List of current Indian deputy chief ministers

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 9 years, 251 days). As of 25 March 2026, one state (Uttarakhand) and one union territory (Puducherry) have never had a deputy chief minister.

Current Indian deputy chief ministers

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
(1 year, 286 days) 		Janasena Party N. Chandrababu Naidu NDA
Arunachal Pradesh
(list) 		Chowna Mein 16 July 2016
(9 years, 252 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Pema Khandu [2]
Bihar
(list) 		Samrat Chaudhary 28 January 2024
(2 years, 56 days) 		Nitish Kumar
Vijay Kumar Sinha
Chhattisgarh
(list) 		Arun Sao 13 December 2023
(2 years, 102 days) 		Vishnu Deo Sai [3]
Vijay Sharma
Gujarat
(list) 		Harsh Sanghavi 17 October 2025
(159 days) 		Bhupendrabhai Patel
Himachal Pradesh
(list) 		Mukesh Agnihotri 11 December 2022
(3 years, 104 days) 		Indian National Congress Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu INDIA [4]
Jammu and Kashmir
(list) 		Surinder Kumar Choudhary 16 October 2024
(1 year, 160 days) 		Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Omar Abdullah
Karnataka
(list) 		D. K. Shivakumar 20 May 2023
(2 years, 309 days) 		Indian National Congress Siddaramaiah
Madhya Pradesh

(list)

Rajendra Shukla 13 December 2023
(2 years, 102 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Mohan Yadav NDA
Jagdish Devda
Maharashtra
(list) 		Eknath Shinde 5 December 2024
(1 year, 110 days) 		Shiv Sena Devendra Fadnavis [5]
Sunetra Pawar 31 January 2026
(53 days) 		Nationalist Congress Party
Manipur
(list) 		Nemcha Kipgen 4 February 2026
(49 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Y. Khemchand Singh
Losii Dikho Naga People's Front
Meghalaya
(list) 		Prestone Tynsong 6 March 2018
(8 years, 19 days) 		National People's Party Conrad Sangma [6]
Sniawbhalang Dhar 7 March 2023
(3 years, 18 days)
Nagaland
(list) 		Yanthungo Patton 9 March 2018
(8 years, 16 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Neiphiu Rio [7]
T. R. Zeliang 7 March 2023
(3 years, 18 days) 		Naga People's Front
Odisha
(list) 		Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo 12 June 2024
(1 year, 286 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Mohan Charan Majhi
Pravati Parida
Prem Chand Bairwa
Rajasthan
(list) 		Diya Kumari 15 December 2023
(2 years, 100 days) 		Bhajan Lal Sharma
Tamil Nadu
(list) 		Udhayanidhi Stalin 28 September 2024
(1 year, 178 days) 		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. K. Stalin INDIA [8]
Telangana
(list) 		Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka 7 December 2023
(2 years, 108 days) 		Indian National Congress Revanth Reddy
Uttar Pradesh
(list) 		Keshav Prasad Maurya 19 March 2017
(9 years, 6 days) 		Bharatiya Janata Party Yogi Adityanath NDA
Brajesh Pathak 25 March 2022
(4 years, 0 days)

See also

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.
  8. ^ [1]
  9. ^ "Sindhi Punjabi society congratulates Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak".
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