-member rump legislature that emerged following partition, representing the West Bengali constituencies of the erstwhile Bengal Legislative Assembly. It was constituted under the Government of India Act, 1935, not the Indian Constitution, which was still in the process of being drafted.[᱕]
  3. ↑ A number in parentheses indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
  4. ↑ While the tenures have been primarily sourced to a list on the West Bengal Legislative Assembly website,[᱔] obvious errors (mainly around the 1969–71 period) have been corrected with the help of a historical essay from the same website.[᱕]
  5. ↑ Until March 1952, Roy did not represent any constituency. For his last three months in office, during the Third Assembly, Roy represented Chowringhee consistuency.
  6. ↑ Following the promulgation of the Constitution of India, the provincial assembly carried on as the legislative assembly of West Bengal until fresh elections could be organised in 1952.[᱕]
  7. ↑ According to some sources, Sen also acted as interim chief minister during 2–8 July 1962.[᱗]
  8. ↑ ᱘.᱐ ᱘.᱑ ᱘.᱒ ᱘.᱓ Under Article 356 of the Constitution of India, President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[᱘]
  9. ↑ For the first 16 months Mamata Banerjee headed a coalition government that included ministers from Trinamool and the INC. After Trinamool quit the United Progressive Alliance in September 2012, INC members resigned from her ministry, which has consisted of only Trinamool members ever since.[᱙]