# List of chief ministers of Delhi

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.

## 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 led to the 69th Amendment to the Indian Constitution which granted Delhi National Capital Territory (NCT) status and an elected legislature. First election after 37 years was held in November 1993 and Madan Lal Khurana of Bharatiya Janata Party was sworn in as the chief minister. The longest-serving chief minister, Sheila Dikshit from the Indian National Congress party, held the office for over fifteen years. 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.

## List

| No | Name | Constituency | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Assembly (election) | Party |
| 1 | Brahm Prakash | Nangloi Jat | 17 March 1952 | 12 February 1955 | 2 years, 332 days | Interim (1952) | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | Gurmukh Nihal Singh | Daryaganj | 12 February 1955 | 1 November 1956 | 1 year, 263 days | Interim (1952) | Indian National Congress |
| Office abolished (1 November 1956 – 1 December 1993) ||||||||||
| 3 | Madan Lal Khurana | Moti Nagar | 2 December 1993 | 26 February 1996 | 2 years, 86 days | 1st (1993) | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 4 | Sahib Singh Verma | Shalimar Bagh | 26 February 1996 | 12 October 1998 | 2 years, 228 days | 1st (1993) | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 5 | Sushma Swaraj | Not Contested | 12 October 1998 | 3 December 1998 | 52 days | 1st (1993) | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 6 | Sheila Dikshit | New Delhi | 3 December 1998 | 2 December 2003 | 15 years, 25 days | 2nd (1998) | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | Sheila Dikshit | New Delhi | 2 December 2003 | 30 November 2008 | 15 years, 25 days | 3rd (2003) | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | Sheila Dikshit | New Delhi | 30 November 2008 | 28 December 2013 | 15 years, 25 days | 4th (2008) | Indian National Congress |
| 7 | Arvind Kejriwal | New Delhi | 28 December 2013 | 14 February 2014 | 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 | 9 years, 218 days | 7th (2020) | Aam Aadmi Party |
| 8 | Atishi Marlena | Kalkaji | 21 September 2024 | 20 February 2025 | 152 days | 7th (2020) | Aam Aadmi Party |
| 9 | Rekha Gupta | Shalimar Bagh | 20 February 2025 | Incumbent | 21 days | 8th (2025) | Bharatiya Janata Party |

## Statistics
### List of chief ministers by length of term

| No. | Name | Party | Party | Length of term | Length of term |
| No. | Name | Party | Party | Longest continuous term | Total years of chief ministership |
| 1 | Sheila Dikshit | INC | | 15 years, 25 days | 15 years, 25 days |
| 2 | Arvind Kejriwal | AAP | | 9 years, 218 days | 9 years, 266 days |
| 3 | Brahm Parkash | 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 Marlena | AAP | | 152 days | 152 days |
| 8 | Sushma Swaraj | BJP | | 52 days | 52 days |
| 9 | Rekha Gupta | BJP | | 21 days | 21 days |

### List by party

Political parties by total time-span of their member holding CMO (13 March 2025) :
| No. | Political party | Number of chief ministers | Total days of holding CMO |
| 1 | Indian National Congress | 3 | 7194 days |
| 2 | Aam Aadmi Party | 2 | 3707 days |
| 3 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 4 | 1848 days |

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

* INC
* AAP
* BJP