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{{Short description|Local civic body in Bidhannagar, West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
| native_name = 
| native_name_lang =
| coa_pic =
| coa_res = 200px
| coa_alt = Logo of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
| coa_caption = [[Seal (emblem)|Seal]] of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
| house_type = [[Municipal corporation (India)|Municipal Corporation]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|2015}}
| term_limits = 5 years
| disbanded =
| preceded_by =
| succeeded_by =
| leader1_type = Mayor
| leader1 = [[Krishna Chakraborty]]
| party1 = [[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| election1 = 12 February 2022
| leader2_type = Deputy Mayor
| leader2 = Anita Mondal
| party2 = [[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| election2 = 12 February 2022
| leader3_type = Chairperson
| leader3 = [[Sabyasachi Dutta]]
| party3 = [[Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| election3 = 12 February 2022
| seats =
| structure1 = India Bidhannagar, West Bengal Municipal Corporation 2022.svg
| structure1_res = 300px
| political_groups1 =
'''Government (39)'''
*{{legend|#20C646|[[Trinamool Congress|AITC]] (39)}}
'''Opposition (2)'''
*{{legend|#00BBFF|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] (1)}}
*{{legend|#B2B2B2|[[Independent politician|IND]] (1)}}
| session_room = Poura Bhavan - Bidhannagar Municipality - FD 415A - Salt Lake City - Kolkata 2013-10-11 3305-3306.JPG
| session_res = 300px
| meeting_place = [[Headquarters]] of the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
| voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post voting|First past the post]]
| last_election1 = [[2022 Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation Election|12 February 2022]]
| next_election1 = February 2027
| motto =
| website = {{URL|www.bmcwbgov.in}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation''' is the [[Local self-government in India|local government]] responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of [[Bidhannagar|Salt Lake]] and surrounding areas ([[Rajarhat]], [[Gopalpur, Kolkata|Gopalpur]], [[Kestopur]], [[Baguiati]], [[Kaikhali]], [[Teghoria]]) in [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area|Greater Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite news|title=North 24 Parganas district|url=https://www.wbtourismgov.in/destination/district/north_24_parganas#lb7|access-date=23 June 2019|archive-date=8 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190608011413/https://www.wbtourismgov.in/destination/district/north_24_parganas#lb7|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation was headed by Administrator Pawan Kadyan, IAS till elections were held in October 2015 after delimitation into 41 wards (Ward No.s 1 to 26 from Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality, Ward No. 27 from Mahishbathan II Gram Panchayat and Ward No.s 28 to 44 from Bidhannagar Municipality).<ref name="bmc" /> This constituted its first Board of Councillors and Mayor-in-Council with Pawan Kadyan, IAS transitioning into the role of Municipal Commissioner.<ref>{{cite web |title= Kolkata Gazette Notification for Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation |url= https://www.wbdma.gov.in/circulars/249-135-ma_2015-2016.pdf |publisher= Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal |access-date= 1 March 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170312033552/https://www.wbdma.gov.in/circulars/249-135-ma_2015-2016.pdf |archive-date= 12 March 2017 |url-status= dead }}</ref> BMC consists of 41 wards (grouped in 6 boroughs).<ref name="bmc" /> The Corporation is under administrative jurisdiction of [[Bidhannagar subdivision]] in the district of [[North 24 Parganas]] and police jurisdiction of [[Bidhannagar City Police]]. The current Municipal Commissioner is Sujay Sarkar, IAS, who has been in the post since 29 April 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title= New Commissioner|url=https://indiangrapevine.in/news/sujay-sarkar-designated-as-commissioner-bidhannagar-in-w-bengal-9670}}</ref>

==Geography==
This civic administrative body administers an area of {{convert|60.5|km2}} which is approximately 3.2% of the Total Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA).<ref name="bmc">{{cite web|title=bmcwbgov.in|url=http://www.bmcwbgov.in/index.php/about-us/about-bmc|access-date=23 June 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806101118/http://www.bmcwbgov.in/index.php/about-us/about-bmc|archive-date=6 August 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> The jurisdiction of BMC includes [[Bidhan Nagar|Salt Lake]] (a planned satellite town of [[Kolkata]] and previously under "Bidhannagar Municipality"), Mahishbathan II Gram Panchayat (which consisted of Tarulia, Mahisgote and Thakdari) and [[Rajarhat]] (previously under "Rajarhat-Gopalpur Municipality" which consisted of [[Kestopur]], Chandiberia, [[Baguiati]], Udayan Pally, Santosh Pally, Jagatpur, Ashwini Nagar, Narayantala, Raghunathpur, Arjunpur, [[Teghoria]], Jyangra, Helabottala, Noapara, Adarsha Pally, Pramodgarh, Jyoti Nagar, [[Hatiara]], [[Kaikhali]], Chinar Park, Atghara, Dasadrone, Salua, Bablatala, Narayanpur, Beraberi, Bidisha Pally, Sarada Pally, Ganti and part of [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|NSCBI Airport]]).<ref>{{cite web|title=Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation about to be formed soon|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/west-bengal/writing-on-the-civic-body-wall/cid/1469106}}</ref>

