List of chief ministers from the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
As of August 2013, eight leaders of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) have held the post of chief minister. A chief minister is the head of government of each of the twenty-nine states and two union territories. According to the Constitution of India, at the state-level, the governor is de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the state legislative assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given he has the assembly's confidence, the chief minister's term is usually for a maximum of five years; there are no limits to the number of terms he/she can serve.[1]
| State | Name | Portrait | Took office (tenure length) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerala | E.M.S. Namboodiripad[lower-greek 1] |  |
6 March 1967 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
| E.K. Nayanar |  |
25 January 1980 (First time) (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) 26 March 1987 (Second time) (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) 20 May 1996 (Third time) (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
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| V.S. Achuthanandan |  |
18 May 2006 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
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| Tripura[2] | Nripen Chakraborty | – | 5 January 1978 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
| Dasarath Deb | – | 10 April 1993 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
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Manik Sarkar  |
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11 March 1998 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
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| West Bengal | Jyoti Basu | 100px | 21 June 1977 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
| Buddhadeb Bhattacharya | 100px | 6 November 2000 (Script error: The function "age_generic" does not exist.) |
- – Incumbent chief minister
See also
References
- General
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- Specific
- ↑ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9.
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- Notes
- ↑ Before the split in the Communist Party of India in 1964, E.M.S. Namboodiripad had served as Chief Minister of Kerala 1957-1959 whilst being a CPI leader
