Deputy chief ministers of the Indian states and union territories
Deputy Chief Minister Style
Honourable (Inside India)
His/Her Excellency (Outside India)
Type Deputy Head of the State Government Abbreviation DYCM 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
Nominator Governor 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 14 states (out of 28 states and 8 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 and the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party has one incumbent each. Of the 23 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, 64 days). As of 19 September 2024, one state (Uttarakhand ) and one union territory (Puducherry ) have never had a deputy chief minister.
Current Indian deputy chief ministers [ edit ]
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 (99 days)
Janasena Party
N. Chandrababu Naidu
NDA
[ 2]
Arunachal Pradesh (list )
Chowna Mein
16 July 2016 (8 years, 65 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Pema Khandu
[ 3]
Bihar (list )
Samrat Chaudhary
28 January 2024 (235 days)
Nitish Kumar
Vijay Kumar Sinha
Chhattisgarh (list )
Arun Sao
13 December 2023 (281 days)
Vishnu Deo Sai
[ 4]
Vijay Sharma
Himachal Pradesh (list )
Mukesh Agnihotri
11 December 2022 (1 year, 283 days)
Indian National Congress
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
INDIA
[ 5]
Karnataka (list )
D. K. Shivakumar
20 May 2023 (1 year, 122 days)
Siddaramaiah
Madhya Pradesh
(list )
Rajendra Shukla
13 December 2023 ( 281 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Mohan Yadav
NDA
Jagdish Devda
Maharashtra (list )
Devendra Fadnavis
30 June 2022 (2 years, 81 days)
Eknath Shinde
[ 6]
Ajit Pawar
2 July 2023 (1 year, 79 days)
Nationalist Congress Party
Meghalaya (list )
Prestone Tynsong
6 March 2018 (6 years, 197 days)
National People's Party
Conrad Sangma
[ 7]
Sniawbhalang Dhar
7 March 2023 (1 year, 196 days)
Nagaland (list )
Yanthungo Patton
9 March 2018 (6 years, 194 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Neiphiu Rio
[ 8]
T. R. Zeliang
7 March 2023 (1 year, 196 days)
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
Odisha (list )
Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo
12 June 2024 (99 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Mohan Charan Majhi
Pravati Parida
Rajasthan (list )
Diya Kumari
Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped)
15 December 2023 ( 279 days)
Bhajan Lal Sharma
Prem Chand Bairwa
Telangana (list )
Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka
7 December 2023 (287 days)
Indian National Congress
Revanth Reddy
INDIA
Uttar Pradesh (list )
Keshav Prasad Maurya
Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped)
19 March 2017 (7 years, 184 days)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Yogi Adityanath
NDA
Brajesh Pathak
25 March 2022 (2 years, 178 days)
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