Overview

• The Pune Municipal Corporation published its final delimitation, setting 41 wards to elect 165 corporators with 40 four-member panels and one five-member panel.
• Officials said 5,922 objections were heard, with 1,329 accepted fully and 69 partially, and 4,524 rejected after review.
• The final map alters boundaries in 13 wards and renames 8, with Balajinagar–Ambegaon–Katraj now the largest ward at a population of 123,981.
• Opposition parties, including Congress, NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT), alleged the ward design advantages the BJP, though the civic body says valid suggestions were incorporated.
• PCMC’s ward structure awaits State Election Commission approval expected Monday, while the commission has already cleared BMC’s wards, after which reservations and election dates will follow.