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{{Short description|Local civic body in Amritsar, Punjab, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Amritsar Municipal Corporation
| coa_pic =
| coa_res =
| coa_alt =
| coa-pic =
| coa-res =
| house_type = [[Municipal Corporation]]
| preceded_by = Amritsar Municipal Council
| foundation =
| leader1_type =
| leader1 =
| leader2_type = Mayor
| leader2 = Jatinder Singh
| party2 = [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
| election2 = 27 January 2025<ref name="AAP wins Amritsar Mayoral Poll">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/aaps-jatinder-singh-moti-bhatia-elected-amritsar-mayor-amid-controversy-murder-of-democracy-cong/articleshow/117611000.cms|title=AAP’s Jatinder Singh Moti Bhatia elected Amritsar mayor amid controversy; murder of democracy: Cong|work=Times of India|accessdate=27 January 2025}}</ref>
| leader3_type = Senior Deputy Mayor
| leader3 = Priyanka Sharma
| party3 = [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
| election3 = 27 January 2025
| leader4_type = Junior Deputy Mayor
| leader4 = Anita Rani
| party4 = [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
| election4 = 27 January 2025
| leader5_type = [[Municipal commissioner (India)|Municipal commissioner]]
| leader5 =
| election5 =
| seats = '''85'''
| structure1 = File:India Amritsar, Punjab Municipal Corporation 2025.svg
| structure1_res = 300px
| political_groups1 =
'''Government (33)'''
* {{Party index link|Aam Aadmi Party}} (33)
'''Opposition (52)'''
* {{Color box|#00BBFF}} [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (39)
* {{Color box|#FF9933}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (8)
* {{Color box|#0F204A}} [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]] (4)
* {{Color box|#B2B2B2}} [[Independent politician|IND]] (1)
'''Ex-officios'''
* TBA
| first_election1 = 1991
| last_election1 = [[2024 Punjab, India local elections|21 December 2024]]
| next_election1 = 2029
| term_length = 5 years
| session_res =
| meeting_place =
| website = {{Official website|https://www.amritsarcorp.com/}}
| motto =
}}

The '''Amritsar Municipal Corporation''' is a ''[[nagar nigam]]'' ([[urban local body|municipal corporation]]) which administers the city of [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab, India|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.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=www.amritsarcorp.com|url=https://www.amritsarcorp.com/historyMCA.htm|access-date=2022-01-26|website=www.amritsarcorp.com}}</ref>

==List of Mayors==
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cms.gcg11.ac.in/attachments/article/233/Mayor.pdf|title=Mayor - Powers and Functions|access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-07-20|title=Directly elected mayor: An idea whose time has come|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/directly-elected-mayor-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/story-XUhycvDC7wcTCxthjsUY7O.html|access-date=2021-03-04|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Name
!Took office
!Left office
!Tenure
!colspan=2|Party
!Ward No.
!Ref.
|-
!1
|[[Om Parkash Soni]]
|25 June 1991
|18 June 1996
|{{age in years and days|1991|6|25|1996|6|18}}
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!2
|Subash Sharma
|28 May 1997
|18 October 2000
|{{age in years and days|1997|5|28|2000|10|18}}
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!3
|Brij Mohan Kapur
|18 October 2000
|27 April 2002
|{{age in years and days|2000|10|18|2002|4|27}}
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!4
|[[Sunil Dutti]]
|15 June 2002
|2007
|5 years
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!5
|[[Shwait Malik]]
|6 September 2007
|2012
|5 years
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!6
|Bakshi Ram Arora
|19 September 2012
|2017
|5 years
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!7
|Karamjit Singh Rintu
|23 January 2018
|27 January 2025
|{{age in years and days|2018|1|23|}}
|bgcolor={{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}}|
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 January 2018|first=Yudhvir|last=Rana|title=Rintu elected 8th mayor of Amritsar|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/rintu-elected-8th-mayor-of-amritsar/articleshow/62626126.cms|access-date=2022-01-26|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
|-
!8
|Jatinder Singh
|27 January 2025
|Incumbent
|{{age in years and days|2025|1|25|}}
|bgcolor={{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}}|
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|26
|<ref name="AAP wins Amritsar Mayoral Poll"/>
|}

