| Border: | parliamentary |
| Minister: | not_prime |
| Post: | Deputy Chief Minister |
| Body: | Odisha |
| Inaugural: | Pabitra Mohan Pradhan |
| Insignia: | Seal_of_Odisha.png |
| Insigniasize: | 150 |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of Odisha |
| Incumbent: | Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo Pravati Parida |
| Incumbentsince: | 12 June 2024 |
| Appointer: | Governor of Odisha |
| Appointer Qualified: | by convention, based on appointee's ability to command confidence in the Odisha Legislative Assembly |
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| Seat: | Lok Seva Bhavan, Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
| Abbreviation: | Dy. CM |
| Status: | Deputy Head of Government |
| Department: | Chief Minister's Office |
| Residence: | Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
| Termlength: | At the pleasure of the governor |
| Termlength Qualified: | Legislative Assembly term is 5 years unless dissolved sooner No term limits specified.[1] |
The Deputy Chief Minister of Odisha is a member of the Cabinet of Odisha Government in the Government of Odisha. Not a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers.[2] 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.
| Portrait | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Assembly | Chief Minister | Party | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pabitra Mohan Pradhan | Pallahara | 8 March 1967 | 9 January 1971 | 4th(1967 election) | Rajendra Narayan Singh Deo | Orissa Jana Congress | |||
| 2 | Nilamani Routray | Basudevpur | 14 June 1972 | 1 March 1973 | 5th(1971 election) | Nandini Satpathy | Utkal Congress | |||
| 3 | Hemananda Biswal | Laikera | 15 March 1995 | 9 May 1998 | 11th(1995 election) | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik | Indian National Congress | |||
| 4 | Basant Kumar Biswal | Tirtol | 17 February 1999 | |||||||
| 5 | Kanak Vardhan Singh Deo | Patnagarh | 12 June 2024 | Incumbent | 17th(2024 election) | Mohan Charan Majhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 6 | Pravati Parida | Nimapara | ||||||||