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{{Short description|Local civic body in Bathinda, Punjab, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Bathinda Municipal Corporation
| coa_pic =
| coa_res =
| coa_alt =
| coa-pic =
| coa-res =
| house_type = [[Municipal Corporation]]
| preceded_by = Bathinda Municipal Council
| foundation =
| leader1_type = Minister in charge
| leader1 = [[Sanjeev Arora (politician)|Sanjeev Arora]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://punjab.gov.in/department-of-local-government/#tab-3|title=Department of Local Government|website=punjab.gov.in|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
| leader2_type = Mayor
| leader2 = Padamjeet Singh Mehta
| party2 = [[Aam Aadmi Party]]
| election2 = 2025
| leader3_type = Senior deputy mayor
| leader3 = Sham Lal Jain
| party3 = Aam Aadmi Party
| election3 = 2025
| leader4_type = Deputy mayor
| leader4 = Vacant
| election4 = 2025
| leader5_type = [[Municipal commissioner (India)|Municipal commissioner]]
| leader5 = Kanchan, IAS
| election5 =
| seats ='''50'''
| structure1 = India Bathinda Municipal Corporation 2021.svg
| structure1_res = 280px
| political_groups1 =
'''Government (8)'''
* {{Color box|#0066A4}} [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]] (8)
'''Opposition (50)'''
* {{Color box|#00BFFF}} [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (35)
* {{Color box|#BD710F}} [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]] (7)
'''Ex-officio'''
* {{Color box|#0066A4}} [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]] (1)
| first_election1 =
| last_election1 = [[2021 Punjab, India local elections|14 February 2021]]
| next_election1 = 2026
| term_length = 5 Years
| session_res =
| meeting_place =
| website = {{Official website|https://www.mcbathinda.com/}}
| motto =
}}
The '''Bathinda Municipal Corporation''' is a ''[[nagar nigam]]'' ([[urban local body|municipal corporation]]) which administers the city of [[Bathinda]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. It has 50 members elected with a [[first-past-the-post]] voting system and 1 ex-officio member which is MLA for [[Bathinda Urban Assembly Constituency|Bathinda Urban]]. The corporation was founded 2003, and the first elections were held in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to Municipal Corporation, Bathinda|url=https://www.mcbathinda.com/AdministrativeMilestones.html|access-date=2021-12-30|website=www.mcbathinda.com}}{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Mayor==
The '''mayor of Bathinda''' is the elected chief of the Municipal Corporation of Bathinda. 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
!Corporation
!Ward No.
!Ref.
|-
!-
|Raman Goyal
|16 April 2021
|5 February 2025
|{{age in years and days|2021|4|16|2025|2|5}}
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-16|title=Bathinda gets its first woman mayor|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ludhiana/bathinda-gets-its-first-woman-mayor-7275725/|access-date=2021-12-30|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
|-
!-
|Padamjeet Singh Mehta
|5 February 2025
|Incubment
|{{age in years and days|2025|2|5|}}
|bgcolor=#0066A4|
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|
|
|
|}

==Deputy mayors==
'''Senior Deputy Mayor'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Name
!Took office
!Left office
!Tenure
!colspan=2|Party
!Corporation
!Ward No.
|-
!-
|Ashok Kumar
|16 April 2021
|21 February 2025
|{{age in years and days|2021|4|16|2025|2|21}}
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|
|
|}

'''Junior Deputy Mayor'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Name
!Took office
!Left office
!Tenure
!colspan=2|Party
!Corporation
!Ward No.
|-
!-
|Harmandar Singh Sidhu
|16 April 2021
|21 February 2025
|{{age in years and days|2021|4|16|2025|2|21}}
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|
|
|}

== Elections ==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan=2|Years
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}"|
|bgcolor=#FBB917|
!rowspan=2| Others
!rowspan=2| Total
|-
! [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
! [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
! 2015<ref>{{Cite news|title=SAD-BJP combine wins Punjab civic polls|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sad-bjp-combine-wins-punjab-civic-polls/articleshow/46384821.cms?from=mdr|access-date=2022-01-01}}</ref>
| 10
| bgcolor="lightgreen"|21
| bgcolor="lightgreen"|8
| 11
! 50
|-
! 2021
| bgcolor="lightgreen"|43
| 7
| 0
| 0
! 50
|-
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Bathinda]]
[[Category:Municipal corporations in Punjab, India]]

Bathinda Municipal Corporation - Revision history

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