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 13 states (out of 28 states and 8 union territories) have deputy chief ministers. Out of these, Andhra Pradesh has five deputy chief ministers while Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Nagaland, 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 eleven incumbents, the YSR Congress Party has five, the Indian National Congress and the National People's Party have two incumbents each and the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the Nationalist Congress Party and the Jananayak Janata Party have one incumbent each. Of the twenty five incumbents, only one is a woman — 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 7 years, 180 days). As of 13 January 2024, one state (Uttarakhand) and one union territory (Puducherry) have never had a deputy chief minister.

Current Indian deputy chief ministers

Colour key for parties
  Bharatiya Janata Party
  Indian National Congress
  Janata Dal (United)
  Jannayak Janta Party
  Mizo National Front
  National People's Party
  Nationalist Congress Party
  Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
  Shiv Sena
  YSR Congress Party
  Zoram People's Movement
State
(past deputy chief ministers)		 Name Portrait Took office
(tenure length)		 Party Chief Minister Alliance Ref
Andhra Pradesh
(list)		 Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari 8 June 2019
(4 years, 219 days)		 YSR Congress Party Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy None [2]
K. Narayana Swamy
Budi Mutyala Naidu 11 April 2022
(1 year, 277 days)
Kottu Satyanarayana
Rajanna Dora Peedika [3]
Arunachal Pradesh
(list)		 Chowna Mein
16 July 2016
(7 years, 181 days)		 Bharatiya Janata Party Pema Khandu NDA [4]
Bihar
(list)		 Tejashwi Yadav
10 August 2022
(1 year, 156 days)		 Rashtriya Janata Dal Nitish Kumar INDIA [5]
Chhattisgarh
(list)		 Arun Sao
13 December 2023
(31 days)		 Bharatiya Janata Party Vishnu Deo Sai NDA [6]
Vijay Sharma
Haryana
(list)		 Dushyant Chautala
27 October 2019
(4 years, 78 days)		 Jannayak Janta Party Manohar Lal Khattar [7]
Himachal Pradesh
(list)		 Mukesh Agnihotri
11 December 2022
(1 year, 33 days)		 Indian National Congress Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu INDIA [8]
Karnataka
(list)		 D. K. Shivakumar
20 May 2023
(238 days)		 Indian National Congress Siddaramaiah
Madhya Pradesh

(list)

 Rajendra Shukla
13 December 2023
(31 days)		 Bharatiya Janata Party Mohan Yadav NDA
Jagdish Devda
Maharashtra
(list)		 Devendra Fadnavis
30 June 2022
(1 year, 197 days)		 Bharatiya Janata Party Eknath Shinde [9]
Ajit Pawar
2 July 2023
(195 days)		 Nationalist Congress Party
Meghalaya
(list)		 Prestone Tynsong
6 March 2018
(5 years, 313 days)		 National People's Party Conrad Sangma [10]
Sniawbhalang Dhar 7 March 2023
(312 days)
Nagaland
(list)		 Yanthungo Patton
9 March 2018
(5 years, 310 days)		 Bharatiya Janata Party Neiphiu Rio [11]
T. R. Zeliang
7 March 2023
(312 days)		 Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
Rajasthan
(list)		 Diya Kumari
Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped)
Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped)
 15 December 2023
(29 days)		 Bharatiya Janata Party Bhajan Lal Sharma
Prem Chand Bairwa
Uttar Pradesh
(list)		 Keshav Prasad Maurya
Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped)
Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped)
 19 March 2017
(6 years, 300 days)		 Bharatiya Janata Party Yogi Adityanath [12]
Brajesh Pathak
Brajesh Pathak
Brajesh Pathak
 25 March 2022
(1 year, 294 days)		 [13]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rajendran, S. (13 July 2012). "Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. ↑ Mayabrahma, Roja (2019-06-09). "Andhra Pradesh: Know about the five deputy chief ministers in YS Jagan's cabinet". www.thehansindia.com. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  3. ↑ "Portfolio allocated to newly appointed ministers in Andhra cabinet". Business World. Retrieved 2020-10-05.
  4. ↑ Arunachal Pradesh Cabinet Ministers
  5. ↑ "BJP's Tarkishore Prasad is one of the two new deputy Bihar CMS". 17 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Chhattisgarh likely to have two Deputy CMS, Raman Singh as Speaker: Report". 10 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Khattar takes oath as Haryana CM, Dushyant Chautala as deputy CM
  8. ↑ "Congress turns the page in Himachal: Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu is CM". 10 December 2022.
  9. ↑ Maharashtra Cabinet Expansion
  10. ↑ "Prestone Tysong".
  11. ↑ "BJP to get deputy cm in Nagaland". The Times of India. 6 March 2018.
  12. ↑ "हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर". 19 November 2016.
  13. ↑ "Sindhi Punjabi society congratulates Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak".
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