Unemployment rate during each chief minister's tenure
36 chief ministers and administrators, ranked by how the unemployment rate changed from their first day in office, next to India over the same months. Politare shows what happened during a tenure; it does not claim the office-holder caused it.
| # | Chief minister | State | In office | Total | vs India | Per year | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N Radha Krishna Mathur | Ladakh | 31 Oct 2019 – 16 Feb 2023 from 2020 | +8.0 pp 2020 → 2022 | +9.2 pp India −1.2 pp | +3.2 pp/yr | |
| 2 | NPP Conrad Sangma | Meghalaya | 6 Mar 2018 – now | +3.2 pp 2018 → 2025 | +6.1 pp India −2.9 pp | +0.4 pp/yr | |
| 3 | N Banwarilal Purohit | Chandigarh | 31 Aug 2021 – 31 Jul 2024 | +1.1 pp 2021 → 2024 | +2.1 pp India −1.0 pp | +0.3 pp/yr | |
| 4 | INC Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | Himachal Pradesh | 11 Dec 2022 – now | +0.7 pp 2022 → 2025 | +1.2 pp India −0.5 pp | +0.2 pp/yr | |
| 5 | SKM Prem Singh Tamang | Sikkim | 27 May 2019 – now | +0.1 pp 2019 → 2025 | +2.8 pp India −2.7 pp | 0.0 pp/yr | |
| 6 | BJP Manik Saha | Tripura | 15 May 2022 – now | −0.3 pp 2022 → 2025 | +0.7 pp India −1.0 pp | −0.1 pp/yr | |
| 7 | BJP Pramod Sawant | Goa | 19 Mar 2019 – now | −0.4 pp 2019 → 2025 | +2.3 pp India −2.7 pp | −0.1 pp/yr | |
| 8 | BJP Himanta Biswa Sarma | Assam | 10 May 2021 – now | −0.4 pp 2021 → 2025 | +0.7 pp India −1.1 pp | −0.1 pp/yr | |
| 9 | INC Siddaramaiah | Karnataka | 20 May 2023 – 3 Jun 2026 | −0.4 pp 2022 → 2025 | +0.1 pp India −0.5 pp | −0.1 pp/yr | |
| 10 | INC Bhupesh Baghel | Chhattisgarh | 17 Dec 2018 – 13 Dec 2023 | −0.6 pp 2018 → 2023 | +2.3 pp India −2.9 pp | −0.1 pp/yr |
Showing 10 of 35 tenures.
Sorted by total, highest first. Every row is indexed to the last count complete before the first day in office ("from" marks a start that had to move because that count had no data, or because the period cut it); India is measured over the same months. Levels are per cent changes, rates are differences in pp; "per year" compounds levels and divides rates. Tenures with under 12 months, or under three observations, are left out. % of labour force, aged 15 and over · MoSPI, Periodic Labour Force Survey, unemployment rate by usual status (principal and subsidiary), persons aged 15 and over, rural and urban; agricultural years July to June until 2021-22, calendar years from 2022 · state or territory data · as of Sep 2026.