List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Political party
1	Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh	15 August 1947	14 January 1948	Indian National Congress
2	Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy	14 January 1948	1 July 1962	Indian National Congress
	President's rule	1 July 1962	8 July 1962
3	Prafulla Chandra Sen	8 July 1962	15 March 1967	Indian National Congress
4	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee	15 March 1967	2 November 1967	Bangla Congress Party in United Front
5	Dr. Prafulla Chandra Ghosh	2 November 1967	20 February 1968	Non-party in Progressive Democratic Alliance Front
	President's rule	20 February 1968	25 February 1969
6	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee	25 February 1969	19 March 1970	Bangla Congress Party in United Front
	President's rule	19 March 1970	2 April 1971
7	Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee	2 April 1971	28 June 1971	Indian National Congress
	President's rule	28 June 1971	19 March 1972
8	Siddhartha Shankar Ray	19 March 1972	21 June 1977	Indian National Congress
9	Jyoti Basu	21 June 1977	6 November 2000	Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Left Front
10	Buddhadeb Bhattacharya	6 November 2000	13 May 2011	Communist Party of India (Marxist) in Left Front
11	Mamata Banerjee	20 May 2011	Incumbent	All India Trinamool Congress
No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Political party