New Delhi: The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has announced that they mayoral election for SDMC will be held on April 26, along with elections for the posts of deputy mayor and three members of the standing committee, officials here said on Sunday. They added that mayoral elections in East and North Municipal Corporations will be held on April 29.
The last date for filing nomination papers for the mayoral elections is set for April 18, according to officials.
The notification for elections of mayor and deputy mayor of the NDMC was issued a few days ago, a senior NDMC official said.
"This year, as per the rotation basis, the mayoral seat is reserved for the SC category," he said.
The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act provides for election of mayor and deputy mayor from among the councillors of the corporations in the first meeting of the House every year.
The mayors and deputy mayors get a year-long term in the cities of Union Territories.
The BJP has been ruling the civic bodies for the past 10 years. The mayoral five-year tenure sees five single-year terms on a rotation basis, with the first year being reserved for women, the second open category, third for reserved category, and the remaining two also being in open category.
Last year, the polls were held in the open category. The incumbent mayors for the three corporations are Adesh Gupta (NDMC), Narender Chawla (SDMC) and Bipin Bihari Singh (EDMC).