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.[2][3][4]
| Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra | |
|---|---|
Seal of Maharashtra | |
| Deputy Chief Minister's Office (Maharashtra) | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Type | Deputy Chief Minister |
| Status | Deputy Head of Government |
| Abbreviation | DCM |
| Member of | |
| Seat | Mantralaya, Mumbai |
| Nominator | Chief Minister of Maharashtra |
| Appointer | Governor of Maharashtra |
| Term length | At the confidence of the assembly 5 years and is subject to no term limits.[1] |
| Inaugural holder | Nasikrao Tirpude (March 1978 – July 1978) |
| Formation | 5 March 1978 |
List of deputy chief ministers
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| # | Portrait | Name | Constituency | 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 | 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
|
Bharatiya Janata Party | |
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Chhagan Bhujbal | MLC | 18 October 1999 | 23 December 2003 | 4 years, 66 days | 10th (1999) |
Vilasrao Deshmukh
|
Nationalist Congress Party | |
| 6 |  |
Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil | Malshiras | 25 December 2003 | 1 November 2004 | 312 days | Sushilkumar Shinde | |||
| 7 |  |
R. R. Patil | Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal | 1 November 2004 | 8 December 2008 | 4 years, 37 days | 11th (2004) |
Vilasrao Deshmukh | ||
| (5) | |
Chhagan Bhujbal | Yevla | 8 December 2008 | 7 November 2009 | 1 year, 338 days | Ashok Chavan | |||
| 7 November 2009 | 11 November 2010 | 12th (2009) | ||||||||
| 8 |  |
Ajit Pawar | Baramati | 11 November 2010 | 25 September 2012[RES] | 1 year, 319 days | Prithviraj Chavan | |||
| 7 December 2012 | 26 September 2014 | 1 year, 295 days | ||||||||
| 23 November 2019 | 26 November 2019[RES] | 5 days | 14th (2019) |
Devendra Fadnavis | ||||||
| 30 December 2019 | 30 June 2022 | 2 years, 181 days | Uddhav Thackeray | |||||||
| 9 |  |
Devendra Fadnavis | Nagpur South West | 30 June 2022 | 26 November 2024 | 2 years, 150 days | Eknath Shinde | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| (8) | |
Ajit Pawar | Baramati | 2 July 2023 | 2 years, 201 days | Nationalist Congress Party | ||||
| 5 December 2024 | 28 January 2026[†] | 15th (2024) |
Devendra Fadnavis | |||||||
| 10 | _(cropped).jpg) |
Eknath Shinde | Kopri-Pachpakhadi | Incumbent | 1 year, 153 days | Shiv Sena | ||||
| 11 | _with_Sunetra_Ajitdada_Pawar_(right)_at_Rashtrapati_Bhavan_(cropped).jpg) |
Sunetra Pawar | Baramati | 31 January 2026 | 96 days | Nationalist Congress Party | ||||
Statistics
List by deputy chief minister
| Deputy Chief Minister | Party | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total duration of deputy chief ministership | |||
| Ajit Pawar† | NCP | 2 years, 210 days | 8 years, 202 days | |
| Chhagan Bhujbal | NCP | 4 years, 66 days | 6 years, 39 days | |
| R. R. Patil | NCP | 4 years, 37 days | 4 years, 37 days | |
| Gopinath Munde | BJP | 4 years, 218 days | 4 years, 218 days | |
| Devendra Fadnavis | BJP | 2 years, 149 days | 2 years, 149 days | |
| Ramrao Adik | INC | 2 years, 31 days | 2 years, 31 days | |
| Sundarrao Solanke | IC(S) | 1 year, 214 days | 1 year, 214 days | |
| Eknath Shinde | SHS | 1 year, 153 days | 1 year, 153 days | |
| Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil | NCP | 312 days | 312 days | |
| Nasikrao Tirpude | INC | 135 days | 135 days | |
| Sunetra Pawar | NCP | 96 days | 96 days | |
See also
- List of governors of Maharashtra
- List of chief ministers of Maharashtra
- List of chairpersons of the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- List of speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of deputy speakers of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- List of deputy leaders of the house in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
- List of leaders of the opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council
- Chief minister (India)