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-The '''Deputy Prime Minister of India''' is the deputy to the [[Prime Minister of India]], who is head of the [[government of India]]. The deputy prime minister is the second highest ranking member of the [[Union Council of Ministers]].<ref name="dpmconsti">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/of-deputy-chief-ministers-and-the-constitution/article3632410.ece|title=Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution|access-date=7 November 2017|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2012-07-13|last1=Rajendran|first1=S.}}</ref> A deputy prime minister usually also holds a senior cabinet portfolio such as the [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|home minister]], [[Minister of Defence (India)|defence minister]] or [[Minister of Finance (India)|finance minister]] or [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|foreign minister]]. In the [[parliamentary system]] of government, the [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister]] is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy prime minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a [[coalition government]] or in times of national emergency, when a proper [[command hierarchy|chain of command]] is necessary. On multiple occasions, proposals have arisen to make the post permanent, but without result. The same goes for the post of deputy chief minister at the state level.
+The '''Deputy Prime Minister of India''' ([[International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration|IAST]]: ''Bhārat ke Up Pradhānamantri''), officially the '''Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of India''', is the deputy to the [[Prime Minister of India]], who is head of the [[government of India]]. The deputy prime minister is the second highest-ranking member of the [[Union Council of Ministers]].<ref name="dpmconsti">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/of-deputy-chief-ministers-and-the-constitution/article3632410.ece|title=Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution|access-date=7 November 2017|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2012-07-13|last1=Rajendran|first1=S.}}</ref> A deputy prime minister usually also holds a senior cabinet portfolio such as the [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|home minister]], [[Minister of Defence (India)|defence minister]] or [[Minister of Finance (India)|finance minister]] or [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|foreign minister]]. In the [[parliamentary system]] of government, the [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister]] is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy prime minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a [[coalition government]] or in times of national emergency, when a proper [[command hierarchy|chain of command]] is necessary. On multiple occasions, proposals have arisen to make the post permanent, but without result. The same goes for the post of deputy chief minister at the state level.
 The office has since been only intermittently occupied, having been occupied for a little more than 10 years out of the 73 years since its inception. Since 1947 India has had 7 deputy prime ministers, of which none having at least one full term. The first was [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] party, who was sworn in on 15 August 1947, when India [[Indian Independence Act 1947|gained independence]] from the [[British Raj]]. Serving until his death in December 1950, Patel remains India's longest-serving deputy prime minister. The post was vacant until [[Morarji Desai]] became the second deputy prime minister in 1967 and has the second-longest tenure. Morarji Desai and [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]] were the deputy prime ministers who later became [[Prime Minister of India]]. [[Babu Jagjivan Ram]] and [[Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan]] became deputy prime ministers consecutively without the break in different ministries. [[Chaudhary Devi Lal]] is the only deputy prime minister to represent both parties in the same post. [[Lal Krishna Advani]] was the seventh and last person to serve as the deputy prime minister of India until the post became vacant.
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 == List ==
 ;Key
-* №: Incumbent number
+* No.: Incumbent number
 * {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office
 * {{note label|§|§|§}} Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
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 ==Living former deputy prime ministers==
-As of {{Currentday}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, there is only one living former deputy prime minister of India:
+As of {{Currentday}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, there is only one living former deputy prime minister of India:
 <gallery class="center" caption="Living former deputy prime ministers">
 File:L.K. Advani.jpg|[[Lal Krishna Advani]]<br/>(2002–2004)<br />{{birth date and age|1927|11|08|df=y}}
 </gallery>
 ==See also==

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{{Infobox political post
| border = parliamentary
| minister = not_prime
| post = [[Deputy Prime Minister]]
| body = [[India]]
| native_name = {{lang|hi-Latn|Bhārat ke Up Pradhānamantri}}
| insignia = Emblem of India.svg
| insigniasize = 50px
| insigniacaption = [[State Emblem of India]]
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flagsize = 110px
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| flagborder = yes
| image =
| imagesize =
| incumbent = ''Vacant''
| incumbentsince = 23 May 2004
| memberof = [[Parliament of India]] [[Union Council of Ministers]]
| nominator = [[Prime Minister of India]]
| appointer = [[President of India]]
| inaugural = [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]]
| formation = {{Start date and age|1947|08|15|df=y}}
}}

The '''Deputy Prime Minister of India''' is the deputy to the [[Prime Minister of India]], who is head of the [[government of India]]. The deputy prime minister is the second highest ranking member of the [[Union Council of Ministers]].<ref name="dpmconsti">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/of-deputy-chief-ministers-and-the-constitution/article3632410.ece|title=Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution|access-date=7 November 2017|newspaper=The Hindu|date=2012-07-13|last1=Rajendran|first1=S.}}</ref> A deputy prime minister usually also holds a senior cabinet portfolio such as the [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|home minister]], [[Minister of Defence (India)|defence minister]] or [[Minister of Finance (India)|finance minister]] or [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|foreign minister]]. In the [[parliamentary system]] of government, the [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister]] is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy prime minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a [[coalition government]] or in times of national emergency, when a proper [[command hierarchy|chain of command]] is necessary. On multiple occasions, proposals have arisen to make the post permanent, but without result. The same goes for the post of deputy chief minister at the state level.

