List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra

The deputy chief minister of Maharashtra is the deputy head of the executive branch of the Government of Maharashtra and the second highest ranking minister of the Council of Ministers.^[2][3][4]

Deputy Chief Ministers of Maharashtra
Seal of Maharashtra
Incumbent Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar since 5 December 2024
Deputy Chief Minister's Office (Maharashtra)
Style	The Honourable
Type	Deputy Chief Ministers
Status	Deputy Head of Government
Abbreviation	DCM
Member of	Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Maharashtra Legislative Council Cabinet
Seat	Mantralaya, Mumbai
Nominator	Chief Minister of Maharashtra
Appointer	Governor of Maharashtra
Term length	At the confidence of the assembly 5 years and is subject to no term limits.[1]
Inaugural holder	Nasikrao Tirpude (March 1978 – July 1978)
Formation	5 March 1978 (47 years ago) (1978-03-05)

List of deputy chief ministers

Source:^[5]

#	Portrait	Name	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Chief Minister	Party
1		Nashikrao Tirpude	Bhandara	5 March 1978	18 July 1978	135 days	5th (1978)	Vasantdada Patil	Indian National Congress
2		Sundarrao Solanke	Majalgaon	18 July 1978	17 February 1980	1 year, 214 days		Sharad Pawar	Indian Congress (Socialist)
3		Ramrao Adik	MLC	2 February 1983	5 March 1985	2 years, 31 days	6th (1980)	Vasantdada Patil	Indian National Congress
4		Gopinath Munde	Renapur	14 March 1995	18 October 1999	4 years, 218 days	9th (1995)	Manohar Joshi Narayan Rane	Bharatiya Janata Party
5		Chhagan Bhujbal	MLC	18 October 1999	23 December 2003	4 years, 66 days	10th (1999)	Vilasrao Deshmukh Sushilkumar Shinde	Nationalist Congress Party
6		Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil	Malshiras	25 December 2003	1 November 2004	312 days		Sushilkumar Shinde
7		R. R. Patil	Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal	1 November 2004	8 December 2008	4 years, 37 days	11th (2004)	Vilasrao Deshmukh
(5)		Chhagan Bhujbal	Yevla	8 December 2008	7 November 2009	1 year, 338 days		Ashok Chavan
				7 November 2009	11 November 2010		12th (2009)
8		Ajit Pawar	Baramati	11 November 2010	25 September 2012	1 year, 319 days		Prithviraj Chavan
				7 December 2012	28 September 2014	1 year, 295 days
				23 November 2019	26 November 2019	3 days	14th (2019)	Devendra Fadnavis
				30 December 2019	29 June 2022	2 years, 181 days		Uddhav Thackeray
9		Devendra Fadnavis	Nagpur South West	30 June 2022	5 December 2024	2 years, 158 days		Eknath Shinde	Bharatiya Janata Party
(8)		Ajit Pawar	Baramati	2 July 2023		1 year, 323 days			Nationalist Congress Party
				5 December 2024	Incumbent		15th (2024)	Devendra Fadnavis
10		Eknath Shinde	Kopri-Pachpakhadi	5 December 2024		167 days			Shiv Sena

Statistics

List by deputy chief minister

Deputy Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
			Longest continuous term	Total duration of deputy chief ministership
Ajit Pawar*		NCP*	2 years, 181 days	8 years, 26 days*
Chhagan Bhujbal		NCP	4 years, 66 days	6 years, 39 days
R. R. Patil		NCP	4 years, 37 days	4 years, 37 days
Gopinath Munde		BJP	4 years, 218 days	4 years, 218 days
Devendra Fadnavis		BJP	2 years, 158 days	2 years, 158 days
Ramrao Adik		INC	2 years, 31 days	2 years, 31 days
Sundarrao Solanke		IC(S)	1 year, 214 days	1 year, 214 days
Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil		NCP	312 days	312 days
Eknath Shinde*		SS*	167 days*	167 days*
Nasikrao Tirpude		INC	135 days	135 days

See also

• List of governors of Maharashtra
• List of chief ministers of Maharashtra
• List of chairpersons of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
• List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of deputy speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Council
• List of deputy leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
• List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council
• Chief minister (India)