Municipal Corporation of Delhi

Municipal Corporation of Delhi Dillī Nagara Nigama
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation of Delhi
Term limits	5 years
Established	7 April 1958
Leadership
Mayor	Mahesh Kumar Khichi, AAP
Deputy Mayor	Ravinder Bharadwaj, AAP
Municipal commissioner	Ashwani Kumar, IAS
Structure
Seats	250 (elected) + 10 (nominated)
Political groups	Government (127)   AAP (127) Opposition (115)   BJP (115) Others(8)   INC (6)   IND (2) Nominated (10)   NOM (10)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	4 December 2022
Next election	2027
Motto
Tamasō Mā Jyōtirgamaya Let not the light shine out of darkness
Meeting place
MCD Civic Centre, Minto Road, New Delhi
Website
mcdonline.nic.in

Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD; ISO: Dillī Nagara Nigama) 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 in excess of ₹16,000 crore (US$1.9 billion).^[2]

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