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation borders [[Madhyamgram|Madhyamgram Municipality]] in the north, [[Rajarhat (community development block)|Rajarhat block]] in the south, [[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]] in the east and [[South Dum Dum]] in the west
==Administration==
Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is divided into 41 wards. The 41 wards are arranged into 6 boroughs.<ref name="bmc"/> Each ward elects a councillor. The mayor is responsible for the overall functioning of the BMC and has a tenure of five years. At present, the [[All India Trinamool Congress]] holds the power in the BMC.
==Budget==
As of 2020, the budget of the [[city government]] is fund surplus with a budget of {{INRConvert|424.8|c}} while its total revenue stands at {{INRConvert|425|c}}. A lot of funds were allocated for disaster management and covid relief while an allocation of {{INRConvert|150|c}} was made for a road repairing scheme to have the transport infrastructure upgraded.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/bidhannagar-holds-online-budget-session/articleshow/76364390.cms|title = Bidhannagar holds online budget session | Kolkata News - Times of India|website = [[The Times of India]]}}</ref>
==Demographics==
As per 2011 census, total population under Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation is 632,107. Total number of [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes]] are 121,761 and 10,950 respectively. Among the 41 wards, Wards no 20 has the highest population with 20,981 residents while ward no 23 has the lowest population with 11,639 residents. Total number of households in BMC is 153,661.<ref name="bmc"/>

==List of mayors==

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan = "2"|No.
! rowspan = "2"|Name
! colspan = "2"|Term
! rowspan = "2"|Ward
! colspan=2 rowspan = "2"|Party
|-
! Start
! End
|-
|1
|[[Sabyasachi Dutta]]
|2015
|2019
|Ward No. 31
|{{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
|2
|[[Krishna Chakraborty]]
|2019
|[[Incumbent]]
|Ward No. 29
|-
|}

==Current members==
Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation has a total of 41 members or councillors, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the Mayor. The latest elections were held in [[2022 Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation election|12 February 2022]]. The current mayor of Bidhannagar is Krishna Chakraborty of the [[Trinamool Congress]]. The current deputy mayor is Anita Mondal of the [[Trinamool Congress]].

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!style="background-color:#20C646; color:white" colspan=5|Mayor: Krishna Chakraborty
|-
!style="background-color:#20C646; color:white" colspan=5|Deputy Mayor: Anita Mondal
|-
! Ward No.
! Name of Councillor
! colspan="2" | Party
! Remarks
|-
| 1 || Pinaki Nandi || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=11}}
|
|-
| 2 || Rahima Bibi
|
|-
| 3 || Aratrika Bhattacharjee
|
|-
| 4 || Shahnawaz Ali Mondal
|
|-
| 5 || Nandini Banerjee
|
|-
| 6 || Samrat Barua
|
|-
| 7 || Debraj Chakraborty
|
|-
| 8 || Suparna Ghosh Paul
|
|-
| 9 || Samaresh Chakraborty
|
|-
| 10 || Pranay Kumar Ray
|
|-
| 11 || Anita Biswas
|
|-
| 12 || Momota Hossain Mondal || {{Party name with color|Independent}}
|
|-
| 13 || Mohammad Sirajul Haque || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress}}
|
|-
| 14 || Gita Sardar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 15 || Sujit Mondal || {{Full party name with color|Trinamool Congress|rowspan=27}}
|
|-
| 16 || Jayashri Bagui
|
|-
| 17 || Ashutosh Nandi
|
|-
| 18 || Indranath Bagui
|
|-
| 19 || Piyali Sarkar
|
|-
| 20 || Prosenjit Nag
|
|-
| 21 || Monoranjan Ghosh
|
|-
| 22 || Atindra Prasad Sana
|
|-
| 23 || Jhunku Mondal
|
|-
| 24 || Manish Mukherjee
|
|-
| 25 || Purnima Naskar
|
|-
| 26 || Susobhan Mondal
|
|-
| 27 || Binu Mondal
|
|-
| 28 || Prabir Sardar
|
|-
| 29 || Krishna Chakraborty
|
|-
| 30 || Anita Mondal
|
|-
| 31 || [[Sabyasachi Dutta]]
|
|-
| 32 || Kakali Saha
|
|-
| 33 || Banibrata Banerjee
|
|-
| 34 || Ranjan Podder
|
|-
| 35 || Jaydev Naskar
|
|-
| 36 || Chamili Naskar
|
|-
| 37 || Minu Das Chakraborty
|
|-
| 38 || Alo Dutta
|
|-
| 39 || Rajesh Chirimar
|
|-
| 40 || Tulsi Sinha Roy
|
|-
| 41 || Ratna Bhaumik
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.bmcwbgov.in/}}

[[Category:Politics of North 24 Parganas district]]
[[Category:Municipal corporations in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Kolkata]]
[[Category:2015 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Bidhannagar]]

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