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{{Short description|Local civic body in Chandigarh, India}}
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{{Infobox legislature
| name = Municipal Corporation Chandigarh
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| native_name_lang = Hindi
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| house_type = [[Municipal Corporation (India)|Municipal corporation]]
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| jurisdiction = Union Territory of Chandigarh
| foundation = {{Start date|1994|05|24}}
| disbanded = 
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| leader1_type = [[Mayor]]
| leader1 = Saurabh Joshi
| election1 = 29 January 2026<ref name="Tribune_29Jan2026">{{cite news |last1=Pundir |first1=Dushyant Singh |date=29 January 2026 |title=BJP bags top 3 Chandigarh mayoral posts, Saurabh Joshi is new Mayor |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/liveblog/chandigarh/chandigarh-mayor-election-2026-live-voting-begins-as-bjp-faces-tough-contest-from-congress-aap/ |work=The Tribune |access-date=29 January 2026}}</ref><ref name="FP_29Jan2026">{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Sumit |date=29 January 2026 |title=Who Is Saurabh Joshi? BJP Leader Elected As Next Mayor Of Chandigarh |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/who-is-saurabh-joshi-bjp-leader-elected-as-next-mayor-of-chandigarh |work=Free Press Journal|access-date=29 January 2026}}</ref>
| party1 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| leader2_type = Senior Deputy Mayor
| leader2 = Jasmanpreet Singh Babbar
| election2 = 29 January 2026<ref name="Tribune_29Jan2026"/>
| party2 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| leader3_type = Deputy Mayor
| leader3 = Suman Sharma
| party3 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| election3 = 29 January 2026<ref name="Tribune_29Jan2026"/>
| leader4_type = [[Municipal Commissioner (India)|Municipal Commissioner]]
| leader4 = Amit Kumar, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| members = 45 (35 elected + 1 member of parliament + 9 nominated)
| structure1 = File:India Chandigarh Municipal Corporation 2025.svg
| structure1_res = 300px
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'''Government (18)'''
*{{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party}} (18)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kumar |first1=Aneesha Sareen |date=25 December 2025 |title=2 AAP councillors switch to BJP ahead of mayoral polls in Chandigarh |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/2-aap-councillors-switch-to-bjp-ahead-of-mayoral-polls-in-chandigarh-101766606854792.html |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=7 January 2026}}</ref><ref name="Lakhbir Singh defects to BJP">{{cite news |last=Rana |first=Sandeep |date=11 January 2024 |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/another-blow-to-aap-billu-joins-bjp-580200 |title=Another blow to Chandigarh AAP, councillor Lakhbir Singh Billu joins BJP |work=Tribune India |access-date=10 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="AAP councillors join BJP"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/congress-councillor-gurbax-rawat-joins-bjp-ahead-of-chandigarh-mayoral-elections-2025-01-27-973290|title=Congress councillor Gurbax Rawat joins BJP ahead of Chandigarh mayoral elections|work=India TV News|access-date=27 January 2025}}</ref><ref name="BJP wins mayoral poll"/><ref name="FP_29Jan2026"/>
'''Official Opposition (11)'''
*{{Party index link|Aam Aadmi Party}} (11)<ref>{{cite news |title=Akali Dal's Chandigarh candidate Hardeep Singh who quit party joins AAP, boost for Congress Manish Tewari |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/hardeep-singh-sads-lok-sabha-candidate-from-chandigarh-joins-aap-619546/ |work=The Tribune |date=9 May 2024 |access-date=25 December 2024}}</ref>
Other Opposition (7)
*{{Party index link|Indian National Congress}} (6 + 1 MP vote [[Manish Tewari]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/aap-congress-seal-alliance-for-chandigarh-mayoral-polls/articleshow/106872046.cms?from=mdr|title=AAP, Congress seal alliance for Chandigarh mayoral polls|work=Economic Times|access-date=15 January 2024}}</ref><ref name="Tribune_29Jan2026"/>
'''Nominated (9)'''
*{{Color box|#000000}} [[Candidate|NOM]] (9)
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| last_election1 = [[2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election|24 December 2021]]
| next_election1 = [[2026 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election|December 2026]]
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| meeting_place = New Deluxe Building, Sector 17, Chandigarh
| website = {{URL|https://chandigarh.gov.in/}}
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The '''Municipal Corporation Chandigarh''' ('''MCC'''), also known as '''Chandigarh Municipal Corporation,''' is the civic body that governs the [[city]] of [[Chandigarh]], the capital of [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] and [[Haryana]].<ref name="M.C. Chandigarh 2012">{{cite web | publisher=Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh | date=4 January 2012 | url=http://mcchandigarh.gov.in/about.htm| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208082221/http://mcchandigarh.gov.in/about.htm| url-status=dead| archive-date=8 December 2011| title=History of MCC |access-date=20 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Chandigarh Municipal Corporation likely to charge for advertising on cinema houses, multiplexes |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/chandigarh-municipal-corporation-likely-to-charge-for-advertising-on-cinema-houses-multiplexes/ |access-date=26 April 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=18 November 2015n}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Rohtaki |first1=Hina |title=Chandigarh Municipal Corporation to spruce up heritage site |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/chandigarh-municipal-corporation-to-spruce-up-heritage-site/ |access-date=26 April 2022 |work=The Indian Express |date=4 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Chandigarh Municipal Corporation Newly elected mayor rajesh kumar alias kalia January 2019.|url=https://www.newsgraph.net/detail/912-FIle-Photo-of-Rajesh-Kalia-of-the-BJP-new-Mayor-of-Chandigarh-Municipal-Corporation.html |work=newsgraph.net |access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref><ref name="Tribune_29Jan2026"/>

