List of deputy chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh

Deputy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Āndhra Pradēś Upa Mukhya Mantrī
Emblem of Andhra Pradesh
Incumbent Konidala Pawan Kalyan since 12 June 2024 (2024-06-12)
Deputy Chief Minister's Office (Government of Andhra Pradesh)
Style	The Honourable (Formal) Mr./Mrs. Deputy Chief Minister (Informal)
Status	Deputy head of government
Abbreviation	DCM of AP
Member of	Andhra Pradesh Legislature Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers
Reports to	Governor of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Legislature
Seat	Andhra Pradesh Secretariat, Amaravati
Appointer	The Governor of Andhra Pradesh on the advice of the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
Term length	Five years and subject to no term limit At the confidence of the Legislative Assembly
Inaugural holder	Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy
Formation	1 October 1953;71 years ago (1953-10-01)

The deputy chief minister of Andhra Pradesh is the deputy to the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh, who is the head of the government of Andhra Pradesh. The deputy chief minister is the second-highest-ranking member of the Andhra Pradesh Council of Ministers. ^[1] A deputy chief minister also holds a cabinet portfolio in the state ministry. 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.

In 1953, Andhra State consisted of Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. This state was carved out of the erstwhile Madras State. ^[2] Later, the Andhra state was merged with Telangana province of Hyderabad to form Andhra Pradesh in November 1956. On 1 November 1956, Hyderabad State ceased to exist; its Gulbarga and Aurangabad divisions were merged into Mysore State and Bombay State respectively. Its remaining Telugu-speaking portion, Telangana, was added to Andhra State. Andhra state formed from Madras state on 1953 oct 1. After 58 years, Telangana was carved out to form as a separate state on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014.

Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy was first deputy chief minister since the state's formation in November 1956. ^[3] Pushpasreevani Pamula was the first women to hold the post, who has served from June 2019 to April 2022. ^{[4] [5]}

The current incumbent Konidala Pawan Kalyan is from the Janasena Party since 16 June 2024. ^[6]

List of deputy chief ministers

1953–1956

Andhra State consisted of North Andhra, Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions. This state was carved out of Madras State in 1953. Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy served as deputy CM under Prakasam and Bezawada Gopala Reddy. ^[7] Later, the Andhra state was merged with Telangana province of Hyderabad to form Andhra Pradesh in November 1956.

#	Portrait		Deputy Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency	Term of the office			Election (Assembly)	Party	Chief Minister	Government
				Term start	Term end	Days in office
1			Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996)	1 October 1953	15 November 1954	1 year, 45 days	1952 (1st)	Indian National Congress	Tanguturi Prakasam	Prakasam
President's rule imposed during the period (15 November 1954–28 March 1955) [a]
(1)			Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1913–1996) MLA for Kalahasthi	30 March 1955	31 October 1956	1 year, 215 days	1955 (2nd)	Indian National Congress	Bezawada Gopala Reddy	Gopala

