Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) released the draft ward structure, confirming 165 corporators across 41 wards.
40 wards will be represented by four members each, and one ward (Ambegaon-Katraj) by five members.
Objections and suggestions to the draft plan can be submitted until September 4.
Pune, 23 August 2025: After months of anticipation, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Friday announced the draft ward structure for the upcoming civic elections. The blueprint, approved by the State Election Commission, divides the city into 41 wards with a total of 165 corporators.
According to the plan, 40 wards will have four members each, while Ambegaon-Katraj (Ward 38), with a population of over 1.14 lakh, has been designated as the only five-member ward. Earlier, PMC had proposed three three-member wards, but the Election Commission scrapped the idea and instead approved this revised structure.
Commissioner Naval Kishore Ram explained that the draft has been prepared based on the 2011 Census, which recorded Pune’s population, including merged villages, at 34.81 lakh. Of this, 4.68 lakh belong to Scheduled Castes (SC) and 40,687 to Scheduled Tribes (ST).
The average population per four-member ward is around 84,396, with variations of up to 10 percent allowed. The largest ward is Manjari Budruk-Sadesataranali (Ward 15) with 93,470 people, while the smallest is Deccan Gymkhana-Happy Colony (Ward 29) with 76,194 people.
The list of wards covers areas across the city, from Kalas-Dhanori and Kalyaninagar-Vadgaonsheri in the east, to Kothrud, Karvenagar, Warje, and Sinhagad Road in the west, and includes merged villages like Manjri, Undri, and Mohammedwadi.
“Initially, we had suggested three three-member wards and 39 four-member wards. However, the State Election Commission made changes, approving 40 four-member wards and one five-member ward. Minor adjustments have also been made before giving final approval,” said Commissioner Ram, adding that citizens can file objections or suggestions by September 4.
This draft ward structure sets the stage for the upcoming municipal elections, where Pune’s rapidly growing population and newly included fringe villages will play a decisive role.