| Post: | Chief Minister |
| Body: | National Capital Territory of Delhi |
| Insignia: | Seal_of_the_National_Capital_Territory_of_Delhi.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Insigniacaption: | Emblem of the NCT of Delhi |
| Abbreviation: | CM |
| Department: | Government of Delhi |
| Seat: | Delhi Secretariat, Sachivalaya Rd, Vikram Nagar, New Delhi |
| Incumbent: | Atishi |
| Appointer: | Lt. Governor of Delhi by convention based on appointees ability to command confidence in the Delhi Legislative Assembly |
| Flag: | Flag of India.svg |
| Flagsize: | 110px |
| Flagcaption: | Flag of India |
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| Type: | Head of State Government |
| Status: | Leader of the Executive |
| Residence: | 6, Flagstaff Road, Civil Lines, Delhi |
| Inaugural: | Brahm Prakash |
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| Formation: | -; |
| Deputy: | Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi |
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| Termlength: | At the confidence of the assembly |
| Termlength Qualified: | Chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. |
| Nominator: | Members of the Government of Delhi in Delhi Legislative Assembly |
| Website: | Official website |
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]
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.
Since 2014, CM resides at Bhagwan Das Road in central Delhi. The location is close to the Delhi Secretariat.[3]
| No | Portrait | Name[4] | Constituency | Term of office | Assembly | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brahm Prakash | Nangloi Jat | 17 March 1952 | 12 February 1955 | Interim | Indian National Congress | |||
| 2 | Gurmukh Nihal Singh | Daryaganj | 12 February 1955 | 1 November 1956 | |||||
| Office abolished (1 November 1956 - 1 December 1993) | |||||||||
| 3 | Madan Lal Khurana | Moti Nagar | 2 December 1993 | 26 February 1996 | 1st | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 4 | Chaudhary Sahib Singh Verma (Lakra) | Shalimar Bagh | 26 February 1996 | 12 October 1998 | |||||
| 5 | Sushma Swaraj | Not Contested | 12 October 1998 | 3 December 1998 | |||||
| 6 | Sheila Dikshit | New Delhi | 3 December 1998 | 2 December 2003 | 2nd | Indian National Congress | |||
| 2 December 2003 | 30 November 2008 | 3rd | |||||||
| 30 November 2008 | 28 December 2013 | 4th | |||||||
| 7 | Arvind Kejriwal | New Delhi | 28 December 2013 | 14 February 2014 | 5th | Aam Aadmi Party | |||
| – | Vacant (President's rule) | – | 14 February 2014 | 14 February 2015 | Dissolved | – | |||
| (7) | Arvind Kejriwal | New Delhi | 14 February 2015 | 16 February 2020 | 6th | Aam Aadmi Party | |||
| 16 February 2020 | 21 September 2024 | 7th | |||||||
| 8 | Atishi Marlena | Kalkaji | 21 September 2024 | Incumbent | |||||
| data-sort-type=number rowspan = "2" | Chief Minister | Party | Term of office | ||
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| Longest continuous term | Total duration of chief ministership | ||||
| data-sort-value="1" | 1 | Sheila Dikshit | 15 years, 25 days | 15 years, 25 days | |
| data-sort-value="2" | 2 | Arvind Kejriwal | 9 years, 219 days | 9 years, 267 days | |
| data-sort-value="3" | 3 | Brahm Prakash | 2 years, 332 days | 2 years, 332 days | |
| data-sort-value="4" | 4 | Sahib Singh Verma | 2 years, 228 days | 2 years, 228 days | |
| data-sort-value="5" | 5 | Madan Lal Khurana | 2 years, 86 days | 2 years, 86 days | |
| data-sort-value="6" | 6 | Gurmukh Nihal Singh | 1 year, 263 days | 1 year, 263 days | |
| data-sort-value="7" | 7 | Atishi | |||
| data-sort-value="8" | 8 | Sushma Swaraj | 52 days | 52 days | |
| data-sort-value="9" | President's Rule | 1 year, 0 days | |||
| data-sort-value="10" | Office Abolished | 37 years and 30 days | |||