The municipal secretary of South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) has issued election schedule for the election to the post of Mayor, Deputy Mayor and three members of Standing Committee on April 26.
A senior SDMC official said election will be held on April 26 at 2 pm. The nomination papers can be collected from the office of the Municipal Secretary on any working day between 11 am and 5 pm, he said.
The official further said the nomination papers will be accepted in the office of Municipal Secretary till April 18 between 11 am and 5 pm. "Any candidate may withdraw his/her nomination at any time before the election is proceeded with in the meeting," he added.
The three members of the Standing Committee retired on draw of lot in the House meeting resulting in three vacancies in the standing committee. "The election of the three members is being conducted to fill the vacancies. The members Ashok Kumar, Abhishek Dutt and Dr Nandini Sharma were retired with the results of draw of lot," he said.
SDMC Mayor Kamaljeet Sehrawat, who won the civic polls with a record margin of over 9,000 votes, was elected unopposed for the post of the Mayor. Sehrawat represents Dwarka-B ward. Kailash Sankla who won from Punjabi Bagh, was also chosen unopposed as Deputy Mayor.