India, June 11 -- The state government on Tuesday ordered BMC to prepare the draft on ward formation for BMC polls and made it clear that BMC will go for polls with 227 seats. Along with the BMC, the state government also issued orders to all other civic bodies to start the work on draft ward formation and also made it clear that not the current population figures but the figures from the last census - 2011 census - should be used in ward formation and reservation. Except for Mumbai, there will be four elected members in each ward. In BMC and class A, B, C municipal corporations, municipal commissioners will prepare draft ward formation, while in class D municipal corporations, district collectors will have this authority.

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