South Delhi Municipal Corporation

South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) is one of the municipal corporations in Delhi, India created after the former Municipal Corporation of Delhi was trifurcated in 2012. It occupies an area of 656.91 km2 (253.63 sq mi) which is further divided into 4 Zones (Central, South, West and Najafgarh Zone) and 104 Wards, serving the population of almost 56 lacs citizens in Delhi.[1][2]

South Delhi Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
History
Established2012 (2012)
Preceded byMunicipal Corporation of Delhi
Leadership
Mayor
Deputy Mayor
Pawan Sharma, BJP
Structure
Seats104
Political groups
  BJP (70)
  AAP (16)
  INC (12)
  Others (6)
Length of term
5 years
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
23 April 2017
Next election
April 2022
Website
mcdonline.nic.in/sdmcportal
South Delhi Municipal Corporation within the NCT

It is one of five local bodies in the National Capital Territory of Delhi, the others being North Delhi Municipal Corporation, East Delhi Municipal Corporation, New Delhi Municipal Council and Delhi Cantonment Board.

List of Mayors
No. Name Term Party
1 Savita Gupta[3] 2012–2013 Bharatiya Janata Party
2 Sarita Chaudhary[4] 2013–2014
3 Khushi Ram Chunar[5] 2014–2015
4 Subhash Arya[6] 2015–2016
5 Shyam Sharma[7] 2016–2017
6 Kamaljeet Sehrawat[8] 2017–2018
7 Narendra Chawla[9] 2018–2019
8 Sunita Kangra[10] 2019–2020
9 Anamika Mithilesh Singh[11] 2020–2021
10 Mukesh Suryan[12] 2021–

References
  1. "South Delhi Municipal Corporation".
  2. "South Delhi Municipal Corporation to recruit on various posts". India Today. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  3. "BJP bags South Delhi Mayor post; Savita Gupta to be first Mayor". The Economic Times. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  4. "BJP's Sarita Choudhary is Mayor of South corporation". The Indian Express. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  5. "BJP's Khushi Ram wins South civic body mayoral election by one vote". The Hindu. 30 April 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  6. "Subhash Arya is South Delhi Mayor". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  7. "BJP wins mayoral polls in south, east municipal bodies of Delhi". Hindustan Times. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  8. "Kamaljeet Sehrawat is new south Delhi Mayor". The Hindu. 20 May 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  9. "Narender Chawla is new South Delhi Municipal Corporation mayor". DNA India. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  10. "BJP councilor Sunita Kangra elected new mayor of SDMC". Business Standard India. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  11. "BJP Councillors Anamika, Nirmal Jain Elected Unopposed as South, East Delhi Mayors". News18. 24 June 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  12. "BJP's Mukesh Suryan takes oath as SDMC Mayor". India Today. 17 June 2021. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
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