Municipal Corporation of Delhi

Not to be confused with New Delhi Municipal Council.

Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Term limits	5 years
History
Established	1958–2012; 2022
Preceded by	NDMC, SDMC, EDMC (2012–2022)
Leadership
Mayor	Vacant
Deputy Mayor	Vacant
Municipal commissioner	Sh. Gyanesh Bharti, IAS since 22 May 2022
Special Officer	Sh. Ashwani Kumar, IAS since 22 May 2022
Meeting place
MCD Civic Centre
Website
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Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is the municipal corporation that governs 10 out of 11 districts of Delhi, India. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi was replaced by three new bodies, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation and the East Delhi Municipal Corporation in 2012. But it was again reunified on 22 May 2022. The MCD is among the largest municipal bodies in the world providing civic services to an estimated population of more than 11 million citizens in the capital city. MCD is one of three municipalities in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, the others being New Delhi Municipal Council, and Delhi Cantonment Board. The municipal corporation covers an area of 1,397.3 km² (539.5 mi²).

Civic Centre (28 floor) located on Minto Road, New Delhi, is the headquarters of Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

Within it's jurisdiction it covers some of the most densely populated areas in the world. It also has a unique distinction of providing civic services to rural and urban villages, resettlement colonies, regularising unauthorised colonies, and unregularising slum/squatter settlements etc.; all at the same time.

History

Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Civic centre – Headquarters of Municipal Corporation of Delhi

MCD came into existence on 7 April 1958 under an Act of Parliament. Prior to that DMC (Delhi Municipal Committee) was the principal civic body of Delhi. Guru Radha Kishan served for the longest consecutive period as a councillor of the MCD (initially Delhi Municipal Committee). The first elected Mayor of Delhi was Pt. Trilok Chand Sharma served as First Mayor of Delhi. Since then, the Municipal Body has always been alive in its constitution and functioning to the growing needs of citizens. The 1993 amendment of the Act brought about fundamental changes in composition, functions, governance and administration of the corporation.

Trifurcation

On 13 January 2012, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi was 'trifurcated', i.e. split into three smaller municipal corporations. The new North Delhi Municipal Corporation and South Delhi Municipal Corporation each contain 104 municipal wards, while the smaller East Delhi Municipal Corporation contains 64 wards.

Reunification

In March 2022, the state Election Commission indefinitely deferred the municipal elections that were scheduled to be held in April 2022. On 22 March, the Union Government approved the Delhi Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill to merge the 3 municipal corporations back to a single body. The Lok Sabha passed the Bill on 30 March 2022, while it was passed by the Rajya Sabha on 5 April 2022. The unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi formally came into existence on 22 May 2022 with IAS officers Ashwani Kumar and Gyanesh Bharti taking charge as Special Officer and Commissioner, respectively.

MCD zones list

The entire MCD area is divided into 12 zones:

1. Central
2. City S.P.
3. Civil Line
4. Karol Bagh
5. Keshavpuram
6. Najafgarh
7. Narela
8. Rohini
9. Shahdara North
10. Shahdara South
11. South
12. West

Amendment

The 73rd and 74th Constitutional Amendments were introduced in 1992 and were meant to facilitate greater decentralization at the rural and urban level respectively. They did so through providing legal status to local assemblies and entrusting them with more functions and greater powers. The inclusion of certain social categories that had historically been marginalized from policy making and implementing structures was fundamental to the project of decentralization. These social categories were the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and women. While the 73rd Amendment applies to the Panchayati Raj system, the 74th Amendment applies to Municipal Corporations, Municipal Councils, and Nagar Panchayats depending on the size of the city. The 74th Amendment states that:

Not less than one–third (including the number of seats reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes) of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in every Municipality shall be reserved for women and such seats may be allotted by rotation to different constituencies in a Municipality.

According to the system of rotation, the existing one-third seats would be de-reserved and another set of one-third seats would be reserved, and so on, in a cyclical manner in every successive election. However, before the 2002 elections, the BJP government then in power in Delhi state managed to freeze rotations, thus maintaining the existing pattern and location of reserved wards for all groups.

Demographics

As of 2011 India census, Delhi Municipal Corporation (U) had a population of 11,007,835. Males constitute 55% of the population and females 45%. Delhi Municipal Corporation (U) has an average literacy rate of 87.6%, higher than the national average of 74.0%: male literacy is 91.44% and, female literacy is 83.20%. In Delhi Municipal Corporation (U), 13% of the population is under 6 years of age.

Municipal elections

2022 MCD election

2022 Delhi Municipal Corporation election will elect the new members of MCD.

2017 MCD election

In the municipal election of April 2017 North, South and East MCD, with a total of 272 seats, went to polls. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the highest number of seats in each of the three new corporations. After nearly 12 years of running the MCD this was the fourth consecutive victory for the BJP.

The results of the election were counted and declared on 26 April 2017.

North Delhi

Party		Flag	Symbol	Wards	Change
	Bharatiya Janata Party			64	+5
	Aam Aadmi Party			21	NA
	Indian National Congress			16	−13
	Others			03	−13
Total				104

South Delhi

Party		Flag	Symbol	Wards	Change
	Bharatiya Janata Party			70	+26
	Aam Aadmi Party			16	NA
	Indian National Congress			12	−17
	Others			06	−25
Total				104

East Delhi

Party		Flag	Symbol	Wards	Change
	Bharatiya Janata Party			47	+12
	Aam Aadmi Party			12	NA
	Indian National Congress			03	−16
	Others			02	−08
Total				64

2012 MCD election

The results of the 2012 elections were:

North Delhi

Party		Flag	Symbol	Wards
	Bharatiya Janata Party			59
	Indian National Congress			29
	Bahujan Samaj Party			07
	Others			09

South Delhi

Party		Flag	Symbol	Wards
	Bharatiya Janata Party			44
	Indian National Congress			29
	Bahujan Samaj Party			05
	Others			26

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) did not win a majority in South Delhi, so they allied with independent candidates/other parties that had a small proportion of seats to make that number by which it could administer corporation.

East Delhi

Party		Flag	Symbol	Wards
	Bharatiya Janata Party			35
	Indian National Congress			19
	Bahujan Samaj Party			03
	Others			07

See also

• List of Mayors of Delhi

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