Chennai Metro Corporation details: caste - wise number of wards list!
Posted on: 25/Nov/2019 3:09:49 PM
With the local elections scheduled to be conducted in Tamil Nadu shortly, here is the list of caste-wise allotment of the total 200 wards:
With the expansion of the Chennai Metro City Corporation, the number of wards has gone up to 200. The caste-wise allotment details of these 200 wards were released last May.
In the local elections conducted in the year 2011, there was a 33% quota for women. A total of 67 wards were allotted for women under to categories - Women’s (special) - 11 and Women’s (common) - 56.
In a similar trend, 17 wards were allotted for common wards (Special) and 117 wards were allotted for the common category.
In this situation, during the year 2016, the then Chief Minister Jayalalithaa announced that a 50% allotment will be given for women in the local elections. Accordingly, 16 wards were allotted for women (special) category and 92 wards were allotted for women (common) category.
Accordingly, for the ensuing local elections, 16 wards have been allotted for common wards (special category) and 76 wards have been allotted for the common ward (Common category).