==History==
The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh, India was formed within the Union Territory of Chandigarh under the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act in 1976. The corporation was later extended to the [[union territory]], Chandigarh, by the Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 1994 (Act No.45 of 1994), which came into effect on 24 May 1994. Under a provision of Section 47 of the act, M.P. Tyagi was appointed as the first Commissioner of the Corporation w.e.f. on 19 June 1995. Tyagi continued to exercise mayoral powers until 23 December 1994, when the first meeting of the elected body of the Corporation was held. Tyagi was succeeded as Commissioner by S.K. Gathwal on 8 August 1996.<ref name="Official Website">{{Cite web|url=http://www.mcchandigarh.gov.in/about.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714032433/http://mcchandigarh.gov.in/about.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=14 July 2007|title=Municipal Corporation Chandigarh, Chandigarh Administration, India |website=mcchandigarh.gov.in |access-date=26 April 2022}}</ref>

In the Municipal Corporation, [[Bhartiya Janata Party|BJP]] candidate Arun Sood defeated [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]' Mukesh Bassi by 21–15 votes for the post of Mayor, while [[Bhartiya Janata Party|BJP]]'s Davesh Moudgil and [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]'s Hardeep Singh defeated [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]' Darshan Garg and Gurbax Rawat for the posts of Sr. Deputy Mayor and Deputy Mayor, respectively, in the Municipal Corporation's mayoral polls in January 2016.<ref>{{cite news |title=BJP-SAD wins all top posts in Chandigarh MC polls |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/features/bjp-sad-wins-all-top-posts-in-chandigarh-mc-polls-180968 |access-date=26 April 2022 |work=Tribune |date=8 January 2016}}</ref>

After the [[2016 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election]] in January 2017, BJP's Asha Kumari Jaswal was elected as the mayor, BJP's Rajesh Kumar Gupta and Anil Dubey were elected as senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor respectively. In January 2019, Mayor elections, [[BJP]] candidate Rajesh Kumar Kalia was elected as the Mayor by defeating the independent candidate Satish Kainth by securing 16 votes out of the total 27 votes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Rajesh Kalia new Mayor of Chandigarh |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/rajesh-kalia-new-mayor-of-chandigarh/article26030914.ece |access-date=28 July 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=18 January 2019 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

Ravi Kant Sharma served as Mayor of Chandigarh till 2021<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/the-buzz/article/the-ragpicker-who-would-be-mayor-chandigarhs-kalia-is-an-inspiration-for-all/350732 |title=The Ragpicker Who Would Be Mayor: Chandigarh's Rajesh Kalia is an inspiration for all |date=22 January 2019 |work=Times Now |language=en-GB|access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref> upon succeeding Raj Bala Malik.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Victor |first1=Hillary |title=From clerk's son to Chandigarh mayor: BJP's Davesh Moudgil |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/from-clerk-s-son-to-chandigarh-mayor-bjp-s-davesh-moudgil/story-00HRpju3wIoSXHJuTY1gIM.html |access-date=26 April 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=10 January 2018 |language=en}}</ref>

[[2021 Chandigarh Municipal Corporation election]] was held on 24 December 2021. Sarbjit Kaur was elected as the Mayor of the civic body after the elections.

