List of Chief Ministers of Bihar
Chief Ministers of Bihar

List of Chief Ministers of Bihar

Section Title: Chief Ministers of Bihar
Table Section Text: None

No	Name	Term	Party	Assembly (Election)

1	Sri Krishna Sinha MLA for Basantpur West	2 April 1946	31 January 1961	5419 days	Indian National Congress

2	Deep Narayan Singh	1 February 1961	18 February 1961	18 days

3	Binodanand Jha MLA for Rajmahal	18 February 1961	2 October 1963	926 days

4	K. B. Sahay MLA for Patna West	2 October 1963	5 March 1967	1250 days

5	Mahamaya Prasad Sinha MLA for Patna West	5 March 1967	28 January 1968	330 days	Jana Kranti Dal

6	Satish Prasad Singh, kushwaha	28 January 1968	1 February 1968	5 days	Indian National Congress

7	B. P. Mandal	1 February 1968	2 March 1968	31 days

8	Bhola Paswan Shastri MLA for Korha	22 March 1968	29 June 1968	100 days	Indian National Congress (O)

–	Vacant (President's rule)	29 June 1968	26 February 1969	N/A

9	Harihar Singh MLA for Nayagram	26 February 1969	22 June 1969	117 days	Indian National Congress

(8)	Bhola Paswan Shastri [2] MLA for Korha	22 June 1969	4 July 1969	13 days	Indian National Congress (O)

–	Vacant (President's rule)	6 July 1969	16 February 1970	N/A

10	Daroga Prasad Rai MLA for Parsa	16 February. 1970	22 December 1970	310 days	Indian National Congress

11	Karpoori Thakur MLA for Tajpur	22 December 1970	2 June 1971	163 days	Socialist Party

(8)	Bhola Paswan Shastri [3] MLA for Korha	2 June 1971	9 January 1972	222 days (total 335 days)	Indian National Congress

–	Vacant (President's rule)	9 January 1972	19 March 1972	N/A

12	Kedar Pandey MLA for Nautan	19 March 1972	2 July 1973	471 days	Indian National Congress

13	Abdul Gafoor	2 July 1973	11 April 1975	649 days

14	Jagannath Mishra MLA for Jhanjharpur	11 April 1975	30 April 1977	750 days

–	Vacant (President's rule)	30 April 1977	24 June 1977	N/A

(11)	Karpoori Thakur	24 June 1977	21 April 1979	668 days	Janata Party

15	Ram Sundar Das MLA for Sonepur	21 April 1979	17 February 1980	303 days

–	Vacant (President's rule)	17 February 1980	8 June 1980	N/A

(14)	Jagannath Mishra [2] MLA for Jhanjharpur	8 June 1980	14 August 1983	1133 days	Indian National Congress (I)

16	Chandrashekhar Singh	14 August 1983	12 March 1985	577 days

17	Bindeshwari Dubey MLA for Shahpur	12 March 1985	13 February 1988	1068 days

18	Bhagwat Jha Azad MLC	14 February 1988	10 March 1989	391 days

19	Satyendra Narayan Sinha MLC	11 March 1989	6 December 1989	271 days

(14)	Jagannath Mishra [3] MLA for Jhanjharpur	6 December 1989	10 March 1990	95 days (total 1978 days)

20	Lalu Prasad Yadav MLC	10 March 1990	28 March 1995	1845 days	Janata Dal

–	Vacant (President's rule)	28 March 1995	4 April 1995	N/A

(20)	Lalu Prasad Yadav [2] MLA for Raghopur	4 April 1995	25 July 1997	844 days (total 2689 days)	Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal

21	Rabri Devi MLC	25 July 1997	11 February 1999	538 days	Rashtriya Janata Dal

–	Vacant (President's rule)	11 February 1999	9 March 1999	N/A

(21)	Rabri Devi [2] MLC	9 March 1999	2 March 2000	359 days	Rashtriya Janata Dal

22	Nitish Kumar	3 March 2000	10 March 2000	8 days	Samata Party

(21)	Rabri Devi [3] MLA for Raghopur	11 March 2000	6 March 2005	1821 days (total 2718 days)	Rashtriya Janata Dal

–	Vacant (President's rule)	7 March 2005	24 November 2005	N/A

(22)	Nitish Kumar [2] MLC	24 November 2005	26 November 2010	3099 days	Janata Dal (United)	14th Assembly (2005–10) (October 2005 election)

26 November 2010	20 May 2014	15th Assembly (2010–15) (2010 election)

23	Jitan Ram Manjhi MLA for Makhdumpur	20 May 2014	22 February 2015	278 days

(22)	Nitish Kumar [3] MLC	22 February 2015	20 November 2015	1510 days

20 November 2015	Incumbent	16th Assembly (2015–20) (2015 election)

Sentence(s)

Karpoori Thakur served as the Chief Minister of Bihar from December 1970 to June 1971 as a member of the Socialist Party, and from 1977 to April 1979 as a Janata Party member.

final_sentence: Karpoori Thakur served as the Chief Minister of Bihar from December 1970 to June 1971 as a member of the Socialist Party, and from 1977 to April 1979 as a Janata Party member.