List of Chief Ministers of Jharkhand

This is the list of people who have served as the Chief Minister of Indian state of Jharkhand, since its creation in 2000, when the southern, hilly districts of Bihar were carved out to form a new state.

No.	Name Constituency	Party	Term of Office		Duration (Days)	Timeline	Assembly Composition
1	Babulal Marandi Ramgarh	Bharatiya Janata Party	15 November 2000	17 March 2003	852	First chief minister of Jharkhand Coalition govt. with Samata Party and JD (U) Dumka made second capital of Jharkhand Marandi enters assembly by winning Ramgarh by-poll Four new districts created - Jamtara, Latehar, Saraikela Kharsawan, Simdega Allies revolt against Marandi, he resigns subsequently	BJP: 32 JMM: 12 INC: 11 RJD: 9 JD(U): 8 Others: 9
2	Arjun Munda Kharsawan		18 March 2003	2 March 2005	715	Dissident allies support (then) Welfare Minister, Munda as CM
3	Shibu Soren --	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	2 March 2005	12 March 2005	10	Governor invites minority alliance to form govt Soren resigns 10 days later, on Central government intervention	BJP: 30 JMM: 17 INC: 9 RJD: 7 JD(U): 6 Others: 12
4	Arjun Munda Kharsawan	Bharatiya Janata Party	12 March 2005	18 September 2006	555	Coalition govt. with JD (U) and independents Independents withdraw support, Munda resigns
5	Madhu Koda Jaganathpur	Independent	18 September 2006	27 August 2008	709	JMM, Congress, RJD and independents support Koda making him 3rd independent legislator ever to become an Indian CM Two new districts created - Khunti, Ramgarh Shibhu Soren asks to become CM, JMM withdraws support, Koda resigns
6	Shibu Soren --	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	27 August 2008	18 January 2009	144	Coalition govt. with Congress, RJD and independents Soren loses Tamar by-poll thus failing to enter assembly, resigns subsequently
-	President's Rule	-	19 January 2009	29 December 2009	344
7	Shibu Soren --	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	30 December 2009	31 May 2010	152	Coalition govt. with BJP and AJSU Soren votes for UPA in Lok Sabha, prompting BJP to withdraw support, resigns subsequently	BJP: 18 JMM: 18 INC: 14 JVM(P): 11 AJSU: 5 RJD: 5 Others: 10
-	President's Rule	-	1 June 2010	11 September 2010	102
8	Arjun Munda Kharsawan	Bharatiya Janata Party	11 September 2010	Till date	428	Coalition govt. with JMM, AJSU and JD(U) Munda enters assembly by winning Kharsawan bypoll

Deputy Chief Ministers of Jharkhand

#	Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
1	Stephen Marandi	2 March 2005	12 March 2005	Independent
2	Sudhir Mahto	24 September 2006	18 January 2009	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
3	Stephen Marandi	13 October 2006	18 January 2009	Independent
4	Raghubar Das	30 December 2009	29 May 2010	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	Sudesh Mahto	30 December 2009	31 May 2010	All Jharkhand Student Union
6	Hemant Soren	11 September 2010	Incumbent	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
6	Sudesh Mahto	11 September 2010	Incumbent	All Jharkhand Student Union

See also

• Jharkhand
• Chief Ministers of India