Since 1956

#	Portrait		Deputy Chief Minister (Lifespan) Constituency	Term of the office		Election (Assembly)	Party	Chief Minister	Government
				Term start	Term end
1			Konda Venkata Ranga Reddy (1890–1970) MLA for Chevella	1959	11 January 1960	1955 (1st)	Indian National Congress	Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy	Neelam II
				11 January 1960	12 March 1962	1957 (2nd)		Damodaram Sanjivayya	Sanjivayya
2			J. V. Narsing Rao MLA for Luxettipeta	1967	30 September 1971	1967 (4th)		Kasu Brahmananda Reddy	Kasu II
3			B. V. Subba Reddy (1903–1974) MLA for Koilakuntla	30 September 1971	11 November 1972	1972 (5th)		Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao	Narasimha
President's rule imposed during the period (11 January 1973 – 10 December 1973) [a]
(3)		B. V. Subba Reddy (1903–1974) MLA for Koilakuntla	30 December 1973	7 June 1974	1972 (5th)	Jalagam Vengala Rao	Vengala
4			C. Jagannatha Rao (1924–2012) MLA for Narsapur	24 February 1982	20 September 1982	1978 (6th)	Indian National Congress	Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy	Bhavanam
5			Koneru Ranga Rao (1936–2010) MLA for Tiruvuru	9 October 1992	12 December 1994	1989 (9th)		Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy	Kotla I
6			Damodar Raja Narasimha (born 1958) MLA for Andole	10 June 2011 [9]	1 February 2014 [10]	2009 ( 13th )		N. Kiran Kumar Reddy	Kiran
President's rule imposed during the period (1 March 2014 – 7 June 2014) [a] [b]
7			Nimmakayala Chinarajappa (born 1953) MLA for Peddapuram	8 June 2014	23 May 2019	2014 ( 14th )	Telugu Desam Party	N. Chandrababu Naidu	Naidu III
			K. E. Krishna Murthy (born 1938) MLA for Pattikonda	8 June 2014	23 May 2019
8			Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose MLC	8 June 2019	18 June 2020	2019 ( 15th )	YSR Congress Party	Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy	Jagan
			Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari MLA for Kadapa	8 June 2019	11 June 2024
			K. Narayana Swamy MLA for Gangadhara Nellore
			Pamula Pushpa Sreevani (born 1986) MLA for Kurupam	8 June 2019	11 April 2022
			Alla Nani (born 1969) MLA for Eluru
9			Dharmana Krishna Das MLA for Narasannapeta	22 July 2020	7 April 2022
10			Budi Mutyala Naidu MLA for Madugula	11 April 2022	11 June 2024
			Kottu Satyanarayana MLA for Tadepalligudem
			Peedika Rajanna Dora MLA for Salur
11			Konidala Pawan Kalyan (born 1971) MLA for Pithapuram	12 June 2024	Incumbent	2024 ( 16th )	Janasena Party	N. Chandrababu Naidu	Naidu IV

Statistics

#	Deputy Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
				Longest continuous term	Total duration of deputy chief ministership
1	B. V. Subba Reddy		INC	1 year, 103 days	1 year, 103 days
2	C. Jagannatha Rao		INC	208 days	208 days
3	Koneru Ranga Rao		INC	2 years, 64 days	2 years, 64 days
4	Damodar Raja Narasimha		INC	2 years, 236 days	2 years, 236 days
5	Nimmakayala Chinarajappa		TDP	4 years, 349 days	4 years, 349 days
6	K. E. Krishnamurthy		TDP	4 years, 349 days	4 years, 349 days
7	Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose		YSRCP	1 year, 10 days	1 year, 10 days
8	Amzath Basha Shaik Bepari		YSRCP	5 years, 3 days	5 years, 3 days
9	K. Narayana Swamy		YSRCP	5 years, 3 days	5 years, 3 days
10	Pamula Pushpa Sreevani		YSRCP	2 years, 307 days	2 years, 307 days
11	Alla Nani		YSRCP	2 years, 307 days	2 years, 307 days
12	Dharmana Krishna Das		YSRCP	1 year, 259 days	1 year, 259 days
13	Budi Mutyala Naidu		YSRCP	2 years, 61 days	2 years, 61 days
14	Kottu Satyanarayana		YSRCP	2 years, 61 days	2 years, 61 days
15	Peedika Rajanna Dora		YSRCP	2 years, 61 days	2 years, 61 days
16	Konidala Pawan Kalyan		JSP	244 days	244 days

Notes

1. President's rule may be imposed when the "government in a state is not able to function as per the Constitution", which often happens because no party or coalition has a majority in the assembly. When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant, and the administration is taken over by the governor, who functions on behalf of the central government. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved. ^[8]
2. After 58 years, the state was bifurcated into Andhra Pradesh and Telangana states on 2 June 2014 by Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014. After state reorganisation Andhra Pradesh Sasana sabha seats come down from 294 to 175 seats.

References

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