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The deputy chief minister of West Bengal is the deputy head of Government of West Bengal.[1][2] The seat is now vacant since 5 November 2000 after former deputy chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee. In today's current government, there is no deputy chief minister in West Bengal.
List
| No. | Deputy Chief Ministers (Constituency) |
Portrait | Party | Term in office | Chief Minister | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term start | Term end | Duration | Name | Party | ||||||
| 1 | Jyoti Basu Template:Small |
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rowspan ="2" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1 March 1967 | 21 November 1967 | Template:Age in years and days | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee | rowspan=3 width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Bangla Congress |
| 25 February 1969 | 16 March 1970 | Template:Age in years and days | ||||||||
| 2 | Bijoy Singh Nahar Template:Small |
rowspan ="1" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Indian National Congress | 2 April 1971 | 28 June 1971 | Template:Age in years and days | ||||
| 3 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee Template:Small |
|
rowspan ="1" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 12 January 1999 | 5 November 2000 | Template:Age in years and days | Jyoti Basu | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Statistics
- List of deputy chief ministers by length of term
| No. | Name | Party | Length of term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total years of deputy chief ministership | ||||
| 1 | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee | style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | CPI(M) | 1 year, 298 days | 1 year, 298 days |
| 2 | Jyoti Basu | style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | CPI(M) | 1 year, 19 days | 1 year, 283 days |
| 3 | Bijoy Singh Nahar | style="background-color:Template:Party color"| | INC | 87 days | 87 days |
See more
List of chief ministers of West Bengal
References
- ↑ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. Template:ISBN. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies to the specific case of West Bengal as well.
- ↑ States of India since 1947.