Chief Minister of Delhi

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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 lieutenantgovernor 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]Rekha Gupta is the incumbent chief minister since February 2025.

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.

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]

Chief ministers of Delhi (1952-present)

No[a]PortraitName[9]ConstituencyTerm of officeAssembly(election)Party[b]
1Brahm PrakashNangloi Jat17 March 195212 February 19552 years, 332 daysInterim(1952)Indian National Congress
2Gurmukh Nihal SinghDaryaganj12 February 19551 November 19561 year, 263 days
Office abolished (1 November 1956 – 1 December 1993)[c]
3Madan Lal KhuranaMoti Nagar2 December 199326 February 19962 years, 86 days1st(1993)Bharatiya Janata Party
4Sahib Singh VermaShalimar Bagh26 February 199612 October 19982 years, 228 days
5Sushma SwarajNot Contested12 October 19983 December 199852 days
6Sheila DikshitNew Delhi3 December 19982 December 200315 years, 25 days2nd(1998)Indian National Congress
2 December 200330 November 20083rd(2003)
30 November 200828 December 20134th(2008)
7Arvind KejriwalNew Delhi28 December 201314 February 201448 days5th(2013)Aam Aadmi Party
–Vacant(President's rule)–14 February 201414 February 20151 year, 0 daysDissolved–
(7)Arvind KejriwalNew Delhi14 February 201516 February 20209 years, 218 days6th(2015)Aam Aadmi Party
16 February 202021 September 20247th(2020)
8Atishi MarlenaKalkaji21 September 202420 February 2025152 days
9Rekha GuptaShalimar Bagh20 February 2025Incumbent1 year, 158 days8th(2025)Bharatiya Janata Party

Statistics

List of chief ministers by length of term
#NamePartyLength of term
Longest tenureTotal tenure
1Sheila DikshitINC15 years, 25 days15 years, 25 days
2Arvind KejriwalAAP9 years, 218 days9 years, 266 days
3Brahm ParkashINC2 years, 332 days2 years, 332 days
4Sahib Singh VermaBJP2 years, 228 days2 years, 228 days
5Madan Lal KhuranaBJP2 years, 86 days2 years, 86 days
6Gurmukh Nihal SinghINC1 year, 263 days1 year, 263 days
7Rekha GuptaBJP1 year, 158 days1 year, 158 days
8Atishi MarlenaAAP152 days152 days
9Sushma SwarajBJP52 days52 days
List by party
Political parties by total time-span of their member holding CMO (28July2026)
No.Political partyNumber of chief ministersTotal days of holding CMO
1Indian National Congress37194 days
2Aam Aadmi Party23707 days
3Bharatiya Janata Party42350 days
Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Chief Minister's Office
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Oath

“I, A.B., do swear in the name of God that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, 1 [that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India,] that I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge my duties as a Minister for the State of ..........and that I will do right to all manner of people in accordance with the Constitution and the law without fear or favour, affection or ill-will.”[11]

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.
  11. ↑"Arvind Kejriwal Delhi CM swearing-in live updates". The Hindu. 16 February 2020. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 19 June 2026.