Amritsar Municipal Corporation

Amritsar Municipal Corporation
Amritsar Municipal Corporation
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation
History
Preceded by	Amritsar Municipal Council
Leadership
Minister in charge	Bhagwant Maan
Mayor	Karmjit Singh Rintu, AAP ; since 2018
Senior deputy mayor	Raman Bakshi, INC ; since 2018
Junior deputy mayor	Younas Kumar, INC ; since 2018
Structure
Seats	85
Political groups	Government (64) INC (60); Opposition (21) SAD (7); BJP (6); AAP (4); IND (8); Ex-officios AAP (5);
Length of term	5 Years
Elections
First election	1991
Next election	2023
Website
	Official website

The Amritsar Municipal Corporation is a nagar nigam (municipal corporation) which administers the city of Amritsar, Punjab. It has 85 members elected with a first-past-the-post voting system and 5 ex-officio members which are MLA for [Assembly Constituency members]. The corporation was founded 1977, and the first elections were held in 1991.^[2]

Mayor

The mayor of Amritsar is the elected chief of the Municipal Corporation of Amritsar. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. The role is largely ceremonial as the real powers are vested in the Municipal Commissioner.^[3] The mayor plays a decorative role of representing and upholding the dignity of the city and a functional role in deliberating over the discussions in the corporation.^[4]

S. No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Tenure		Ref.
1	Om Parkash Soni	25 June 1991	18 June 1996	4 years, 359 days	INC	^[2]
2	Subash Sharma	28 May 1997	18 October 2000	3 years, 143 days	BJP	^[2]
3	Brij Mohan Kapur	18 October 2000	27 April 2002	1 year, 191 days	BJP	^[2]
4	Sunil Dutti	15 June 2002	2007	5 years	INC	^[2]
-	Shwait Malik	6 September 2007	2012	5 years	BJP	^[2]
-	Bakshi Ram Arora	19 September 2012	2017	5 years	BJP	^[2]
8	Karamjit Singh Rintu	23 January 2018	Incumbent	6 years, 304 days	AAP	^[5]

Deputy mayors

Senior Deputy Mayor

S. No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Party		Corporation	Ward No.
-	Raman Bakshi	23 January 2018	Incumbent	6 years, 304 days		Indian National Congress

Junior Deputy Mayor

S. No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Party		Corporation	Ward No.
-	Younas Kumar	23 January 2018	Incumbent	6 years, 304 days		Indian National Congress

Elections

2017^[6]

References

^ "Department of Local Government". punjab.gov.in. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "www.amritsarcorp.com". www.amritsarcorp.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Mayor - Powers and Functions" (PDF). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
^ "Directly elected mayor: An idea whose time has come". Hindustan Times. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
^ Rana, Yudhvir (24 January 2018). "Rintu elected 8th mayor of Amritsar". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
^ "Punjab Municipal Election 2017: Congress sweeps polls, SAD-BJP cries foul". The Financial Express. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[1] "Department of Local Government". punjab.gov.in. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

[:0-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "www.amritsarcorp.com". www.amritsarcorp.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[3] "Mayor - Powers and Functions" (PDF). Retrieved 4 March 2021.

[4] "Directly elected mayor: An idea whose time has come". Hindustan Times. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

[5] Rana, Yudhvir (24 January 2018). "Rintu elected 8th mayor of Amritsar". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

[6] "Punjab Municipal Election 2017: Congress sweeps polls, SAD-BJP cries foul". The Financial Express. Retrieved 26 January 2022.

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