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By Vineet Dikshit

After being postponed at the eleventh hour earlier this year, the much delayed elections to the country’s most prestigious municipal body – the Delhi Municipal Corporation  –  will hold its elections on December 4th, 2022.

The Delhi State Election Commission on Friday the 4th of November 2022 announced the schedule for Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) polls in 250 Wards under 68 Assembly constituencies spread across 13,665 polling stations.

Addressing a press conference, Delhi State Election Commissioner Vijay Dev said that the polling for the MCD will take place on December 4 and the counting of votes will be held on December 7.

Incidentally counting of ballots for Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh will happen on December 8th.

The date of issue of notification would be November 7, he said. “The last date for filing of nomination is November 14. The scrutiny of nomination will take place on November 16,” Dev said. The last date of withdrawal of candidature is November 19, he said.

Out of the 250 seats, 104 will be reserved for women candidates, Dev said. Altogether 42 seats are reserved for SC candidates, he said.

Announcing a slew of measures taken, the SEC in each Assembly constituency, a model polling station will be set up besides a polling station fully manned by women.

“We will take all steps to ensure free and fair polls. Elaborate security arrangements will be made,” he said.

The model code of conduct (MCC) comes into effect with the announcement of the election, Dev said.

There are around 1.46 crore voters whom the AAP, BJP and Congress will principally try to woo to come to power.

It may be recalled that when earlier this year when municipal elections were postponed, the Central Government decided to reorganise the political map of municipal corporation of Delhi.

From the 272 municipal wards spread across three different municipalities, Delhi now has 250 municipal wards under one municipal corporation of Delhi.