List of female deputy chief ministers in India

The deputy chief minister is the deputy to the chief minister, who is the chief executive of the Indian state. The governor appoints the deputy chief minister, who is the second-highest-ranking member in the council of ministers of the respective state. A deputy chief minister also holds a cabinet portfolio in the state ministry. In the legislative assembly system of government, the deputy chief minister is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy chief minister is used to govern the state with the support of a single party member, to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government, or in times of state emergency when a proper chain of command is necessary. On multiple occasions, proposals have arisen to make the post permanent, but without result. The same goes for the post of deputy prime minister at the national level. Given that she has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.^[1]

Since 1998, India has had seven female deputy chief ministers. The first woman to become deputy chief minister was Jamuna Devi of the Indian National Congress party, who was sworn in on 1 December 1998 as deputy chief minister of Madhya Pradesh. She was the longest-serving female deputy chief minister. Pamula Pushpa Sreevani of the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party is the youngest and first member of the state party to become the female deputy chief minister. Only 6 states in India had female deputy chief ministers out of 28 states and 3 union territories that have legislature systems. Pravati Parida of Odisha and Diya Kumari of Rajasthan are the female incumbent deputy chief ministers in India.

Chronological list

BJP (3)   INC (3)   YSRCP (1)
No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			State/Union territory	Political party[a]		Chief Minister
			Assumed office	Left office	Time in office
1		Jamuna Devi (1929–2010)	1 December 1998	8 December 2003	5 years, 7 days	Madhya Pradesh	Indian National Congress		Digvijaya Singh
2		Kamla Beniwal (1927–2024)	25 January 2003	8 December 2003	317 days	Rajasthan			Ashok Gehlot
3		Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (1945–)	6 January 2004	1 March 2007	3 years, 54 days	Punjab			Amarinder Singh
4		Pamula Pushpa Sreevani (1986–)	8 June 2019	7 April 2022	2 years, 303 days	Andhra Pradesh	Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party		Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy
5		Renu Devi (1958–)	16 November 2020	9 August 2022	1 year, 266 days	Bihar	Bharatiya Janata Party		Nitish Kumar
6		Diya Kumari* (1971–)	15 December 2023	Incumbent	199 days	Rajasthan			Bhajan Lal Sharma
7		Pravati Parida* (1967–)	12 June 2024	Incumbent	19 days	Odisha			Mohan Charan Majhi

Statistics

List of female deputy chief ministers by length of term

See also

• List of female chief ministers in India
• List of female governors in India
• List of female lieutenant governors and administrators in India
• List of female judges of the Supreme Court of India
• List of current Indian deputy chief ministers

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