Shelly Oberoi

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Shelly Oberoi
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Shelly Oberoi chairing a meeting of Municipal Corporation of Delhi
26th Mayor of Delhi
In office
22 February 2023 14 November 2024
OccupationProfessor, Politician

Shelly Oberoi is an Indian politician who served as the Mayor of Municipal Corporation of Delhi from February 2023 to November 2024. [1]

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Oberoi became the first mayor elected after re-unification of the Municipal Corporation of North, South and East Delhi into a unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi.

Early life and education

Oberoi was born in 1983. She received her PhD in Commerce from Indira Gandhi National Open University, [2] and did Bachelor of Commerce from Janki Devi Memorial College [3] and Master of Commerce from Himachal Pradesh University. [4]

She has served as an assistant visiting professor at Delhi University. [5]

Political career

Oberoi joined Aam Aadmi Party, Delhi in 2013 and became the Vice President of its women’s wing in 2021. [6] She won 2022 Delhi Municipal Corporation election from Ward 86 which comes under Patel Nagar Assembly constituency. [7] On 23 December 2022, she became mayoral candidate. [8] She was elected as the Mayor of Delhi on 22 February 2023, winning by 34 votes against the BJP candidate Rekha Gupta [1] and on 26 April 2023 She again has been re-elected as the mayor of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi after BJP candidate Shikha Rai name was withdrawn from the mayoral post. [9]

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