List of deputy chief ministers of Maharashtra

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.

Infobox

Style

The Honourable

Type

Deputy Chief Minister

Status

Deputy Head of Government

Abbreviation

DCM

Member of

Maharashtra Legislative Council Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Cabinet

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.

Inaugural holder

Nasikrao Tirpude (March 1978 – July 1978)

Formation

5 March 1978 (1978-03-05)

Tables

Source: · List of deputy chief ministers

Nashikrao Tirpude

Name

Nashikrao Tirpude

Constituency

Bhandara

Term of office

5 March 1978

Term of office

18 July 1978

Term of office

135 days

Assembly (election)

5th (1978)

Chief Minister

Vasantdada Patil

Party

Indian National Congress

Sundarrao Solanke

Name

Sundarrao Solanke

Constituency

Majalgaon

Term of office

18 July 1978

Term of office

17 February 1980

Term of office

1 year, 214 days

Assembly (election)

Sharad Pawar

Chief Minister

Indian Congress (Socialist)

Ramrao Adik

Name

Ramrao Adik

Constituency

MLC

Term of office

2 February 1983

Term of office

5 March 1985

Term of office

2 years, 31 days

Assembly (election)

6th (1980)

Chief Minister

Vasantdada Patil

Party

Indian National Congress

Gopinath Munde

Name

Gopinath Munde

Constituency

Renapur

Term of office

14 March 1995

Term of office

18 October 1999

Term of office

4 years, 218 days

Assembly (election)

9th (1995)

Chief Minister

Manohar Joshi Narayan Rane

Party

Bharatiya Janata Party

Chhagan Bhujbal

Name

Chhagan Bhujbal

Constituency

MLC

Term of office

18 October 1999

Term of office

23 December 2003

Term of office

4 years, 66 days

Assembly (election)

10th (1999)

Chief Minister

Vilasrao Deshmukh Sushilkumar Shinde

Party

Nationalist Congress Party

Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil

Name

Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil

Constituency

Malshiras

Term of office

25 December 2003

Term of office

1 November 2004

Term of office

312 days

Assembly (election)

Sushilkumar Shinde

R. R. Patil

Name

R. R. Patil

Constituency

Tasgaon-Kavathe Mahankal

Term of office

1 November 2004

Term of office

8 December 2008

Term of office

4 years, 37 days

Assembly (election)

11th (2004)

Chief Minister

Vilasrao Deshmukh

Chhagan Bhujbal

(5)

Name

Chhagan Bhujbal

Constituency

Yevla

Term of office

8 December 2008

Term of office

7 November 2009

Term of office

1 year, 338 days

Assembly (election)

Ashok Chavan

12th (2009)

7 November 2009

Name

12th (2009)

Ajit Pawar

Name

Ajit Pawar

Constituency

Baramati

Term of office

11 November 2010

Term of office

25 September 2012[RES]

Term of office

1 year, 319 days

Assembly (election)

Prithviraj Chavan

1 year, 295 days

7 December 2012

Name

1 year, 295 days

5 days

23 November 2019

Name

5 days

Constituency

14th (2019)

Term of office

Devendra Fadnavis

2 years, 181 days

30 December 2019

Name

2 years, 181 days

Constituency

Uddhav Thackeray

Devendra Fadnavis

Name

Devendra Fadnavis

Constituency

Nagpur South West

Term of office

30 June 2022

Term of office

26 November 2024

Term of office

2 years, 150 days

Assembly (election)

Eknath Shinde

Chief Minister

Bharatiya Janata Party

Ajit Pawar

(8)

Name

Ajit Pawar

Constituency

Baramati

Term of office

2 July 2023

Term of office

2 years, 201 days

Term of office

Nationalist Congress Party

15th (2024)

5 December 2024

Name

15th (2024)

