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{{Short description|Leader of the executive branch of National Capital Territory of Delhi}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
{{Infobox political post
| post = Chief Minister
| body = National Capital Territory of Delhi
| insignia = Seal_of_the_National_Capital_Territory_of_Delhi.svg
| insigniasize = 125px
| insigniacaption = Emblem of the NCT of Delhi
| abbreviation = CMoDelhi
| department = {{ubl|[[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister's Office]]|[[Government of Delhi]]}}
| seat = Old Secretariat, Vikram Nagar, Civil Lines, [[New Delhi]]
| image = Rekha Gupta, 9th Chief Minister of Delhi.jpg
| incumbent = [[Rekha Gupta]]
| imagesize = 200px
| incumbentsince = 20 February 2025
| appointer = [[List of lieutenant governors of Delhi|Lt. Governor of Delhi]] by [[Political convention|convention]] based on appointees ability to command [[confidence]] in the [[Delhi Legislative Assembly]]
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flagsize = 100px
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| flagborder = yes
| style = [[The Honourable]] [[Her Excellency]]
| type = [[Head of government]]
| status = Leader of the Executive
| residence = 6, Flagstaff Road, [[Civil Lines, Delhi]]
| inaugural = [[Brahm Prakash (politician)|Brahm Prakash]]
| reportsto = *[[List of lieutenant governors of Delhi|Lieutenant Governor of Delhi]]
*[[Delhi Legislative Assembly]]
| salary = ₹390,000 (US$4,100)
| formation = ''First formation'': {{start date and age|df=yes|1952|03|17}} {{endash}} {{end date and age|1956|11|1|df=yes}}; 
''dissolved in between'' {{start date and age|df=yes|1956|11|01}} {{endash}} {{end date and age|1993|12|1|df=yes}}; 
''Reintroduction'': {{start date and age|1993|12|1|df=yes}}
| deputy = [[List of deputy chief ministers of Delhi|Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi]]
| member_of = *[[Government of Delhi#Council of Ministers|State cabinet]]
*[[Delhi Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]]
| termlength = At the confidence of the assembly
| termlength_qualified = Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no [[term limit]]s.
| nominator = MLAs of the majority party or alliance
| website = [https://delhi.gov.in/ Official website]
| native_name =
}}
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 [[List of lieutenant governors of Delhi|lieutenant governor]] is the National Capital Territory of Delhi's ''[[de jure]]'' head, but ''[[de facto]]'' executive authority rests with its [[Chief Minister (India)|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 of Delhi|government]]. The [[president of India]], on the advice of the lieutenant governor, appoints the chief minister, whose [[Cabinet (government)|council of ministers]] are [[Cabinet collective responsibility|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 limit]]s.<ref name="term1">[[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.</ref> [[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, 1956|States Reorganisation Act of 1956]]. In 1991, growing demand for self-governance<ref>{{Cite web |title=Delhi and Washington D.C. : The Two Capitals' Pursuit of Self-Governance |url=https://www.constitutionofindia.net/blog/delhiandwashington/ |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=Constitution of India |language=en-US}}</ref> led to the 69th Amendment to the Indian Constitution which granted Delhi National Capital Territory (NCT) status and an elected legislature.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-21 |title=What is Article 239AA, and how the Supreme Court interpreted it in its Delhi services verdict |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-law/what-is-article-239aa-and-how-the-sc-interpreted-it-in-its-delhi-services-verdict-8620118/ |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=THE CONSTITUTION (SIXTY NINTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 1991 |url=https://delhiassembly.delhi.gov.in/sites/default/files/2023-09/constitutioneng_0.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com}}</ref>{{AI-retrieved source|date=March 2026|checked=no}} First election after 37 years was held in November 1993<ref>{{Cite web |title=Preview unavailable - ProQuest |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/751366104?sourcetype=Historical%20Newspapers |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=www.proquest.com |language=en}}</ref> and [[Madan Lal Khurana]] of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] was sworn in as the chief minister.