The study also tested
the awareness and perception of the people of Mumbai regarding the
representative they had elected.
Despite
the fact that assembly elections took place around the time of fieldwork,
we found that the awareness regarding the names of the elected representatives
was dismally low. Less than one in five respondents were able to
correctly name their Corporator/ MLA/ MP. More respondents were
aware of their MP than of their MLA or corporator.
|
Representative
|
Correct
|
Wrong
|
Unaware
|
| Corporator |
18%
|
23%
|
59%
|
| MLA |
13%
|
22%
|
65%
|
| MP |
20%
|
14%
|
66%
|
When queried
on whether the people felt that the corporator’s allotment was used
for the benefit of the ward, just over one in five (22%) replied
in the affirmative. A large proportion (about 44%) did not think
the money was being used for the good of the ward and the citizens.
Over a third (35%) did not know.
However,
among all respondents, 19% were aware that corporator receives an
annual allotment of Rs. 10,00,000/- to be used for the benefit of
the ward.
When performance
was evaluated, people seemed most satisfied with their corporators,
followed by MLAs and then MPs. They also tend to be knowledgeable
about their Corporator’s performance, and least knowledgeable about
the MP’s. One of the reasons for this would be that the Corporator
is physically and geographically more visible in the area and therefore
change or development is attributed to her/him.
|
Representative
|
Satisfactory
|
Unsatisfactory
|
Don’t
Know
|
Average
|
| Corporator |
37%
|
25%
|
22%
|
17
|
| MLA |
26%
|
21%
|
37%
|
17
|
| MP |
22%
|
21%
|
41%
|
16
|
Ward wise department
scores, awareness & performance of Corporators elected representatives:
| |
Department
scores out of 35 points (Ranks in brackets)
|
Awareness
of Corporator
|
% Satisfied
with Corporator
|
|
L
|
22.57
(1)
|
13%
|
33%
|
|
G/N
|
22.39
(2)
|
21%
|
45%
|
|
F/N
|
22.10
(3)
|
20%
|
44%
|
|
F/S
|
22.00
(4)
|
29%
|
50%
|
|
M/E
|
21.49
(5)
|
3%
|
16%
|
|
G/S
|
21.44
(6)
|
29%
|
55%
|
|
S
|
21.19
(7)
|
29%
|
47%
|
|
P/N
|
21.12
(8)
|
27%
|
31%
|
|
T
|
21.09
(9)
|
17%
|
45%
|
|
B
|
21.01
(10)
|
13%
|
44%
|
|
E
|
20.80
(11)
|
45%
|
46%
|
|
H/E
|
20.79
(12)
|
9%
|
40%
|
|
M/W
|
20.61
(13)
|
8%
|
22%e
|
|
K/E
|
20.54
(14)
|
21%
|
47%
|
|
N
|
20.45
(15)
|
19%
|
29%
|
|
R/S
|
19.91
(16)
|
21%
|
30%
|
|
H/W
|
19.68
(17)
|
15%
|
26%
|
|
D
|
19.55
(18)
|
19%
|
11%
|
|
R/N
|
19.52
(19)
|
13%
|
43%
|
|
P/S
|
19.29
(20)
|
15%
|
41%
|
|
C
|
19.24
(21)
|
7%
|
20%
|
|
K/W
|
19.00
(22)
|
11%
|
38%
|
|
A
|
18.77
(23)
|
8%
|
13%
|
|
