| Sr. No. | Chief Minister Name | | To | Party Name |
| 1 | Pt. Ravishankar Sukla | Nov. 1 , 1956 | Dec. 31, 1956 | INC |
| 2 | Bhagwantrao Mandhloi | Jan. 1, 1957 | Jan. 30, 1957 | INC |
| 3 | Kailash Nath katju | Jan . 31, 1957 | Mar. 14, 1957 | INC |
| 4 | Kailash Nath Katju | Mar. 14, 1957 | Mar. 11, 1962 | INC |
| 5 | Bhagwantrao Mandloi | Mar . 12, 1962 | Sep . 29 , 1963 | INC |
| 6 | Dwarka Prasad Misra | Sep . 30 , 1963 | Mar . 8 , 1967 | INC |
| 7 | Dwarka Prasad Misra | Mar . 9 , 1967 | Jul . 29 , 1967 | INC |
| 8 | Govinda Narayan Singh | Jul . 30 , 1967 | Mar . 12, 1969 | INC |
| 9 | Raja Nareshchandra Singh | Mar. 13 , 1969 | Mar . 15, 1969 | INC |
| 10 | Shyama Charan Shukla | Mar . 26 , 1969 | Jan . 28 , 1972 | INC |
| 11 | Prakash Chandra Sethi | Jan . 29 , 1972 | Mar . 22, 1972 | INC |
| 12 | Prakash Chandra Sethi | Mar . 23, 1972 | Dec. 22 , 1972 | INC |
| 13 | Sayama Charan Sukla | Dec . 23 , 1975 | Apr . 29, 1977 | INC |
| | President's Rule | Apr . 29 , 1977 | Jun . 25 , 1977 | INC |
| 14 | Kailash Chandra Joshi | Jun. 26 , 1977 | Jun . 17, 1978 | Janta party |
| 15 | Virendra kumar Saklecha | Jan. 18 , 1978 | Jan . 19, 1980 | Janata party |
| 16 | Sundarlal Patwa | Jan. 20 , 1980 | Feb . 17 , 1980 | Janata party |
| | President's rule | Feb . 18 , 1980 | Jun . 8 , 1980 | |
| 17 | Arjun Singh | Jun . 8 , 1980 | Mar .10 , 1985 | INC |
| 18 | Arjun Singh | Mar . 11, 1985 | Mar . 12, 1985 | INC |
| 19 | Motilal Vora | Mar . 12 , 1985 | Feb .13 , 1988 | INC |
| 20 | Arjun Singh | Feb. 14 , 1988 | Jan . 24 , 1984 | INC |
| 21 | Motilala Vora | Jan . 25 , 1989 | Dec. 8 , 1989 | INC |
| 22 | Shyma Charan Sukla | Dec . 9 , 1989 | Mar .4 , 1990 | INC |
| 23 | Sundar lal Patwa | Mar . 5 , 1990 | Dec . 1 , 1998 | INC |
| | President 's rule | Dec . 16 , 1992 | Dec . 6, 1993 | INC |
| 24 | Digvijay Singh | Dec . 7 , 1993 | Dec . 1 , 1998 | INC |
| 25 | Digvijay Singh | Dec . 1 , 1998 | Dec . 8 , 2003 | INC |
| 26 | Uma Bharti | Dec . 8 , 2003 | Aug . 23, 2004 | BJP |
| 27 | Babula Gaur | Aug . 23, 2004 | Nov . 29, 2005 | BJP |
| 28 | Shivraj Singh Chauhan | Nov . 29, 2005 | Dec . 16, 2018 | BJP |
| 29 | Kamal Nath | Dec . 17, 2018 | Present | Congress Party |