With the local body elections fast approaching, reservation of wards for women, scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in Kochi corporation, Ernakulam district panchayat and block panchayats has been completed.
The ward reservation in Kochi Corporation and block panchayats in the district was done on October 18, while the reservation for district panchayats took place on Tuesday, October 21.
In Kochi Corporation, Divisions 41 and 59 are reserved for Scheduled Caste women and Division 13 is reserved for Scheduled Caste women. There are 36 divisions reserved for women in the general category: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 12, 15, 20, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 3, 42, 45, 45 55, 56, 63, 64, 65, 69, 70, 74 and 76.
Following the recent delimitation, the total number of divisions in the Kochi Corporation has increased from 74 to 76, resulting in significant changes to the existing boundaries and division numbers. Although the exercise only added two divisions, it created four new ones and eliminated two existing ones that were merged into other divisions due to border adjustments.
The draw for reservation of divisions in the corporation was conducted by Suraj Shaji, Director, Local Government Department (Urban), at the Ernakulam Town Hall.
In Ernakulam district panchayat, divisions 5 (Kalady) and 15 (Udayamperoor) are reserved for scheduled caste women, while division 13 (Pampakuda) is reserved for scheduled tribes. The following divisions are reserved for women: Moothakunnam (2), Kodanad (6), Neriamangalam (9), Avoli (11), Mulanthuruthy (14), Vengola (19), Athani (22), Kadungalloor (23), Alangad (24), Kottuvally (25), Kadamakudy (26) and N.
The draw for divisional reservation in the district panchayat was conducted under the supervision of District Collector G. Priyanka and Deputy Collector Sunil Mathew at the Collectorate.
Reservation in block panchayats
Palluruthy: Scheduled Caste – Ward 13; Women – Wards 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 14; Vypeen: Scheduled Caste Women – Ward 8; Women – Wards 2, 4, 5, 7, 10, 12; Edappally: Scheduled Caste – Ward 14; Women – Wards 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13; Alangad: Scheduled Caste – Ward 2; Women – Wards 1, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12; Vazhakkulam: Scheduled Caste – Ward 13; Women – Wards 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15; Koovappady: Scheduled Caste – Ward 13; Women – Wards 3, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14; Angamaly: Scheduled Caste – Ward 9; Women – Wards 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15; Paravur: Scheduled Caste – Ward 1; Women – Wards 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12; Vadavucode: Scheduled Caste Women – Ward 13; Women – Wards 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Kothamangalam: Scheduled Caste – Ward 11; Women – Wards 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 13, 14, 16; Mulanthuruthy: Scheduled Caste Women – Ward 10; Women – Wards 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 14; Parakkadavu: Scheduled Caste Women – Ward 8; Women – Wards 1, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13; Pampakuda: Scheduled Caste – Ward 1; Women – Wards 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13; Muvattupuzha: Scheduled Caste – Ward 14; Women – Wards 2, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11
