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

TBA
since 2024

Senior deputy mayor

TBA
since 2024

Junior deputy mayor

TBA
since 2024

Structure
Seats| 85

Political groups

| Government (42)

* INC (42)[2]

Opposition (38)

* AAP (24)
* BJP (10)
* SAD (4)

Others (5)

* IND (5)

Ex-officios

* TBA

Length of term

| 5 years
Elections

First election

| 1991

Last election

| 2024

Next election

| 2029
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.[3]

## Mayor

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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.[4] 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.[5]

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 |  |  | [3]
2  | Subash Sharma  | 28 May 1997  | 18 October 2000  | 3 years, 143 days  |  | BJP |  |  | [3]
3  | Brij Mohan Kapur  | 18 October 2000  | 27 April 2002  | 1 year, 191 days  |  | BJP |  |  | [3]
4  | Sunil Dutti | 15 June 2002  | 2007  | 5 years  |  | INC |  |  | [3]
\-  | Shwait Malik | 6 September 2007  | 2012  | 5 years  |  | BJP |  |  | [3]
\-  | Bakshi Ram Arora  | 19 September 2012  | 2017  | 5 years  |  | BJP |  |  | [3]
8  | Karamjit Singh Rintu  | 23 January 2018  | Incumbent  | 7 years, 4 days  |  | AAP |  |  | [6]

## Deputy mayors

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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  | 7 years, 4 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  | 7 years, 4 days  |  | Indian National Congress |  |

## Elections

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2017[7]

## Previous election results

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Year  | Total Seats  | INC  | AAP  | SAD+  | Others

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2024  | 85[8] | 43  | 24  | 4  | 14
2017  | 85[9] | 60  | 4  | 13  | 8
2012  | 65  | 4  | ~  | 48  | 13
2007  | 65  | 18  | ~  | 33  | 14
2002  | 60  | 33  | ~  | 7  | 20

~ Party didn't exist

## See also

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Ludhiana Municipal Corporation

Patiala Municipal Corporation

## References

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1. ^ "Department of Local Government". punjab.gov.in. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
2. ^ "2024 Amritsar MC election results". IANS India. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
3. ^ a b c d e f g "www.amritsarcorp.com". www.amritsarcorp.com. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
4. ^ "Mayor - Powers and Functions" (PDF). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
5. ^ "Directly elected mayor: An idea whose time has come". Hindustan Times. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
6. ^ Rana, Yudhvir (24 January 2018). "Rintu elected 8th mayor of Amritsar". The Times of India. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
7. ^ "Punjab Municipal Election 2017: Congress sweeps polls, SAD-BJP cries foul". The Financial Express. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
8. ^ "Congress cruises past halfway mark in Amritsar MC elections".
9. ^ "ਪੰਜਾਬ ਸ਼ਹਿਰੀ ਚੋਣਾਂ".