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Centre |first=National Informatics |title=Digital Sansad |url=https://sansad.in/ls/members/biographyM/199?from=members |access-date=2025-02-09 |website=Digital Sansad |language=en}}</ref> The longest-serving chief minister, [[Sheila Dikshit]] from the Indian National Congress party, held the office for over fifteen years.<ref name="ibn">{{cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sheila-dikshit-is-indias-longest-serving-woman-cm/80125-3.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627130031/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sheila-dikshit-is-indias-longest-serving-woman-cm/80125-3.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 June 2011 |title=Sheila Dikshit is India's longest serving woman CM |access-date=8 March 2011 |date=9 December 2008 |work=[[Network 18|IBN Live]]}}</ref> 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 [[Civil Lines, Delhi|Delhi Secretariat]].<ref name="Delhi CM Residence">{{cite news |title=Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's new residence |url=https://www.ndtv.com/photos/news/chief-minister-arvind-kejriwals-new-residence-16741 |access-date=30 March 2022 |work=NDTV.com |date=3 January 2014}}</ref>

== Chief ministers of Delhi (1952-present) ==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!No{{efn|A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.|name="no1"}}
!Portrait
!Name<ref name="cla">{{cite web|title=माननीय मुख्यमंत्रियों की सूची|trans-title=List of Honourable Chief Ministers|url=http://www.cgvidhansabha.gov.in/hindi_new/bio/cm_ex.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708112038/http://www.cgvidhansabha.gov.in/hindi_new/bio/cm_ex.htm|archive-date=2019-07-08|access-date=2019-07-08|website=Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly|language=hi}}</ref>
![[List of constituencies of the Delhi Legislative Assembly|Constituency]]
! colspan="3" |Term of office
![[Delhi Legislative Assembly|Assembly]] {{small|([[Elections in Delhi|election]])}}
! colspan="2" |Party{{efn|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.}}
|-
|1
|[[File:Chaudhary Brahm Parkash 2001 stamp of India.jpg|101x101px]]
|[[Brahm Prakash (politician)|Brahm Prakash]]
|[[Nangloi Jat Assembly constituency|Nangloi Jat]]
|17 March 1952
|12 February 1955
|{{age in years and days|1952|03|17|1955|02|12}}
|rowspan=2|Interim {{small|([[1952 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|1952]])}}
|rowspan=2|[[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan=2 style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
|2
|[[File:Gurumukh Nihal Singh.jpg|110x110px]]
| scope="row" |[[Gurmukh Nihal Singh]]
|Daryaganj
|12 February 1955
|1 November 1956
|{{age in years and days|1955|02|12|1956|11|01}}
|-
! colspan="10" |Office abolished (1 November 1956 – 1 December 1993){{efn|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 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|1993]], when Union Territory of Delhi was formally declared as [[National Capital Territory of Delhi]] by the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the [[Constitution of India|Indian constitution]] and formed [[Delhi Metropolitan Council]].<ref name=" Sixty-ninth amendment ">{{cite news|title=Sixty-ninth amendment|publisher=[[Delhi Assembly]] official website|accessdate=Feb 2, 2015|url=http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend69.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821020032/http://indiacode.nic.in/coiweb/amend/amend69.htm#|archive-date=21 August 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>}}
|-
|3
|[[File:Madan_Lal_Khurana.jpg|92x92px]]
|[[Madan Lal Khurana]]
|[[Moti Nagar Assembly constituency|Moti Nagar]]
|2 December 1993
|26 February 1996
|{{age in years and days|1993|12|02|1996|02|26}}
| rowspan="3" |[[1st Delhi Assembly|1st]] {{small|([[1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|1993]])}}
| rowspan="3" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|-
|4
|[[File:Sahib Singh Verma (cropped).jpg|101x101px]]
| scope="row" |[[Sahib Singh Verma]]
|[[Shalimar Bagh Assembly constituency|Shalimar Bagh]]
|26 February 1996
|12 October 1998
|{{age in years and days|1996|02|26|1998|10|12}}
|-
|5
|[[File:Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg|94x94px]]
