Beyond reserved seats: 6 women win general category wards to become PMC corporators
Pune BJP chief Dheeraj Ghate said the party was proud that six women candidates had proved themselves by defeating male rivals in their respective wards.
In the PMC, 83 seats were reserved for women—two each in 40 wards and three in one ward. (File photo) With 83 of the 165 seats in the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) reserved for women, it was expected that women corporators would outnumber their male counterparts. The results, however, delivered a surprise—six women contested in general category wards and won, taking the total number of women corporators to 89.
As per the Maharashtra Municipal Corporation Act, it is mandatory to reserve half of the seats in local bodies for women candidates. In the PMC, 83 seats were reserved for women—two each in 40 wards and three in one ward.
In Kondhwa Budruk-Yewalewadi ward, all four elected corporators are women: the BJP’s Archana Jagtap, Vrushali Kamthe, Puja Kadam, and Ranjana Tilekar. This is most likely to be the only ward in the state where all elected members are women. Jagtap and Tilekar won from the general category.
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