Municipal Corporation of Delhi

Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Logo of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Term limits	5 years
Established	7 April 1958
Leadership
Mayor	Shelly Oberoi, AAP since 22 February 2023
Deputy Mayor	Aaley Mohammad Iqbal, AAP since 22 February 2023
Municipal commissioner	Gyanesh Bharti, IAS since 22 May 2022
Structure
Seats	250 (elected) + 10 (nominated)
Political groups	Government (134)   AAP (134) Official Opposition (104)   BJP (104) Others(12)   INC (9)   IND (3) Nominated (10)   NOM (10)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	4 December 2022
Next election	2027
Meeting place
MCD Civic Centre, Minto Road, New Delhi
Website
mcdonline.nic.in

Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) is the municipal corporation that governs most of Delhi, India. The MCD is among the largest municipal bodies in the world providing civic services to a population of about 20 million citizens in the capital city Delhi.^[1] It is headed by the Mayor of Delhi, who presides over elected councillors from 250 wards. The municipal corporation covers an area of 1,397.3 km² (539.5 mi²).^[1] The annual budget of the corporation is above ₹16,000 crore (~US$1.95 billion).^[2]

MCD is one of three municipalities in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, the others being New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) which administers the New Delhi area and Delhi Cantonment Board which administers the Delhi cantonment area. It is the largest and only municipality of Delhi which is elected by the people.