Delhi Mayor Poll Election To Be Held On January 6

Last date to file nominations is December 27…

On January 6, 2023, the election will be held for the post of mayor and deputy mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

"The elections to the coveted posts of mayor, deputy mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) and six members of the committee from the House, will be held on Friday, January 6, 2023 at 11:00AM," the MCD said in an official statement.

"The nominations will be filed in the office of the Municipal Secretary on all working days between 11 AM and 5 PM.

Election for the six members of the standing committee will also be held in the first meeting of the House. The post of mayor of the MCD is reserved for female members in the first year," it said.

This will be the first municipal House consisting of 250 councillors who have been just elected after the high-stakes civic polls held on December 4.

The House will be convened at the Civic Centre, the headquarters of the MCD on Minto Road.

Delhi Lt Governor V K Saxena had recently approved a proposal to convene the first meeting of the corporation on January 6, 2023.

The post of mayor witnesses five single-year terms on a rotation basis, with the first year being reserved for women, the second is for open category, third is for the reserved category, and the remaining two also being in the open category only.