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.

Since 1998, India has had five 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. There is currently no female incumbent deputy chief minister in India.

Chronological list

Key

• Template:Legend inline Incumbent Chief Minister
• Template:Note label Assassinated or died in office

• Template:Note label Resigned
• Template:Note label Resigned following a no-confidence motion

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No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			State/Union territory	Chief Minister		Political partyTemplate:Efn
			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	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Indian National Congress	rowspan=3 style="background:Template:Party color;"|
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	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	style="background:Template:Party color;"|
5		Renu Devi (1958–)	16 November 2020	9 August 2022	1 year, 266 days	Bihar	Nitish Kumar	style="background:Template:Party color;"|	Bharatiya Janata Party	style="background:Template:Party color;"|

Statistics

List of female deputy chief ministers by length of term

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