==List of mayors==
The mayor is the head of the Municipal Corporation. Of the five-year term of the Municipal Corporation, Office of the Mayor, for the first and fourth years, is reserved for women.<ref name="Financial Express 4 Jan 2022">{{cite news |title=Chandigarh Mayor Election 2022 on January 8; AAP, BJP in race |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/chandigarh-mayor-chunav-2022-on-january-8-aap-bjp-in-race-as-congress-opts-out/2397729/ |access-date=7 January 2022 |work=The Financial Express |date=4 January 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!S. No. !! Name !! Term !! colspan=2|'''Party'''
|-
| 1. || Kamla Sharma || 23 December 1996 – 22 December 1997 || rowspan=25 colspan=2|
|-
| 2. || Gian Chand Gupta || 23 December 1997 – 22 December 1998
|-
| 3. || Kewal Krishan Addiwal || 23 December 1998 – 22 December 1999<ref>{{cite news |title=Jain men elected Mayor, Dy Mayor |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/1998/98dec24/chd.htm#1 |access-date=28 December 2021 |newspaper=The Tribune |date=23 December 1998}}</ref>
|-
| 4. || Shanta Hit Abhilashi || 23 December 1999 – 22 December 2000
|-
| 5. || Raj Kumar Goyal || 23 December 2000 – 21 July 2001
|-
| 6. || Gurcharan Dass ''(acting)'' || 22 July 2001 – 17 August 2001
|-
| 7. || Harjinder Kaur || 18 August 2001 – 22 December 2001
|-
| 8. || Lalit Joshi || 1 January 2002 – 31 December 200
|-
| 9. || Subhash Chawla || 1 January 2003 – 31 December 2003
|-
| 10. || Kamlesh || 1 January 2004 – 31 December 2004
|-
| 11. || Anu Chatrath || 1 January 2005 – 31 December 2005
|-
| 12. || Surinder Singh || 1 January 2006 – 31 December 2006
|-
| (7). || Harjinder Kaur || 1 January 2007 – 31 December 2007
|-
| 13. || Pardeep Chhabra || 1 January 2008 – 31 December 2008
|-
| (10). || Kamlesh || 1 January 2009 – 31 December 2009
|-
| (11). || Anu Chatrath || 1 January 2010 – 31 December 2010
|-
| 14. || Ravinder Pal Singh || 1 January 2011 – 31 December 2011
|-
| 15. || Raj Bala Malik || 1 January 2012 – 31 December 2012
|-
| (9). || Subhash Chawla || 1 January 2013 – 31 December 2013
|-
| 16. || Harphool Chander Kalyan || 1 January 2014 – 5 January 2015
|-
| 17. || Poonam Sharma || 6 January 2015 – 7 January 2016
|-
| 18. || Arun Sood || 8 January 2016 – 31 December 2016
|-
| 19. || Asha Kumari Jaswal || 12 January 2017 – 8 January 2018
|-
| 20. || Davesh Moudgil || 9 January 2018 – 18 January 2019
|-
| 21. || Rajesh Kumar Kalia || 19 January 2019 – 9 January 2020
|-
| 22. || [[Rajbala|Rajbala Malik]] || 10 January 2020 – 7 January 2021 || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=5}}
|-
| 23. || Ravi Kant Sharma || 8 January 2021 – 7 January 2022
|-
| 24. || Sarabjit Kaur || 8 January 2022 – 16 January 2023
|-
| 25. || Anup Gupta || 17 January 2023 – 30 January 2024
|-
| 26. || Manoj Sonkar || 30 January 2024 – 18 February 2024
|-
| 27. || Kuldeep Kumar || 20 February 2024 - 30 January 2025 || {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|-
| 28. || Harpreet Kaur Babla<ref name="BJP wins mayoral poll">{{cite news |last=Arya |first=Avni |date=30 January 2025 |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/city/chandigarh/who-is-harpreet-kaur-babla-chandigarhs-new-mayor-secures-victory-over-india-bloc-with-cross-voting-push-article-117728611 |title=Who Is Harpreet Kaur Babla? Chandigarh's New Mayor Secures Victory Over INDIA Bloc With Cross-Voting Push |work=Times Now |access-date=30 January 2025}}</ref> || 30 January 2025 – 29 January 2026 || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
| 29. || Saurabh Joshi<ref name="Tribune_29Jan2026"/> || 29 January 2026 – [[Incumbent]]
|}

== Composition ==
According to the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh's website, the Corporation is composed of the following members:
{| class="wikitable"
|1
|"Members to be directly elected, representing wards."<ref name="Official Website"/>
|35
|-
|2
|"Members with voting rights to be nominated by the Administrator, from amongst the people who are eminent of distinguished in public affairs or those who have special knowledge or practical experience in respect of municipal administration."<ref name="Official Website"/>
|10
|-
|3
|"The Member of the House of the people representing the constituency which comprises wholly or partly, the Municipal Area, with the right to vote. ([[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] from [[Chandigarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandigarh]])"<ref name="Official Website"/>
|1
|}

