Uneven size of municipal corporations and that of wards have brought to the fore the need for a fresh delimitation exercise of local bodies.
This can be observed from the fact that of the 2.83 crore electors in all types of urban local bodies of the State, 21 municipal corporations themselves account for around 1.57 crore, representing about 55%.
With respect to the electorate of municipal corporations, the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC)’s share is around 40%, with 61.73 lakh electors. While in the remaining corporations, there are large local bodies, such as the Coimbatore and Madurai Corporations, with 15.65 lakh and 13.44 lakh electors respectively, and small ones, like Sivakasi, Kumbakonam and Cuddalore, with only 1.10 lakh, 1.29 lakh and 1.44 lakh voters.
