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ELECTION NOTIFICATION

Chandigarh, 20th September, 2016: In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 and Section 6 sub-section (2) of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 as extended to the Union Territory, Chandigarh, by the Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 1994 (Act, No. 45 of 1994), the Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, is pleased to determine the manner in which the reservation of seats for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes and women shall be done;
1.     The reservation of five wards for Scheduled Caste candidates for the upcoming general election to the Corporation shall be made afresh on the basis of maximum percentage of scheduled caste population as shown in the latest Census of 2011 and defined in Sub-Section (36A) of Section 2 of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 as extended to UT of Chandigarh by the Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 1994. Those wards which have the maximum percentage of Scheduled Castes as per the population Census 2011 shall be reserved for scheduled caste candidates for the upcoming election of the Councilors of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh. During the next election, another five wards with the next largest percentage of Scheduled Caste population would be reserved and this process would continue till such time all the Wards have been reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates by rotation on the basis of latest census figures.

2.     The determination of Nine wards reserved for women shall be made through draw of lots. The wards reserved for women during the ensuing elections of the Municipal Councilors shall be excluded from the draw held for the determining wards during the next elections and this process of exclusion would continue till such time the total number of Twenty Six Wards have been fully reserved for women in rotation.
3.     The Wards of Schedules Caste Women out of the five wards to be reserved for Scheduled Caste would be determined by a public draw of lots.


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