Bhopal, Gwalior, Khandwa, Dewas and Katni would have mayor from unreserved open (general) category while Jabalpur, Satna, Rewa and Ratlam have been reserved for unreserved women.
Burhanpur and Sagar have been reserved for OBC open while Indore and Chhindwara have been reserved for Other Backward Class (OBC) women, Morena has been reserved for Schedule Caste open, Ujjain for Schedule Caste (SC) women and Singrauli would be Schedule Tribe (ST) women.
Reservation process for the posts of mayor, municipality chairman and Nagar Panchayat chairman for the ensuing local body’s elections was completed on Tuesday.
The reservation program was held here at Ravindra Bhawan in that eleven municipal corporations of the total 16 were reserved for different categories while five were left unreserved open.
This time also the reservation process was carried out through lottery system. Elections for the 281 local bodies of the state would be held in November. Madhya Pradesh State Election Commission could announce election program for these elections anytime after the festival of lights Diwali.
Of the 98 municipalities of the state 15 have been reserved for SC, 6 for ST, 25 for OBC, 13 have been reserved for reserved category women and 24 unreserved women.
Of the 14 municipal corporations that would go to polls next month 12 are held by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) while one each is held by the Congress and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).
The 14 Municipal Corporations having BJP mayors include Bhopal, Indore, Khandwa, Burhanpur, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Rewa, Ratlam, Ujjain, Sagar, Katni and Satna. Congress is having its mayor at Dewas, while BSP is having its mayor in Singrauli.
The tenure of Ujjain Municipal Corporation has not been completed that is why election for this corporation would not held, besides two new Municipal Corporations Morena and Chhindwara have come into existence.