Barely a month after the State Election Commission (SEC) asked poll-bound municipal bodies to revert to the single-member ward system, the state cabinet on Wednesday decided to go back to the multi-member structure. The only exception has been Mumbai, and the metro will continue to have ‘one ward, one corporator’ system this time as well.

The MVA government had revised a multi-member ward system in December 2019, but it changed its mind once again by deciding to amend the municipal acts that were revised by the erstwhile BJP-led government. According to information available, the number of representatives from each ward will not exceed four, with a provision of reducing the strength to three wherever possible. The number of elected representatives cannot be less than two, said a note from the CM’s office. The cabinet approved a decision to promulgate an ordinance to amend the acts and send it to the governor for approval.