Gujarat on Saturday witnessed a major political upheaval with the resignation of incumbent Chief Minister Vijay Rupani ahead of the State’s Legislative Assembly elections due in 2022. Sworn in for his second stint in December 2017, with this resignation he made to the list of the Chief Ministers of Gujarat who could not or did not complete their term as being on the post. Before this, Anandiben Patel resigned as Chief Minister in August 2016 and the post was succeeded by Vijay Rupani.
The political history of Gujarat has many a time witnessed the chief ministerial post to be vacated before the completion of tenure. Few to name who completed their tenure include Hitendra Desai, Madhavsinh Solanki and Narendra Modi. Vijay Rupani served the post for 5 years and 35 days, becoming the third longest term holder after Narendra Modi and Hitendra Desai.
Here is the list of Chief Ministers of Gujarat since it became a state:
| Sr. No. | Name | Tenure | Period |
| 1. | Dr. Jivraj Mehta | Dt. 01/05/1960 to 19/09/1963 | 3 years, 141 days |
| 2. | Balwant Rai Mehta | Dt. 19/09/1963 to 19/09/1963 | 2 years |
| 3. | Hitendra Desai | Dt. 19/09/1965 to 12/05/1971 | 5 years, 245 days |
| 4. | Ghanshyambhai Oza | Dt. 17/03/1972 to 17/07/1973 | 1 year, 122 days |
| 5. | Chimanbhai Patel | Dt. 17/07/1973 to 09/02/1974 | 207 days |
| 6. | Babubhai Patel | Dt. 18/06/1975 to 12/03/1976 | 268 days |
| 7. | Madhavsinh Solanki | Dt. 24/12/1976 to 11/04/1977 | 107 days |
| 8. | Babubhai Patel | Dt. 11/04/1977 to 17/08/1980 | 2 years, 312 days |
| 9. | Madhavsinh Solanki | Dt. 06/06/1980 to 06/07/1985 | 5 years, 29 days |
| 10. | Amarsinh Chaudhary | Dt. 06/07/1985 to 09/12/1989 | 4 years, 156 days |
| 11. | Madhavsinh Solanki | Dt. 10/12/1989 to 03/03/1990 | 83 days |
| 12. | Chimanbhai Patel | Dt. 04/03/1990 to 17/02/1994 | 3 years, 350 days |
| 13. | Chhabildas Mehta | Dt. 17/02/1994 to 13/03/1995 | 1 year, 24 days |
| 14. | Keshavbhai Patel | Dt. 13/03/1995 to 21/10/1995 | 221 days |
| 15. | Suresh Mehta | Dt. 21/10/1995 to 19/09/1996 | 334 days |
| 16. | Shankarsinh Vaghela | Dt. 23/10/1995 to 27/10/1997 | 1 year, 4 days |
| 17. | Dilip Parikh | Dt. 28/10/1997 to 04/03/1998 | 188 days |
| 18. | Keshubhai Patel | Dt. 04/03/1998 to 06/10/2001 | 3 years, 216 days |
| 19. | Narendra Modi | Dt. 07/10/2001 to 21/05/2014 | 12 years, 227 days |
| 20. | Anandiben Patel | Dt. 22/05/2014 to 06/08/2016 | 2 years, 77 days |
| 21. | Vijay Rupani | Dt. 07/08/2016 to 11/09/2021 | 5 years, 35 days |
