List of current Indian deputy chief ministers

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For definition, see Chief minister (India) § Deputy Chief Minister.
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 17 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,Manipur , 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 seventeen incumbents, the Indian National Congress has three, the Naga People's Front and the National People's Party have two incumbents, the Jana Sena Party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Nationalist Congress Party, Shiv Sena and the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has one incumbent each. Of the 28 incumbents, four are woman — Sunetra Pawar in Maharashtra, Nemcha Kipgen in Manipur,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 10 years, 11 days). As of 28 July 2026, one state (Uttarakhand) and one union territory (Puducherry) have never had a deputy chief minister.

Current Indian deputy chief ministers[edit | edit source]

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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
  Nationalist Congress Party
  National People's Party
  Naga People's Front
  Shiv Sena
  Janasena Party
State
(past deputy chief ministers) 		Portrait Name Took office
(tenure length) 		Party Chief Minister Alliance Ref
Andhra Pradesh
(list) 		Konidala Pawan Kalyan 12 June 2024
(2 years, 46 days) 		Janasena Party N. Chandrababu Naidu NDA
Arunachal Pradesh
(list)
Chowna Mein 16 July 2016
(10 years, 12 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Pema Khandu [2]
Bihar
(list) 		Samrat Chaudhary 28 January 2024
(2 years, 181 days) 		Nitish Kumar
Vijay Kumar Sinha
Chhattisgarh
(list)
Arun Sao 13 December 2023
(2 years, 227 days) 		Vishnu Deo Sai [3]
Vijay Sharma
Gujarat
(list)
Harsh Sanghavi 17 October 2025
(284 days) 		Bhupendrabhai Patel
Himachal Pradesh
(list)
Mukesh Agnihotri 11 December 2022
(3 years, 229 days) 		Indian National Congress Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu INDIA [4]
Jammu and Kashmir
(list) 		Surinder Kumar Choudhary 16 October 2024
(1 year, 285 days) 		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Omar Abdullah
Karnataka
(list)
D. K. Shivakumar 20 May 2023
(3 years, 69 days) 		Indian National Congress Siddaramaiah
Madhya Pradesh

(list)

Rajendra Shukla 13 December 2023
(2 years, 227 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Mohan Yadav NDA
Jagdish Devda
Maharashtra
(list)
Eknath Shinde 5 December 2024
(1 year, 235 days) 		Shiv Sena Devendra Fadnavis [5]
Sunetra Pawar 31 January 2026
(178 days) 		Nationalist Congress Party
Manipur
(list) 		Nemcha Kipgen 4 February 2026
(174 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Y. Khemchand Singh
Losii Dikho Naga People's Front
Meghalaya
(list)
Prestone Tynsong 6 March 2018
(8 years, 144 days) 		National People's Party Conrad Sangma [6]
Sniawbhalang Dhar 7 March 2023
(3 years, 143 days)
Nagaland
(list)
Yanthungo Patton 9 March 2018
(8 years, 141 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Neiphiu Rio [7]
T. R. Zeliang 7 March 2023
(3 years, 143 days) 		Naga People's Front
Odisha
(list)
Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo 12 June 2024
(2 years, 46 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Mohan Charan Majhi
Pravati Parida
Prem Chand Bairwa
Rajasthan
(list) 		Diya Kumari 15 December 2023
(2 years, 225 days) 		Bhajan Lal Sharma
Tamil Nadu
(list) 		Udhayanidhi Stalin 28 September 2024
(1 year, 303 days) 		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. K. Stalin INDIA [8]
Telangana
(list)
Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka 7 December 2023
(2 years, 233 days) 		Indian National Congress Revanth Reddy
Uttar Pradesh
(list)
Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped)
Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped)
 Keshav Prasad Maurya 19 March 2017
(9 years, 131 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Yogi Adityanath NDA
Brajesh Pathak Brajesh Pathak 25 March 2022
(4 years, 125 days)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  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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