List of Chief Ministers of Bihar State (1946-2023): There have been 37 Chief Ministers in Bihar, India, since 1946. The first was Sri Krishna Sinha; the present was Nitish Kumar from the Janata Dal Party. Below the table, we have listed the year-wise chief ministers and their party names to date.


List of Chief Ministers of Bihar State

List of Chief Ministers of Bihar State



Chief MinisterFromToParty Name
Nitish Kumar10-08-2022PresentJanata Dal (United)
Nitish Kumar16-11-202009-08-2022Janata Dal (United)
Nitish Kumar20-11-201516-11-2020Janata Dal (United)
Nitish Kumar22-02-201520-11-2015Janata Dal (United)
Jitan Ram Manjhi20-05-201422-02-2015Janata Dal (United)
Nitish Kumar26-11-201020-05-2014Janata Dal (United)
Nitish Kumar24-11-200526-11-2010Janata Dal (United)
President's Rule07-03-200524-11-2005 
Rabri Devi11-03-200006-03-2005Rashtriya Janata Dal
Nitish Kumar03-03-200003-03-2000Samata Party
Rabri Devi09-03-199902-03-2000Rashtriya Janata Dal
President's Rule11-02-199909-03-1999 
Rabri Devi25-07-199711-02-1999Rashtriya Janata Dal
Lalu Prasad Yadav04-04-199525-07-1997Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal
President's Rule28-03-199504-04-1995 
Lalu Prasad Yadav10-03-199028-03-1995Janata Dal
Jagannath Mishra06-12-198910-03-1990INC
Satyendra Narayan Sinha11-03-198906-12-1989INC
Bhagwat Jha Azad14-02-198810-03-1989INC
Bindeshwari Dubey12-03-198513-02-1988INC
Chandrashekhar Singh14-08-198312-03-1985INC
Jagannath Mishra08-06-198014-08-1983INC
President's Rule17-02-198008-06-1980 
Ram Sundar Das21-04-197917-02-1980Janata Party
Karpoori Thakur24-06-197721-04-1979Janata Party
President's Rule30-04-197724-06-1977 
Jagannath Mishra11-04-197530-04-1977INC
Abdul Gafoor02-07-197311-04-1975INC
Kedar Pandey19-03-197202-07-1973INC
President's Rule09-01-197219-03-1972 
Bhola Paswan Shastri02-06-197109-01-1972INC
Karpoori Thakur22-12-197002-06-1971Socialist Party
Daroga Prasad Rai16-02-197022-12-1970INC
President's Rule06-07-196916-02-1970 
Bhola Paswan Shastri22-06-196904-07-1969INC
Harihar Singh26-02-196922-06-1969INC
President's Rule29-06-196826-02-1969 
Bhola Paswan Shastri22-03-196829-06-1968INC
B. P. Mandal01-02-196802-03-1968INC
Satish Prasad Singh28-01-196801-02-1968INC
Mahamaya Prasad Sinha05-03-196728-01-1968Jana Kranti Dal
K. B. Sahay02-10-196305-03-1967INC
Binodanand Jha18-02-196102-10-1963INC
Deep Narayan Singh01-02-196118-02-1961INC
Sri Krishna Sinha02-04-194631-01-1961INC

List of Chief Ministers of Bihar State (1946-2023)