List of deputy chief ministers of Punjab, India

The deputy chief minister of Punjab is a member of the Cabinet in the Government of Punjab. It's 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 or in a party.

Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab
Emblem of Punjab
Incumbent No Official Deputy Chief Minister since 16 March 2022
Member of	Cabinet
Nominator	Chief Minister of Punjab
Appointer	Governor of Punjab
Inaugural holder	Balram Das Tandon
Formation	17 February 1969; 56 years ago (1969-02-17)

History

PEPSU

In history of PEPSU state there was only one deputy chief minister Brish Bhan.

Punjab

Till now five people served as Deputy CM of Punjab. Balram Das Tandon was the first who hold the position when Bhartiya Jana Sangh formed coalition government with Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh under the chief ministership of Gurnam Singh. Then in 1996 and 2004, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal became the Deputy CM under chief ministership of Harcharan Singh Brar and Amarinder Singh respectively and the only deputy chief minister who also served as chief minister. Sukhbir Singh Badal is the only one who served the position for thrice under chief ministership of his father Parkash Singh Badal. In 2021 for the first time two persons, Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa and Om Parkash Soni appointed deputy cm under Charanjit Singh Channi.

List of deputy chief ministers

PEPSU

INC (1)
Sr. No.	Name (constituency) (birth-death)	Portrait	Term of office			Political party		Chief Minister	Appointed by
1	Brish Bhan (Kalayat) (1908-1988)		23 May 1951	21 April 1952	1 year, 275 days		Indian National Congress	Raghbir Singh	Yadavindra Singh
			8 March 1954	12 January 1955

Punjab

BJS (1)   INC (3)   SAD (1)
Sr. No.	Name (constituency) (birth-death)	Portrait	Term of office			Political party		Chief Minister	Appointed by	Ref
No official Deputy CM (15 August 1947 - 17 February 1969) (21 years, 186 days)
1	Balram Das Tandon (Amritsar Central) (1927-2018)		17 February 1969	26 March 1970	1 year, 37 days		Bhartiya Jana Sangh	Gurnam Singh	D. C. Pavate	[2]
No official Deputy CM (26 March 1970 - 6 August 1996) (26 years, 134 days)
2	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (Lehra) (b.1945)		6 August 1996	21 November 1996	107 days		Indian National Congress	Harcharan Singh Brar	B. K. N. Chhibber	[3]
No official Deputy CM (21 November 1996 - 6 January 2004) (7 years, 46 days)
(2)	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (Lehra) (b.1945)		6 January 2004	1 March 2007	3 years, 54 days		Indian National Congress	Captain Amarinder Singh	O. P. Verma	[4]
No official Deputy CM (1 March 2007 - 21 January 2009) (1 year, 326 days)
3	Sukhbir Singh Badal ( - ) (b.1962)		21 January 2009	1 July 2009	161 days		Shiromani Akali Dal	Prakash Singh Badal	S. F. Rodrigues	[5] [6]
No official Deputy CM (1 July 2009 - 10 August 2009) (40 days)
(3)	Sukhbir Singh Badal (Jalalabad) (b.1962)		10 August 2009	14 March 2012	7 years, 218 days		Shiromani Akali Dal	Prakash Singh Badal	S. F. Rodrigues	[7]
			14 March 2012	16 March 2017					Shivraj Patil	[8]
No official Deputy CM (16 March 2017 - 20 September 2021) (4 years, 188 days)
4	Sukhjinder Singh (Dera Baba Nanak) (b.1959)		20 September 2021	16 March 2022	177 days		Indian National Congress	Charanjit Singh Channi	Banwarilal Purohit	[9]
	Om Parkash Soni (Amritsar Central) (b.1957)
No official Deputy CM (since 16 March 2022) (3 years, 154 days)

Timeline

Statistics

List of deputy chief minister by their tenure

#	Deputy Chief Minister	Total Terms	Party		Term of office
					Longest continuous term	Total duration of deputy chief ministership
1	Sukhbir Singh Badal	3		SAD	7 Years, 218 Days	8 Years, 14 Days
2	Rajinder Kaur Bhattal	2		INC	3 Years, 54 Days	3 Years, 161 Days
3	Balram Das Tandon	1		ABJS	1 Year, 37 Days	1 Year, 37 Days
4	Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa	1		INC	177 Days	177 Days
5	Om Parkash Soni	1		INC	177 Days	177 Days

Deputy Leader of the House

The Deputy Leader of the House in Vidhan Sabha is the deputy parliamentary chairperson of the party that holds a majority in the Vidhan Sabha and is responsible for government business in the house. The deputy chief minister also serves as deputy leader of the house, however, in the absence of an official deputy chief minister, one of the cabinet minister serves as deputy leader of the house.

Name	Tenure		Party		Leader of the House	Assembly
Swaran Singh	15 August 1947	20 June 1951		Indian National Congress	Gopi Chand Bhargava & Bhim Sen Sachhar	Interim Assembly
Partap Singh Kairon	17 April 1952	23 January 1956		Indian National Congress	Bhimsen Sachhar	1st
Sher Singh Kadyan	23 January 1956	9 April 1957			Partap Singh Kairon
Gyani Kartar Singh	9 April 1957	11 March 1962		Indian National Congress	Partap Singh Kairon	2nd
Mohan Lal	11 March 1962	21 June 1964		Indian National Congress		3rd
Balram Das Tandon	17 February 1969	26 March 1970		Bhartiya Jana Sangh	Gurnam Singh	5th
Surjit Singh Barnala	26 March 1970	14 June 1971		Shiromani Akali Dal	Prakash Singh Badal
Kewal Krishan	6 June 1980	6 October 1983		Indian National Congress	Darbara Singh	8th
Harcharan Singh Brar	25 February 1992	31 August 1995		Indian National Congress	Beant Singh	10th
Rajinder Kaur Bhattal	31 August 1995	21 November 1996			Harcharan Singh Brar
Balram Das Tandon	12 February 1997	26 February 2002		Bhartiya Janata Party	Prakash Singh Badal	11th
Rajinder Kaur Bhattal	26 February 2002	1 March 2007		Indian National Congress	Amarinder Singh	12th
Manpreet Singh Badal	1 March 2007	10 August 2009		Shiromani Akali Dal	Prakash Singh Badal	13th
Sukhbir Singh Badal	10 August 2009	14 March 2012
	14 March 2012	16 March 2017				14th
Brahm Mohindra	16 March 2017	20 September 2021		Indian National Congress	Amarinder Singh	15th
Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa	20 September 2021	16 March 2022			Charanjit Singh Channa
Harpal Singh Cheema	19 March 2022	Incumbent		Aam Admi Party	Bhagwant Mann	16th

See also

• List of chief ministers of Punjab, India
• List of current Indian deputy chief ministers
• List of female deputy chief ministers in India

Notes