MCD to elect ward committee chairpersons, deputy chairpersons on May 23

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will conduct elections for the chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of its 12 ward committees on Saturday, May 23, 2026, the civic body announced on Tuesday.

Issued by the MCD's Commissioner Secretary Office, the notice invokes Section 47 read with Section 51 of the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 (amended 2022), under which each ward committee is required to elect one councillor as chairperson and another as deputy chairperson at its first meeting every year.

The elections will be held across two halls at the Civic Centre. Six ward committees — South, Keshavpuram, Rohini, Narela, Central and West, will meet at the Hansraj Gupta Auditorium on the first floor, with sessions staggered from 10 am to 4 pm. The remaining six — Najafgarh, Shahdara South, Shahdara North, Karol Bagh, Civil Lines and City Sadar-Paharganj will convene at the Satya Narayan Bansal Auditorium on the second floor on the same schedule.

Separately, MCD also notified elections to fill six vacancies in the Standing Committee, caused by the end of tenure of members representing ward committees under Section 45(3) of the Act. The retiring members are Shikha Bhardwaj (Ward 58), Anju Devi (Ward 29), Inderjeet Sahrawat (Ward 133), Rajpal Singh (Ward 174), Neema Bhagat (Ward 210) and Ankush Narang (Ward 87). Their replacements will be elected by the respective ward committees — Keshavpuram, Narela, Central, Najafgarh, Shahdara South and Karol Bagh also on May 23.

All elections will be conducted by secret ballot. Nomination papers, which must be signed by the candidate and endorsed by two other councillors, are to be submitted to the Municipal Secretary at least three days before the election date. The deadline for filing nominations is Tuesday, May 19, 2026. Candidates may withdraw their nominations any time before the election process begins at the respective meeting, according to the notice.