Councillors by direct election, nominated experts without a vote: the Municipal Corporation of Delhi

Background

The Municipal Corporation of Delhi is the body charged with the Municipal Government of Delhi under Section 3 of its 1957 Act. A notification of the Central Government in the Official Gazette fixed the date from which it came into being. Councillors reach it by direct election from the wards of the city, on the basis of adult suffrage. The Administrator nominates ten persons of not less than 25 years of age who have special knowledge or experience in municipal administration, and they cannot vote in its meetings. Seats also go to representatives of the House of the People and the Council of States from the area, and to as nearly as possible one-fifth of the Legislative Assembly members nominated by the Speaker by rotation every year. Central Government notifications fix how many seats there are, and the statutory ceiling is two hundred and fifty. Scheduled Castes seats are reserved in proportion to population at each census. Seats are then reserved for women: not less than one-half of the Scheduled Castes seats for women of those castes, and not less than one-half of the rest for women generally.