The Delhi State Election Commission, on Tuesday, issued a Model Code of Conduct for the upcoming municipal corporation elections in the state.
The Delhi State Election Commission (SEC) on Tuesday issued a Model Code of Conduct for the municipal corporation elections in the state
The dates for the MCD polls are expected to be formally announced soon.
The basic guidelines to be followed by the candidates include allowing rallies and meetings only in earmarked places and with prior permission from district administration.
No rallies and public meetings should be held between 8 pm and 8 am, similar to a campaign curfew on campaign days.
Additionally, Nukkad Sabhas (meetings) will not be allowed on public roads, round abouts or public streets or corners.
Political parties and candidates have been advised to conduct their campaign through digital/virtual/ media platforms /mobile-based mode as much as possible.
A maximum of five persons including the candidate, excluding security personnel, if any, shall be allowed to do door to door campaigning.
Delhi has three municipal corporations — North, South and East Delhi municipal corporations and the last civic polls were held in April 2017.
The State Election Commission (SEC) in Delhi had recently announced de-reservation of existing wards and reservation of new wards on rotation for specified categories.
While the North Delhi Municipal Corporation and the South Delhi Municipal Corporation have 104 wards each, the East Delhi Municipal Corporation has 64 wards.
All three corporations are currently ruled by the BJP, the party which has also been controlling all the civic bodies since the trifurcation of the erstwhile unified Muncipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in 2012.
