List of Indian States: Capitals, Chief Ministers & Governors 2026 (Updated)

Stay updated on India’s political landscape with this comprehensive list ofChief Ministers and Governorsfor all Indian states and union territories as ofJanuary 2026.

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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:

StateCapitalGovernorChief MinisterAndhra PradeshAmaravatiSyed Abdul NazeerNara Chandrababu Naidu(Telugu Desam Party)Arunachal PradeshItanagarLt. Gen.Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik(Retd)Pema Khandu(BJP)AssamDispurLakshman Prasad AcharyaHimanta Biswa Sarma(BJP)BiharPatnaArif Mohammad KhanNitish Kumar (10th time)(Janata Dal (United))ChhattisgarhNaya Raipur/BilaspurRamen DekaVishnu Deo Sai(BJP)GoaPanajiPusapati Ashok Gajapathi RajuDr. Pramod Sawant(BJP)GujaratGandhinagarAcharya DevvratBhupendra Rajnikant Patel(BJP)Deputy CM:Harsh SanghaviHaryanaChandigarhProf Ashim Kumar GhoshNayab Singh Saini(BJP)Himachal PradeshSummer Capital:ShimlaWinter Capital: DharamshalaShiv Pratap ShuklaSukhvinder Singh Sukhu(INC)JharkhandRanchiSantosh GangwarHemant Soren(Jharkhand Mukti Morcha)KarnatakaBengaluruThawar Chand GehlotSiddaramaiah(INC)Deputy CMD. K. Shivakumar(INC)KeralaThiruvananthapuramRajendra Vishwanath ArlekarPinarayi Vijayan(CPI)Madhya PradeshBhopalMangubhai Chaganbhai PatelMohan Yadav(BJP)Deputy CMJagdish DevdaRajendra Shukla(BJP)MaharashtraMumbaiC. P. Radhakrishnan(Addl. Charge: Acharya Devvrat)Devendra Fadnavis(BJP)Deputy CM:***Sunetra Pawar(BJP)ManipurImphalAjay Kumar BhallaN. Biren Singh(BJP)President's RuleMeghalayaShillongC. H. VijayashankarConrad Kongkal Sangma(National People's Party)MizoramAizwalGen.(Dr.) Vijay Kumar SinghLalduhoma(Zoram People's Movement)NagalandKohimaLa Ganesan(Addl. Charge: Ajay Kumar Bhalla)Neiphiu Rio(Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party)Deputy CMT. R. Zeliang &(NDPP)Yanthungo Patton(BJP)OdishaBhubaneshwarHari Babu KambhampatiMohan Charan Majhi(BJP)PunjabChandigarhGulab Chand KatariaBhagwant Singh Mann(Aam Aadmi Party)RajasthanJaipurHaribhau Kishanrao BagadeBhajanlal Sharma(BJP)Deputy CMDiya Kumari &Premchandra Bairwa(BJP)SikkimGangtokOm Prakash MathurPrem Singh Tamang(PS Golay)(Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM))Tamil NaduChennaiR. N. RaviM. K. Stalin(Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)TelanganaHyderabadJishnu Dev VarmaA. Revanth Reddy(INC)TripuraAgartalaIndrasena Reddy NalluManik Saha(BJP)Uttar PradeshLucknowAnandiben PatelYogi Adityanath(BJP)UttarakhandWinter Capital: DehradunSummer Capital: GairsainLt. Gen. Gurmit Singh(Retd)Pushkar Singh Dhami(BJP)West BengalKolkataDr. C.V. Ananda BoseMamata Banerjee(All India Trinamool Congress)

🎯PSC & UPSC EXAM ALERT: 2026 Name ChangesPort Blairis nowSri Vijaya Puram(Andaman & Nicobar)Ahmednagaris nowAhilyanagar(Maharashtra)Karimganjis nowSribhumi(Assam)Old Parliamentis nowSamvidhan 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 TerritoryCapitalGovernorAndaman & NicobarPort BlairDevendra Kumar Joshi(Lieutenant Governor)ChandigarhChandigarhGulab Chand Kataria(Administrator)Dadra and Nagar Haveli & Daman and DiuDamanPraful Patel(Administrator)Delhi (National capital Territory of Delhi)New DelhiVinai Kumar Saxena(Lieutenant Governor)CM: Rekha Gupta(BJP)Jammu and KashmirSrinagar (May-October)Jammu (November-April)Manoj Sinha(Lieutenant Governor)CM:Omar Abdullah(JKNC)LakshadweepKavarattiPraful Patel(Administrator)PuducherryPuducherryKuniyil Kailashnathan(Lieutenant Governor)CM: N. Rangaswamy(AINRC)LadakhLehKavinder Gupta(Lieutenant Governor)