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{{Infobox legislature
| name = Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality
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| coa_pic =
| coa_res = 300px
| coa_alt = Logo of Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality
| coa_caption = Coat of Arms
| house_type = [[Municipal corporation (India)|Municipality]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1865}}
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| leader1_type = Chairman
| leader1 = Amit Ray (AITC)
| leader2_type = Vice Chairman
| leader2 = Partha Saha (AITC)
| seats = 30
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| political_groups1 = {{legend|#3CB371|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]: 29 seats}} {{legend|#FF0000|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]: 1 seat}}
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| last_election1 = 2022
| next_election1 = 2027
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| website = {{URL|www.hcm.net.in}}
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'''Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality''' is the civic body that governs [[Hugli-Chuchura]] and its surrounding areas ([[Bandel]]) in [[Chinsurah subdivision]] of [[Hooghly district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==History==
Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality was established in 1865. It was formed by the amalgamation of the Hooghly and Chinsurah towns, primarily with the objective of local governance and tax collection. Cockrell was its first Chairman and G.S. Park its first vice chairman.<ref name=history> {{cite web | url = http://hcm.net.in/Default.aspx?PageID=62 | title = Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality | publisher = Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref>

As the ancient port city of [[Saptagram|Satgaon]] declined, Hooghly was founded by the Portuguese in 1537. It was later acquired by the British. Chinsurah was developed as a Dutch settlement in the 17th century. It passed into British hands in exchange for their possessions in [[Sumatra]].<ref name=history/>

===Notable Residents ===
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* Hazi Md Mahashin
* Bhudev Mukherjee
* Ramgati Nayaratna
* Kaji Nazrul Islam
* Joytish Ch Ghosh
* Gopesh Chandra Mallick (Freedom Fighter)
* Bijoy Modak
* U.L. Brahmachari (Scientist)
* Sambhunath Dey
* Narayan Ch Ghosh (Mathematician)
* Manoranjan Porel (Athlete)
* Dr. Murari Mukherjee
* Akshay Chandra Sarkar
* Ganga charan sarkar
* Dinanath dhar
* Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

==Geography==
[[File:Map of hooghly chinsurah municipality.jpg|thumb|300px|Map of Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality]]
Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality covers an area of 17.29 sq km and has a total population of 177,833 (2011).<ref> {{cite web | url = http://hcm.net.in/Default.aspx?PageId=143 | title = Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality |publisher = Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality | work= Urban Local Body profile| access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref>

In 1981, 24.72% of the total population formed main workers and 75.28% were non-workers in Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality and 25.49% of the total main workers were industrial workers. This may be interpreted as follows: although industrial activities are prominent in the municipal areas of the region, the major portion of the population is [[Commuting|commuters]] and migrants find employment in the area.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/68558/14/14_chapter%205.pdf | title = Chapter V Industrial set up of the study area | work = Table 16, Page 232, Table 17, Page 233, Table 18, Page 236 | publisher = Shodhganga | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref>

==Healthcare==
Hugli District Hospital with 550 beds, Chunchura Police Hospital with 98 beds and Hugli Jail Hospital with 27 beds are located in the Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality area.<ref name=medical>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 15 July 2017}}</ref>

==Elections==
In the 2015 municipal elections for Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality, [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won 25 seats, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] 3 seats, [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] 1 seat and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] 1 seat.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbsec.gov.in/(S(ok51ajaejr1ty3qg43xq0kf1))/Municipal/FinalResult_All_Mun.aspx |title = Municipal General Election Results | work= Results of Municipal General Elections 2015 |publisher= West Bengal State Election Commission | access-date = 4 July 2017 }}</ref>

In the 2010 municipal elections for Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality, [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won 24 seats, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] 3 seats, [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] 2 seats and [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] won 1 seat.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbsec.gov.in/(S(x5feom55drnpkn55tfuthm55))/Municipal/Detailed_Mun_Yearwise.aspx |title = Municipal General Election Results | work= Results of Municipal General Elections yearwise |publisher= West Bengal State Election Commission | access-date = 11 July 2017 }}</ref>

