MCD Election Results 2017

Ward Wise MCD Election 2017 Results

Delhi MCD Elections 2017

Delhi is eagerly awaiting the MCD election results that would be announced tomorrow. The exit polls have already predicted that the BJP is going to sweep the elections. The counting of votes for 270 wards will start at 8 AM tomorrow. Elections in two wards have been postponed due to the death of the candidate.

The early trends are likely to be available by 11 AM though the final result would only be announced after 5 PM. The votes would be counted at 35 centers across city. Over ninety thousand security personnel will be deployed at various counting centers.

The voting for the MCD elections in the capital was concluded peacefully on Sunday. The results for the three wings of the MCD would be declared on April 26, 2017. More than 54% voters exercised their franchise despite heat wave in the capital. For the last ten years these municipalities have been ruled by the BJP.

This time Aam Aadmi Party was a new entrant in the fray and was upbeat after its landslide victory in the Delhi Assembly. The BJP, on the other hand, is riding on the popularity of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and its recent win in UP elections. Though the elections are local but they have generated countrywide interest and many people see it as a referendum on the work of Arvind Kejriwal. AAP went to polls exposing the corruption in the MCD and promising freebies while the approach of the congress party was rather laid back in the elections.

MCD’s three corporations are ruled by the BJP. In the present MCD, BJP has 153 councilors in the three corporations - North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) and East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC).

In the election there would be 272 seats at stake with NDMC and SDMC together accounting for 104 seats each. 64 seats are in under EDMC. Delhi BJP chief Manoj Tiwari has made it clear that he was in favor of new faces in MCD. It is indeed going to be an interesting election in Delhi once again.

MCD Exit Poll 2017 Results
MCD Election 2012 Results

Thirty percent of MCD candidates are crorepatis

Just before the MCD elections, the National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) have released a report giving the financial status and criminal records of the candidates fighting the MCD election 2017.

The report says that of all the candidates in the fray, thirty percent are crorepatis while seven percent of the total candidates have criminal cases pending against them. According to the report there are 2315 candidates in the fray of them 697 are crorepatis while 163 have criminal cases pending against them.

Most crorepatis fighting the MCD elections are from the Congress party, followed by the BJP and Aam Aadmi Party.

MCD Election Voter Turnout Over the Years

Years	Voter Turnout %
2017*	54
2012	53
2007	42.78
2002	51
1997	41

*PTI estimated

Delhi MCD Election 2017 Date

The election commission has announced that the Delhi MCD elections would be held on April 23rd and the results would be out on April 26. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), the largest civic body of Delhi is going for elections in April. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) takes care of eight districts of Delhi. MCD is an autonomous body which elects its councilor in elections that are held every five years. It serves around 11 million people in the capital.

Poll Events	Schedule
Issue of notification of election	27.03.2017 MON)
Last date of filing nominations	03.04.2017 (MON)
Scrutiny of Nominations	05.04.2017 (WED)
Withdrawal of Candidature	08.04.2017 (SAT)
Date of Poll	23.04.2017 (SUN)
Date of Counting	26.04.2017 (WED)
Date of Completion	05.05.2017 (FRI)

Political Party Agenda to woo Voters in MCD Election 2017

All the political parties in the fray in the MCD elections are out to convince the voters that they can provide the best civic services and administration to Delhi. Only three weeks are left when the three MCDs of Delhi would go to elections. The MCD was trifurcated in 2012 - North, South and East Delhi Municipal Corporations. While NDMC and SDMC have 104 councilors each, EDMC has 64 councilors.

Since the MCD at present is dominated by the BJP, it is fighting anti-incumbency and corruption charges against it while the Aam Aadmi Party, AAP has success of the assembly elections behind it and wants to control MCD so that it would have complete control of Delhi. The Congress is also eager to get a foothold in Delhi so that it can revive its past glory.

At the moment the Delhites are being bombarded with one offer after another, freebies, concessions and so on. Arvind Kejriwal has announced that if AAP is voted to power it would do away with the residential property tax and waive arrears as well. On the same lines congress has promised to do away with the commercial tax. Swaraj India, led by Yogender Yadav has promised a pollution and garbage free Delhi.

