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Chief Minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi
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Incumbent
Rekha Gupta
since 20 February 2025
Government of Delhi
Type Head of State Government
Member of
Reports to
Residence 6, Flagstaff Road, Civil Lines, Delhi
Seat Old Secretariat, Vikram Nagar, Civil Lines, New Delhi
NominatorMembers 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
FormationFirst Formation

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

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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
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

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. In the 2025 assembly chooses Rekha Gupta from BJP as the 4th women chief minister of Delhi-NCT.

Official residence

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

No [a] PortraitName [9] Constituency Term of office Assembly
(election)		Party [b]
1 Chaudhary Brahm Parkash 2001 stamp of India.jpg Brahm Prakash Nangloi Jat 17 March 195212 February 19552 years, 332 daysInterim
(1952)		 Indian National Congress
2 Gurumukh Nihal Singh.jpg Gurmukh Nihal Singh Daryaganj12 February 19551 November 19561 year, 263 days
Office abolished (1 November 1956 – 1 December 1993) [c]
3 Madan Lal Khurana.jpg Madan Lal Khurana Moti Nagar 2 December 199326 February 19962 years, 86 days 1st
(1993)		 Bharatiya Janata Party
4 Sahib Singh Verma (cropped).jpg Sahib Singh Verma Shalimar Bagh 26 February 199612 October 19982 years, 228 days
5 Sushma Swaraj Ji.jpg Sushma Swaraj Not Contested12 October 19983 December 199852 days
6 Sheila Dikshit Ji.jpg Sheila Dikshit New Delhi 3 December 19982 December 200315 years, 25 days 2nd
(1998)		 Indian National Congress
2 December 200330 November 2008 3rd
(2003)
30 November 200828 December 2013 4th
(2008)
7 Arvind Kejriwal 2022 Official Portrail.jpg Arvind Kejriwal New Delhi 28 December 201314 February 201448 days 5th
(2013)		 Aam Aadmi Party
– Emblem of India.svg Vacant
(President's rule)		–14 February 201414 February 20151 year, 0 daysDissolved–
(7) Arvind Kejriwal 2022 Official Portrail.jpg Arvind Kejriwal New Delhi 14 February 201516 February 20209 years, 218 days 6th
(2015)		 Aam Aadmi Party
16 February 202021 September 2024 7th
(2020)
8 Atishi.jpg Atishi Marlena Kalkaji 21 September 202420 February 2025152 days
9 Rekha Gupta, 9th Chief Minister of Delhi.jpg Rekha Gupta Shalimar Bagh 20 February 2025Incumbent5 days 8th
(2025)		 Bharatiya Janata Party

Statistics

List of chief ministers by length of term
No.NamePartyLength of term
Longest continuous termTotal years of chief ministership
1 Sheila Dikshit INC 15 years, 25 days15 years, 25 days
2 Arvind Kejriwal AAP 9 years, 218 days9 years, 266 days
3 Brahm Parkash INC 2 years, 332 days2 years, 332 days
4 Sahib Singh Verma BJP 2 years, 228 days2 years, 228 days
5 Madan Lal Khurana BJP 2 years, 86 days2 years, 86 days
6 Gurmukh Nihal Singh INC 1 year, 263 days1 year, 263 days
7 Atishi AAP 152 days152 days
8 Sushma Swaraj BJP 52 days52 days
9 Rekha Gupta BJP 5 days5 days
List by party
Political parties by total time-span of their member holding CMO (25February2025)
No.Political partyNumber of chief ministersTotal days of holding CMO
1 Indian National Congress 37194 days
2 Aam Aadmi Party 23707 days
3 Bharatiya Janata Party 41832 days
Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Chief Minister's Office
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
INC
AAP
BJP

See also

Notes

  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

  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.
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