Stay updated on India’s political landscape with this comprehensive list of Chief Ministers and Governors for all Indian states and union territories as of January 2026.
With five high-stakes assembly elections (West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala & Puducherry) scheduled for later this April & May 2026, this remains an essential and dynamic resource for Kerala PSC, UPSC, and other competitive exam preparations.
List of Indian States: Capitals, Chief Ministers & Governors (2026)
Here’s the state-wise list of capital, chief minister, and governor as of January 31, 2026:
| State | Capital | Governor | Chief Minister |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh | Amaravati | Syed Abdul Nazeer | Nara Chandrababu Naidu (Telugu Desam Party) |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Itanagar | Lt. Gen.Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik (Retd) | Pema Khandu (BJP) |
| Assam | Dispur | Lakshman Prasad Acharya | Himanta Biswa Sarma (BJP) |
| Bihar | Patna | Arif Mohammad Khan | Nitish Kumar (10th time) (Janata Dal (United)) |
| Chhattisgarh | Naya Raipur/ Bilaspur | Ramen Deka | Vishnu Deo Sai (BJP) |
| Goa | Panaji | Pusapati Ashok Gajapathi Raju | Dr. Pramod Sawant (BJP) |
| Gujarat | Gandhinagar | Acharya Devvrat | Bhupendra Rajnikant Patel (BJP) Deputy CM: Harsh Sanghavi |
| Haryana | Chandigarh | Prof Ashim Kumar Ghosh | Nayab Singh Saini (BJP) |
| Himachal Pradesh | Summer Capital: Shimla Winter Capital: Dharamshala | Shiv Pratap Shukla | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu (INC) |
| Jharkhand | Ranchi | Santosh Gangwar | Hemant Soren (Jharkhand Mukti Morcha) |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru | Thawar Chand Gehlot | Siddaramaiah (INC) Deputy CM D. K. Shivakumar (INC) |
| Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram | Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar | Pinarayi Vijayan (CPI) |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal | Mangubhai Chaganbhai Patel | Mohan Yadav (BJP) Deputy CM Jagdish Devda Rajendra Shukla (BJP) |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai | (Addl. Charge: Acharya Devvrat) | Devendra Fadnavis (BJP) Deputy CM:*** Sunetra Pawar (BJP) |
| Manipur | Imphal | Ajay Kumar Bhalla | President's Rule |
| Meghalaya | Shillong | C. H. Vijayashankar | Conrad Kongkal Sangma (National People's Party) |
| Mizoram | Aizwal | Gen.(Dr.) Vijay Kumar Singh | Lalduhoma (Zoram People's Movement) |
| Nagaland | Kohima | Neiphiu Rio (Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party) Deputy CM T. R. Zeliang & (NDPP) Yanthungo Patton (BJP) | |
| Odisha | Bhubaneshwar | Hari Babu Kambhampati | Mohan Charan Majhi (BJP) |
| Punjab | Chandigarh | Gulab Chand Kataria | Bhagwant Singh Mann (Aam Aadmi Party) |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur | Haribhau Kishanrao Bagade | Bhajanlal Sharma (BJP) Deputy CM Diya Kumari & Premchandra Bairwa (BJP) |
| Sikkim | Gangtok | Om Prakash Mathur | Prem Singh Tamang (PS Golay) (Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM)) |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai | R. N. Ravi | M. K. Stalin (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) |
| Telangana | Hyderabad | Jishnu Dev Varma | A. Revanth Reddy (INC) |
| Tripura | Agartala | Indrasena Reddy Nallu | Manik Saha (BJP) |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lucknow | Anandiben Patel | Yogi Adityanath (BJP) |
| Uttarakhand | Winter Capital: Dehradun Summer Capital: Gairsain | Lt. Gen. Gurmit Singh (Retd) | Pushkar Singh Dhami (BJP) |
| West Bengal | Kolkata | Dr. C.V. Ananda Bose | Mamata Banerjee (All India Trinamool Congress) |
🎯
PSC & UPSC EXAM ALERT: 2026 Name Changes
- Port Blair is now Sri Vijaya Puram (Andaman & Nicobar)
- Ahmednagar is now Ahilyanagar (Maharashtra)
- Karimganj is now Sribhumi (Assam)
- Old Parliament is now Samvidhan Sadan
List of Union Territories: Capitals, Chief Ministers & LG/Administrators (2026)
The table below lists Union territories of India, their capitals, chief ministers, and LG/Administrators as of January 31, 2026.
| Union Territory | Capital | Governor |
|---|---|---|
| Andaman & Nicobar | Port Blair | Devendra Kumar Joshi (Lieutenant Governor) |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh | Gulab Chand Kataria (Administrator) |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and Diu | Daman | Praful Patel (Administrator) |
| Delhi (National capital Territory of Delhi) | New Delhi | Vinai Kumar Saxena (Lieutenant Governor) CM: Rekha Gupta (BJP) |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Srinagar (May-October) Jammu (November-April) | Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor) CM: Omar Abdullah (JKNC) |
| Lakshadweep | Kavaratti | Praful Patel (Administrator) |
| Puducherry | Puducherry | Kuniyil Kailashnathan (Lieutenant Governor) CM: N. Rangaswamy (AINRC) |
| Ladakh | Leh | Kavinder Gupta (Lieutenant Governor) |
***Updated according to current statistics, January 31, 2026
📝SideNotes:
- Article pertaining to the appointed of Governor – Article 155.
- Article pertaining to the appointed of Chief Minister – Article 164 (appointed by Governor).
- The First Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, elected after the revocation of Article 370 and the subsequent reorganization of the state into a Union Territory in 2019 – Omar Abdullah.
- The first Prime Minister of the state of Jammu and Kashmir – Mehr Chand Mahajan.
- The first female Chief Minister of Delhi – Sushma Swaraj (1998).
- Other Female CMs of Delhi –
- Sheila Dikshit (the longest serving CM of Delhi)
- Atishi Marlena
- Rekha Gupta
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