Mayoral elections in the three municipal corporations of Delhi will be held by this month end, a senior civic official today said.
The elections for the posts of mayors, deputy mayors, and vacancies in standing committees of NDMC and EDMC will be held on April 28. For SDMC, they will be held on April 27, the official said.
April 18 will be the last date of filing nomination papers by the candidates.
The notifications for elections of mayors and deputy mayors of the three civic bodies in Delhi have been issued, the official said.
The Delhi Municipal Corporation Act provides for election of mayor and deputy mayor from among the councilors 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 erstwhile Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trifurcated into -- North, South and East Delhi Municipal Corporations in 2012.
The Mayor's 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.