|[[Sushma Swaraj]]
|''Not Contested''
|12 October 1998
|3 December 1998
|{{age in years and days|1998|10|12|1998|12|03}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |6
| rowspan="3" |[[File:Sheila_Dikshit_Ji.jpg|94x94px]]
|rowspan=3|[[Sheila Dikshit]]
|rowspan=3|[[New Delhi Assembly constituency|New Delhi]]
|3 December 1998
|2 December 2003
|rowspan=3|{{age in years and days|1998|12|03|2013|12|28}}
|[[2nd Delhi Assembly|2nd]] {{small|([[1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|1998]])}}
|rowspan=3|[[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|-
|2 December 2003
|30 November 2008
|[[3rd Delhi Assembly|3rd]] {{small|([[2003 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2003]])}}
|-
|30 November 2008
|28 December 2013
|[[4th Delhi Assembly|4th]] {{small|([[2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2008]])}}
|-
|7
|[[File:Arvind Kejriwal 2022 Official Portrail.jpg|115x115px]]
|[[Arvind Kejriwal]]
|[[New Delhi Assembly constituency|New Delhi]]
|28 December 2013
|14 February 2014
|{{age in years and days|2013|12|28|2014|02|14}}
|[[5th Delhi Assembly|5th]] {{small|([[2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2013]])}}
|[[Aam Aadmi Party]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}}"|
|-
|–
|[[File:Emblem of India.svg|75px]]
|''Vacant'' ([[President's rule]])
|–
|14 February 2014
|14 February 2015
|{{age in years and days|2014|02|14|2015|02|14}}
|''Dissolved''
|–
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |(7)
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Arvind Kejriwal 2022 Official Portrail.jpg|115x115px]]
|rowspan=2|[[Arvind Kejriwal]]
|rowspan=2|[[New Delhi Assembly constituency|New Delhi]]
|14 February 2015
|16 February 2020
|rowspan=2|{{age in years and days|2015|02|16|2024|09|21}}
|[[6th Delhi Assembly|6th]] {{small|([[2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2015]])}}
|rowspan=3|[[Aam Aadmi Party]]
|rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}}"|
|-
|16 February 2020
|21 September 2024
|rowspan=2|[[7th Delhi Assembly|7th]] {{small|([[2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2020]])}}
|-
|8
|[[File:Atishi.jpg|94x94px]]
|[[Atishi Marlena]]
|[[Kalkaji Assembly constituency|Kalkaji]]
|21 September 2024
|20 February 2025
|{{age in years and days|2024|9|21|2025|2|20}}
|-
|9
|[[File:Rekha Gupta, 9th Chief Minister of Delhi.jpg|94x94px]]
|[[Rekha Gupta]]

|[[Shalimar Bagh Assembly constituency|Shalimar Bagh]]
|20 February 2025
|''Incumbent''
|{{age in years and days|2025|2|20}}
|[[8th Delhi Assembly|8th]] {{small|([[2025 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2025]])}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|}

==Statistics==
;List of chief ministers by length of term
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!rowspan=2|#
!rowspan=2|Name
!rowspan=2 colspan=2|Party
!colspan=2|Length of term
|-
!Longest tenure
!Total tenure
|-
|1
|[[Sheila Dikshit]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|15 years, 25 days
|15 years, 25 days
|-
|2
|[[Arvind Kejriwal]]
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|{{party color cell|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|9 years, 218 days
|9 years, 266 days
|-
|3
|[[Brahm Prakash (politician)|Brahm Parkash]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|2 years, 332 days
|2 years, 332 days
|-
|4
|[[Sahib Singh Verma]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|2 years, 228 days
|2 years, 228 days
|-
|5
|[[Madan Lal Khurana]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|2 years, 86 days
|2 years, 86 days
|-
|6
|[[Gurmukh Nihal Singh]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|1 year, 263 days
|1 year, 263 days
|-
|7
|'''[[Rekha Gupta]]'''
|'''[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]'''
|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|'''{{age in years and days|2025|02|20}}'''
|'''{{age in years and days|2025|02|20}}'''
|-
|8
|[[Atishi Marlena]]
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|{{party color cell|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|152 days
|152 days
|-
|9
|[[Sushma Swaraj]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|52 days
|52 days
|}

;List by party
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
|+Political parties by total time-span of their member holding CMO ({{CURRENTDAY}} {{CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{CURRENTYEAR}})
!No.
