Amritsar Municipal Corporation

Local civic body in Amritsar, Punjab, India

Amritsar Municipal Corporation

Type
Type|

Municipal Corporation

History
Preceded by| Amritsar Municipal Council
Leadership

Minister in charge

Bhagwant Maan[1]

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[edit]

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  | Party  | Corporation  | Ward No.  | Ref.

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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  | 5 years, 328 days  |  | AAP |  |  | [5]

## Deputy mayors[edit]

Senior Deputy Mayor

S. No.  | Name  | Took office  | Left office  | Tenure  | Party  | Corporation  | Ward No.

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\-  | Raman Bakshi  | 23 January 2018  | Incumbent  | 5 years, 328 days  |  | Indian National Congress |  |

Junior Deputy Mayor

S. No.  | Name  | Took office  | Left office  | Tenure  | Party  | Corporation  | Ward No.

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\-  | Younas Kumar  | 23 January 2018  | Incumbent  | 5 years, 328 days  |  | Indian National Congress |  |

## Elections[edit]

2017[6]

## References[edit]

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