MCD picks June 2 as new date to hold ward committee elections | Delhi News – Times of India

New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi on Monday announced June 2 as the new date for holding the ward committee elections in its 12 zones. On the same day, the election for two standing committee members from South and City Sadar-Paharganj zones will also take place. According to an MCD notification, “As per Section 51 read with Section 47 of Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, the ward committee shall at its first meeting each year elect one of its members (who is a councillor) as chairman and another member as deputy chairman. The election will be held in accordance with the procedure laid down in DMC Act.” Nominations can be filed until May 27 and withdrawn before the commencement of the election proceedings, it added. Due to the India-Pakistan tension, the elections, which were to be held on May 22, were postponed. The standing committee seats were vacated after AAP councillors Purandeep Sawhney from Chandni Chowk and Prem Chauhan from Ambedkar Nagar won the assembly elections in Feb. The last date for filing the nominations is May 27.Of the 12 zones, seven have chairmen from BJP, including Shahdara South, Shahdara North, Narela, Najafgarh, Keshavpuram, Civil Lines and Central. The remaining five—City Sadar-Paharganj, South, Karol Bagh, West and Rohini—have chairmen from AAP. Even when AAP lost the majority prior to the last mayoral elections in April and its number of councillors reduced from 132 in Sept 2024 to 113 in April 2025, the party maintained a majority in the above five zones and the gap was huge. But now, with 15 of its councillors forming a new party, this gap has reduced drastically in South, West and Rohini zones. The election to fill another vacant position in the standing committee is likely on June 3 during a house meeting. Out of the 15 elected members in the 18-member standing committee, BJP has nine while AAP has six members. Once these elections are completed, MCD will work towards constituting the standing committee and conducting its chairman’s poll, possibly in June, said officials.