Constituency

Devendra Fadnavis

Eknath Shinde

Name

Eknath Shinde

Constituency

Kopri-Pachpakhadi

Term of office

Incumbent

Term of office

1 year, 170 days

Term of office

Shiv Sena

Sunetra Pawar

Name

Sunetra Pawar

Constituency

Baramati

Term of office

31 January 2026

Term of office

113 days

Term of office

Nationalist Congress Party

#	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	5th (1978)	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 Narayan Rane	Bharatiya Janata Party
5		Chhagan Bhujbal	MLC	18 October 1999	23 December 2003	4 years, 66 days	10th (1999)	Vilasrao Deshmukh Sushilkumar Shinde	Nationalist Congress Party
6		Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil	Malshiras	25 December 2003	1 November 2004	312 days	10th (1999)	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	11th (2004)	Ashok Chavan
(5)		Chhagan Bhujbal	Yevla	7 November 2009	11 November 2010	1 year, 338 days	12th (2009)	Ashok Chavan
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		Prithviraj Chavan
				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	26 November 2024	2 years, 201 days		Eknath Shinde	Nationalist Congress Party
(8)		Ajit Pawar	Baramati	5 December 2024	28 January 2026[†]	15th (2024)	Devendra Fadnavis
10		Eknath Shinde	Kopri-Pachpakhadi	5 December 2024	Incumbent			1 year, 170 days	Shiv Sena
11		Sunetra Pawar	Baramati	31 January 2026	Incumbent			113 days	Nationalist Congress Party

· Statistics › List by deputy chief minister

Longest continuous term

Deputy Chief Minister

Longest continuous term

Party

Total duration of deputy chief ministership

Ajit Pawar†

Deputy Chief Minister

Ajit Pawar†

Party

NCP

Term of office

2 years, 210 days

Term of office

8 years, 202 days

Chhagan Bhujbal

Deputy Chief Minister

Chhagan Bhujbal

Party

NCP

Term of office

4 years, 66 days

Term of office

6 years, 39 days

R. R. Patil

Deputy Chief Minister

R. R. Patil

Party

NCP

Term of office

4 years, 37 days

Term of office

4 years, 37 days

Gopinath Munde

Deputy Chief Minister

Gopinath Munde

Party

BJP

Term of office

4 years, 218 days

Term of office

4 years, 218 days

Devendra Fadnavis

Deputy Chief Minister

Devendra Fadnavis

Party

BJP

Term of office

2 years, 149 days

Term of office

2 years, 149 days

Ramrao Adik

Deputy Chief Minister

Ramrao Adik

Party

INC

Term of office

2 years, 31 days

Term of office

2 years, 31 days

Sundarrao Solanke

Deputy Chief Minister

Sundarrao Solanke

Party

IC(S)

Term of office

1 year, 214 days

Term of office

1 year, 214 days

Eknath Shinde

Deputy Chief Minister

Eknath Shinde

Party

SHS

Term of office

1 year, 170 days

Term of office

1 year, 170 days

Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil

Deputy Chief Minister

Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil

Party

NCP

Term of office

312 days

Term of office

312 days

Nasikrao Tirpude

Deputy Chief Minister

Nasikrao Tirpude

Party

INC

Term of office

135 days

Term of office

135 days

Sunetra Pawar

Deputy Chief Minister

Sunetra Pawar

Party

NCP

Term of office

113 days

Term of office

113 days

Deputy Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
Deputy Chief Minister	Party		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, 170 days	1 year, 170 days
Vijaysinh Mohite–Patil		NCP	312 days	312 days
Nasikrao Tirpude		INC	135 days	135 days
Sunetra Pawar		NCP	113 days	113 days

References

Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Bu
The Economic Times
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/maharashtra-has-two-deputy-cms-for-the-first-time-as-ajit-pawar-fadnavis-share-post/articleshow/101437838.cms
The Economic Times
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/maharashtra-cabinet-expansion-in-july-says-deputy-cm-fadnavis/articleshow/101403499.cms
Hindustan Times
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/becoming-deputy-cm-was-shocking-says-fadnavis-shinde-to-lead-in-2024-101667694350918.html
The Indian Express
https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/everyday-explainers/ajit-pawar-new-maharashtra-deputy-cm-8697355/