BAR COUNCIL OF DELHI ELECTIONS, 2026

The process of elections for Bar Council of Delhi has started. The elections are scheduled for 20th, 21st & 22nd February 2026, and would take place at Delhi High Court. By this election process, all the Advocates registered with BCD would be electing 23 members out of which minimum 05 have to be women.

The counting of votes would start from 25th February 2026 at Delhi High Court and would continue till all 23 members of Council are elected.

The elections were notified / announced on 27.12.2025 and on that day itself Model Code of Conduct came into force.

The electoral college for this election consists of approximately One Lac voters, who would be exercising their right to participate in this process.

This election is different from elections to Bar Associations, as it is based on ‘Preferential Voting System’ where each voter can mark as many preferences as the number of candidates. The preferential marking is not restricted to the number of seats for which election is being held. Under this system, by marking your preferences from 1, 2, 3,…….onwards, it is ensured that not even a single vote gets wasted.

The Special Committee running the affairs of BCD, has nominated Justice Talwant Singh, Retired Judge, Delhi High Court as Returning Officer and has also constituted a Five Member Election Committee.

The task of Election Committee is to ensure free, transparent and fair elections by providing level playing field for all the candidates. We hope that all the voters who would take part in this election process would make sincere endeavor in ensuring free, fair elections are held in peaceful & orderly manner as is expected form Advocates who are torch bearers of rule of law.

It is expected that all the candidates, voters, supporters and other connected with this process would follow the Model Code of Conduct, instructions of Election Committee issued from time to time, Notifications, Rules, provisions of Advocates Act, 1961, other Acts as applicable, Judgments of Hon’ble Supreme Court & Delhi High Court.

Adherence to above, would help the Election Committee in conducting free, fair and peaceful elections and counting process. We wish to emphasize that this can be achieved only with the co-operation of all who are part of & connected with this electoral process.

This website has been conceptualized and created to provide all necessary information for the convenience of candidates, voters and agencies involved in the election process. This also includes sharing views, suggestions, complaints, grievances, information of disobedience of Model Code of Conduct, any mal-practices, corrupt practices, misconduct on the part of any candidate, supported, voter etc.

It should be the endeavor of all the Advocates who form part of electoral college to actively participate in this festival of democracy wherein all of us have equal right to select our future leaders who as members of Bar Council of Delhi would work for the betterment of our noble profession.

This website has been conceptualized and created to ensure easy, quick and widespread dissemination of information to all the candidates, Advocates and committees connected with the election process. The Election Committee has posted all the notices, notifications, information on this website and in future also would keep on posting the same till the counting process is not concluded. The EC also requests all concerned to share their views & suggestions to ensure orderly & smooth conduct of election process.

Though our endeavor is to ensure incident free, violations free, smooth & orderly elections with minimum hassle to voters and public at large, however in case any violations happen then this Web Application will enable reporting violations of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) during elections.

The app is available for download on Android and iOS devices. To report a violation, users simply need to open the app, select the type of violation, and provide details of the incident, including location, time, and photographs or videos.

If you see a violation of the MCC, you can use the app to report it. The app is a valuable tool for ensuring that elections are conducted fairly and transparently. The identity of the complainant will not be revealed unless the complainant himself wants to come forth.

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