The office has since been only intermittently occupied, having been occupied for a little more than 10 years out of the 73 years since its inception. Since 1947 India has had 7 deputy prime ministers, of which none having at least one full term. The first was [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] party, who was sworn in on 15 August 1947, when India [[Indian Independence Act 1947|gained independence]] from the [[British Raj]]. Serving until his death in December 1950, Patel remains India's longest-serving deputy prime minister. The post was vacant until [[Morarji Desai]] became the second deputy prime minister in 1967 and has the second-longest tenure. Morarji Desai and [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]] were the deputy prime ministers who later became [[Prime Minister of India]]. [[Babu Jagjivan Ram]] and [[Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan]] became deputy prime ministers consecutively without the break in different ministries. [[Chaudhary Devi Lal]] is the only deputy prime minister to represent both parties in the same post. [[Lal Krishna Advani]] was the seventh and last person to serve as the deputy prime minister of India until the post became vacant.

The current government does not have a deputy prime minister and the post has been vacant since 23 May 2004.

== List ==
;Key
* №: Incumbent number
* {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office
* {{note label|§|§|§}} Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
* {{note label|RES|RES|RES}} Resigned
* {{note label|NC|NC|NC}} Resigned following a [[no-confidence motion]]

{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
! colspan="12" |{{Party name with color box|Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP}} (1){{pad}}{{Party name with color box|Indian National Congress|INC}} (2){{pad}}{{Party name with color box|Indian National Congress (U)|INC(U)}} (1) {{pad}}{{Party name with color box|Janata Dal|JD}} (1){{pad}}{{Party name with color box|Janata Party|JP}} (2){{pad}}{{Party name with color box|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)}} (1)
|-
! No.
! Portrait
! colspan="2" style="width:18%;"| Name
{{nowrap|(Birth–Death)}}
! style="width:12%;"|Elected Constituency
! style="width:12%;"|Political Party{{efn|name=party|This column only names the deputy prime minister's party. The central government he heads with prime minister may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}
! colspan=3 style="width:27%;"|Term of office<ref name="term">The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period</ref>
! colspan="2" |Prime Minister
! Appointed by
|-
! 1
| [[File:Vallabhbhai Patel 1975 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]]''' (1875–1950)
| style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
| ''Did not contest''
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 15 August 1947
| 15 December 1950{{ref label|†|†|†}}
| {{age in years and days|1947|08|15|1950|12|15}}
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
| [[Louis Mountbatten]]
|-
| colspan="12" bgcolor="black" | {{ font color | white | black | '''Vacant (16 December 1950 – 12 March 1967)''' }}
|-
! 2
| [[File:Morarji Desai 1997 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Morarji Desai]]''' (1896–1995)
| style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
| [[Surat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Surat]], [[Gujarat]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 13 March 1967
| 19 July 1969{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
| {{age in years and days|1967|03|13|1969|07|19}}
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
| style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}"|
| [[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]
|-
| colspan="12" bgcolor="black" | {{ font color | white | black | '''Vacant (20 July 1969 – 23 January 1979)''' }}
|-
! 3
| [[File:Charan Singh 1990 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Chaudhary Charan Singh]]''' (1902–1987)
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
| [[Baghpat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baghpat]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| [[Janata Party]]
| 24 January 1979
| 16 July 1979{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
| {{age in years and days|1979|01|24|1979|07|16}}
| rowspan = "2" | [[Morarji Desai]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
| rowspan = "3" | [[Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy]]
|-
! 4
| [[File:Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Babu Jagjivan Ram]]''' (1908–1986)
| [[Sasaram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sasaram]], [[Bihar]]
| [[Janata Party]]
| 24 January 1979
| 28 July 1979{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
| {{age in years and days|1979|01|24|1979|07|28}}
|-
! 5
| [[File:Yashwantrao Chavan 2010 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan]]''' (1913–1984)
| style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress (U)/meta/color}}"|
| [[Satara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Satara]], [[Maharashtra]]
| [[Indian National Congress (U)]]
| 28 July 1979
| 14 January 1980
| {{age in years and days|1979|07|28|1980|01|14}}
| [[Charan Singh]]
| style="background-color: {{Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color}}"|
|-
| colspan="12" bgcolor="black" | {{ font color | white | black | '''Vacant (15 January 1980 – 1 December 1989)''' }}
|-
! 6
| [[File:Chaudhary Devi Lal 2001 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Chaudhary Devi Lal]]''' (1915–2001)
| style="background-color: {{Janata Dal/meta/color}}"|
| [[Rohtak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rohtak]], [[Haryana]] and [[Sikar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sikar]], [[Rajasthan]]
| [[Janata Dal]]
| 2 December 1989
| 1 August 1990
| {{age in years and days|1989|12|02|1990|08|01}}
| [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]
| style="background-color: {{Janata Dal/meta/color}}"|
| [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]
|-
| colspan="12" bgcolor="black" | {{ font color | white | black | '''Vacant (2 August 1990 – 9 November 1990)''' }}
|-
! (6)
| [[File:Chaudhary Devi Lal 2001 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Chaudhary Devi Lal]]''' (1915–2001)
| style="background-color: {{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}"|
| [[Rohtak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rohtak]], [[Haryana]] and [[Sikar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sikar]], [[Rajasthan]]
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
| 10 November 1990
| 21 June 1991
| {{age in years and days|1990|11|10|1991|06|21}}
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
| style="background-color: {{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}"|
| [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]
|-
| colspan="12" bgcolor="black" | {{ font color | white | black | '''Vacant (22 June 1991 – 28 June 2002)''' }}
|-
! 7
| [[File:L.K. Advani.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Lal Krishna Advani]]''' (1927–)
| style="background-color: {{BJP/meta/color}}"|
| [[Gandhinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gandhinagar]], [[Gujarat]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 29 June 2002
| 22 May 2004
| {{age in years and days|2002|06|29|2004|05|22}}
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| style="background-color: {{BJP/meta/color}}"|
| [[K. R. Narayanan]]
|-
| colspan="12" bgcolor="black" | {{ font color | white | black | '''Vacant (Since 23 May 2004)''' }}
|}

