List of Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh
Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh

List of Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh

Section Title: Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh
Table Section Text: None

No.	Name Constituency	Portrait	Tenure	Assembly (election)	Party	Appointed by (Governor)

1	Ravishankar Shukla MLA for Saraipali	-	1 November 1956	31 December 1956	60 days	First Assembly (1956–57) (1951–52 election)	Indian National Congress	Pattabhi Sitaramayya

2	Bhagwantrao Mandloi MLA for Khandwa	9 January 1957	30 January 1957	21 days

3	Kailash Nath Katju MLA for Jaora	-	31 January 1957	14 March 1957	5 years, 39 days

14 March 1957	11 March 1962	Second Assembly (1957–62) (1957 election)

(2)	Bhagwantrao Mandloi MLA for Khandwa	12 March 1962	29 September 1963	1 year, 201 days	Third Assembly (1962–67) (1962 election)	Hari Vinayak Pataskar

4	Dwarka Prasad Mishra MLA for Katangi	30 September 1963	8 March 1967	3 years, 302 days

8 March 1967	29 July 1967	Fourth Assembly (1967–72) (1967 election)	K. Chengalaraya Reddy

5	Govind Narayan Singh MLA for Rampur-Baghelan	30 July 1967	12 March 1969	1 year, 225 days	Samyukta Vidhayak Dal

6	Nareshchandra Singh MLA for Pussore	13 March 1969	25 March 1969	12 days

7	Shyama Charan Shukla MLA for Rajim	-	26 March 1969	28 January 1972	2 years, 308 days	Indian National Congress

8	Prakash Chandra Sethi MLA for Ujjain Uttar	29 January 1972	22 March 1972	3 years, 328 days	Satya Narayan Sinha

23 March 1972	23 December 1975	Fifth Assembly (1972–77) (1972 election)

(7)	Shyama Charan Shukla MLA for Rajim	-	23 December 1975	30 April 1977	1 year, 128 days

–	Vacant (President's rule)	-	30 April 1977	23 June 1977	54 days	Dissolved	N/A

9	Kailash Chandra Joshi MLA for Bagli	Kailash Chandra Joshi.JPG	24 June 1977	17 January 1978	207 days	Sixth Assembly (1977–80) (1977 election)	Janata Party	Satya Narayan Sinha

10	Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha MLA for Jawad	18 January 1978	19 January 1980	2 years, 1 day	N. N. Wanchu

11	Sunderlal Patwa MLA for Mandsaur	20 January 1980	17 February 1980	28 days	C. M. Poonacha

–	Vacant (President's rule)	-	17 February 1980	9 June 1980	113 days	Dissolved	N/A

12	Arjun Singh MLA for Churhat	-	9 June 1980	10 March 1985	4 years, 276 days	Seventh Assembly (1980–85) (1980 election)	Indian National Congress (I)	B. D. Sharma

11 March 1985	12 March 1985	Eighth Assembly (1985–90) (1985 election)	Indian National Congress	Kizhekethil Chandy

13	Motilal Vora MLA for Durg	-	13 March 1985	13 February 1988	2 years, 337 days

(12)	Arjun Singh MLA for Churhat	-	14 February 1988	23 January 1989	344 days

(13)	Motilal Vora MLA for Durg	-	25 January 1989	9 December 1989	318 days

(7)	Shyama Charan Shukla	-	9 December 1989	1 March 1990	82 days	Sarla Grewal

(11)	Sunderlal Patwa MLA for Bhojpur	5 March 1990	15 December 1992	2 years, 285 days	Ninth Assembly (1990–92) (1990 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party	M. A. Khan

–	Vacant (President's rule)	-	15 December 1992	6 December 1993	355 days	Dissolved	N/A

14	Digvijaya Singh MLA for Raghogarh	-	7 December 1993	1 December 1998	10 years, 0 days	Tenth Assembly (1993–98) (1993 election)	Indian National Congress	Mohammad Shafi Qureshi

1 December 1998	7 December 2003	Eleventh Assembly (1998–2003) (1998 election)	Bhai Mahavir

15	Uma Bharti MLA for Malhara	-	8 December 2003	23 August 2004	259 days	Twelfth Assembly (2003–08) (2003 election)	Bhartiya Janata Party	Ram Prakash Gupta

16	Babulal Gaur MLA for Govindpura	-	23 August 2004	29 November 2005	1 year, 98 days	Balram Jakhar

17	Shivraj Singh Chouhan MLA for Budhni	-	29 November 2005	11 December 2008	13 years, 17 days

12 December 2008	12 December 2013	Thirteenth Assembly (2008–13) (2008 election)

13 December 2013	16 December 2018	Fourteenth Assembly (2013–18) (2013 election)	Ram Naresh Yadav

18	Kamal Nath	-	17 December 2018	Incumbent	134 days	Fifteenth Assembly (2018-) (2018 election)	Indian National Congress	Anandiben Patel

Sentence(s)

Kailash Chandra Joshi served as the 9th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh from June 1977 to January 1978 as a member of Janata Party.

final_sentence: Kailash Chandra Joshi served as the 9th Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh from June 1977 to January 1978 as a member of Janata Party.