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| leader1 = Pintu Mahato<br />
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'''Baidyabati Municipality''' is the civic body that governs [[Baidyabati]] and its surrounding areas ([[Sheoraphuli]] and partly [[Chatra, Serampore|Chatra]]) in [[Srirampore subdivision]] of [[Hooghly district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Baidyabati Municipality was established in 1869.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://baidyabatimunicipality.org/index.php | title = Baidyabati Municipality | publisher = Baidyabati Municipality | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
Baidyabati Municipality covers an area of 12.03 sq km and has a total population of 121,110 (2011).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbdma.gov.in/HTM/MUNI_municipality.htm | title = Baidyabati Municipality | publisher = Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal | work = Urban Local Bodies | access-date = 4 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180928223458/http://wbdma.gov.in/HTM/MUNI_municipality.htm | archive-date = 28 September 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref><br />
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In 1981, 25.00% of the total population formed main workers and 75.00% were non-workers in Baidyabati Municipality and 27.00% of the total main workers were industrial workers. This may be interpreted as follows: although industrial activities are prominent in the municipal areas of the region, the major portion of the population is [[Commuting|commuters]] and migrants find employment in the area.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/68558/14/14_chapter%205.pdf | title = Chapter V Industrial set up of the study area | work = Table 16, page 232, Table 17, page 233, Table 18, page 236 | publisher = Shodhganga | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Elections==<br />
In the 2015 municipal elections for Baidyabati Municipality [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won 13 seats, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] 1 seat, [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] 3 seats, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] 3 seats and Independents 3 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 = 4 July 2017 }}</ref><br />
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In the 2010 municipal elections for Baidyabati Municipality [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won 12 seats, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] 4 seats, [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] 3 seats and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] won 3 seats.<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><br />
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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><br />
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In the 2005 municipal elections for Baidyabati Municipality, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] won 8 seats, [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Block]] 4 seats, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] 6 seats and [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] 4 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><br />
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