| Type | Municipal Corporation
|
|---|---|
| Minister in charge | Sanjeev Arora[1] |
| Mayor | Padamjeet Singh Mehta |
| Senior deputy mayor | Sham Lal Jain |
| Deputy mayor | Vacant
|
| Structure | India Bathinda Municipal Corporation 2021.svg
|
| Website | Template:Official website |
The Bathinda Municipal Corporation is a nagar nigam (municipal corporation) which administers the city of Bathinda, Punjab. It has 50 members elected with a first-past-the-post voting system and 1 ex-officio member which is MLA for Bathinda Urban. The corporation was founded 2003, and the first elections were held in 2005.[2]
Mayor
The mayor of Bathinda is the elected chief of the Municipal Corporation of Bathinda. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. The role is largely ceremonial as the real powers are vested in the Municipal Commissioner.[3] 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.[4]
| S. No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Party | Corporation | Ward No. | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Raman Goyal | 16 April 2021 | 5 February 2025 | Template:Age in years and days | INC | [5] | |||
| - | Padamjeet Singh Mehta | 5 February 2025 | Incubment | Template:Age in years and days | AAP | ||||
Deputy mayors
Senior Deputy Mayor
| S. No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Party | Corporation | Ward No. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Ashok Kumar | 16 April 2021 | 21 February 2025 | Template:Age in years and days | Indian National Congress | |||
Junior Deputy Mayor
| S. No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Party | Corporation | Ward No. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Harmandar Singh Sidhu | 16 April 2021 | 21 February 2025 | Template:Age in years and days | Indian National Congress | |||
Elections
| Years | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | bgcolor="Template:Party color"| | Others | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | SAD | BJP | |||
| 2015[6] | 10 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 50 |
| 2021 | 43 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
References
- ↑ Department of Local Government. punjab.gov.in. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ↑ Welcome to Municipal Corporation, Bathinda. www.mcbathinda.com. Retrieved 2021-12-30.Template:Dead link
- ↑ Mayor - Powers and Functions. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
- ↑ Directly elected mayor: An idea whose time has come. Hindustan Times(2016-07-20). Retrieved 2021-03-04.
- ↑ Bathinda gets its first woman mayor. The Indian Express(2021-04-16). Retrieved 2021-12-30.
- ↑ SAD-BJP combine wins Punjab civic polls. The Economic Times. Retrieved 2022-01-01.