India, Aug. 23 -- The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) will have 41 wards to be represented by 165 elected members in the next municipal elections, likely to be held later this year or early next year. The draft ward structure was announced by the municipal commissioner and the election officer, Naval Kishore Ram, on Friday.

The draft delimitation will be open for suggestions and objections till September 4.

Of the 41 wards, residents from 40 will elect four corporators each, while the Ambegaon-Katraj ward will elect five corporators owing to its larger population of 1.14 lakh. In all other wards, the population ranges between 76,000 and 92,000. In the previous term, PMC had 162 corporators.

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