PRAMOD SAWANT

Key constitutional provisions for CMs: 

• Article 163(1): There shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his functions, except in so far as he is by or under the Constitution required to exercise his functions or any of them in his discretion. 
  
  
• Article 164(1): The Chief Minister shall be appointed by the Governor and the other Ministers shall be appointed on the advice of the Chief Minister. 
  
  
• Article 164(2): The Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the Legislative Assembly of the State. 
  
  

Other key facts wrt election: 

• Eligibility Criteria for the office of the chief minister: A chief minister must be - 
  • a citizen of India. 
    
    
  • should be a member of the state legislature. An not then he/she must get himself/herself elected to the State Legislature within six months from the date of appointment. 
    
    
  • of 25 years of age or more.  
    
    
  
  
  
• Election: Following elections to the state legislative assembly in a state, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. 
  
  
• Tenure: 
  • The chief minister is elected for five years (except in Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly where it is maximum of six years). 
    
    
  • There are no limits to the number of terms that the chief minister can serve. 
    
    
  • The chief minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the governor.