List of current Indian deputy chief ministers

List of current Indian deputy chief ministers

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. 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, 252 days). As of 26 March 2026, one state (Uttarakhand) and one union territory (Puducherry) have never had a deputy chief minister.

Current Indian deputy chief ministers

List of current Indian deputy chief ministers

Map shows the parties of the incumbent deputy chief ministers of Indian states

<table><thead><tr><th>Colour key for parties</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>  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</td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th>State (past deputy chief ministers)</th><th>Portrait</th><th>Name</th><th>Took office (tenure length)</th><th>Party</th><th>Chief Minister</th><th>Alliance</th><th>Ref</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Andhra Pradesh (list)</td><td></td><td>Konidala Pawan Kalyan</td><td>12 June 2024 (1 year, 287 days)</td><td>Janasena Party</td><td></td><td>N. Chandrababu Naidu</td><td></td><td>NDA</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Arunachal Pradesh (list)</td><td></td><td>Chowna Mein</td><td>16 July 2016 (9 years, 253 days)</td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td></td><td>Pema Khandu</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bihar (list)</td><td></td><td>Samrat Chaudhary</td><td>28 January 2024 (2 years, 57 days)</td><td>Nitish Kumar</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Vijay Kumar Sinha</td></tr><tr><td>Chhattisgarh (list)</td><td></td><td>Arun Sao</td><td>13 December 2023 (2 years, 103 days)</td><td>Vishnu Deo Sai</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Vijay Sharma</td></tr><tr><td>Gujarat (list)</td><td></td><td>Harsh Sanghavi</td><td>17 October 2025 (160 days)</td><td>Bhupendrabhai Patel</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Himachal Pradesh (list)</td><td></td><td>Mukesh Agnihotri</td><td>11 December 2022 (3 years, 105 days)</td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td></td><td>Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu</td><td></td><td>INDIA</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Jammu and Kashmir (list)</td><td></td><td>Surinder Kumar Choudhary</td><td>16 October 2024 (1 year, 161 days)</td><td>Jammu and Kashmir National Conference</td><td></td><td>Omar Abdullah</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Karnataka (list)</td><td></td><td>D. K. Shivakumar</td><td>20 May 2023 (2 years, 310 days)</td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td></td><td>Siddaramaiah</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Madhya Pradesh (list)</td><td></td><td>Rajendra Shukla</td><td>13 December 2023 (2 years, 103 days)</td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td></td><td>Mohan Yadav</td><td></td><td>NDA</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Jagdish Devda</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Maharashtra (list)</td><td></td><td>Eknath Shinde</td><td>5 December 2024 (1 year, 111 days)</td><td>Shiv Sena</td><td></td><td>Devendra Fadnavis</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Sunetra Pawar</td><td>31 January 2026 (54 days)</td><td>Nationalist Congress Party</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Manipur (list)</td><td></td><td>Nemcha Kipgen</td><td>4 February 2026 (50 days)</td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td></td><td>Y. Khemchand Singh</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Losii Dikho</td><td>Naga People's Front</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Meghalaya (list)</td><td></td><td>Prestone Tynsong</td><td>6 March 2018 (8 years, 20 days)</td><td>National People's Party</td><td></td><td>Conrad Sangma</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Sniawbhalang Dhar</td><td>7 March 2023 (3 years, 19 days)</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Nagaland (list)</td><td></td><td>Yanthungo Patton</td><td>9 March 2018 (8 years, 17 days)</td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td></td><td>Neiphiu Rio</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>T. R. Zeliang</td><td>7 March 2023 (3 years, 19 days)</td><td>Naga People's Front</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Odisha (list)</td><td></td><td>Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo</td><td>12 June 2024 (1 year, 287 days)</td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td></td><td>Mohan Charan Majhi</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Pravati Parida</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Prem Chand Bairwa</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rajasthan (list)</td><td></td><td>Diya Kumari</td><td>15 December 2023 (2 years, 101 days)</td><td>Bhajan Lal Sharma</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Tamil Nadu (list)</td><td></td><td>Udhayanidhi Stalin</td><td>28 September 2024 (1 year, 179 days)</td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td><td></td><td>M. K. Stalin</td><td></td><td>INDIA</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Telangana (list)</td><td></td><td>Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka</td><td>7 December 2023 (2 years, 109 days)</td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td></td><td>Revanth Reddy</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Uttar Pradesh (list)</td><td></td><td>Keshav Prasad Maurya</td><td>19 March 2017 (9 years, 7 days)</td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td><td></td><td>Yogi Adityanath</td><td></td><td>NDA</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Brajesh Pathak</td><td>25 March 2022 (4 years, 1 day)</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>