The Delhi Legislative Assembly was first constituted on 7 March 1952 under the Government of Part C States Act, 1951; it was inaugurated by Home Minister
K. N. Katju. The Assembly had 48 members, and a Council of Ministers in an advisory role to the Chief Commissioner of Delhi, though it also had powers to make laws. The first Council of Ministers was led by
Brahm Prakash, who became the first
Chief Minister of Delhi. However, the
States Reorganisation Commission, set up in 1953, led to the Constitutional amendment through
States Reorganisation Act, 1956, which came into effect on 1 November 1956. This meant that Delhi was no longer a Part-C State and was made a
Union Territory under the direct administration of the President of India. Also the Delhi Legislative Assembly and the Council of Ministers were abolished simultaneously. Subsequently, the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 was enacted which led to the formation the Municipal Corporation. This Council was finally replaced by the Delhi Legislative Assembly through the Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991, followed by the Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi Act, 1991 the Sixty-ninth Amendment to the
Constitution of India, which declared the Union Territory of Delhi to be formally known as
National Capital Territory of Delhi and also supplements the constitutional provisions relating to the Legislative Assembly and the Council of Ministers and related matters. The Legislative Assembly is selected for period of five years, and presently it is the eighth assembly, which was selected through the 2025 Delhi Legislative Assembly Election.
Assembly building The building was originally built in 1912, designed by E. Montague Thomas to hold the
Imperial Legislative Council and subsequently the
Central Legislative Assembly (after 1919), until the newly constructed
Parliament House of India in New Delhi (Sansad Bhawan) was inaugurated on 18 January 1927. The site was built over the land of the former Old Chandrawal village. The building also housed the Secretariat of the
Government of India, and was built after the capital of India shifted to Delhi from Calcutta. The temporary secretariat building was constructed in a few months' time in 1912. It functioned as the Secretariat for another decade, before the offices shifted to the present
Secretariat Building on
Raisina Hill. == List of assemblies ==