==List of deputy mayors==
===Senior Deputy Mayor===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Name
!Took office
!Left office
!Tenure
!colspan=2|Party
!Ward No.
!Ref.
|-
!1
|Priyanka Sharma
|27 January 2025
|Incumbent
|175 days
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|11
|<ref name="AAP wins Amritsar Mayoral Poll"/>
|}

===Junior Deputy Mayor===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Name
!Took office
!Left office
!Tenure
!colspan=2|Party
!Ward No.
!Ref.
|-
!1
|Anita Rani
|27 January 2025
|Incumbent
|175 days
|{{Party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|67
|<ref name="AAP wins Amritsar Mayoral Poll"/>
|}

==Current members==
Amritsar Municipal Corporation has a total of 85 members or councillors, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the Mayor. The latest elections were held in [[2024 Punjab, India local elections|21 December 2024]]. The current mayor of Amritsar is Jatinder Singh of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]]. The current senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor are Priyanka Sharma and Anita Devi of the [[Aam Aadmi Party]] respectively.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!style="background-color:#0072B0; color:white" colspan=5|Mayor: Jatinder Singh
|-
!style="background-color:#0072B0; color:white" colspan=5|Senior Deputy Mayor: Priyanka Sharma
|-
!style="background-color:#0072B0; color:white" colspan=5|Junior Deputy Mayor: Anita Rani
|-
! Ward No.
! Name of Councillor
! colspan="2" | Party
! Remarks
|-
| 1 || Kuljit Kaur || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party|rowspan=2}}
|
|-
| 2 || Amarjit Singh
|
|-
| 3 || Navdeep Kaur || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 4 || Mandeep Singh Aujla || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
| Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP<ref name="Councillors join AAP in Amritsar">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/in-amritsar-mayoral-election-aap-gains-ground-despite-having-fewer-councillors-than-factionalism-hit-congress/articleshow/117243310.cms|title=In Amritsar mayoral election, AAP gains ground despite having fewer councillors than factionalism-hit Congress|work=Times of India|accessdate=14 January 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 5 || Kriti Arora || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|
|-
| 6 || Amandeep Aery
|
|-
| 7 || Kajal Devi || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party|rowspan=2}}
|
|-
| 8 || Balwinder Singh
|
|-
| 9 || Shobit Kaur || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 10 || Shruti Vij || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 11 || Priyanka Sharma || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|
|-
| 12 || Narinder Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 13 || Gurwinder Kaur || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|
|-
| 14 || Rajkanwal Preetpal Singh Sandhu || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 15 || Rama Devi || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 16 || Sandeep Sharma || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|
|-
| 17 || Anita Kumari
|
|-
| 18 || Navdeep Singh
|
|-
| 19 || Navjeet Kaur || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|
|-
| 20 || Gurinder Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 21 || Kulwinder Kaur || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|
|-
| 22 || Sujinder Bidlan || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
|
|-
| 23 || Kulwinder Kaur
|
|-
| 24 || Satnam Singh Sabha

