Bihar CM Oath Taking Ceremony: After NDA’s massive victory in Bihar assembly elections, Nitish Kumar is once again going to take charge of power. Nitish Kumar is going to take oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the 10th time today i.e. on 20th November. The swearing-in ceremony of the Chief Minister will take place today at 11:30 am. During this time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also be present, apart from this, Chief Ministers of 20 states and senior leaders of NDA are also expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony.

Regarding Nitish Kumar taking oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar for the 10th time, this question is arising in the minds of many people that which is the leader who has taken oath as the Chief Minister the most number of times. Is Nitish Kumar’s name also included in this list? So today let us tell you who is the leader who has taken oath as CM the most number of times.

Leader who took oath most number of times

Bihar leader Nitish Kumar also holds the record for taking oath as Chief Minister most number of times in Indian politics. He has taken oath as the Chief Minister of Bihar nine times so far and this will be his tenth swearing-in ceremony. Nitish Kumar has remained at the center of Bihar politics since 2005. Since 2005, alliances have changed in Bihar, equations have changed, but for the last 20 years, Nitish Kumar’s dominance has remained on the Chief Minister’s chair. This time, even after the big victory of NDA in the assembly elections, he was elected the leader of the legislative party and now he is going to form the government in Bihar again.

Who is the leader who has been CM for the longest time in the country?

Nitish Kumar has taken oath as Chief Minister the most number of times in the country in terms of the number of oath taking oaths. However, Nitish is still behind many leaders like Kumar in terms of serving as Chief Minister for the longest period. The record of serving as Chief Minister for the longest period in Indian politics is in the name of Pawan Kumar Chamling, who has been the Chief Minister of Sikkim. Nitish Kumar is currently at 8th place in this list. If he remains the Chief Minister till 2030, he can be included in the top-3 of this list.

List of leaders who have been CM for the longest time

• Pawan Kumar (Chamling Sikkim) – 24 years 165 days
• Naveen Patnaik (Odisha) – 24 years 99 days
• Jyoti Basu (West Bengal) – 23 years 137 days
• Gegong Apang (Arunachal Pradesh) – 22 years 250 days
• Lal Thanhawla (Mizoram) – 22 years 60 days
• Virbhadra Singh (Himachal) – 21 years 13 days
• Manik Sarkar (Tripura) – 19 years 363 days
• Nitish Kumar (Bihar) – 19 years 93 days

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NDA alliance has won a bumper victory in Bihar Assembly elections 2025. Along with this, NDA is going to form a coalition government in Bihar. On this special occasion, JDU leader Nitish Kumar is going to take oath as CM on Thursday (20 November 2025) at Gandhi Maidan in Patna. Everyone’s eyes are fixed on Nitish Kumar. He will take oath as CM for the 10th time, which is a record in itself. Nitish Kumar, who has been in power continuously since 2005, has seen many political ups and downs in two decades, changed alliances, changed governments, but did not leave the chair.

In the meeting of the legislature party of the NDA alliance, he was unanimously elected leader on Wednesday (19 November 2025), after which he will once again become the CM of Bihar. Nitish Kumar’s journey to the post of CM, which started from March 2000, has now completed almost 19 years and 93 days. During this period, Jitan Ram Manjhi was the Chief Minister only once from May 2014 to February 2015, the rest of the time the command of Bihar remained in the hands of Nitish. However, the thing to note is that if Nitish Kumar completes his tenure once again, then he can hold the record of being the Chief Minister of the country for the longest period. However, he already holds the record of being the Chief Minister of Bihar for the longest period. Behind him are only Shri Krishna Singh, Rabri Devi, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Jagannath Mishra.

Grand swearing in ceremony at Gandhi Maidan

Another term of Nitish Kumar is going to start, which will strengthen his political power once again. A grand swearing-in ceremony is going to be held at Gandhi Maidan in Patna on Thursday, in which Chief Ministers of many states including Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be present. Two Deputy Chief Ministers and about 20 ministers can take oath along with Nitish Kumar. In the recently held assembly elections, BJP won 89 seats and JDU won 85 seats, giving a big victory to NDA. In this assembly elections, RJD got only 25 seats, Congress got 6 and AIMIM got 5 seats.

Longest serving Chief Minister in the country – will Nitish become number 1?

If Nitish Kumar completes his new term, he can reach the top position in the list of leaders who have been Chief Minister for the longest time in the country. The current record is as follows:

India’s longest tenured Chief Minister

Pawan Kumar Chamling (Sikkim) – 24 years 165 days

Naveen Patnaik (Odisha) – 24 years 99 days

Jyoti Basu (West Bengal) – 23 years 137 days

Gegong Apang (Arunachal) – 22 years 250 days

Lal Thanhawla (Mizoram) – 22 years 60 days

Virbhadra Singh (Himachal) – 21 years 13 days

Manik Sarkar (Tripura) – 19 years 363 days

Nitish Kumar (Bihar) – 19 years 93 days

If the next five years pass without any interruption, this record will definitely be in the name of Nitish Kumar.

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