List of chief ministers of Delhi

Head of government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi

Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi

Emblem of the National Capital Territory of Delhi

Flag of India

Incumbent
Rekha Gupta

since 20 February 2025

Government of Delhi
Style|

* The Honourable (Formal)
* Mr./Mrs./Ms. Chief Minister (Informal)
* Shri/Smt. (Informal)

Type| Head of State Government
Status| Leader of the Executive
Abbreviation| CM (NCT Delhi)
Member of|

* Delhi Legislative Assembly & Council of Ministers of Delhi

Reports to|

* Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
* Delhi Legislative Assembly

Residence| 6, Flagstaff Road, Civil Lines, Delhi
Seat| Old Secretariat, Vikram Nagar, Civil Lines, New Delhi
Nominator| Members of the Government of Delhi in Delhi Legislative Assembly
Appointer| Lt. Governor of Delhi by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Delhi Legislative Assembly
Term length| At the confidence of the assembly
Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.
Inaugural holder| Brahm Prakash
Formation| First Formation

17 March 1952; 72 years ago (1952-03-17)-1 November 1956; 68 years ago (1 November 1956);

Dissolved

1 November 1956; 68 years ago (1956-11-01)-1 December 1993; 31 years ago (1 December 1993)

Reintroduction
1 December 1993; 31 years ago (1 December 1993)
Deputy| Deputy Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi
Salary|

* ₹140,000 (US$1,600)/monthly
* ₹1,680,000 (US$19,000)/annually

Website| Official website

The chief minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi is the head of government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. According to the Constitution of India, the lieutenant governor is the National Capital Territory of Delhi's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with its chief minister. Following elections to the Delhi Legislative Assembly, the lieutenant governor usually invites the party with a majority of seats to form the government. The president of India, on the advice of the lieutenant governor, appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that the person has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[1]

## History

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Since 1952, the National Capital Territory of Delhi has had 7 chief ministers, starting with the Indian National Congress party's Chaudhary Brahm Prakash. The office of the chief minister was abolished for 37 years after the States Reorganisation Act of 1956. In 1991, growing demand for self-governance[2] led to the 69th Amendment to the Indian Constitution which granted Delhi National Capital Territory (NCT) status and an elected legislature.[3][4] First election after 37 years was held in November 1993[5] and Madan Lal Khurana of Bharatiya Janata Party was sworn in as the chief minister.[6] The longest-serving chief minister, Sheila Dikshit from the Indian National Congress party, held the office for over fifteen years.[7] On 28 December 2013, Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Aadmi Party sworn in as first state party chief minister of the national capital territory. There has been one instance of president's rule in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, most recently in 2015.

## Official residence

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Since 2014, the Chief Minister has resided at Bungalow 6 at Flagstaff Road in Central Delhi. The location is close to the Delhi Secretariat.[8]

## List

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No[a] | Portrait  | Name[9] | Constituency | Term of office  | Assembly
(election) | Party[b]

|
|
|
|
|
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1  |  | Brahm Prakash

(1918-1993)

| Nangloi Jat | 17 March 1952  | 12 February 1955  | 2 years, 332 days  | Interim
(1952) | Indian National Congress |
2  |  | Gurmukh Nihal Singh

(1895-1969)

| Daryaganj  | 12 February 1955  | 1 November 1956  | 1 year, 263 days
Office abolished (1 November 1956 – 1 December 1993)[c]
3  |  | Madan Lal Khurana

(1936-2018)

| Moti Nagar | 2 December 1993  | 26 February 1996  | 2 years, 86 days  | 1st
(1993) | Bharatiya Janata Party |
4  |  | Sahib Singh Verma

(1943-2007)

| Shalimar Bagh | 26 February 1996  | 12 October 1998  | 2 years, 228 days
5  |  | Sushma Swaraj

(1952-2019)

| Not Contested | 12 October 1998  | 3 December 1998  | 52 days
6  |  | Sheila Dikshit

(1938-2019)

| New Delhi | 3 December 1998  | 2 December 2003  | 15 years, 25 days  | 2nd
(1998) | Indian National Congress |
2 December 2003  | 30 November 2008  | 3rd
(2003)
30 November 2008  | 28 December 2013  | 4th
(2008)
7  |  | Arvind Kejriwal

