# List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra

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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.

## List of deputy chief ministers

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| # | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | 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 | 5th (1978) | 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 | 10th (1999) | Sushilkumar Shinde | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 7 | R. R. Patil | Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal | 1 November 2004 | 8 December 2008 | 4 years, 37 days | 11th (2004) | Vilasrao Deshmukh | Nationalist Congress Party |
| (5) | Chhagan Bhujbal | Yevla | 8 December 2008 | 7 November 2009 | 1 year, 338 days | 11th (2004) | Ashok Chavan | Nationalist Congress Party |
| (5) | Chhagan Bhujbal | Yevla | 7 November 2009 | 11 November 2010 | 1 year, 338 days | 12th (2009) | Ashok Chavan | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 8 | Ajit Pawar | Baramati | 11 November 2010 | 25 September 2012 | 1 year, 319 days | 12th (2009) | Prithviraj Chavan | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 8 | Ajit Pawar | Baramati | 7 December 2012 | 28 September 2014 | 1 year, 295 days | 12th (2009) | Prithviraj Chavan | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 8 | Ajit Pawar | Baramati | 23 November 2019 | 26 November 2019 | 3 days | 14th (2019) | Devendra Fadnavis | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 8 | Ajit Pawar | Baramati | 30 December 2019 | 29 June 2022 | 2 years, 181 days | 14th (2019) | Uddhav Thackeray | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 9 | Devendra Fadnavis | Nagpur South West | 30 June 2022 | 5 December 2024 | 2 years, 158 days | 14th (2019) | Eknath Shinde | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| (8) | Ajit Pawar | Baramati | 2 July 2023 | 5 December 2024 | 1 year, 249 days | 14th (2019) | Eknath Shinde | Nationalist Congress Party |
| (8) | Ajit Pawar | Baramati | 5 December 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 249 days | 15th (2024) | Devendra Fadnavis | Nationalist Congress Party |
| 10 | Eknath Shinde | Kopri-Pachpakhadi | 5 December 2024 | Incumbent | 93 days | 15th (2024) | Devendra Fadnavis | Shiv Sena |

## Statistics
### List by deputy chief minister

| # | Deputy Chief Minister | Party | Party | Term of office | Term of office |
| # | Deputy Chief Minister | Party | Party | Longest continuous term | Total duration of deputy chief ministership |
| 1* | Ajit Pawar* | | NCP* | 2 years, 181 days* | 7 years, 317 days* |
| 2 | Chhagan Bhujbal | | NCP | 4 years, 66 days | 6 years, 39 days |
| 3 | R. R. Patil | | NCP | 4 years, 37 days | 4 years, 37 days |
| 4 | Gopinath Munde | | BJP | 4 years, 218 days | 4 years, 218 days |
| 5 | Devendra Fadnavis | | BJP | 2 years, 158 days | 2 years, 158 days |
| 6 | Ramrao Adik | | INC | 2 years, 31 days | 2 years, 31 days |
| 7 | Sundarrao Solanke | | IC(S) | 1 year, 214 days | 1 year, 214 days |
| 8 | Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil | | NCP | 312 days | 312 days |
| 9 | Nasikrao Tirpude | | INC | 135 days | 135 days |
| 10* | Eknath Shinde* | | SS* | 93 days* | 93 days* |