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Bengal Assembly passes delimitation Bills; Kolkata, Howrah get more wards
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The Indian Express
The West Bengal Assembly on Wednesday passed two amendment Bills, paving the way for delimitation in Kolkata and Howrah municipal corporations by increasing the number of wards.
The two Bills – Kolkata Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2026 and Howrah Municipal Corporation (Second Amendment) Bill, 2026 — were passed by a voice vote during the special one-day Assembly session.
While the KMC poll is scheduled for this year, elections to the Howrah Municipal Corporation have not been held since 2020, when the country was in the grip of Covid pandemic.
Last month, she had announced the formation of two high-powered committees for the delimitation of the wards under the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).
“The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has its own law.