Amritsar Municipal Corporation

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]

Amritsar Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
History
Preceded byAmritsar Municipal Council
Leadership
Minister in charge
Mayor
Karmjit Singh Rintu, AAP
since 2018
Senior deputy mayor
Raman Bakshi, INC
since 2018
Junior deputy mayor
Younas Khan, INC
since 2018
Structure
Seats85
Political groups
Government (64)
  •   INC (60)

Opposition (21)

Ex-officios

Length of term
5 Years
Elections
First election
1991
Next election
2022
Website
Official website

Mayor

The Mayor of Amritsar is the elected chief of the Municipal Corporation of Amritsar. He/She 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.
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 4 years, 98 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 4 years, 98 days Indian National Congress

Junior Deputy Mayor

S. No. Name Took Office Left Office Tenure Party Corporation Ward No.
- Younas Khan 23 January 2018 Incumbent 4 years, 98 days Indian National Congress

Elections

2017[6]

References
  1. "Department of Local Government". punjab.gov.in. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. "www.amritsarcorp.com". www.amritsarcorp.com. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  3. "Mayor - Powers and Functions" (PDF). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  4. "Directly elected mayor: An idea whose time has come". Hindustan Times. 2016-07-20. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  5. Rana, Yudhvir (January 24, 2018). "Rintu elected 8th mayor of Amritsar". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  6. "Punjab Municipal Election 2017: Congress sweeps polls, SAD-BJP cries foul". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
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