State or region
Chief Minister
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Appointed by the Governor
- Exact method
- Appointed by the Governor, who invites the leader of the party or alliance commanding a majority in the Legislative Assembly; the Chief Minister must keep the assembly's confidence (Constitution of India, Art. 164(1)).
- Chosen by
- Governor
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Mohan Charan Majhi BJP since June 2024 Report Source: en.wikipedia.org, checked
Sources
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia (list of current chief ministers; Governor of <State> and <State> Legislative Assembly pages; Wikidata for ids), read 2026-10-12: office holders, start dates, parties, seat counts. Fallback: Wikipedia/Wikidata, because official Rajbhavan, assembly and ECI sites were not fetched/reachable (ECI HTTP 406); Constitution of India Arts. 153-164, 170-178 for office rules. For: Chief Minister
- en.wikipedia.org · checked Wikipedia/Wikidata, read 2026-10-12: holder and start date. Fallback because official sites were not fetched. For: Mohan Charan Majhi, current term