Since April 1946, Odisha has elected 14 chief ministers, with the current longest-serving, Naveen Patnaik, taking office in March 2000 as a member of the Biju Janata Dal party. Odisha has experienced President’s rule six times in a brief period, with the primary ruling parties being Congress and Biju Janata Dal.
| Name | Term of office | Assembly | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krushna Chandra Gajapati | 1 April 1937 | 19 July 1937 | 109 days | 1st Pre-Independent | Independent | |
| Bishwanath Das | 19 July 1937 | 6 November 1939 | 2 years, 108 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| Krushna Chandra Gajapati | 24 November 1941 | 30 June 1944 | 2 years, 213 days | Independent | ||
| Harekrushna Mahatab | 23 April 1946 | 25 January 1950 | 3 years, 277 days | 2nd Pre-Independent | Indian National Congress | |
| Name | Constituency | Tenure | Assembly(election) | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harekrushna Mahatab | East Bhadrak | 26 January 1950 | 12 May 1950 | 107 days | 2nd Pre-Independent(1946-1952) | Indian National Congress | |
| Nabakrushna Choudhuri | Barchana | 12 May 1950 | 20 February 1952 | 6 years, 160 days | |||
| 20 February 1952 | 19 October 1956 | 1st(1952 election) | |||||
| Harekrushna Mahatab | Soro | 19 October 1956 | 25 February 1961 | 4 years, 129 days | |||
| 6 April 1957 | 25 February 1961 | 2nd(1957 election) | |||||
| Vacant (President’s rule) | N/A | 25 February 1961 | 23 June 1961 | N/A | |||
| Biju Patnaik | Choudwar | 23 June 1961 | 2 October 1963 | 2 years, 101 days | 3rd(1961 election) | Indian National Congress | |
| Biren Mitra | Cuttack City | 2 October 1963 | 21 February 1965 | 1 year, 142 days | |||
| Sadashiva Tripathy | Omerkote | 21 February 1965 | 8 March 1967 | 2 years, 15 days | |||
| Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo | Bolangir | 8 March 1967 | 9 January 1971 | 3 years, 307 days | 4th(1967 election) | Swatantra Party | |
| Vacant (President’s rule) | N/A | 11 January 1971 | 3 April 1971 | N/A | |||
| Bishwanath Das | Rourkela | 3 April 1971 | 14 June 1972 | 1 year, 72 days | 5th(1971 election) | Independent | |
| Nandini Satpathy | Cuttack | 14 June 1972 | 3 March 1973 | 262 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| Vacant (President’s rule) | N/A | 3 March 1973 | 6 March 1974 | N/A | |||
| Nandini Satpathy | Dhenkanal | 6 March 1974 | 16 December 1976 | 2 years, 285 days | 6th(1974 election) | Indian National Congress | |
| Vacant (President’s rule) | N/A | 16 December 1976 | 29 December 1976 | N/A | |||
| Binayak Acharya | Berhampur | 29 December 1976 | 30 April 1977 | 122 days | Indian National Congress | ||
| Vacant (President’s rule) | N/A | 30 April 1977 | 26 June 1977 | N/A | |||
| Nilamani Routray | Basudevpur | 26 June 1977 | 17 February 1980 | 2 years, 236 days | 7th(1977 election) | Janata Party | |
| Vacant (President’s rule) | N/A | 17 February 1980 | 9 June 1980 | N/A | |||
| Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | Athagarh | 9 June 1980 | 10 March 1985 | 9 years, 181 days | 8th(1980 election) | Indian National Congress | |
| 10 March 1985 | 7 December 1989 | 9th(1985 election) | |||||
| Hemananda Biswal | Laikera | 7 December 1989 | 5 March 1990 | 88 days | |||
| Biju Patnaik | Bhubaneswar | 5 March 1990 | 15 March 1995 | 5 years, 10 days | 10th(1990 election) | Janata Dal | |
| Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | Begunia | 15 March 1995 | 17 February 1999 | 3 years, 339 days | 11th(1995 election) | Indian National Congress | |
| Giridhar Gamang | Laxmipur | 17 February 1999 | 6 December 1999 | 292 days | |||
| Hemananda Biswal | Laikera | 6 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | 90 days | |||
| Naveen Patnaik | Hinjili | 5 March 2000 | 16 May 2004 | 23 years, 310 days | 12th(2000 election) | Biju Janata Dal | |
| 16 May 2004 | 21 May 2009 | 13th(2004 election) | |||||
| 21 May 2009 | 21 May 2014 | 14th(2009 election) | |||||
| 21 May 2014 | 29 May 2019 | 15th(2014 election) | |||||
| 29 May 2019 | Incumbent | 16th(2019 election) | |||||
List of chief ministers of Odisha
