List of female deputy chief ministers in India

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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 six 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, while Kamla Beniwal, who served as deputy chief minister of Rajasthan, had the shortest tenure (only 317 days). 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 5 states in India had female deputy chief ministers out of 28 states and 3 union territories that have legislature systems. Diya Kumari of Rajasthan is the only female incumbent deputy chief minister in India.

Chronological list[edit]

Key
  BJP (2)   INC (3)   YSRCP (1)
No. Portrait Name

(Birth–Death)

Term of office State/Union territory Chief Minister Political party[a]
Assumed office Left office Time in office
1 Jamuna Devi
(1929–2010) 		1 December 1998 8 December 2003 5 years, 7 days Madhya Pradesh Digvijaya Singh Indian National Congress
2 Kamla Beniwal
(1927–) 		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 Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party
5 Renu Devi
(1958–) 		16 November 2020 9 August 2022 1 year, 266 days Bihar Nitish Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
6 Diya Kumari*
(1971–) 		15 December 2023 Incumbent 149 days Rajasthan Bhajan Lal Sharma

Statistics[edit]

List of female deputy chief ministers by length of term[edit]

No. Name Party Length of term
Longest continuous term Total years of deputy chief ministership
1 Jamuna Devi INC 5 years, 7 days 5 years, 7 days
2 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal INC 3 years, 54 days 3 years, 54 days
3 Pamula Pushpa Sreevani YSRCP 2 years, 303 days 2 years, 303 days
4 Renu Devi BJP 1 year, 266 days 1 year, 266 days
5 Kamla Beniwal INC 317 days 317 days
6 Diya Kumari BJP 149 days 149 days

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ This column only names the deputy chief minister's party. The state government she heads with chief minister may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Rajendran, S. (2012-07-13). "Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
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