Delimitation of Wards

(1) For the purposes of election of councilors, Bengaluru shall be divided into wards on the recommendation of the delimitation commission in such manner that,- (a) the population of each of the wards shall, as far as practicable, be the same throughout Bengaluru.; (b) Wards shall be divided within the constituency of a member of legislative assembly and no wards shall be spread over to constituencies. Explanation:- For the purpose of this section population means the population of the city ascertained by preceding census of which relevant figures have been published. (2) The Government shall constitute a delimitation commission consisting of such number of persons as may be prescribed to recommend to the Government regarding the manner of division of wards. (3) The Government shall by order determine,- (a) the wards into which the Corporation shall, for the purpose of its elections, be divided in to not less than two hundred and twenty five but not more than two hundred and fifty wards; (b) the extent of each ward; and (c) the number of seats so reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes shall bear as nearly as may be, the same proportion to the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in the corporation as the population of the Scheduled Castes in the city or of the Scheduled Tribes in the city bears to the total population of the city: (d) Such number of seats which shall as nearly as may be, one third of the total number of seats to be filled by direct election in the Corporation shall be reserved for persons belonging to the Backward Classes. Provided that the number of seats so reserved for the Backward Classes under this sub-section shall be so determined, that the total number of seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes and the Backward Classes under this sub-section shall not exceed fifty percent of the total number of seats in the Corporation. (4) Not more than fifty percent of the seats reserved for each category of persons belonging to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes and those of the non-reserved seats to be filled by direct election in a corporation shall be reserved for women: Provided that, the seats reserved in sub-sections (3) and (4) shall be allotted by rotation to different wards in the city. (5) No delimitation of wards or change of wards for the purpose of reservation shall be made in the Corporation after its constitution except for the purpose of general election to that Corporation and no such delimitation or change of wards shall, in any manner, affect the existing Corporation. In the Principal Act, in section 142, sub-sections (2) and (3) shall be omitted. In the Principal Act, section 148 shall be omitted.