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{{Infobox legislature
| name = Berhampore Municipality
| native_name =
| native_name_lang =
| coa_pic =
| coa_res = 300px
| coa_alt = Logo of Berhampore Municipality
| coa_caption = Coat of Arms
| house_type = [[Municipal corporation (India)|Municipality]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1876}}
| disbanded =
| preceded_by =
| succeeded_by =
| leader1_type = Chairman
| leader1 = Naru Gopal Mukherjee
| party1 = [[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| leader2_type = Vice Chairman
| leader2 = Swarup Saha<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.berhamporemunicipality.org.in/Default.aspx?PageId=518|title=Officials of Berhampore Municipality|work=Berhampore Municipality|accessdate=10 January 2026}}</ref>
| party2 = [[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| seats = 28
| structure1 = India Berhampore, West Bengal Municipality 2022.svg
| structure1_res = 250px
| political_groups1 =
'''Government (22)'''
*{{color box|#20C646}} [[Trinamool Congress|AITC]] (22)
'''Opposition (6)'''
*{{color box|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (6)
| session_room =
| session_res = 300px
| meeting_place =
| last_election1 = 2022
| next_election1 = 2027
| motto =
| website = {{URL|https://www.berhamporemunicipality.org.in/}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Berhampore Municipality''' (or Baharampur Municipality) is the civic body that governs [[Berhampore]] city of [[Berhampore subdivision]] in [[Murshidabad district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==History==
Berhampore municipality was established in 1876.<ref name="Berhampore">{{cite web | url =https://www.berhamporemunicipality.org.in/Default.aspx?PageId=514| title = About Berhampore Municipality| work = Berhampore Municipality | access-date = 10 January 2026}}</ref>

==Geography==
Berhampore Municipality covers an area of 31.42 km<sup>2</sup> and has a total population of 1,95,223 (2011).<ref name="Berhampore"/>

==Current members==
Berhampore Municipality has a total of 28 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 Berhampore Municipality is Naru Gopal Mukherjee of the [[Trinamool Congress]]. The current vice chairman is Swarup Saha of the [[Trinamool Congress]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://portal.wbme.org/|title=2022 WB local election results|work=SEC West Bengal|accessdate=29 August 2025}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!style="background-color:#20C646; color:white" colspan=5|Chairman: Naru Gopal Mukherjee
|-
!style="background-color:#20C646; color:white" colspan=5|Vice Chairman: Swarup Saha
|-
! Ward No.
! Name of Councillor
! colspan="2" | Party
! Remarks
|-
| 1 || Kakali Goswami || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=3}}
|
|-
| 2 || Baban Ray
|
|-
| 3 || Uma Ghosh
|
|-
| 4 || Hira Haldar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|
|-
| 5 || Kanai Ray
|
|-
| 6 || Kanika Kundu
|
|-
| 7 || Naru Gopal Mukherjee || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=10}}
|
|-
| 8 || Babita Bhalla
|
|-
| 9 || Swarup Saha
|
|-
| 10 || Avik Chowdhury
|
|-
| 11 || Aparna Sharma
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|-
| 12 || Ajoy Roy
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|-
| 13 || Apurba Das
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|-
| 14 || Rita Halder Chatterjee
|
|-
| 15 || Subrata Das
|
|-
| 16 || Arun Kumar Singh
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|-
| 17 || Shukla Sarkar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 18 || Jayanta Chakraborty || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|
|-
| 19 || Vismadeb Karmakar
|
|-
| 20 || Gopa Halder || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 21 || Subal Ray || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=6}}
|
|-
| 22 || Debasish Goyala
|
|-
| 23 || Soumima Chattaraj
|
|-
| 24 || Jayanta Pramanik
|
|-
| 25 || Goutam Kumar Saha
|
|-
| 26 || Moumita Ray Choudhuri
|
|-
| 27 || Ranajit Singh || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 28 || Abul Kowsar || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|
|}

==Elections==
===2022===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|+| Berhampore Municipality
|-
! colspan="2" |Party!! Won !! '''+/−'''
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}} || 22 ||
|-
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} || 6 ||
|-
| colspan="2" |'''Total'''|| '''28''' ||
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[Beldanga Municipality]]
* [[Dhulian Municipality]]
* [[Murshidabad Municipality]]
* [[Jangipur Municipality]]
* [[Kandi Municipality]]
* [[Jiaganj Azimganj Municipality]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{coord missing|West Bengal}}

[[Category:Municipalities of West Bengal]]

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