Chandigarh, Oct. 28 -- With the Chandigarh municipal corporation (MC) elections a year away, the state election commission will begin the delimitation of the city's 35 wards early next year. The elections for all wards are scheduled for December 2026.

According to officials, the delimitation exercise has become necessary after the demolition of several slum clusters across the city. Residents of these jhuggis have relocated to other areas, and as a result, these colonies will now be excluded from the respective wards.

In the 2021 MC elections, 16 wards were reserved for women and SC candidates. Wards 7, 24, 26, and 31 were reserved for SC candidates; 16, 19, and 28 for women SC candidates; and 1, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 18, 22, and 23 for women...