Amritsar Municipal Corporation

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Amritsar Municipal Corporation
Type Municipal Corporation




Mayor Jatinder Singh
Senior Deputy Mayor Priyanka Sharma
Junior Deputy Mayor Anita Rani


Structure File:India Amritsar, Punjab Municipal Corporation 2025.svg








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The Amritsar Municipal Corporation is a nagar nigam (municipal corporation) which administers the city of Amritsar, Punjab. It has 85 members elected with a first-past-the-post voting system and 5 ex-officio members which are MLA for [Assembly Constituency members]. The corporation was founded 1977, and the first elections were held in 1991.[1]

List of Mayors

The mayor of Amritsar is the elected chief of the Municipal Corporation of Amritsar. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. The role is largely ceremonial as the real powers are vested in the Municipal Commissioner.[2] 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.[3]

S. No. Name Took office Left office Tenure Party Ward No. Ref.
1 Om Parkash Soni 25 June 1991 18 June 1996 Template:Age in years and days INC [1]
2 Subash Sharma 28 May 1997 18 October 2000 Template:Age in years and days BJP [1]
3 Brij Mohan Kapur 18 October 2000 27 April 2002 Template:Age in years and days BJP [1]
4 Sunil Dutti 15 June 2002 2007 5 years INC [1]
5 Shwait Malik 6 September 2007 2012 5 years BJP [1]
6 Bakshi Ram Arora 19 September 2012 2017 5 years BJP [1]
7 Karamjit Singh Rintu 23 January 2018 27 January 2025 Template:Age in years and days bgcolor=Template:Party color| AAP [4]
8 Jatinder Singh 27 January 2025 Incumbent Template:Age in years and days bgcolor=Template:Party color| AAP 26 [5]

List of deputy mayors

Senior Deputy Mayor

S. No. Name Took office Left office Tenure Party Ward No. Ref.
1 Priyanka Sharma 27 January 2025 Incumbent 175 days Template:Party name with color 11 [5]

Junior Deputy Mayor

S. No. Name Took office Left office Tenure Party Ward No. Ref.
1 Anita Rani 27 January 2025 Incumbent 175 days Template:Party name with color 67 [5]

Current members

Amritsar Municipal Corporation has a total of 85 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 21 December 2024. The current mayor of Amritsar is Jatinder Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party. The current senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor are Priyanka Sharma and Anita Devi of the Aam Aadmi Party respectively.