== Administration ==
The commissioner is the apex of the municipal administrative hierarchy that runs its administration. He is a senior government official (usually an I.A.S officer) and is appointed by the Central government. He is the chief executive officer who is responsible for the passing and implementation of the annual municipal corporation budget, its policies and programmes. All personnel of the municipal corporation work under the commissioner's supervision and control.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.publishyourarticles.net/knowledge-hub/articles/composition-of-a-municipal-corporation-in-india/5961/|title=Composition of a Municipal Corporation in India|date=19 July 2014|work=PublishYourArticles.net - Publish Your Articles Now|access-date=2 August 2017|language=en-US}}</ref>

The current [[municipal commissioner]] of the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh is Amit Kumar.<ref name="Administrative Structure">{{cite web |title=Administrative Structure |url=https://chandigarh.gov.in/administration/administrative-structure |website=Chandigarh Administration |access-date=10 February 2025}}</ref>

Chandigarh being a city-state, and a [[Union Territory]] does not have a legislative assembly of its own, even though it hosts the legislative assemblies of two states [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] & [[Haryana]], being a common capital of both states. It has its own Municipal Corporation (MCC), which acts as the local governing authority of the City Beautiful (Chandigarh). The MCC is one of the most powerful local authorities in the Republic of India as it serves both as a [[State Legislative Assembly (India)|regional]] and [[Local government in India|local]] authority.

== Departments ==
Source:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Municipal Corporation Chandigarh Branches |url=https://mcchandigarh.gov.in/department.aspx |access-date=17 August 2025 |website=Municipal Corporation Chandigarh - Chandigarh Administration}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|Accounts Branch
|Engineering Branch
|Parking Branch
|-
|Agenda Branch
|Establishment Branch
|Public Health Branch
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|Architecture Branch
|Estate Branch
|Public Relation Branch
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|B&R Branch
|Fire & Rescue Services Branch
|RTI Branch
|-
|Booking Branch
|Horticulture & Electrical Branch
|Rural Branch
|-
|Building Branch
|IT Branch
|Solid Waste Management (SWM)
|-
|Colony Branch
|Legal Branch
|Tax Branch
|-
|Complaint & Grievance Branch
|Licensing Branch
|Vendor Cell
|-
|Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Urban Livelihoods Mission (Day-NULM)
|Medical Officer of Health (MOH)
|
|-
|Enforcement Branch
|Monitoring Branch
|
|}

== Composition of MCC House ==
{{transcluded section|source=General House of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh}}
{{#section:General House of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh|Composition}}

== Civic utilities ==
The prime responsibilities of the civic body are to ensure cleanliness and sanitation in the city, illumination of street lights, maintenance of parks, and sewerage disposal.<ref>{{Cite web|date=17 August 2020|title=How Chandigarh's four-pronged strategy is helping the city fight COVID-19 {{!}} Citizen Matters|url=https://citizenmatters.in/chandigarh-interview-k-k-yadav-municipal-commissioner-on-covid-19-battle-17818|access-date=11 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200817135458/https://citizenmatters.in/chandigarh-interview-k-k-yadav-municipal-commissioner-on-covid-19-battle-17818|archive-date=17 August 2020}}</ref>

===Water Supply===
The city has both brick and pipe sewers laid in four phases.<ref name=":2">{{cite news |last1=Sagar |first1=Munieshwer A |title=Plans afoot to revamp Chandigarh's over 5-decade-old sewerage system |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/plans-afoot-to-revamp-city-s-over-5-decade-old-sewerage-system/story-fIannhAlRyHlaEgZNawQdI.html |access-date=26 April 2022 |work=Hindustan Times |date=11 September 2020 |language=en}}</ref> In September 2020, the civic body announced that it would upgrade and renew the 50-year-old sewerage system.<ref name=":2" /> The pilot project for the 24x7 water supply is expected to begin in Chandigarh in May 2021, which was initially to start in September 2020 and end in March 2022. On 8 April 2021, Chandigarh Smart City Ltd (CSCL) opened the bid by the joint venture firm between SB Engineering and Tap Presstressed Pvt Ltd that quoted a value lower than the reserved price of {{INR}}162 crores. The CSCL board is yet to take the final decision.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Sagar |first1=Munieshwer A |date=9 April 2021 |title=Pilot project for 24x7 water supply in Chandigarh set to begin in May|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/pilot-project-for-24x7-water-supply-in-chandigarh-set-to-begin-in-may-101617910371175.html |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=12 April 2021}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://mcchandigarh.gov.in/MC%20Photos/logo1.jpg Official Logo]

{{Chandigarh elections}}
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