List of chief ministers of Delhi

Chief Minister of National Capital Territory of Delhi
Chief Minister of National Capital Territory of Delhi
	Emblem of the NCT of Delhi
	Flag of India
	Incumbent; Atishi ; since 17 September 2024
	Government of Delhi
Style	Mahoday/Mahodaya:; (In India); The Honourable (Formal); Mr./Mrs. Chief Minister (Informal); Shri / Smt ; (In India);
Type	Head of State Government
Status	Leader of the Executive
Abbreviation	CM
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	Delhi Secretariat, Sachivalaya Rd, Vikram Nagar, 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	17 March 1952;72 years ago-1 November 1956;68 years ago; 1 December 1993;31 years ago
Deputy	Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi
Salary	₹140,000 (US$1,700)/monthly; ₹1,680,000 (US$20,000)/annually;
Website	Official website

Last updated December 05, 2024

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, National Capital Territory of Delhi has had 7 chief ministers, starting with the Indian National Congress party's Brahm Prakash. Shortly after his term ended, the office of chief minister of the National Capital Territory of Delhi was abolished for 37 years until 2 December 1993, when the Bharatiya Janata Party's Madan Lal Khurana was sworn in. The longest-serving chief minister, Sheila Dikshit from the Indian National Congress party held the office for over fifteen years.^[2] On 28 December 2013, Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Aadmi Party sworn in as first state party chief minister of the national capital territory. There have been one instance of president's rule in National Capital Territory of Delhi, most recently in 2015.

Atishi Marlena Singh of Aam Aadmi Party is the incumbent chief minister of Delhi since 17 September 2024.

Official residence

Since 2014, CM resides at Bhagwan Das Road in central Delhi. The location is close to the Delhi Secretariat.^[3]

List

Key

^† Assassinated or died in office
^§ Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
^RES Resigned

No^[a]	Name^[4]	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly (election)	Party^[b]
1	Brahm Prakash	Nangloi Jat	17 March 1952	12 February 1955^[RES]	2 years, 332 days	Interim (1952 election)	Indian National Congress
2	Gurmukh Nihal Singh	Daryaganj	12 February 1955	1 November 1956	1 year, 263 days	Interim (1952 election)	Indian National Congress
Office abolished (1 November 1956 - 1 December 1993)^[c]
3	Madan Lal Khurana	Moti Nagar	2 December 1993	26 February 1996^[RES]	2 years, 86 days	1st (1993 election)	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	Chaudhary Sahib Singh Verma (Lakra)	Shalimar Bagh	26 February 1996	12 October 1998^[RES]	2 years, 228 days
5	Sushma Swaraj	Not Contested	12 October 1998	3 December 1998	52 days
6	Sheila Dikshit	New Delhi	3 December 1998	2 December 2003	15 years, 25 days	2nd (1998 election)	Indian National Congress
			2 December 2003	30 November 2008		3rd (2003)
			30 November 2008	28 December 2013		4th (2008)
7	Arvind Kejriwal	New Delhi	28 December 2013	14 February 2014^[RES]	48 days	5th (2013)	Aam Aadmi Party
–	Vacant (President's rule)	–	14 February 2014	14 February 2015	1 year, 0 days	Dissolved	–
(7)	Arvind Kejriwal	New Delhi	14 February 2015	16 February 2020	9 years, 218 days	6th (2015)	Aam Aadmi Party
(7)	Arvind Kejriwal	New Delhi	16 February 2020	21 September 2024^[RES]	9 years, 218 days	7th (2020)
8	Atishi Marlena	Kalkaji	21 September 2024	Incumbent	74 days	7th (2020)

Statistics

List by chief minister

#	Chief Minister	Party		Term of office
#	Chief Minister	Party		Longest continuous term	Total duration of chief ministership
1	Sheila Dikshit		INC	15 years, 25 days	15 years, 25 days
2	Arvind Kejriwal		AAP	9 years, 219 days	9 years, 267 days
3	Brahm Prakash		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*	78 days*	78 days*
8	Sushma Swaraj		BJP	52 days	52 days
–	President's Rule		N/A	1 year, 0 days
–	Office Abolished		N/A	37 years and 30 days

Notes

↑ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.^[5]

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References

↑ 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 for the specific case of Telangana as well.
↑ "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.
↑ "Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's new residence". NDTV.com. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
↑ "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.
↑ "Sixty-ninth amendment". Delhi Assembly official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

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[no1-4] A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.

[6] 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.

[8] 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.^[5]

[term1-1] 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 for the specific case of Telangana as well.

[ibn-2] "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.

[Delhi_CM_Residence-3] "Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's new residence". NDTV.com. 3 January 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[cla-5] "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.

[Sixty-ninth_amendment-7] "Sixty-ninth amendment". Delhi Assembly official website. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2015.

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