Mayor: Jatinder Singh
Senior Deputy Mayor: Priyanka Sharma
Junior Deputy Mayor: Anita Rani
Ward No. Name of Councillor Party Remarks
1 Kuljit Kaur Template:Full party name with color
2 Amarjit Singh
3 Navdeep Kaur Template:Full party name with color
4 Mandeep Singh Aujla Template:Full party name with color Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP[6]
5 Kriti Arora Template:Full party name with color
6 Amandeep Aery
7 Kajal Devi Template:Full party name with color
8 Balwinder Singh
9 Shobit Kaur Template:Full party name with color
10 Shruti Vij Template:Full party name with color
11 Priyanka Sharma Template:Full party name with color
12 Narinder Singh Template:Full party name with color
13 Gurwinder Kaur Template:Full party name with color
14 Rajkanwal Preetpal Singh Sandhu Template:Full party name with color
15 Rama Devi Template:Full party name with color
16 Sandeep Sharma Template:Full party name with color
17 Anita Kumari
18 Navdeep Singh
19 Navjeet Kaur Template:Full party name with color
20 Gurinder Singh Template:Full party name with color
21 Kulwinder Kaur Template:Full party name with color
22 Sujinder Bidlan Template:Full party name with color
23 Kulwinder Kaur
24 Satnam Singh Sabha
25 Monika Sharma
26 Jatinder Singh Template:Full party name with color
27 Preet Kaur Elected as BJP councillor, later joined AAP[6]
28 Saurabh Madaan Mithu Template:Full party name with color
29 Shweta Devi
30 Avtar Singh Template:Full party name with color
31 Sukhbir Kaur Template:Full party name with color
32 Jagmeet Singh Ghulli Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP[6]
33 Ashnoor Kaur
34 Amritpal Singh Template:Full party name with color
35 Amarji Kaur Template:Full party name with color
36 Ashok Kumar Template:Full party name with color
37 Gurjit Kaur
38 Bhagwant Singh
39 Manpreet Kaur
40 Gurwinder Singh
41 Sukhwinder Kaur Template:Full party name with color
42 Gagandeep Singh
43 Inderjit Singh Template:Full party name with color
44 Jaswinder Singh Gill Template:Full party name with color
45 Sukhbir Kaur
46 Navpreet Singh
47 Kiranjit Kaur Template:Full party name with color
48 Ashwani Kumar Template:Full party name with color
49 Ritu Kundra
50 Ritu Devi Template:Full party name with color
51 Sarita Devi Template:Full party name with color
52 Vikas Soni
53 Komal Shah
54 Amit Kumar
55 Kulbir Kaur
56 Varinder Vicky Datta Template:Full party name with color
57 Manju Mehra Pappal Template:Full party name with color
58 Jarnail Singh Template:Full party name with color
59 Gurmeet Kaur Template:Full party name with color
60 Gaurav Gill Template:Full party name with color
61 Rajni Devi
62 Sameer Dutta Template:Full party name with color
63 Usha Rani Template:Full party name with color Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP[6]
64 Nitu Tangri Template:Party name with color
65 Neeraj Chaudhary Template:Full party name with color
66 Virat Devgan Template:Full party name with color
67 Anita Devi Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP[6]
68 Vikas Gill Template:Full party name with color
69 Gurpreet Kaur Template:Full party name with color
70 Vijay Kumar Bhagat Template:Full party name with color Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP[6]
71 Surjit Kaur
72 Avtar Singh Template:Full party name with color Elected as INC councillor; later joined AAP, then returned to INC[7][8]
73 Kuldeep Singh
74 Paramjeet Kaur Dhillon Template:Full party name with color
75 Kashmir Singh Template:Full party name with color
76 Sukhbir Singh Template:Full party name with color
77 Sunita Devi Template:Full party name with color
78 Anita Sharma Template:Full party name with color Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP[9]
79 Shivali Devi Elected as INC councillor; later joined AAP[7]
80 Raman Kumar Template:Full party name with color
81 Nisha Dhillon
82 Sandeep Singh Template:Full party name with color
83 Nagwant Kaur Template:Full party name with color
84 Rashpal Singh Template:Full party name with color
85 Natasha Gill Template:Full party name with color Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP[6]

Previous election results

Year Total Seats INC AAP SAD(with an Alliance with BJP before 2024 elections) BJP
2024 85[10] 43 24 4 10
2017 85[11] 60 4 13 Alliance with SAD
2012 65 4 ~ 48 Alliance with

SAD

2007 65 18 ~ 33 Alliance with SAD
2002 60 33 ~ 7 Alliancee with

SAD

~ Party didn't exist

See also

Ludhiana Municipal Corporation

Patiala Municipal Corporation

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 www.amritsarcorp.com. www.amritsarcorp.com. Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  2. ↑ Mayor - Powers and Functions. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  3. ↑ Directly elected mayor: An idea whose time has come. Hindustan Times(2016-07-20). Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  4. ↑ Rintu elected 8th mayor of Amritsar, Rana, Yudhvir. The Times of India(24 January 2018). Retrieved 2022-01-26.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named AAP wins Amritsar Mayoral Poll
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 In Amritsar mayoral election, AAP gains ground despite having fewer councillors than factionalism-hit Congress.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Fresh setback to Amritsar Congress as two party councillors join AAP.
  8. ↑ Councillor does U-turn, rejoins Cong hours after leaving party.
  9. ↑ Another independent councillor joins AAP.
  10. ↑ Congress cruises past halfway mark in Amritsar MC elections.
  11. ↑ ਪੰਜਾਬ ਸ਼ਹਿਰੀ ਚੋਣਾਂ.
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