Chief Minister of Delhi

Template:Infobox political post 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] 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]Template:AI-retrieved source 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)

NoTemplate:Efn	Portrait	Name^[9]	Constituency	Term of office			Assembly Template:Small	PartyTemplate:Efn
1		Brahm Prakash	Nangloi Jat	17 March 1952	12 February 1955	Template:Age in years and days	Interim Template:Small	Indian National Congress	rowspan=2 style="background-color:Template:Party color" \|
2		Gurmukh Nihal Singh	Daryaganj	12 February 1955	1 November 1956	Template:Age in years and days	Interim Template:Small	Indian National Congress
Office abolished (1 November 1956 – 1 December 1993)Template:Efn
3		Madan Lal Khurana	Moti Nagar	2 December 1993	26 February 1996	Template:Age in years and days	1st Template:Small	Bharatiya Janata Party	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|
4		Sahib Singh Verma	Shalimar Bagh	26 February 1996	12 October 1998	Template:Age in years and days
5		Sushma Swaraj	Not Contested	12 October 1998	3 December 1998	Template:Age in years and days
6		Sheila Dikshit	New Delhi	3 December 1998	2 December 2003	Template:Age in years and days	2nd Template:Small	Indian National Congress	rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Party color"\|
				2 December 2003	30 November 2008		3rd Template:Small
				30 November 2008	28 December 2013		4th Template:Small
7		Arvind Kejriwal	New Delhi	28 December 2013	14 February 2014	Template:Age in years and days	5th Template:Small	Aam Aadmi Party	style="background-color:Template:Party color"\|
–		Vacant (President's rule)	–	14 February 2014	14 February 2015	Template:Age in years and days	Dissolved	–
(7)		Arvind Kejriwal	New Delhi	14 February 2015	16 February 2020	Template:Age in years and days	6th Template:Small	Aam Aadmi Party	rowspan=3 style="background-color: Template:Party color"\|
(7)		Arvind Kejriwal	New Delhi	16 February 2020	21 September 2024	Template:Age in years and days	7th Template:Small
8		Atishi Marlena	Kalkaji	21 September 2024	20 February 2025	Template:Age in years and days	7th Template:Small
9	File:Rekha Gupta, 9th Chief Minister of Delhi.jpg	Rekha Gupta	Shalimar Bagh	20 February 2025	Incumbent	Template:Age in years and days	8th Template:Small	Bharatiya Janata Party	style="background-color: Template:Party color" \|

Statistics

List of chief ministers by length of term

#	Name	Party		Length of term
#	Name	Party		Longest tenure	Total tenure
1	Sheila Dikshit	INC	Template:Party color cell	15 years, 25 days	15 years, 25 days
2	Arvind Kejriwal	AAP	Template:Party color cell	9 years, 218 days	9 years, 266 days
3	Brahm Parkash	INC	Template:Party color cell	2 years, 332 days	2 years, 332 days
4	Sahib Singh Verma	BJP	Template:Party color cell	2 years, 228 days	2 years, 228 days
5	Madan Lal Khurana	BJP	Template:Party color cell	2 years, 86 days	2 years, 86 days
6	Gurmukh Nihal Singh	INC	Template:Party color cell	1 year, 263 days	1 year, 263 days
7	Rekha Gupta	BJP	Template:Party color cell	Template:Age in years and days	Template:Age in years and days
8	Atishi Marlena	AAP	Template:Party color cell	152 days	152 days
9	Sushma Swaraj	BJP	Template:Party color cell	52 days	52 days

List by party

Political parties by total time-span of their member holding CMO (29 July 2026)
No.	Political party	Number of chief ministers	Total days of holding CMO
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2	Aam Aadmi Party	2	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". days
3	Bharatiya Janata Party	4	Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[". days

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

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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."

Notes

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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. Template:ISBN. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies to the specific case of Telangana as well.
↑ Delhi and Washington D.C. : The Two Capitals' Pursuit of Self-Governance. Constitution of India. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
↑ What is Article 239AA, and how the Supreme Court interpreted it in its Delhi services verdict. The Indian Express(2023-05-21). Retrieved 2025-02-09.
↑ THE CONSTITUTION (SIXTY NINTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 1991.
↑ Preview unavailable - ProQuest. www.proquest.com. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
↑ Digital Sansad, Centre, National Informatics. Digital Sansad. Retrieved 2025-02-09.
↑ Sheila Dikshit is India's longest serving woman CM(9 December 2008). Retrieved 8 March 2011.
↑ Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's new residence. NDTV.com(3 January 2014). Retrieved 30 March 2022.
↑ माननीय मुख्यमंत्रियों की सूची. Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 2019-07-08.

External links

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Official Website of the Chief Minister Office

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[term1-1] Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. Template:ISBN. 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 2025-02-09.

[3] What is Article 239AA, and how the Supreme Court interpreted it in its Delhi services verdict. The Indian Express(2023-05-21). Retrieved 2025-02-09.

[4] THE CONSTITUTION (SIXTY NINTH AMENDMENT) ACT, 1991.

[5] Preview unavailable - ProQuest. www.proquest.com. Retrieved 2025-02-09.

[6] Digital Sansad, Centre, National Informatics. Digital Sansad. Retrieved 2025-02-09.

[ibn-7] Sheila Dikshit is India's longest serving woman CM(9 December 2008). Retrieved 8 March 2011.

[Delhi_CM_Residence-8] Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's new residence. NDTV.com(3 January 2014). Retrieved 30 March 2022.

[cla-9] माननीय मुख्यमंत्रियों की सूची. Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 2019-07-08.

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