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{{Infobox legislature<br />
| name = Bankura Municipality<br />
| native_name = <br />
| native_name_lang = <br />
| coa_pic = <br />
| coa_res = 300px<br />
| coa_alt = Logo of Bankura Municipality<br />
| coa_caption = Coat of Arms<br />
| house_type = [[Municipal corporation (India)|Municipality]]<br />
| foundation = {{start date and age|1865}}<br />
| disbanded = <br />
| preceded_by = <br />
| succeeded_by = <br />
| leader1_type = Chairman<br />
| leader1 = Aloka Sen Majumder<br />
| party1 = [[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]<br />
| leader2_type = Vice Chairman<br />
| leader2 = Hiralal Chattaraj<br />
| party2 = [[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]<br />
| seats = 24<br />
| structure1 = India Bankura, West Bengal Municipality 2024.svg<br />
| structure1_res = 250px<br />
| political_groups1 = <br />
'''Government (19)'''<br />
*{{color box|#20C646}} [[Trinamool Congress|AITC]] (21)<br />
'''Opposition (3)'''<br />
*{{color box|#FF9933}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (1)<ref name="Ananya Roy BJP">{{cite web|url=https://www.bankura24x7.com/vote-at-a-glance/ananya-roy-chakraborty-is-bjps-candidate-for-taldangra-amassembly-by-election-2024-928275|title=Ananya Roy Chakraborty is BJP candidate for Taldangra by-election|work=Bankura 24x7|accessdate=30 November 2024|language=bn}}</ref><br />
*{{color box|#B2B2B2}} [[Independent politician|IND]] (2)<br />
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| session_res = 300px<br />
| meeting_place = <br />
| last_election1 = 2022<br />
| next_election1 = 2027<br />
| motto = <br />
| website = {{URL|https://bankuramunicipality.org/}}<br />
| footnotes = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Bankura Municipality''' is the civic body that governs [[Bankura]] city of [[Bankura Sadar subdivision]] in [[Bankura district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Bankura municipality was established in 1865.<ref name="Bankura">{{cite web | url =https://bankuramunicipality.org/Default.aspx?PageId=118| title = History of Bankura Municipality| work = Bankura Municipality | access-date = 9 January 2026}}</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
Bankura Municipality covers an area of 19.01 km<sup>2</sup> and has a total population of 137,386 (2011).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.census2011.co.in/data/town/801733-bankura-west-bengal.html | title = Bankura Municipality Demographics| publisher = Census2011 | access-date = 9 January 2026}}</ref><br />
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==Current members==<br />
Bankura Municipality has a total of 24 members or councillors, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the chairperson. The latest elections were held on [[2022 West Bengal local elections|12 February 2022]]. The current chairman of Bankura Municipality is Aloka Sen Majumdar of the [[Trinamool Congress]]. The current vice chairman is Hiralal Chattaraj of the [[Trinamool Congress]].<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"<br />
|-<br />
!style="background-color:#20C646; color:white" colspan=5|Chairman: Aloka Sen Majumdar<br />
|-<br />
!style="background-color:#20C646; color:white" colspan=5|Vice Chairman: Hiralal Chattaraj<br />
|-<br />
! Ward No.<br />
! Name of Councillor<ref>{{cite web|url=https://portal.wbme.org/|title=2022 WB local election results|work=SEC West Bengal|accessdate=29 August 2025}}</ref><br />
! colspan="2" | Party<br />
! Remarks<br />
|-<br />
| 1 || Debasish Laha || {{Party name with color|Independent}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 2 || Rajib Dey || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=5}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 3 || Jhilli Dutta Das<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 4 || Amrita Garai Kundu<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 5 || Swarna Das<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 6 || Rekha Das Rajak<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 7 || Dilip Agarwal || {{Party name with color|Independent}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 8 || Mamata Bagdi || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=10}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 9 || Bhramar Chowdhury<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| 10 || Daripa Shampa<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 11 || Aloka Sen Majumdar<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| 12 || Tapas Kumar Banerjee<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 13 || Barun Kumar Sen<br />
| <br />
|-<br />
| 14 || Aparna Chatterjee<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 15 || Pinki Chakraborty<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 16 || Sonai Ghoshal<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 17 || Bandana Lohar<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 18 || Ananya Roy Chakraborty || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br />
| Elected as Independent; later joined BJP<ref name="Ananya Roy BJP"/><br />
|-<br />
| 19 || Sheikh Azizul Rahaman || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=6}}<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 20 || Avijit Datta<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 21 || Amit Ruidas<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 22 || Raju Lohar<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 23 || Itu Das<br />
|<br />
|-<br />
| 24 || Hiralal Chattaraj<br />
|<br />
|}<br />
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==Elections==<br />
===2022===<br />
{|class="sortable wikitable"<br />
|+| Bankura Municipality<br />
|-<br />
! colspan="2" |Party!! Won !! '''+/−'''<br />
|-<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}} || 21 || <br />
|-<br />
| {{Party name with color|Independent|shortname=Independents}} || 3 || <br />
|-<br />
| colspan="2" |'''Total'''|| '''24''' ||<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{coord missing|West Bengal}}<br />
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[[Category:Municipalities of West Bengal]]</div>
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