List of current Indian deputy chief ministers

For definition, see Deputy Chief Minister (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.

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

Currently, only 15 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, 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 fourteen incumbents, the Indian National Congress has three, the National People's Party have two incumbents, the Jana Sena Party, the Nationalist Congress Party, the Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Shiv Sena and the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference has one incumbent each. Of the 25 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, 159 days). As of 23 December 2024, three states (Assam, Sikkim and Uttarakhand) and one union territory (Puducherry) have never had a deputy chief minister.

Current Indian deputy chief ministers

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   National People's Party	Nationalist Congress Party   Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party   Shiv Sena   Janasena Party

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 (194 days)	Janasena Party		N. Chandrababu Naidu		NDA
Arunachal Pradesh (list)	Chowna Mein		16 July 2016 (8 years, 160 days)	Bharatiya Janata Party		Pema Khandu				[2]
Bihar (list)	Samrat Chaudhary		28 January 2024 (330 days)			Nitish Kumar
	Vijay Kumar Sinha
Chhattisgarh (list)	Arun Sao		13 December 2023 (1 year, 10 days)			Vishnu Deo Sai				[3]
	Vijay Sharma
Himachal Pradesh (list)	Mukesh Agnihotri		11 December 2022 (2 years, 12 days)	Indian National Congress		Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu		INDIA		[4]
Jammu and Kashmir (list)	Surinder Kumar Choudhary		16 October 2024 (68 days)	Jammu and Kashmir National Conference		Omar Abdullah
Karnataka (list)	D. K. Shivakumar		20 May 2023 (1 year, 217 days)	Indian National Congress		Siddaramaiah
Madhya Pradesh (list)	Rajendra Shukla		13 December 2023 (1 year, 10 days)	Bharatiya Janata Party		Mohan Yadav		NDA
	Jagdish Devda
Maharashtra (list)	Eknath Shinde		5 December 2024 (18 days)	Shiv Sena		Devendra Fadnavis				[5]
	Ajit Pawar		2 July 2023 (1 year, 174 days)	Nationalist Congress Party
Meghalaya (list)	Prestone Tynsong		6 March 2018 (6 years, 292 days)	National People's Party		Conrad Sangma				[6]
	Sniawbhalang Dhar		7 March 2023 (1 year, 291 days)
Nagaland (list)	Yanthungo Patton		9 March 2018 (6 years, 289 days)	Bharatiya Janata Party		Neiphiu Rio				[7]
	T. R. Zeliang		7 March 2023 (1 year, 291 days)	Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
Odisha (list)	Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo		12 June 2024 (194 days)	Bharatiya Janata Party		Mohan Charan Majhi
	Pravati Parida
Rajasthan (list)	Diya Kumari	Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped)	15 December 2023 (1 year, 8 days)			Bhajan Lal Sharma
	Prem Chand Bairwa
Tamil Nadu (list)	Udhayanidhi Stalin		28 September 2024 (86 days)	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		M. K. Stalin		INDIA		[8]
Telangana (list)	Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka		7 December 2023 (1 year, 16 days)	Indian National Congress		Revanth Reddy
Uttar Pradesh (list)	Keshav Prasad Maurya	Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped)	19 March 2017 (7 years, 279 days)	Bharatiya Janata Party		Yogi Adityanath		NDA
	Brajesh Pathak		25 March 2022 (2 years, 273 days)							[9]

See also

• List of current Indian governors and List of current Indian lieutenant governors and administrators
• List of current Indian chief ministers
• List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers
• List of female chief ministers in India and List of female deputy chief ministers in India
• List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party
• List of chief ministers from the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• List of chief ministers from the Indian National Congress
• List of deputy prime ministers of India

References

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