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{{Infobox legislature
| name = Arambagh Municipality
| native_name =
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| coa_alt = Logo of Arambagh Municipality
| coa_caption = Coat of Arms
| house_type = [[Municipal corporation (India)|Municipality]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1886}}
| disbanded =
| preceded_by =
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| leader1_type = Chairman
| leader1 = Swapan Kumar Nandi
| leader2_type = Vice Chairman
| leader2 = Alamgir Hossen Chowdhury
| seats = 19
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| political_groups1 = {{legend|#3CB371|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]: 19 seats}}
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| last_election1 = 2015
| next_election1 = 2020
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| website = {{URL|www.arambaghmunicipality.org}}
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'''Arambagh Municipality''' is the civic body that governs [[Arambag]] and its surrounding areas in [[Arambagh subdivision]] of [[Hooghly district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==History==
Arambagh Municipality was established in 1886.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.jnnurmwestbengal.gov.in/DIS/MUNI_DLB_Arambagh.htm | title = Arambagh Municipality | publisher = JNNURM | access-date = 14 July 2017}}</ref>

==Geography==
[[File:Map of arambag municipality .jpg|thumb|300px|Map of Arambagh Municipality]]
Arambagh Municipality covers an area of 117.20 sq km and has a total population of 66,175 (2011).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hooghlydistrict.info/arambagh-municipality-details-hooghly-district.html | title = Arambagh Municipality | work = Hooghly district information | publisher = Hooghly district authorities | access-date = 14 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170720110758/http://www.hooghlydistrict.info/arambagh-municipality-details-hooghly-district.html | archive-date = 20 July 2017 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name=census3-2011>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/pcadata/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = 2011 Census – Primary Census Abstract Data Tables | work= West Bengal – District-wise |publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India | access-date = 15 July 2016 }}</ref>

==Healthcare==
Arambagh Subdivisonal Hospital, with 250 beds, is located in the Arambagh Municipality area.<ref name=medical>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 15 July 2017}}</ref>

==Elections==
In the 2015 municipal elections for Arambagh Municipality [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won all 19 seats.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbsec.gov.in/(S(ok51ajaejr1ty3qg43xq0kf1))/Municipal/FinalResult_All_Mun.aspx |title = Municipal General Election Results | work= Results of Municipal General Elections 2015 |publisher= West Bengal State Election Commission | access-date = 14 July 2017 }}</ref>

In the 2010 municipal elections for Arambagh Municipality Trinamool Congress won 9 seats, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] 7 seats, [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] 1 seat and Independent 1 seat.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbsec.gov.in/(S(x5feom55drnpkn55tfuthm55))/Municipal/Detailed_Mun_Yearwise.aspx |title = Municipal General Election Results | work= Results of Municipal General Elections yearwise |publisher= West Bengal State Election Commission | access-date = 11 July 2017 }}</ref>

About the 2010 municipal elections, ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote, "Today's municipal elections are unlike any for decades: the Communists, who have held West Bengal's main towns almost without a break since the 1970s, are facing disaster… This time defeat is likely to be definitive and could signal the beginning of the end for the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM)."<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/30/west-bengal-elections-communists | title = India’s Communist party faces defeat in West Bengal heartland. | work = The Guardian, International Edition, 30 May 2010 | publisher = theguardian | access-date = 14 July 2017}}</ref>

In the 2005 municipal elections for Arambagh Municipality, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] won 11 seats, [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] 1 seat, [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] 3 seats and others 3 seats.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://hooghly.nic.in/Municpal_elec/Result_glance.htm | title = Municipal General Elections 2005 | work= District Hooghly | publisher = Hooghly district administration |access-date = 19 July 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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