All the parties are promising to do away with the corruption and give Delhi an efficient administration which would respond to the grievances of the people. In all likelihood MCD Elections to the 272 wards in three municipal corporations will be interesting to watch. The voting would take place on April 23, 2017 and the results will be announced on April 26, 2017.

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Delhi MCD Election Issues

The elections of Municipal Corporation of Delhi are round the corner and the capital is already experiencing the flurry of political activity. The MCD was trifurcated in 2012 - North, South and East Delhi Municipal Corporations. While NDMC and SDMC have 104 seats each, EDMC has 64 councilors. The pretext for the trifurcation was that it would simplify the administration and provide better civic services to the Delhites. Unfortunately not much happened.

The city is in a mess. The civic services are not matching up with the rising challenges - heaps of garbage and overflowing drainages can be seen almost everywhere in the city. The chikungunya and dengue have become a routine affair as hundreds of lives are lost every summer thanks to the breeding of mosquitoes in the filth and unhygienic conditions. Unavailability of drinking water is yet another issue which is doing the rounds in this election, many colonies, especially in the East Delhi, go without water for days and even the water they get is not drinkable.

The MCD has been controlled by the BJP but it has failed to provide satisfactory civic services to the city. Even BJP high command also acknowledges the rampant corruption and lack of action amongst its councilors and has decided to not to give the tickets to the sitting councilors. The corruption is the main issue in this election and so is the civic service. After all, what the people want from the MCD? Indeed better upkeep of the city and a corruption free administration that is sympathetic to the needs of people and responds to their complaints. Is that too much to ask?

About Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD)

The capital city of Delhi is maintained and looked after by its civic agencies. The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) takes care of eight districts of Delhi. Delhi in all has 11 districts the rest are looked after by New Delhi Municipal Council and the Delhi Cantonment Board.

MCD is an autonomous body which has an area of 1,397 square kilometers in its jurisdiction. The MCD serves around 11 million people in the capital.

The task of MCD is a daunting one as it provides services to one of the most densely populated areas in the world. It provides civic services to rural and urban villages, regularized aunthorized colones, slums and many villages falling in both urban and rural areas.

MCD was formed on 7th of April, 1958 under and Act of Parliament. Freedom Fighter Guru Radha Kishan represented MCD ( initially Delhi Municipal Committee ) for most consecutive years as a Councilor. Pt. Trilok Chand Sharma was the first elected Mayor of Delhi. The MCD has been serving the people of Delhi relentlessly and is upgrading itself to the changing times and growing population. In 1993 an amendment of the Act introduced some basic changes in the composition and functions of MCD. It’s administration and governance has changed considerably after the amendment.

Delhi Municipal Corporation Wards and Seats Reservation

Municipal Corporation Name	Total Wards	Seats for General Candidates	Seats reserved for Woman (SC)	Seats reserved for SCs	Seats reserved for Woman
North	104	42	10	10	42
South	104	44	8	7	45
East	64	26	6	5	27

*Source: delhi.gov.in

Delhi Municipal Corporation Population (Census 2011)

Name of M.C.	Population	S.C. Population	Percentage	No. of seats in a Corpn.	No. of Seats reserved for SCs
North Delhi	6254758	1212172	19.38%	104	20
South Delhi	6214059	879053	14.15%	104	15
East Delhi	3949846	654998	16.58%	64	11

*Source: delhi.gov.in

MCD Election 2012 Result

North Delhi Municipal Corporation Election 2012 Result

Party	Seats won
Bharatiya Janata Party	59
Indian National Congress	29
Bahujan Samaj Party	7
Others	9
Total	104

South Delhi Municipal Corporation Election 2012 Result

Party	Seats won
Bharatiya Janata Party	44
Indian National Congress	29
Bahujan Samaj Party	5
Others	26
Total	104

East Delhi Municipal Corporation Election 2012 Result

Party	Seats won
Bharatiya Janata Party	35
Indian National Congress	19
Bahujan Samaj Party	3
Others	10
Total	64

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