Following elections to the Delhi Legislative Assembly, the lieutenant governor usually invites the party with a majority of seats to form the government.

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.

In the 2025 assembly chooses Rekha Gupta from BJP as the 4th women chief minister of Delhi-NCT.