ajit pramod kumar jogi was the first chief minister of punjab.
who is the first chief minister of punjab?
ajit pramod kumar jogi
the first chief minister of the newly re-configured state was giani gurmukh singh musafir who led a congress government from the vidhan parishad, one of only two to have done so. in the 1967 elections, he was voted out of power in favour of the akali das sant fateh singh group whose leader gurnam singh became the first non-congress chief minister. gurnam singh's government was succeeded by three short-lived akali dal governments—lachhman singh gill's government for less than a year and for a little more than a year under the returning gurnam singh and parkash singh badal. after 272 days under president's rule, the congress party returned to power under future president zail singh. in 1977, parkash singh badal became the chief minister for the second time. darbara singh became chief minister in 1980 and remained in office for three years before a long period under president's rule. a brief interlude under surjit singh barnala followed, after which three congress-led governments took office—led by beant singh from 1992 to 1995, harcharan singh brar from 1995 to 1996 and rajinder kaur bhattal from 1996 to 1997. upon taking office, rajinder kaur bhattal became the first female chief minister of punjab and overall the 8th female chief minister in india.
list of chief ministers of punjab (india)
the result was a victory for the bvi united party which won an overall majority of four seats. however, the party president, conrad maduro, did not win a seat and so was unable to become chief minister despite leading the party with the highest number of seats. accordingly, lavity stoutt was appointed as the first chief minister of the british virgin islands. the vi democratic party won two seats, with the people's own party winning the remaining seat. the most closely contested seat between the two parties with a plurality of seats was the seventh district (anegada and virgin gorda), which robinson o'neal won for the bvi united party by a mere 13 votes over reeial george for vi democratic party. if just seven voters in that district had voted the other way, the vi democratic party would have won, and q.w. osborne would have been the first chief minister. as the results turned out, he had to settle for being the first leader of the opposition. similarly, if conrad maduro had secured a few more votes then "he" might have been the first chief minister. however, as it happened the 1967 election effectively launched a long and successful career for lavity stoutt, who would end up being elected chief minister five times.
1967 british virgin islands general election