|
|-
| 25 || Monika Sharma
|
|-
| 26 || Jatinder Singh || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party|rowspan=2}}
|
|-
| 27 || Preet Kaur
| Elected as [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] councillor, later joined AAP<ref name="Councillors join AAP in Amritsar"/>
|-
| 28 || Saurabh Madaan Mithu || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|
|-
| 29 || Shweta Devi
|
|-
| 30 || Avtar Singh || {{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
|
|-
| 31 || Sukhbir Kaur || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party|rowspan=3}}
|
|-
| 32 || Jagmeet Singh Ghulli
| Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP<ref name="Councillors join AAP in Amritsar"/>
|-
| 33 || Ashnoor Kaur
|
|-
| 34 || Amritpal Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 35 || Amarji Kaur || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 36 || Ashok Kumar || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party|rowspan=5}}
|
|-
| 37 || Gurjit Kaur
|
|-
| 38 || Bhagwant Singh
|
|-
| 39 || Manpreet Kaur
|
|-
| 40 || Gurwinder Singh
|
|-
| 41 || Sukhwinder Kaur || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|
|-
| 42 || Gagandeep Singh
|
|-
| 43 || Inderjit Singh || {{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
|
|-
| 44 || Jaswinder Singh Gill || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|
|-
| 45 || Sukhbir Kaur
|
|-
| 46 || Navpreet Singh
|
|-
| 47 || Kiranjit Kaur || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|
|-
| 48 || Ashwani Kumar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|
|-
| 49 || Ritu Kundra
|
|-
| 50 || Ritu Devi || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|
|-
| 51 || Sarita Devi || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
|
|-
| 52 || Vikas Soni
|
|-
| 53 || Komal Shah
|
|-
| 54 || Amit Kumar
|
|-
| 55 || Kulbir Kaur
|
|-
| 56 || Varinder Vicky Datta || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|
|-
| 57 || Manju Mehra Pappal || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 58 || Jarnail Singh || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|
|-
| 59 || Gurmeet Kaur || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 60 || Gaurav Gill || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|
|-
| 61 || Rajni Devi
|
|-
| 62 || Sameer Dutta || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 63 || Usha Rani || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
| Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP<ref name="Councillors join AAP in Amritsar"/>
|-
| 64 || Nitu Tangri || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 65 || Neeraj Chaudhary || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 66 || Virat Devgan || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party|rowspan=2}}
|
|-
| 67 || Anita Devi
| Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP<ref name="Councillors join AAP in Amritsar"/>
|-
| 68 || Vikas Gill || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 69 || Gurpreet Kaur || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 70 || Vijay Kumar Bhagat || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party|rowspan=2}}
| Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP<ref name="Councillors join AAP in Amritsar"/>
|-
| 71 || Surjit Kaur
|
|-
| 72 || Avtar Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
| Elected as [[Indian National Congress|INC]] councillor; later joined AAP, then returned to INC<ref name="2 Amritsar INC councillors join AAP">{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/fresh-setback-to-cong-as-two-party-councillors-join-aap/|title=Fresh setback to Amritsar Congress as two party councillors join AAP|work=The Tribune|accessdate=19 August 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/councillor-does-u-turn-rejoins-cong-hours-after-leaving-party/|title=Councillor does U-turn, rejoins Cong hours after leaving party|work=The Tribune|accessdate=20 August 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 73 || Kuldeep Singh
|
|-
| 74 || Paramjeet Kaur Dhillon || {{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
|
|-
| 75 || Kashmir Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 76 || Sukhbir Singh || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|
|-
| 77 || Sunita Devi || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 78 || Anita Sharma || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party|rowspan=2}}
| Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/another-independent-councillor-joins-aap/|title=Another independent councillor joins AAP|work=The Tribune|accessdate=20 August 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 79 || Shivali Devi
| Elected as [[Indian National Congress|INC]] councillor; later joined AAP<ref name="2 Amritsar INC councillors join AAP"/>
|-
| 80 || Raman Kumar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|
|-
| 81 || Nisha Dhillon
|
|-
| 82 || Sandeep Singh || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|
|-
| 83 || Nagwant Kaur || {{Full party name with color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}
|
|-
| 84 || Rashpal Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 85 || Natasha Gill || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
| Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP<ref name="Councillors join AAP in Amritsar"/>
|}

== Previous election results ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Total Seats
!INC
!AAP
!SAD(with an Alliance with BJP before 2024 elections)
!BJP
|-
!2024
!85<ref>{{Cite web |title=Congress cruises past halfway mark in Amritsar MC elections |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/congress-cruises-past-halfway-mark-in-amritsar-mc-elections-101734810057520-amp.html}}</ref>
|43
|24
|4
|10
|-
!2017
!85<ref>{{Cite web |title=ਪੰਜਾਬ ਸ਼ਹਿਰੀ ਚੋਣਾਂ |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/punjab-civic-polls-tomorrow-4-major-municipal-bodies-previous-elections-9735779/}}</ref>
|60
|4
|13
|Alliance with SAD
|-
!2012
!65
|4
|~
|48
|Alliance with
SAD
|-
!2007
!65
|18
|~
|33
|Alliance with SAD
|-
!2002
!60
|33
|~
|7
|Alliancee with
SAD
|}
~ Party didn't exist

== See also ==
[[Ludhiana Municipal Corporation]]

[[Patiala Municipal Corporation]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Municipal corporations in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Amritsar]]

Amritsar Municipal Corporation - Revision history

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