Government of Delhi
New Delhi, an urban area in Delhi Union Territory, is the seat of the State Government of Delhi and the Government of India, as well as the city or local governments as per the 74th Constitutional Amendment Act.
Union Territories are governed by the Union Government. There are a few exceptions, such as Delhi, Puducherry, and erstwhile Jammu and Kashmir which also have a state government.
Local Governments
The local or city government is headed by the Mayor. The erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Delhi handled civic administration for the city, and had one mayor.The Municipal Corporation of Delhi was replaced by three new bodies, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation in 2012. This is why Delhi now has three mayors.
The Delhi Cantonment Board is also a municipality that has jurisdiction in the city, since cantonment boards are municipalities as per the Cantonment Board Act 2006 and are under control of the Ministry of Defence.
State Government
The Chief Minister and Governor are the heads of the State Government. The state government consists of the legislative wing, i.e. the present Legislative Assembly of Delhi, which is unicameral, consisting of 70 members of the legislative assembly..History
The Legislative Assembly of Delhi was first constituted on 17 March 1952 under the Government of Part C States Act, 1951, but it was abolished on 1 October 1956. Its legislative assembly was re-established in the year of 1993, after the Constitution Act, 1991 came into force, followed by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the Constitution of India, declared the Union Territory of Delhi to be formally known as National Capital Territory of Delhi.The first Chief Minister of Delhi was Ch. Braham Prakash and the first woman CM was Sushma Swaraj of BJP. Sheila Dikshit has been the CM for the maximum times and oversaw immense development of the city during her tenure. New Delhi owes much of its growth to her tenure. Guru Radha Kishan had the rare distinction of representing his constituency in MCD for most years continuously by an individual and Ch. Prem Singh has won the maximum elections for different civic bodies in Delhi.
Ministers
As per article 239AA of Indian Constitution, the number of Ministers cannot exceed ten percent of Delhi assembly seats. Therefore, there can be a maximum of 7 Ministers| # | From | To | Name | Position |
| 01 | 14 February 2015 | Incumbent | Arvind Kejriwal | Chief Minister, Water |
| 02 | 14 February 2015 | Incumbent | Manish Sisodia | Deputy Chief Minister, Tourism, Education, Finance, Planning, Land & Building, Vigilance, Services, Women & Child, Art, Culture & Languages And all other departments not specifically assigned to any ministers |
| 03 | 14 February 2015 | Incumbent | Satyendra Kumar Jain | Health, Industries, Public Works Department, Power, Home, Urban Development |
| 04 | 14 February 2015 | Incumbent | Gopal Rai | Employment, Development, Labour, General Administration Department, Irrigation & Flood Control |
| 05 | 14 February 2015 | Incumbent | Imran Hussain | Food and Supply, Election |
| 06 | 14 February 2015 | Incumbent | Rajendra Pal Gautam | Gurudwara Elections, Water, SC & ST, Social Welfare, Cooperative |
| 07 | 14 February 2015 | Incumbent | Kailash Gahlot | Administrative Reforms, Information & Technology, Law, Justice & Legislative Affairs, Transport, Revenue, Forest & Wildlife, Environment |