==Statistics==
;List of deputy prime ministers by length of term
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
|-
! data-sort-type=number rowspan = "2" | {{Tooltip|No.}}
! rowspan = "2" | Name
! rowspan = "2" | Party
! colspan = "2" | Length of term
|-
! Longest continuous term
! Total years of deputy premiership
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 1
| [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]]
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 3 years, 122 days
| 3 years, 122 days
|-
|-
! data-sort-value="2" | 2
| [[Morarji Desai]]
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 2 years, 128 days
| 2 years, 128 days
|-
! data-sort-value="3" | 3
| [[Lal Krishna Advani]]
| [[BJP]]
| 1 year, 328 days
| 1 year, 328 days
|-
! data-sort-value="4" | 4
| [[Chaudhary Devi Lal]]
| [[Janata Dal|JD]]/[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]]
| 242 days
| 1 year, 100 days
|-
! data-sort-value="5" | 5
| [[Babu Jagjivan Ram]]
| [[Janata Party|JP]]
| 185 days
| 185 days
|-
! data-sort-value="6" | 6
| [[Chaudhary Charan Singh]]
| [[Janata Party|JP]]
| 173 days
| 173 days
|-
! data-sort-value="7" | 7
| [[Yashwantrao Balwantrao Chavan]]
| [[Indian National Congress (U)|INC(U)]]
| 170 days
| 170 days
|}

;Timeline
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from: 10/11/1990 till: 21/06/1991 color:sjpr text:"[[Chaudhary Devi Lal]]" fontsize:10
from: 22/06/1991 till: 28/06/2002 color:vacant text:"[[Vacant]]" fontsize:10
from: 29/06/2002 till: 22/05/2004 color:bjp text:"[[Lal Krishna Advani]]" fontsize:10
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;List by party
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
|+Political parties by total timespan of their member holding [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Deputy Prime Minister's Office]] ({{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}})
|-
! data-sort-type=number | {{Tooltip|No.}}
! Political party
! data-sort-type=number | Number of Deputy prime ministers
! Total days of holding DPMO
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 1
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| data-sort-type=6 | 2
| 2077 days
|-
! data-sort-value="2" | 2
| [[BJP]]
| data-sort-type=2 | 1
| 693 days
|-
! data-sort-value="3" | 3
| [[Janata Party|JP]]
| data-sort-type=1 | 2
| 358 days
|-
! data-sort-value="4" | 4
| [[Janata Dal|JD]]
| data-sort-type=3 | 1
| 242 days
|-
! data-sort-value="5" | 5
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]]
| data-sort-type=1 | 1
| 223 days
|-
! data-sort-value="6" | 6
| [[Indian National Congress (U)|INC(U)]]
| data-sort-type=1 | 1
| 170 days
|}

;Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Deputy Prime Minister's Office
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| x legends = INC : BJP : JP : JD : SJP(R) : INC(U)}}

==Living former deputy prime ministers==
As of {{Currentday}}{{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}}, there is only one living former deputy prime minister of India:

<gallery class="center" caption="Living former deputy prime ministers">
File:L.K. Advani.jpg|[[Lal Krishna Advani]] (2002–2004) {{birth date and age|1927|11|08|df=y}}
</gallery>

The most recent death of a former deputy prime minister was that of [[Chaudhary Devi Lal]] on 6 April 2001, aged 85.

==See also==
* [[President of India]]
* [[Vice President of India]]
* [[Prime Minister of India]]
* [[List of presidents of India]]
* [[List of vice presidents of India]]
* [[List of prime ministers of India]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Deputy Prime Ministers of India}}
{{Heads of the Ministries of the Government of India}}
{{Bharatiya Janata Party}}

[[Category:Indian Deputy Prime Ministers| ]]
[[Category:Lists of political office-holders in India]]