Delhi MCD Polls 2022 Dates Likely To Be Announced Today At 4 PM

The state election commission is likely to announce the schedule for the Delhi MCD polls today at 4 pm.

The state election commission is likely to announce the schedule for the Delhi MCD polls today at 4 pm.

Source : PTI

Delhi MCD Election 2022 Date: The State Election Commission will hold a press conference today at 4 pm and is likely to announce the schedule for the Delhi MCD polls.

The Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP are locked in a fierce battle in the run-up to the municipal elections in Delhi.

The BJP has been accusing the Arvind Kejriwal government of being corrupt while the AAP alleges that the BJP-led MCD has only contributed to giving three garbage mountains to the national capital, a claim repeated by the Chief Minister several times in reference to landfill sites.

The SEC earlier informed that the people whose names are mentioned in the electoral rolls revised till January 1 this year will be treated as voters in the forthcoming municipal elections.

In a gazette notification in this regard, the Commission said that the electoral rolls revised by the Chief Electoral Officers with the last date as January 1, 2022, shall be treated as the voter lists for MCD elections.

Officials said that it means that only those people who became voters till January 1, 2022, will be able to cast their vote in the upcoming MCD elections. 

Till January 1, 2022, there were around 1.48 crore voters in Delhi. 

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Tuesday issued a final gazette notification for the redrawing of municipal wards in Delhi, paving the way for municipal elections. The 800-page gazette notification issued by MHA mentioned that the number of municipal wards in Delhi will now be 250. 

Before the reunification of the municipality, there used to be 272 wards in 68 assembly segments. 

Municipal elections in the city are due since April this year. 

The BJP, which was ruling the three municipal corporations in Delhi for over a decade before their reunification, the AAP, and the Congress have already started preparation for the polls.

The MCD elections are expected to be held by the end of this year or early 2023.