Name of the former chief Minister

Name of the former chief Minister Party Tenure
1 Sri Krishna Sinha Indian National Congress 5419 days
2 Deep Narayan Singh 18 days
3 Binodanand Jha 926 days
4 K. B. Sahay 1250 days
5 Mahamaya Prasad Sinha Jana Kranti Dal 330 days
6 Satish Prasad Singh Indian National Congress 5 days
7 B. P. Mandal 31 days
8 Bhola Paswan Shastri Indian National Congress 100 days
– Vacant
(President's rule) 29 June 1968 26 February 1969 N/A
9 Harihar Singh Indian National Congress 117 days
(8) Bhola Paswan Shastri Indian National Congress 13 days
– Vacant
(President's rule) 6 July 1969 16 February 1970 N/A
10 Daroga Prasad Rai ndian National Congress 310 days
11 Karpoori Thakur Socialist Party 163 days
(8) Bhola Paswan Shastri Indian National Congress 222 days
(total 335 days)
– Vacant
(President's rule) 9 January 1972 19 March 1972 N/A
12 Kedar Pandey Indian National Congress 471 days
13 Abdul Gafoor 649 days
14 Jagannath Mishra 11 April 1975 30 April 1977 750 days
– Vacant[b]
(President's rule) 30 April 1977 24 June 1977 N/A
(11) Karpoori Thakur Janata Party 668 days
15 Ram Sundar Das 303 days
– Vacant
(President's rule) 17 February 1980 8 June 1980 N/A
(14) Jagannath Mishra [2] Indian National Congress (I) 1133 days
16 Chandrashekhar Singh 577 days
17 Bindeshwari Dubey 1068 days
18 Bhagwat Jha Azad 391 days
19 Satyendra Narayan Sinha 271 days
(14) Jagannath Mishra [3] 95 days
(total 1978 days)
20 Lalu Prasad Yadav Janata Dal 1845 days
– Vacant[b]
(President's rule) 28 March 1995 4 April 1995 N/A
(20) Lalu Prasad Yadav [2] Janata Dal, Rashtriya Janata Dal 844 days
(total 2689 days)
21 Rabri Dev Rashtriya Janata Dal 538 days
– Vacant[b]
(President's rule) 11 February 1999 9 March 1999 N/A
(21) Rabri Devi [2] Rashtriya Janata Dal 359 days
22 Nitish Kumar Samata Party[6] 8 days
(21) Rabri Devi [3][c] Rashtriya Janata Dal 1821 days
(total 2718 days)
– Vacant
(President's rule) 7 March 2005 24 November 2005 N/A
(22) Nitish Kumar [2] Janata Dal (United) 3099
23 Jitan Ram Manjhi 20 May 2014 Incumbent 225