India, April 2 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Tuesday started the process of electing a new mayor, MCD officials said. Tenure of the incumbent mayor, Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) Mahesh Kumar Khinchi, ended on March 31.

The voting for the new mayor's election is likely to take place in the final week of April, while the incumbent mayor continues to formally hold the post till a successor is elected.

After a series of defections from the AAP towards the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and most of the nominated MLAs, also from the BJP, the latter has an upper hand in the corporation and is now on course to control the third level of power in the Capital - it is already in control of the central and Delhi governments.

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