Mid-Day’s Know Your Ward Series | BMC elections 2026: Inside A and B wards

Ahead of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC elections midday will bring you a lsquoKnow Your Wardrsquo update with details of Mumbairsquos 227 electoral wards across the 24 administrative wards Each instalment will highlight wardwise characteristics challenges issues that put the spotlight on developmental priorities key landmarks demographic patterns and the political landscape of the wardThe population density of the area natural boundaries such as the city coastline and rivers or humanmade boundaries such as nullahs and railway lines determine boundaries of these wards Each of Mumbairsquos 24 administrative wards is home to a varied number of electoral wardsWhile some administrative wards such as L ward in Kurla and the FNorth ward in Matunga comprise as many as 10 electoral wards South Mumbairsquos A and B wards have only three and two electoral wards respectively The first in the series are lsquoA wardrsquo comprising wards 225 226 and 227 and lsquoWard Brsquo comprising wards 223 and 224Administrative ward A wardAreas Colaba Cuff Parade Vidhan Bhavan Mantralay Marine Drive Churchgate Fort Azad MaidanPopulation of ward 185014 Gross Density of ward 165Main issues1 Chronic water logging spots 02 Vulnerable settlements ndash 8 due to sea front with a population of 955523 Open spaces 17 including Bhatia Garden Horniman Cicrl Garden Gateway of India CPRA Garden in Cuff Parade4 lack of parking space to cater to the high floating population in business areas of Nariman Point Fort and ChurchgateStatus of concretisation of roads CompletedPartially CompletedNot Started19748Electoral wards in the A ward 225 Fort Taj Mahal Hotel Gateway Of IndiaDemographic detailsTotal PopulationSC PopulationST populationSC Population 37ST population 37 61341 6735 13211137237Political detailsMunicipal Councillors Name 2017PartyWinners VotesTotal Votes PolledWinning margin 37 Municipal Councillor in 2012Sujata Digvijay SanapShiv Sena 10388 256194137Sushma Salunke Ward reservationsWard Reservation 2025Ward Reservation 2017OpenReserved for women belonging to Schedule CastesVoters 56605Male 30427Female 26175Others 3Duplicate voters 6399226 Nariman Point Machhimar Nagar Ganeshmurti NagarDemographic detailsTotal PopulationSC PopulationST populationSC Population 37ST population 37 62978 4243 1644737337Political detailsMunicipal Councillors Name 2017PartyWinners VotesTotal Votes PolledWinning margin 37Municipal Councillor in 2012 Harshita A NarvekarBJP 11053 244634537Anita YadavWard reservationsWard Reservation 2025Ward Reservation 2017OBCReserved for WomenTentative voters 2025 54121Male 29876Female 24244Others 1Duplicate voters 4707227 Geeta Nagar Afghan Church Navy NagarDemographic detailsTotal PopulationSC PopulationST populationSC Population 37ST population 3760695 2656 228437037Political details Municipal Councillors Name 2017PartyWinners VotesTotal Votes PolledWinning margin 37Municipal councillor in 2012 Makarand NarvekarBJP6987124985637Makarand NarvekarWard reservationsWard Reservation 2025Ward Reservation 2017WomenTentative voters 202544813Male 26801Female 18010Others 2Duplicate voters 2098Administrative ward B wardAreas Mohammad Ali Road Dongri Bhendi BazarPopulation of ward 131544 Density of ward 479Main issues1 Chronic water logging spots 02 Vulnerable Settlements 0 10 dilapidated buildings and Illegal constructions3 Open spaces 8 including Babula Tank Playground4 Lack of parking space and traffic jams unauthorized hawkersStatus of road concretization CompletedPartially CompletedNot Started13862Electoral wards in the B ward 224 Victoria Dock Bengali Pura Koliwada Mandvi PaydhuniDemographic detailsTotal PopulationSC PopulationST populationSC Population 37ST population 37 64245 558 330137137Political detailsMunicipal Councillors Name 2017PartyWinners VotesTotal Votes PolledWinning margin 37 Municipal Councillor in 2012Afrin ShaikhCongress 76811948239Ganesh Sanap Shiv Sena Ward reservationsWard Reservation 2025Ward Reservation 2017WomenOBC WomenTentative voters 2025 53096Male 28917Female 24176Others 3Voters 3936223 Umarkhadi Dana Bundar Princess Dock Wadi BundarDemographic detailsTotal PopulationSC PopulationST populationSC Population 37ST population 37 63045 4780 759837137Political detailsMunicipal Councillors Name 2017PartyWinners VotesTotal Votes PolledWinning margin 37Municipal Councillor in 2012Nikita Dnyanraj NikamCongress8634220853937Javed JunejaWard reservationsWard Reservation 2025Ward Reservation 2017OBCWomenTentative voters 2025 46906Male 24224Female 22682Other 0Duplicate voters 4462