Uttarakhand Chief Ministers Timeline: Tenures Since 2000
Every Uttarakhand Chief Minister since 2000 with party and dates: Nityanand Swami to Pushkar Singh Dhami, N. D. Tiwari's five-year term and President's
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Uttarakhand became a state on 9 November 2000 and in just over twenty-six years has had ten Chief Ministers, seven from the BJP and three from Congress. Only N. D. Tiwari’s government of 2002 to 2007 ran past five years; every other CM left earlier, through a change of leader, a defeat or President’s rule. This page lists each tenure in order from the live Wikipedia table, which we have not cross-checked with a primary source, and notes the 2016 constitutional crisis that interrupted Harish Rawat’s term.
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Uttarakhand has had ten Chief Ministers since its creation on 9 November 2000: seven from the BJP and three from Congress. N. D. Tiwari (Congress) served longest, from 2 March 2002 to 7 March 2007. Harish Rawat held the post three times in 2014 to 2017, with President’s rule in between. Pushkar Singh Dhami (BJP) has led the state since 4 July 2021.
Uttarakhand’s Chief Ministers in Five Points
- First CM: Nityanand Swami (BJP), from 9 November 2000.
- Only full term: N. D. Tiwari (Congress), 2 March 2002 to 7 March 2007.
- Harish Rawat: three spells between 2014 and 2017, split by President’s rule from 27 March to 21 April 2016 and again from 22 April to 11 May 2016.
- 2021 turnover: BJP changed CMs twice in four months, from Trivendra Singh Rawat to Tirath Singh Rawat on 10 March 2021 and to Dhami on 4 July 2021.
- Dhami: led the BJP to the first re-election of a government in the state in 2022, despite losing his own seat.
Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand
In order of taking office, from Wikipedia’s live table, with periods of President’s rule shown as separate rows.
| Chief Minister | Party | Period | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nityanand Swami | BJP | 9 Nov 2000 to 29 Oct 2001 | First CM, at statehood |
| Bhagat Singh Koshyari | BJP | 30 Oct 2001 to 1 Mar 2002 | |
| N. D. Tiwari | INC | 2 Mar 2002 to 7 Mar 2007 | Ramnagar; 5 years 5 days, the longest tenure |
| B. C. Khanduri | BJP | 7 Mar 2007 to 27 Jun 2009 | First spell |
| Ramesh Pokhriyal | BJP | 27 Jun 2009 to 11 Sep 2011 | |
| B. C. Khanduri | BJP | 11 Sep 2011 to 13 Mar 2012 | Second spell |
| Vijay Bahuguna | INC | 13 Mar 2012 to 31 Jan 2014 | |
| Harish Rawat | INC | 1 Feb 2014 to 27 Mar 2016 | First spell; followed by President’s rule |
| President’s rule | 27 Mar 2016 to 21 Apr 2016 | ||
| Harish Rawat | INC | 21 Apr 2016 to 22 Apr 2016 | Second spell, one day |
| President’s rule | 22 Apr 2016 to 11 May 2016 | ||
| Harish Rawat | INC | 11 May 2016 to 18 Mar 2017 | Third spell |
| Trivendra Singh Rawat | BJP | 18 Mar 2017 to 10 Mar 2021 | |
| Tirath Singh Rawat | BJP | 10 Mar 2021 to 4 Jul 2021 | |
| Pushkar Singh Dhami | BJP | 4 Jul 2021 to present | Lost Khatima in 2022 but kept the post; won Champawat in a June 2022 by-election |
Wikipedia’s list counts ten people. Tiwari held the post for five years and five days, the only tenure over five years. B. C. Khanduri served twice, in 2007 to 2009 and in 2011 to 2012.
Dates to treat with care
The table treats Harish Rawat’s one-day return on 21 to 22 April 2016 as a separate spell, and we have not checked here the circumstances of that return. Dhami’s second swearing-in after the 2022 result is not shown as a new row, since he did not leave office.
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Update History
- November 8, 2026: first version.