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List of current Indian deputy chief ministers

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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.

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


Currently, only 12 states (out of 28 states and 8 union territories) have deputy chief ministers. Out of these, Bihar, 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 thirteen incumbents, the Indian National Congress has three, the National People's Party have two incumbents and the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, the Nationalist Congress Party and the Jananayak Janata Party have one incumbent each. Of the twenty 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, 330 days). As of 11 June 2024, one state (Uttarakhand) and one union territory (Puducherry) have never had a deputy chief minister.

Current Indian deputy chief ministers edit

Colour key for parties
  Bharatiya Janata Party
  Indian National Congress
  Janata Dal (United)
  National People's Party
  Nationalist Congress Party
  Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
  Shiv Sena
State
(past deputy chief ministers) 		Name Portrait Took office
(tenure length) 		Party Chief Minister Alliance Ref
Arunachal Pradesh
(list) 		Chowna Mein
 
 16 July 2016
(7 years, 331 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Pema Khandu NDA [2]
Bihar
(list) 		Samrat Chaudhary   28 January 2024
(135 days) 		Nitish Kumar
Vijay Kumar Sinha  
Chhattisgarh
(list) 		Arun Sao   13 December 2023
(181 days) 		Vishnu Deo Sai [3]
Vijay Sharma  
Himachal Pradesh
(list) 		Mukesh Agnihotri
 
 11 December 2022
(1 year, 183 days) 		Indian National Congress Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu INDIA [4]
Karnataka
(list) 		D. K. Shivakumar
 
 20 May 2023
(1 year, 22 days) 		Siddaramaiah
Madhya Pradesh

(list)

Rajendra Shukla
 
 13 December 2023
(181 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Mohan Yadav NDA
Jagdish Devda
 
Maharashtra
(list) 		Devendra Fadnavis
 
 30 June 2022
(1 year, 347 days) 		Eknath Shinde [5]
Ajit Pawar
 
 2 July 2023
(345 days) 		Nationalist Congress Party
Meghalaya
(list) 		Prestone Tynsong
 
 6 March 2018
(6 years, 97 days) 		National People's Party Conrad Sangma [6]
Sniawbhalang Dhar 7 March 2023
(1 year, 96 days)
Nagaland
(list) 		Yanthungo Patton
 
 9 March 2018
(6 years, 94 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Neiphiu Rio [7]
T. R. Zeliang
 
 7 March 2023
(1 year, 96 days) 		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
Odisha
(list) 		Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo
 
 12 June 2024
(−1 day) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Mohan Charan Majhi
Pravati Parida
Rajasthan
(list) 		Diya Kumari
 
Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped)
 15 December 2023
(179 days) 		Bhajan Lal Sharma
Prem Chand Bairwa  
Telangana
(list) 		Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka
 
 7 December 2023
(187 days) 		Indian National Congress Revanth Reddy INDIA
Uttar Pradesh
(list) 		Keshav Prasad Maurya
 
Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped)
 19 March 2017
(7 years, 84 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Yogi Adityanath NDA
Brajesh Pathak   25 March 2022
(2 years, 78 days) 		[8]

See also edit

References edit

  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. ^ "Sindhi Punjabi society congratulates Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak".
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