| 1st (1952) | G. V. Mavalankar (1888–1956) | Ahmedabad | 15 May 1952 – 27 Feb 1956 | 3 yrs, 288 days | Indian National Congress | M. A. Ayyangar |
| 1st (1952) | M. A. Ayyangar (1891–1978) | Chittoor | 8 Mar 1956 – 4 Apr 1957 | 6 yrs, 22 days | – | Hukam Singh |
| 2nd (1957) | M. A. Ayyangar | Chittoor | 5 Apr 1957 – 31 Mar 1962 | – | – | – |
| 3rd (1962) | Hukam Singh (1895–1983) | Patiala | 17 Apr 1962 – 16 Mar 1967 | 4 yrs, 333 days | – | S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao |
| 4th (1967) | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) | Hindupur | 17 Mar 1967 – 19 Jul 1969 | 2 yrs, 124 days | – | Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar |
| 5th (1971) | Gurdial Singh Dhillon (1915–1992) | Tarn Taran | 8 Aug 1969 – 17 Mar 1971 | 6 yrs, 110 days | INC (R) | G. G. Swell |
| 5th (1971) | Gurdial Singh Dhillon | Sikar | 22 Mar 1971 – 1 Dec 1975 | – | – | – |
| 6th (1977) | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Nandyal | 26 Mar 1977 – 13 Jul 1977 | 109 days | Janata Party | Godey Murahari |
| 6th (1977) | K. S. Hegde (1909–1990) | Bangalore South | 21 Jul 1977 – 21 Jan 1980 | 2 yrs, 184 days | – | – |
| 7th (1980) | Balram Jakhar (1923–2016) | Ferozpur | 22 Jan 1980 – 15 Jan 1985 | 9 yrs, 329 days | INC (I) | G. Lakshmanan |
| 8th (1984) | Balram Jakhar | Sikar | 16 Jan 1985 – 18 Dec 1989 | – | – | M. Thambidurai |
| 9th (1989) | Rabi Ray (1926–2017) | Kendrapara | 19 Dec 1989 – 9 Jul 1991 | 1 yr, 202 days | Janata Dal | Shivraj Patil |
| 10th (1991) | Shivraj Patil (b. 1935) | Latur | 10 Jul 1991 – 22 May 1996 | 4 yrs, 317 days | INC (I) | S. Mallikarjunaiah |
| 11th (1996) | P. A. Sangma (1947–2016) | Tura | 23 May 1996 – 23 Mar 1998 | 1 yr, 304 days | INC | Suraj Bhan |
| 12th (1998) | G. M. C. Balayogi (1951–2002) | Amalapuram | 24 Mar 1998 – 19 Oct 1999 | 3 yrs, 342 days | Telugu Desam Party | P. M. Sayeed |
| 13th (1999) | G. M. C. Balayogi | – | 22 Oct 1999 – 3 Mar 2002 | – | – | – |
| 14th (2004) | Manohar Joshi (1937–2024) | Mumbai North Central | 10 May 2002 – 2 Jun 2004 | 2 yrs, 23 days | Shiv Sena | – |
| 14th (2004) | Somnath Chatterjee (1929–2018) | Bolpur | 4 Aug 2004 – 4 Jun 2009 | 4 yrs, 304 days | CPI(M) | Charanjit Singh Atwal |
| 15th (2009) | Meira Kumar (b. 1945) | Sasaram | 4 Jun 2009 – 11 Jun 2014 | 5 yrs, 1 day | INC | Kariya Munda |
| 16th (2014) | Sumitra Mahajan (b. 1943) | Indore | 15 Jun 2014 – 17 Jun 2019 | 5 yrs, 4 days | BJP | M. Thambidurai |
| 17th (2019) | Om Birla (b. 1962) | Kota | 19 Jun 2019 – 24 Jun 2024 | 5 yrs, 265 days | – | Vacant |
| 18th (2024) | Om Birla | – | 26 Jun 2024 – Incumbent | – | Vacant |
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