List of deputy chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh

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The Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh is a member of the Cabinet of Uttar Pradesh Government in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. Not a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers.[1] A deputy chief minister usually also holds a cabinet portfolio such as home minister or finance minister. In the parliamentary system of government, the Chief Minister is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy chief minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government. The post of Deputy Chief Minister is a kind of informal post, which is not mentioned in the Constitution. It works like an ordinary cabinet minister. The appointment of Deputy Chief Minister is done by the ruling party only to maintain balance in the political situation. There is no fixed number for the post of Deputy Chief Minister, in any state it can be made two, three or even more. For example, in 1998, Madhya Pradesh had two deputy chief ministers, Subhash Yadav and Jamuna Devi, under Chief Minister Digvijay Singh. Similarly, after the 2017 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, two Deputy Chief Ministers Dinesh Sharma and Keshav Prasad Maurya were appointed under Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to correct the electoral equations. Babu Narain Singh Gurjar was first Deputy Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.[1]

List of Deputy Chief Ministers[edit]

No Portrait Name Term of office Assembly

(Election)

Chief Minister Party
1 No image available.svg Narain Singh 3 April 1967 25 February 1968 328 days 4th Assembly
(1967 election) 		Charan Singh Independent
Ram Chandra Vikal
No image available.svg Ram Prakash Gupta Bharatiya Jana Sangh
2 No image available.svg Kamalapati Tripathi 26 February 1969 17 February 1970 356 days 5th Assembly
(1969 election) 		Chandra Bhanu Gupta Indian National Congress
3 Shri Dinesh Sharma (cropped).jpg Dinesh Sharma 19 March 2017 25 March 2022 5 years, 6 days 17th Assembly
(2017 election) 		Yogi Adityanath Bharatiya Janata Party
Shri Keshav Prasad Maurya (cropped).jpg Keshav Prasad Maurya 19 March 2017 25 March 2022 6 years, 341 days
25 March 2022 Incumbent 18th Assembly
(2022 election)
4 Brajesh Pathak.jpg Brajesh Pathak 25 March 2022 Incumbent 1 year, 335 days

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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