# 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 15 states and 2 union territories (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 fiteen 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, 227 days). As of 1 March 2025, three states (Assam, Sikkim and Uttarakhand) and one union territory (Puducherry) have never had a deputy chief minister.

## Current Indian deputy chief ministers

| State (past deputy chief ministers) | Name | Portrait | Took office (tenure length) | Party | Chief Minister | Alliance |
| Andhra Pradesh (list) | Konidala Pawan Kalyan | | 12 June 2024 (262 days) | Janasena Party | N. Chandrababu Naidu | NDA |
| Arunachal Pradesh (list) | Chowna Mein | | 16 July 2016 (8 years, 228 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Pema Khandu | NDA |
| Bihar (list) | Samrat Chaudhary | | 28 January 2024 (1 year, 32 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Nitish Kumar | NDA |
| Bihar (list) | Vijay Kumar Sinha | | 28 January 2024 (1 year, 32 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Nitish Kumar | NDA |
| Chhattisgarh (list) | Arun Sao | | 13 December 2023 (1 year, 78 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vishnu Deo Sai | NDA |
| Chhattisgarh (list) | Vijay Sharma | | 13 December 2023 (1 year, 78 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vishnu Deo Sai | NDA |
| Himachal Pradesh (list) | Mukesh Agnihotri | | 11 December 2022 (2 years, 80 days) | Indian National Congress | Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu | INDIA |
| Jammu and Kashmir (list) | Surinder Kumar Choudhary | | 16 October 2024 (136 days) | Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | Omar Abdullah | INDIA |
| Karnataka (list) | D. K. Shivakumar | | 20 May 2023 (1 year, 285 days) | Indian National Congress | Siddaramaiah | INDIA |
| Madhya Pradesh (list) | Rajendra Shukla | | 13 December 2023 (1 year, 78 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Mohan Yadav | NDA |
| Madhya Pradesh (list) | Jagdish Devda | | 13 December 2023 (1 year, 78 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Mohan Yadav | NDA |
| Maharashtra (list) | Eknath Shinde | | 5 December 2024 (86 days) | Shiv Sena | Devendra Fadnavis | NDA |
| Maharashtra (list) | Ajit Pawar | | 2 July 2023 (1 year, 242 days) | Nationalist Congress Party | Devendra Fadnavis | NDA |
| Meghalaya (list) | Prestone Tynsong | | 6 March 2018 (6 years, 360 days) | National People's Party | Conrad Sangma | NDA |
| Meghalaya (list) | Sniawbhalang Dhar | | 7 March 2023 (1 year, 359 days) | National People's Party | Conrad Sangma | NDA |
| Nagaland (list) | Yanthungo Patton | | 9 March 2018 (6 years, 357 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Neiphiu Rio | NDA |
| Nagaland (list) | T. R. Zeliang | | 7 March 2023 (1 year, 359 days) | Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party | Neiphiu Rio | NDA |
| Odisha (list) | Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo | | 12 June 2024 (262 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Mohan Charan Majhi | NDA |
| Odisha (list) | Pravati Parida | | 12 June 2024 (262 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Mohan Charan Majhi | NDA |
| Rajasthan (list) | Diya Kumari | Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped) | 15 December 2023 (1 year, 76 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bhajan Lal Sharma | NDA |
| Rajasthan (list) | Prem Chand Bairwa | | 15 December 2023 (1 year, 76 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bhajan Lal Sharma | NDA |
| Tamil Nadu (list) | Udhayanidhi Stalin | | 28 September 2024 (154 days) | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. K. Stalin | INDIA |
| Telangana (list) | Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka | | 7 December 2023 (1 year, 84 days) | Indian National Congress | Revanth Reddy | INDIA |
| Uttar Pradesh (list) | Keshav Prasad Maurya | Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped) | 19 March 2017 (7 years, 347 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Yogi Adityanath | NDA |
| Uttar Pradesh (list) | Brajesh Pathak | | 25 March 2022 (2 years, 341 days) | Bharatiya Janata Party | Yogi Adityanath | NDA |