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List of current Indian deputy chief ministers

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For definition, see Deputy Chief Minister (India).
Deputy Chief Minister
Style
  • Honourable
    (Inside India)
  • His/Her Excellency (Outside India)
TypeDeputy Head of the State Government
AbbreviationDYCM
Member of
  • Member of the Legislative Assembly & Council of Respective States and Union Territories of India
  • Cabinet of Respective States and Union Territories of India
NominatorGovernor of Respective States and Union Territories of India

The deputy chief minister is a member of the state government and usually the second highest ranking executive officer of their state's council of ministers. While not a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers.[1] A deputy chief minister usually also holds a cabinet portfolio such as home minister or finance minister. In the parliamentary system of government, the chief minister is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy chief minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government.

Currently, only 15 states and 1 union territory (out of 25 states and 3 union territories) have deputy chief ministers. Out of these, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Odisha, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh have two deputy chief ministers each. No other state and union territory has more than one deputy chief minister in office.

The Bharatiya Janata Party has fifteen incumbents, the Indian National Congress has three, the National People's Party have two incumbents, the Jana Sena Party, the Nationalist Congress Party, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has one incumbent each. Of the 25 incumbents, two are woman — Pravati Parida in Odisha & Diya Kumari in Rajasthan. The longest-serving incumbent Deputy Chief Minister is Chowna Mein, who has served as the Deputy Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh since 17 July 2016 (for 8 years, 127 days). As of 21 November 2024, three states (Assam, Sikkim and Uttarakhand) and one union territory (Puducherry) have never had a deputy chief minister.

Current Indian deputy chief ministers

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Map shows the parties of the Incumbent Deputy Chief Ministers of Indian States
Colour key for parties
  Bharatiya Janata Party
  Indian National Congress
  Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  Jammu and Kashmir National Conference
  Janata Dal (United)
  Telugu Desam Party
  National People's Party
  Nationalist Congress Party
  Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
  Shiv Sena
  Janasena Party
State
(past deputy chief ministers) 		Name Portrait Took office
(tenure length) 		Party Chief Minister Alliance Ref
Andhra Pradesh
(list) 		Konidala Pawan Kalyan 12 June 2024
(162 days) 		Janasena Party N. Chandrababu Naidu NDA
Arunachal Pradesh
(list) 		Chowna Mein
16 July 2016
(8 years, 128 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Pema Khandu [2]
Bihar
(list) 		Samrat Chaudhary 28 January 2024
(298 days) 		Nitish Kumar
Vijay Kumar Sinha
Chhattisgarh
(list) 		Arun Sao
13 December 2023
(344 days) 		Vishnu Deo Sai [3]
Vijay Sharma
Himachal Pradesh
(list) 		Mukesh Agnihotri
11 December 2022
(1 year, 346 days) 		Indian National Congress Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu INDIA [4]
Jammu and Kashmir
(list) 		Surinder Kumar Choudhary 16 October 2024
(36 days) 		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Omar Abdullah
Karnataka
(list) 		D. K. Shivakumar
20 May 2023
(1 year, 185 days) 		Indian National Congress Siddaramaiah
Madhya Pradesh

(list)

Rajendra Shukla
13 December 2023
(344 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Mohan Yadav NDA
Jagdish Devda
Maharashtra
(list) 		Devendra Fadnavis
30 June 2022
(2 years, 144 days) 		Eknath Shinde [5]
Ajit Pawar
2 July 2023
(1 year, 142 days) 		Nationalist Congress Party
Meghalaya
(list) 		Prestone Tynsong
6 March 2018
(6 years, 260 days) 		National People's Party Conrad Sangma [6]
Sniawbhalang Dhar 7 March 2023
(1 year, 259 days)
Nagaland
(list) 		Yanthungo Patton
9 March 2018
(6 years, 257 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Neiphiu Rio [7]
T. R. Zeliang
7 March 2023
(1 year, 259 days) 		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
Odisha
(list) 		Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo
12 June 2024
(162 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Mohan Charan Majhi
Pravati Parida
Rajasthan
(list) 		Diya Kumari
Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped)
Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped)
 15 December 2023
(342 days) 		Bhajan Lal Sharma
Prem Chand Bairwa
Tamilnadu
(list) 		Udhayanidhi Stalin 28 September 2024
(54 days) 		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M.K.Stalin INDIA [8]
Telangana
(list) 		Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka
7 December 2023
(350 days) 		Indian National Congress Revanth Reddy
Uttar Pradesh
(list) 		Keshav Prasad Maurya
Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped)
Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped)
 19 March 2017
(7 years, 247 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Yogi Adityanath NDA
Brajesh Pathak Brajesh Pathak 25 March 2022
(2 years, 241 days) 		[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Rajendran, S. (13 July 2012). "Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. ^ Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet Ministers
  3. ^ "Chhattisgarh likely to have two Deputy CMS, Raman Singh as Speaker: Report". 10 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Congress turns the page in Himachal: Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu is CM". 10 December 2022.
  5. ^ Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion
  6. ^ "Prestone Tysong".
  7. ^ "BJP to get deputy cm in Nagaland". The Times of India. 6 March 2018.
  8. ^ [1]
  9. ^ "Sindhi Punjabi society congratulates Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak".
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