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    List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh

    Mar 25, 2022, 09:12 IST

    List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh: Uttar Pradesh is the most populous and fourth-largest state of India. The Vidhan Sabha of Uttar Pradesh has 404 members of which 403 are elected and 1 nominated and the Vidhan Parishad has 100 members. Yogi Adityanath is the current Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. Check the complete list of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh here.

    Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh
    Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh

    List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh:  The grand oath-taking ceremony of Yogi Adityanath as UP Chief Minister for the second consecutive term will take place on Friday (March 25, 2022) and is expected to be attended by the party's top leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, BJP President JP Nadda, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and also the Chief Ministers of various BJP-ruled states. The swearing-in-ceremony of Yogi Adityanath as the Chief Minister of UP will take place at 4 PM at the Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium in Lucknow. 

    Uttar Pradesh was formed in January 1950. The state contributes 80 seats to Lok Sabha and 31 seats to Rajya Sabha in the Indian parliament. The capital city of the state is Lucknow and Kanpur is the economic and industrial capital.

    Before 26th January 1950, Uttar Pradesh was a part of the United Province and now it is the state with the largest population in India. Here, we are providing the list of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh from the time of its being United Province till present.

    United Province: It was a province under the rule of the British Government, which has its centre at Allahabad. In the recent era, the United Province area can be found incorporated into Uttrakhand and Uttar Pradesh.

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    List of Chief Ministers of United Province

    Name

    Headquarters/Office

    Political Party

    Mohd. Ahmad Saiyed Khan

    3rd April 1937 to 16th July 1937

    Independent

    Gobind Ballabh Panth

    17th July 1937 to 2nd November 1939

    Indian National Congress

    Vacant

    Vacant

    Vacant

    Gobind Ballabh Panth

    1st April 1946 to 25 January 1950

    Indian National Congress

    Uttar Pradesh: In the post-independence era, United Province is known as the State of Uttar Pradesh. On 26th January 1950, the head of the United Province, Shri Gobind Ballabh Pant became the first Chief Minister of the State of Uttar Pradesh.

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    List of Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh

    Name

    Headquarters/Office

    Political Party

    Gobind Ballabh Panth

    26th  January 1950 to 27th December 1954

    Indian National Congress

    Sampoornanand

    28th December 1954 to 6th December 1960

    Indian National Congress

    Chandrabhanu Gupta

    7th December 1960 to 1st October 1963

    Indian National Congress

    Sucheta Kripalani

    2nd October 1963 to 13th March 1967

    Indian National Congress

    Chandrabhanu Gupta

    14th March 1967 to 2nd April 1967

    Indian National Congress

    Chowdhury Charan Singh

     3rd April 1967 to 25th Feb 1968

    Bhartiya Kranti Dal

    President’s Rule

    25th February 1968 to 26th February 1969

     

    Chandrabhanu Gupta

    26th February 1969 to 17th February 1970

    Indian National Congress

    Chowdhury Charan Singh

    18th February 1970 to 1st October 1970

    Bhartiya Kranti Dal

    President’s Rule

    1st October 1970 to 18th October 1970

     

    Tribhuvana Narayana Singh

    18th October 1970 to 3rd April 1971

    Indian National Congress

    Kamlapati Tripathi

    4th April 1971 to 12th June 1973

    Indian National Congress

    President’s Rule

    12th June 1973 to 8th November 1973

     

    Hemvatinandan Bahuguna

    9th November 1973 to 29th November 1975

    Indian National Congress

    President’s Rule

    30th November 1975 to 21st January 1976

     

    Narayan Dutt Tiwari

    22nd January 1976 to 30th April 1977

    Indian National Congress

    President’s Rule

    1st May 1977 to 23rd June 1977

     

    Ram Naresh Yadav

    23rd June 1977 to 27th February 1979

    Janta Party

    Banarasi Das

    28th February 1979 to 17th February 1980

    Janta Party

    President’s Rule

    17th February 1980 to 9th June 1980

     

    Vishwanath Pratap Singh

    9th June 1980 to 18th July 1982

    Indian National Congress

    Shripati Mishra

    19th July 1982 to 2nd August 1984

    Indian National Congress

    Narayan Dutt Tiwari

    3rd August 1984 to 24th September 1985

    Indian National Congress

    Veer Bahadur Singh

     

    24th September 1985 to 24th June 1988

    Indian National Congress

    Narayan Dutt Tiwari

    25th June 1988 to 5th December 1989

    Indian National Congress

    Mulayam Singh Yadav

    5th December 1989 to 24th June 1991

    Janta Dal

    Kalyan Singh

    24th June 1991 to 6th December 1992

    Bhartiya Janta Party

    President’s Rule

    6th December 1992 to 4th December 1993

     

    Mulayam Singh Yadav

    4th December 1993 to 3rd June 1995

    Samajwadi Party

    Mayawati

    3rd June 1995 to 18th October 1995

    Bahujan Samaj Party

    President’s Rule

    18th October 1995 to 21st March 1997

     

    Mayawati

    21st March 1997 to 21st September 1997

    Bahujan Samaj Party

    Kalyan Singh

    21st September 1997 to 12th September 1999

    Bhartiya Janta party

    Ramprakash Gupt

    12th November 1999 to 28th October 2000

    Bhartiya Janta party

    Rajnath Singh

    28th October 2000 to 8th March 2002

    Bhartiya Janta Party

    President’s Rule

    8th March 2002 to 3rd May 2002

     

    Mayawati

    3rd May 2002 to 29th August 2003

    Bahujan Samaj Party

    Mulayam Singh Yadav

    29th August 2003 to 13th May 2007

    Samajwadi Party

    Mayawati

    13th May 2007 to 7th March 2012

    Bahujan Samaj Party

    Akhilesh Yadav

    15th March 2012 to 11 March 2017

    Samajwadi Party

     

    Yogi Adityanath

    March 19, 2017 - 24 March 2022

    25 March 2022- Incumbent

    Bhartiya Janta Party

    Present

     

     From the above list, we came to know about the Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh and also about the United Province Chief Ministers.

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      Govind Ballabh Pant was the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. He belonged to the Indian National Congress.
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      Yogi Adityanath is the current Chief Minister of UP. He is from Bharatiya Janata Party.
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      Sucheta Kriplani Mendhwal was the first female Chief Minister of UP. She was sworn in on 2 October 1963 and was from Indian National Congress Party.

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