List of Chief Ministers of Bihar
Chief Ministers of Bihar
Table:
No

Name[3]

Term

Party[a]

Assembly
(Election)

1

Sri Krishna Sinha
MLA for Basantpur West

2 April 1946

31 January 1961

5419 days

Indian National Congress

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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

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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[b]
(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

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(8)

Bhola Paswan Shastri [2]
MLA for Korha

22 June 1969

4 July 1969

13 days

Indian National Congress (O)

–

Vacant[b]
(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

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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

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–

Vacant[b]
(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

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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[b]
(President's rule)

30 April 1977

24 June 1977

N/A

(11)

Karpoori Thakur

24 June 1977

21 April 1979

668 days

Janata Party

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15

Ram Sundar Das
MLA for Sonepur

21 April 1979

17 February 1980

303 days

–

Vacant[b]
(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)

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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

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–

Vacant[b]
(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

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21

Rabri Devi
MLC

25 July 1997

11 February 1999

538 days

Rashtriya Janata Dal

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–

Vacant[b]
(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

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22

Nitish Kumar

3 March 2000

10 March 2000

8 days

Samata Party[5]

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(21)

Rabri Devi [3][c]
MLA for Raghopur

11 March 2000

6 March 2005

1821 days
(total 2718 days)

Rashtriya Janata Dal

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–

Vacant[b]
(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)

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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

3708 days

20 November 2015

Incumbent

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

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