This list shows Chief Ministers of Indian states and Union territories who have served for the longest years consecutively or otherwise. Check this..
1. Pawan Kumar Chamling – Sikkim
Party: SDF
Term(s): 12th December 1994 – 26th May 2019
Term Length: 24 years, 165 days
2. Jyoti Basu – West Bengal
Party: CPI(M)
Term(s): 21st June 1977 – 5th November 2000
Term Length: 23 years, 137 days
3. Gegong Apang – Arunachal Pradesh
Parties: INC, AC, UDF, BJP, JDS
Term(s):
18th January 1980 – 18th January 1999
3rd August 2003 – 9th April 2007
Term Length: 22 years, 250 days
4. Naveen Patnaik – Odisha
Party: BJD
Term(s): 5th March 2000 – present
Term Length: 22 years, 139 days
5. Lal Thanhawla – Mizoram
Party: INC
Term(s):
5th May 1984 – 20th August 1986
24th January 1989 – 7th December 1993
8th December 1993 – 3rd December 1998
11th December 2008 – 12th December 2018
Term Length: 21 years, 55 days
6. Virbhadra Singh – Himachal Pradesh
Party: INC
Term(s):
8th April 1983 – 5th March 1990
3rd December 1993 – 23rd March 1998
6th March 2003 – 30th December 2007
25th December 2012 – 27th December 2017
Term Length: 21 years, 11 days
7. Manik Sarkar – Tripura
Party: CPI(M)
Term(s): 11 March 1998 – 9 March 2018
Term Length: 19 years, 363 days
8. M. Karunanidhi – Tamil Nadu
Party: DMK
Term(s):
10th February 1969 – 31st January 1976
27th January 1989 – 30th January 1991
13th May 1996 – 13th May 2001
13th May 2006 – 15th May 2011
Term Length: 18 years, 360 days
9. Parkash Singh Badal – Punjab
Party: SAD
Term(s):
27th March 1970 – 14th June 1971
20th June 1977 – 17th February 1980
12th February 1997 – 26th February 2002
1st March 2007 – 16th March 2017
Term Length: 18 years, 350 days
10. Yashwant Singh Parmar – Himachal Pradesh
Party: INC
Term(s):
8th March 1952 – 31st October 1956
1st July 1963 – 28th January 1977
Term Length: 18 years, 30 days
These are top 10 longest-serving Chief ministers of India.
Our Nara Chandrababu Naidu stands at 26th position in this category.
1st September 1995 – 13th May 2004
8th June 2014 – 23rd May 2019
Term Length: 14 years
