MCD Election 2022: Voting on December 4, results on December 7; 50% seats reserved for women

Voting for MCD Election 2022 will take place on December 4 and counting of votes will be done December 7.  

Issue of Notification: November 7

Last day of nomination : November 14

Scrutiny of nomination: 16

Last day of withdrawal: 19

Polling: December 4

Couting/Results: December 7  

Timing of polling: 8.30 AM to 5 PM

 Nigam Chunav Delhi App launched. This is similar to C-Vigil App of the Election Commission of India. 

Expenditure ceiling has been fixed at Rs 8 lakh, says state election commission. This means a candidate can not expend more that Rs 8 lakh in election campaigning.

The Model Code of Conduct has come into effect immediately. Loudspeakers won't be allowed from 10pm to 6am. 

The state election commission has appointed over 2000 sector observers, 68 expenditure observers for MCD election 2022. 

As many as 42 seats have been reserved for SC, 21 seats for women: Election Commission

We are fully prepared to hold MCD Election 2022, says state election commission. Election will be held in 250 wards.

Delhi Congress president Anil Kumar said his party is ready for the MCD polls and there is enthusiasm among the workers to fight on the party symbol. "The Delhi Congress has already received over 1,000 applications (from ticket seekers). However, after the poll dates are announced, another chance will be given to the party leaders and workers who could not apply for the tickets to the MCD polls," news agency PTI quoted Anil Kumar, as saying.

The BJP is conducting two surveys -- one by the central leadership and the other by the Delhi BJP -- for effective candidate selection for the MCD polls.

The Delhi BJP on Friday hinted at not repeating its outgoing councilors on at least 60-70 per cent of the wards even as the Congress received over 1,000 applications from ticket seekers. On the other hand, the Delhi Congress has already received over 1,000 applications from probables seeking party tickets for the polls, reports PTI. 

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said the BJP has conceded defeat in the municipal polls even before they have been announced. | READ MORE

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The MCD election in Delhi is being held at a time when the national capital is battling severe air pollution. The BJP and the Congress have blamed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which rules in Delhi and Punjab, for turning Delhi into a gas chamber. According to a report, stubble (parali) burning in neighbouring Punjab is contributing majorly in Delhi's poor air quality index. | READ MORE 

In 2017, the BJP had won 183 of 270 seats. The Congress 36 and the AAP 41. Others/Independents took the rest 10 wards of the three civic bodies 

There are three major contestants -the BJP, AAP and the Congress, however, the main fight is expected to be between the BJP and Aam Aadmi Party.

The three corporations were again merged by the Centre in May this year. 

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) was established in 1958. The Congress government led by Sheila Dikshit had bifurcated the MCD into three separate corporations namely - North Delhi Municipal Corporations (NDMC), South Delhi Municipal Corporations (SDMC) and East Delhi Municipal Corporations (EDMC) in 2012.