While the Congress and Shiv Sena have demanded ‘rectification’ of electoral wards for the civic election, and the BMC administration has written to the State Election Commission (SEC) seeking directions for some electoral wards, the BJP has opposed the move and threatened to go to court. SEC said the process will be carried out as per the rules.

There are 227 electoralwards in the Mumbai corporation. The boundaries of wards change once in 10 years on the basis of the census and population division. The redrawing of wards took place before the last corporation election held in 2017 on the basis of the census in 2011 with an average population of 50,000 to 55,000 per ward. After the recalibration, the number of wards decreased in the island city and increased in western and eastern suburbs. But the Shiv Sena and Congress alleged that the redrawing affected them in poll results and demanded rectification of wards. While the Sena has a list of 30 wards, Congress wants the rectification of at least 45 wards. Last week, the BMC wrote to the SEC seeking directions on the rectification of some electoral wards.