South Delhi Municipal Corporation
Municipal corporation of South Delhi
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South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) was one of the municipal corporations in Delhi, India, that was established after the former Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trifurcated in 2012. The SDMC had jurisdiction over an area spanning 656.91 km2 (253.63 sq mi), which was further divided into four zones: Central, South, West, and Najafgarh. Comprising 104 wards, the EDMC catered to a population of almost 5,600,000 (56 lakhs) in Delhi.[1][2]
South Delhi Municipal Corporation | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Established | 2012 |
| Disbanded | 2022 |
| Preceded by | Municipal Corporation of Delhi |
| Succeeded by | Municipal Corporation of Delhi |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 104 |
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 23 April 2017 |
| Website | |
| mcdonline | |
Before its dissolution in May 2022, it was one of five local bodies in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, alongside the North Delhi Municipal Corporation, East Delhi Municipal Corporation, New Delhi Municipal Council, and the Delhi Cantonment Board.
On 22 May 2022, the three former municipal corporations—North Delhi, South Delhi, and East Delhi—were reunified into the Municipal Corporation of Delhi.[3]
List of mayors
| # | Name | Term | Election | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Savita Gupta[4] | 2 May 2012 | 16 April 2013 | 2012 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2 | Sarita Chaudhary[5] | 16 April 2013 | 29 April 2014 | |||
| 3 | Khushi Ram Chunar[6] | 29 April 2014 | 24 April 2015 | |||
| 4 | Subhash Arya[7] | 24 April 2015 | 27 April 2016 | |||
| 5 | Shyam Sharma[8] | 27 April 2016 | 19 May 2017 | |||
| 6 | Kamaljeet Sehrawat[9] | 19 May 2017 | 26 April 2018 | 2017 | ||
| 7 | Narendra Chawla[10] | 26 April 2018 | 26 April 2019 | |||
| 8 | Sunita Kangra[11] | 26 April 2019 | 24 June 2020 | |||
| 9 | Anamika Singh[12] | 24 June 2020 | 16 June 2021 | |||
| 10 | Mukesh Suryan[13] | 16 June 2021 | 22 May 2022 | |||
2017 Election
| Party | Symbol | Seats won | Seats +/− | Vote % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
70 |  26 |
34.87 | |
| Aam Aadmi Party |  |
16 | 16 |
26.44 | |
| Indian National Congress |  |
12 |  17 |
20.29 | |
| Others | 6 | 25 |
18.40 | ||
| Total | 104 | - | 100 | ||
2012 Election
| Party | Symbol | Wards won | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | |
44 | |
| Indian National Congress | |
29 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party |  |
5 | |
| Others | 26 | ||
| Total | 104 | ||