Following elections to the Legislative Assembly, the governor invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government and appoints the chief minister.

He belonged to the Indian National Congress and held the office until the 1962 Assembly elections.

[4][5] Vasantrao Naik, who was in office from December 1963 to February 1975 for more than 11 years, has by far been the longest serving CM.

He also was the first and only CM to complete his full term of five years (1967-1972) till Devendra Fadnavis matched it (2014-2019).

[6][7][8] So far, President's rule has been imposed thrice in the state: first from February to June 1980 and again from September to October 2014.