Delhi MCD Election 2017: Date, Schedule, Polling, Result

Voting for the three municipal corporations in Delhi or MCD will take place on April 22.

NEW DELHI: MCD (Municipal Corporationof Delhi) Elections, seen as a popularity test for the ruling Aam Aadmi Party, will be held on April 23 in the national capital. The erstwhile unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trifurcated in 2012 into North, South and East Municipal Corporation or NDMC, SDMC and EDMC respectively. The upcoming polls are being seen as crucial for the AAP as it has "failed" to perform in Punjab and Goa elections. BJP, which has been ruling all three MCDs for 10 years, has decided to drop all its sitting councillors from the list of candidates, a move intended to "infuse fresh blood" into civic body polls. Schedule of MCD Elections 2017: The nomination process will begin from March 27. April 3 would be the last date for filing nominations. Scrutiny of nominations will take place on April 5. The last date for withdrawal of nomination is April 8 for 272 wards municipal elections. Voting will be held on April 23 while the counting will take place on April 25. More about MCD Elections 2017: The much-awaited polls will decide the fate of 272 councillors. While NDMC and SMDC have 104 seats each, EDMC has 64 seats.  The total number of electorate for the civic polls stands at 1,32,10,206, which include 73,15,915 men, 58,93,418 women and 793 voters in the other category. Number of seats reserved for woman in North MCD is 42 while in South MCD is 45. East MCD has 27 seats reserved for women. For the first time in MCD elections, None Of The Above (NOTA) option will be available. The State Election Commission said that voters can exercise their franchise after producing photo electoral rolls, electors photo identity cards and photo voter slips. According to the commission, around 17,000 personnel will be deployed for the polls. In North Delhi, 5,170 polling stations will be set up, while in SDMC and EDMC, 5,074 and 2,990 polling stations will be set up respectively. During poll campaigning, loudspeakers will not permitted at night between 10 PM and 6 AM. With the announcement of the date for MCD polls, the Model Code of Conduct has already come into force in the national capital. (With inputs from PTI)