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[]

Sr. No. Name
(constituency)
(birth-death) 		Portrait Term of office Political Party Chief Minister Ref
1

2

3

Narain Singh MLA (1907-1987),

Ram Chandra Vikal MLA(1916-2011)[2]

Ram Prakash Gupta
(MLC)
(1923-2004)

3 April 1967 25 February 1969 1 year, 328 days Bharatiya Lok Dal, Bharatiya Jana Sangh Charan Singh [3]
4 Kamalapati Tripathi
(Chanduali)
(1905-1990) 		26 February 1969 17 February 1970 356 days Indian National Congress Chandra Bhanu Gupta [4]
5 Dinesh Sharma
(MLC)
(b. 1964) 		19 March 2017 Incumbent 4 years, 341 days Bharatiya Janata Party Yogi Adityanath [5]
6 Keshav Prasad Maurya
(MLC)
(b. 1969) 		[6]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Rajendran, S. (13 July 2012). "Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. ^ "Former UP deputy CM Ram Chander Vikal dies". zeenews.india.com. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Raj Bhavan MP | the Hon'ble Governor".
  4. ^ "Members of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly".
  5. ^ "Yogi Adityanath sworn in as Uttar Pradesh chief minister, says will work without bias". 19 March 2017.
  6. ^ "हिंदी खबर, Latest News in Hindi, हिंदी समाचार, ताजा खबर".
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