State govt issues directives to start delimitation process for civic polls with four-member wards

Time of India

2 days ago

Pune: The state govt on Tuesday issued directives to all municipal corporations, including Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), to start the process of delimitation (formation of wards) for the upcoming civic elections.
The polls will be held as per a four-member ward system.
The directives issued by K H Govindraj, principal secretary of urban development department, said, "While determining the number of wards, each ward should ideally have four members. If a ward cannot have four members, it may have either three or five members, or two wards may have three members each."
The process for municipal elections will involve three main stages__formation of wards, determining reservations, and dividing the assembly voters' list by wards, as well as conducting the actual election.
"The civic administration is in the process of finalising the exact number of wards and members. The details will be officially declared in the next few days," an official from PMC's election department said.
Both PMC and PCMC used a four-member ward system in previous polls (2017). The BJP recorded a clear majority in both municipal bodies.
The Supreme Court last month directed the state election commission to notify elections for local bodies within four weeks while disapproving of bureaucrats manning panchayats and municipal corporations because elections were not held.
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A bench of justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh directed the EC to follow OBC reservation specifications as existed before the Banthia Commission's report of July 2022.
The population of the 2011 census will be used for the finalisation of wards. The total population of the municipal area, the population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, enumerator group maps, and household lists can be obtained from the Census Office.
"Ward formation is based on the population from the latest census, so the current number of voters or residents cannot be considered, and it has no relation to ward formation," directives from the UDD said.
As per the primary estimates of the civic officials, PMC will have 42 wards and elect 166 corporators. Forty wards will be of four members, and two wards will be of three members. The wards have been proposed on the basis of the 2017 civic polls when a four-member ward system was implemented.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govt introduced a three-member ward system but after Mahayuti regained power, it scrapped MVA's plan and again promoted the 2017 four-member ward system. PCMC areas are likely to have 128 corporators from 32 wards, each representing four members.
How Does It Work ?
1. Prepare the draft ward formation and submit it for approval to the State Election Commission
2. Approve the draft ward formation
3. Publish the draft ward formation
4. Conduct hearings on objections and suggestions received regarding the draft ward formation
5. Submit the proposed final ward formation, after hearings by designated officers, for approval to the State Election Commission
6. Approve the final ward formation
7. Publish the final ward formation
Pune: The state govt on Tuesday issued directives to all municipal corporations, including Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) and Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC), to start the process of delimitation (formation of wards) for the upcoming civic elections.
The polls will be held as per a four-member ward system.
The directives issued by K H Govindraj, principal secretary of urban development department, said, "While determining the number of wards, each ward should ideally have four members. If a ward cannot have four members, it may have either three or five members, or two wards may have three members each."
The process for municipal elections will involve three main stages__formation of wards, determining reservations, and dividing the assembly voters' list by wards, as well as conducting the actual election.
"The civic administration is in the process of finalising the exact number of wards and members. The details will be officially declared in the next few days," an official from PMC's election department said.
Both PMC and PCMC used a four-member ward system in previous polls (2017). The BJP recorded a clear majority in both municipal bodies.
The Supreme Court last month directed the state election commission to notify elections for local bodies within four weeks while disapproving of bureaucrats manning panchayats and municipal corporations because elections were not held.
A bench of justices Surya Kant and N Kotiswar Singh directed the EC to follow OBC reservation specifications as existed before the Banthia Commission's report of July 2022.
The population of the 2011 census will be used for the finalisation of wards. The total population of the municipal area, the population of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, enumerator group maps, and household lists can be obtained from the Census Office.
"Ward formation is based on the population from the latest census, so the current number of voters or residents cannot be considered, and it has no relation to ward formation," directives from the UDD said.
As per the primary estimates of the civic officials, PMC will have 42 wards and elect 166 corporators. Forty wards will be of four members, and two wards will be of three members. The wards have been proposed on the basis of the 2017 civic polls when a four-member ward system was implemented.
The Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govt introduced a three-member ward system but after Mahayuti regained power, it scrapped MVA's plan and again promoted the 2017 four-member ward system. PCMC areas are likely to have 128 corporators from 32 wards, each representing four members.
How Does It Work ?
1. Prepare the draft ward formation and submit it for approval to the State Election Commission
2. Approve the draft ward formation
3. Publish the draft ward formation
4. Conduct hearings on objections and suggestions received regarding the draft ward formation
5. Submit the proposed final ward formation, after hearings by designated officers, for approval to the State Election Commission
6. Approve the final ward formation
7. Publish the final ward formation