Delhi MCD Polls: Centre Completes Delimitation Exercise Of Wards, Paves Way For Municipal Election

The State Election Commission of Delhi will issue a notification by marking and reserving seats for women and scheduled caste people.

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New Delhi: The Centre has completed its delimitation exercise of wards of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi which has paved the way for civic polls in the national capital. After the delimitation, the number of wards have been reduced from 272 to 250 out of which 42 will be reserved for Scheduled Castes.

The State Election Commission of Delhi will issue a notification by marking and reserving seats for women and scheduled caste people.

The 800-page notification issued by the Union Home Ministry shared detailed information about all the 250 wards that came in the new form after delimitation. "The final order of delimitation has been issued after amendment on the suggestions and objections of the common people and political parties", the official letter stated, quoted by the news agency. 

"The final list has been issued after considering all the complaints and suggestions. In this final order, the number of seats and reserved seats have been fixed by the central government and now the State Election Commission of Delhi will issue a notification by marking and reserving seats for women and scheduled caste people", it added.

Now after the final delimitation order is issued, elections are expected soon. It is to be noted that before the amalgamation of corporations, there were a total of 272 wards comprising the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, South Delhi Municipal Corporation and East Delhi Municipal Corporation. North Delhi Municipal Corporation and South Delhi Municipal Corporation had 104 wards each, while East Delhi Municipal Corporation had 64 wards. But after the delimitation, now the number of wards has been reduced to 250. 

The draft of the delimitation was prepared on September 12 and was reviewed on October 3. 

(With inputs from ANI)