Between 1993-2017, the chief ministership has changed hands every five years between Virbhadra Singh of the Congress and Prem Kumar Dhumal of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Sejak 1993, jabatan ketua menteri berpindah tangan setiap lima tahun antara Virbhadra Singh dari Kongres dan Prem Kumar Dhumal dari Partai Bharatiya Janata.