List of deputy chief ministers of Delhi
| Deputy Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi | |
|---|---|
 Emblem of the National Capital Territory of Delhi | |
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| Nominator | Chief Minister of Delhi |
| Appointer | Lt. Governor of Delhi |
| Inaugural holder | Manish Sisodia |
| Formation | 14 February 2015 |
| Website | delhi |
The Deputy Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi is the deputy to the Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi, who is head of the government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. The deputy chief minister is the second highest-ranking member of the National Capital Territory of Delhi Council of Ministers.[1] A deputy chief minister also holds a cabinet portfolio in the capital territory ministry. In the legislative assembly 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 govern the capital territory with the support of a single party member or to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government, or in times of capital territory 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.
Since 1952, National Capital Territory of Delhi has had only one deputy chief minister, who belongs to Aam Aadmi Party, its one of the founding members Manish Sisodia is an inaugural and current holder of the office who sworn in two times by winning the 2015[2] and 2020[3] assembly elections consecutively.
The current incumbent is Manish Sisodia of the Aam Aadmi Party since 14 February 2015.
List
| No. | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Elected Constituency | Term of office[4] | Assembly (Election) |
Chief Minister | Appointed by | Political Party[a] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumed Office | Left Office | Time in Office | ||||||||||
| 1 | .jpg)
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Manish Sisodia (1972–) |
Patparganj | 14 February 2015 | 15 February 2020 | 9 years, 89 days | 6th (2015 election) |
Arvind Kejriwal | Najeeb Jung | Aam Aadmi Party | ||
| 16 February 2020 | Incumbent | 7th (2020 election) |
Anil Baijal | |||||||||
Statistics
- List of deputy chief ministers by length of term
| No. | Name | Party | Length of term | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Longest continuous term | Total years of premiership | |||
| 1 | Manish Sisodia | AAP | 9 years, 89 days | 9 years, 89 days |
- List by party
| No. | Political party | Number of Deputy chief ministers | Total days of holding Deputy CMO |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aam Aadmi Party | 1 | 3376 days |
- Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Deputy Chief Minister's Office
Living former deputy chief minister
As of 13 May 2024, there is no living former deputy chief minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi.
See also
- List of current Indian deputy chief ministers
- History of the National Capital Territory of Delhi
- Elections in the National Capital Territory of Delhi
- National Capital Territory of Delhi Legislative Assembly
- List of chief ministers of the National Capital Territory of Delhi
- List of lieutenant governors of the National Capital Territory of Delhi
Notes
- ^ This column only names the deputy chief minister's party. The union territory government he heads with chief minister may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
References
- ^ Rajendran, S. (13 July 2012). "Of Deputy Chief Ministers and the Constitution". The Hindu. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ Kejriwal appointed Delhi Chief Minister and Sisodia Deputy Chief minister The Hindu
- ^ Kejriwal to take oath as Delhi's CM for 3rd time and Sisodia as Deputy CM Business Standard
- ^ The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period