New Delhi: The State Election Commission (SEC) will announce polling dates for Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) today in the evening, reported news agency ANI.
Earlier the SEC had announced that the MCD election will be held in April this year and added that publication of the list of polling station would start on February 23.
In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the numbers of voters at a polling station has been fixed at 1,250.
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has 272 constituencies spread across over three municipal corporations — North, South, and East. The civic body is elected for a term of five years and the current civic body’s term would end in April 2022 which was elected in April 2017.
The SEC had issued an order in January 2022 where it specified the number of wards to be reserved for candidates of the Scheduled Caste across the three municipalities. 20 wards in North Delhi Municipal Corporation, 15 in South Delhi Municipal Corporation, and 11 in East Delhi Municipal Corporation was stated by the SEC to be reserved for SC candidates.
Moreover, 50 percent of wards will be reserved for women candidates.
The three municipal corporations of Delhi are currently ruled by the BJP which had been in control of MCD since its trifurcation in 2012.