Vadodara Municipal Corporation - Administration

Administration

For administrative purposes the city is divided into 4 zones - East, West, North and South. The city is further divided in 28 wards.

• The East Zone comprises wards 1, 2 and 9.
• The West Zone comprises wards 6, 10 and 11.
• The North Zone comprises wards 7 and 8.
• The South Zone comprises wards 3, 4, 5 and 12.

The Corporation is headed by a Municipal Commissioner, an IAS officer appointed by the government of Gujarat. He wields the executive power of the house. Each ward is represented by 3 corporators. An election is held to elect corporators to power. The mayor heads the party with the largest number of corporators elected. A largely ceremonial post, he has limited duties. The mayor is responsible for the day-to-day running of the city services, municipal school board, the city bus service, the municipal hospital and the city library.

In the 2006 Vadodara Municipal Corporation elections, the BJP won 74 seats, 6 seats went to the Congress.

• Election Wards: 28
• Seats (Corporators): 84
• Population per ward: 31,122
• Seats reserved for women: 26
• Total voters (as on 17-1-97): 809,185

• Ward-wise Population of Vadodara City

Sr. No. | Ward | Males | Females | Total

1 | City | 24563 23072 47635

2 Fatehpura 59901 54819 114720

3 Gajrawadi/Wadi 49101 45487 94588

4 Sindhwaimata Rd/GIDC 115263 102329 217592

5 Shiabaug/Babajipura 41430 36762 78192

6 Sayajigunj (N) 99621 90434 190095

7 Karelibaug/Sayajigunj (S) 70083 62032 132115

8 Raopura 59017 55558 114575

9 Panigate/Kisanwadi 84376 77655 162031

10 Subhanpura/Gorwa 80448 73495 154043

Total 683803 621743 1305546