India, May 20 -- The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) will hold elections for its 12 zonal wards committees on June 2, and for the standing committee on June 3, senior officials said on Monday.

The elections, which were earlier delayed following rising tensions between India and Pakistan after the Pahalgam terror attack that claimed 26 lives, will now be conducted across two days. According to the order issued by the municipal secretariat, the elections for chairmen and deputy chairmen of the 12 administrative zones will take place on June 2 between 10am and 4pm. Each of Delhi's 12 zones is overseen by a wards committee headed by a chairman.

On the same day, the MCD will also conduct elections for two vacant seats in the standing co...