!Political party
!Number of chief ministers
!Total days of holding CMO
|-
!1
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|3
|{{formatnum:{{formatnum:{{#expr:{{age in days|1952|03|17|1956|11|01}}+{{age in days|1998|12|03|2013|12|28}}}}}}|R}} days
|-
!2
|[[Aam Aadmi Party]]
|2
|{{formatnum:{{formatnum:{{#expr:{{age in days|2013|12|28|2014|02|14}}+{{age in days|2015|02|14|2025|02|20}}}}}}|R}} days
|-
!3
|'''[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]'''
|'''4'''
|'''{{formatnum:{{formatnum:{{#expr:{{age in days|1993|12|02|1998|12|03}}+{{age in days|2025|02|20}}}}}}|R}} days'''
|}

;Parties by total duration (in days) of holding Chief Minister's Office
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|x legends = INC:AAP:BJP
}}
== Oath ==
"I, [Name], do swear in the name of God / solemnly affirm that I will not directly or indirectly communicate or reveal to any person or persons any matter which shall be brought under my consideration or shall become known to me as a Minister for the State of [Name of State] except as may be required for the due discharge of my duties as such Minister."Pad ki Shapath (Oath of Office)
"Main, [CM ka Naam], Ishwar ki shapath leta hoon / satyanishtha se pratigyan karta hoon ki main vidhi dwara sthapit Bharat ke Samvidhan ke prati sachi shraddha aur nishtha rakhunga. Main Bharat ki prabhuta aur akhandta akshunn rakhunga. Main [State ka Naam] ke Rajya ke Mukhya Mantri ke roop mein apne kartavyon ka shraddhapoorvak aur shuddh antahkaran se nirvahan karunga, tatha main bhay ya pakshpat, anurag ya dwesh ke bina, sabhi prakar ke logon ke prati Samvidhan aur vidhi ke anusar nyay karunga."
B. Gopniyata ki Shapath (Oath of Secrecy)
"Main, [CM ka Naam], Ishwar ki shapath leta hoon / satyanishtha se pratigyan karta hoon ki jo vishay [State ka Naam] ke Rajya ke Mukhya Mantri ke roop mein mere vichar ke liye laya jayega athva mujhe gyaat hoga, use kisi vyakti ya vyaktityon ko, tab ke sivay jab ki aise Mukhya Mantri ke roop mein apne kartavyon ke uchit nirvahan ke liye aisa karna apekshit ho, main pratyaksh (directly) ya apratyaksh (indirectly) roop mein sansuchit ya prakat nahi karunga."
==See also==
*[[List of current Indian chief ministers]]
*[[List of lieutenant governors of Delhi|List of lieutenant governors of the National Capital Territory of Delhi]]
*[[List of deputy chief ministers of Delhi|List of deputy chief ministers of the National Capital Territory of Delhi]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
*[https://www.delhi.gov.in// Official Website of the Chief Minister Office]

{{Current Indian chief ministers}}
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[[Category:Lists of chief ministers of Indian states|Delhi]]
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Jaffer sadiq at 04:37, 1 June 2026