About the 2010 municipal elections, ''[[The Guardian]]'' wrote, "Today's municipal elections are unlike any for decades: the Communists, who have held West Bengal's main towns almost without a break since the 1970s, are facing disaster… This time defeat is likely to be definitive and could signal the beginning of the end for the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM)."<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/30/west-bengal-elections-communists | title = India’s Communist party faces defeat in West Bengal heartland. | work = The Guardian, International Edition, 30 May 2010 | publisher = theguardian | access-date = 14 July 2017}}</ref>

In the 2005 municipal elections for Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] won 15 seats, [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]] 2 seats, [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] 1 seat, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] 3 seats and [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] 9 seats.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://hooghly.nic.in/Municpal_elec/Result_glance.htm | title = Municipal General Elections 2005 | work= District Hooghly | publisher = Hooghly district administration |access-date = 19 July 2017}}</ref>

==Wards==
Details of the wards, with 2015 municipal election results, are as follows:<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbsec.gov.in/(S(trzec345h1wraqfeb4ueqii4))/Municipal/Detailed_Mun.aspx | title = Municipal General Election Results: Hooghly Chinsurah Municipality | publisher = West Bengal State Election Commission | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://freetutorial.in/hooghly-chinsurah-municipality-block-list/?pg=1 | title = Hooghly-Chinsura Municipality, Hugli district, schools list | publisher = Schools in India | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Ward No ||Neighbourhood<sup>1</sup>||Total Electors||Seat Type||Councillor||Party
|-
| 1 ||Jhappukur, Keota Colony, Patrapukur, Sahaganj||7,263||General||Biplab Das||[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]]
|-
| 2 ||Netaji Nagar, Sahaganj||7,816||General||Ranjan Raha||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 3 ||Sahaganj, Shyamsundarpur, Balagarh, Tyrebagan||10,534||General||Anindita Rajbanshi (Mondal)||[[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]
|-
| 4 ||Bandel, Milan Park||7,552||General||Saraswati Pal||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 5 ||Gandhi Colony||4,699||Woman||Mousumi Saha||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 6 ||Chawk Bazar||7,552||General||Sanjana Sarkar||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 7 ||Roy Bazar Colony, Baralgali, Kapasdanga||5,115||General||Rita Dutta||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 8 ||Kapasdanga||9,877||Woman||Nirmal Chakraborty||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 9 ||Imambazar Road, Hooghly||3,366||General||Suparna Sen||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 10 ||Chawk Bazar||4,241||SC|Women||Mousumi (Mampi) Majhi||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 11 ||Ghutiyabazar||2,674||Woman||Mousumi Basu Chatterjee||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 12 ||Ghutiabazar,Tamlipara||1,961||General||Arup (Dustu) Banerjee ||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 13 ||Shilbagan, Hooghly||2,818||General||Jaydeb Adhikari||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 14 ||Hooghly||3,465||Woman||Chandrima Sarkar(Bhattacharya)
||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 15 || Khagrajole, Mearber ||9,144||General ||[[Asit Mazumdar]]||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 16 ||Dharampur, Sriguru Nagar||8,418||General||Arpita Saha||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 17 ||Chinsurah||6,241||Women||Ratna Adhikari||[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
|-
| 18 ||Suripara, Chinsurah||4,373||Woman||Sudipa Mitra||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 19 ||Taldanga||3,827||SC Woman||Sanjita Dhar||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 20 ||Mogaltuli||2,886||General||Samir Sarkar||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 21 ||Barabazar||2,587||Women||Mita Chatterjee||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 22 ||Satyapirtala, Pratapgarh||5,887||Genetal||Krishna Kanta Ghosh||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 23 ||Chinsurah||2,970||General||Shrabani Das||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 24 ||Chinsurah||3,342||General||Srabani Das||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 25 ||Ghatakpara, Hooghly||2,377||General||Amit Ray||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 26 ||Sandeswartala, Hooghly||2,591||Woman||Partha Saha||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 27 ||Hooghly||2,453||General||Shyama Prasad Mukherjee||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 28 ||Kanakshali||4,285||SC||Debjani Dutta||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 29 ||Hooghly||6,037||General||Gourikanta Mukherjee (Vazan)||Trinamool Congress
|-
| 30 ||Boro Mitra Bagan||5,109||General||Soumitra Ghosh (Pilte)||Trinamool Congress
|-
|}
<small>This is a broad indication of the neighbourhood covered, not a full description</small>

==References==
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