(born 1968)

| New Delhi | 28 December 2013  | 14 February 2014  | 48 days  | 5th
(2013) | Aam Aadmi Party |
–  |  | Vacant
(President's rule)  | –  | 14 February 2014  | 14 February 2015  | 1 year, 0 days  | Dissolved | –  |
8  |  | Arvind Kejriwal

(born 1968)

| New Delhi | 14 February 2015  | 16 February 2020  | 9 years, 218 days  | 6th
(2015) | Aam Aadmi Party |
16 February 2020  | 21 September 2024  | 7th
(2020) |
9  |  | Atishi Marlena

(born 1981)

| Kalkaji  | 21 September 2024  | 20 February 2025  | 152 days  | Aam Aadmi Party
10  |  | Rekha Gupta

(born 1974) [11]

| Shalimar Bagh | 20 February 2025  | Incumbent | −1 day  | 8th
(2025) | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Statistics

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List of chief ministers by length of term
No.  | Name  | Party  | Length of term

|
|
|

Longest continuous term  | Total years of chief ministership
1  | Sheila Dikshit | INC |  | 15 years, 25 days  | 15 years, 25 days
2  | Arvind Kejriwal | AAP |  | 9 years, 218 days  | 9 years, 266 days
3  | Brahm Parkash | INC |  | 2 years, 332 days  | 2 years, 332 days
4  | Sahib Singh Verma | BJP |  | 2 years, 228 days  | 2 years, 228 days
5  | Madan Lal Khurana | BJP |  | 2 years, 86 days  | 2 years, 86 days
6  | Gurmukh Nihal Singh | INC |  | 1 year, 263 days  | 1 year, 263 days
7  | Atishi | AAP |  | 152 days  | 152 days
8  | Sushma Swaraj | BJP |  | 52 days  | 52 days
9  | Rekha Gupta | BJP |  | −1 day | −1 day

List by party
Political parties by total time-span of their member holding CMO (19 February 2025)  No.  | Political party  | Number of chief ministers  | Total days of holding CMO

|
|
|

1  | Indian National Congress | 3  | 7194 days
2  | Aam Aadmi Party | 2  | 3707 days
3  | Bharatiya Janata Party | 4 | 1826 days

Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Chief Minister's Office

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* AAP
* BJP

## See also

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* List of current Indian chief ministers
* List of lieutenant governors of the National Capital Territory of Delhi
* List of deputy chief ministers of the National Capital Territory of Delhi

## Notes

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1. ^ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
2. ^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he headed may have been a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
3. ^ As after that States Reorganisation Act, 1956 was passed which made Delhi a Union Territory. Thus, no one was appointed the next CM of Delhi until legislative assembly elections in Delhi were held in 1993, when Union Territory of Delhi was formally declared as National Capital Territory of Delhi by the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Indian constitution and formed Delhi Metropolitan Council.[10]

## References

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1. ^ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies to the specific case of Telangana as well.
2. ^ "Delhi and Washington D.C. : The Two Capitals' Pursuit of Self-Governance". Constitution of India. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
3. ^ "What is Article 239AA, and how the Supreme Court interpreted it in its Delhi services verdict". The Indian Express. 21 May 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
4. ^ "THE CONSTITUTION (SIXTY NINTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 1991" (PDF).
5. ^ "Preview unavailable - ProQuest". www.proquest.com. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
6. ^ Centre, National Informatics. "Digital Sansad". Digital Sansad. Retrieved 9 February 2025.
7. ^ "Sheila Dikshit is India's longest serving woman CM". IBN Live. 9 December 2008. Archived from the original on 27 June 2011. Retrieved 8 March 2011.
8. ^ "Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's new residence". NDTV.com. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
9. ^ "माननीय मुख्यमंत्रियों की सूची" [List of Honourable Chief Ministers]. Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly (in Hindi). Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
10. ^ "Sixty-ninth amendment". Delhi Assembly official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
11. ^ Hindustan Times (19 February 2025). "Who is Rekha Gupta, Delhi's new Chief Minister?".

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