| Type | Municipality
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| Chair | Saikat Chatterjee[1] Template:Small |
| Vice chair | Sandip Mahato[2] Template:Small
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| Structure | India Jalpaiguri, West Bengal Municipality 2022.svg
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| Meeting place | Jalpaiguri Municipality Office
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| Website | Template:URL |
Jalpaiguri Municipality is the civic body that governs Jalpaiguri and its surrounding areas in Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal, India.
History
The name Jalpaiguri comes from the word Jalpai meaning Ceylon olive, which grew in the city and adjacent areas and Guri means a place.[3]
Civic administration
Civic administration is the responsibility of the Jalpaiguri Municipality which is one of the oldest in West Bengal. Set up in 1885, it is headed by a chairman who is elected by the residents of the city. It has 25 wards that elect the ward councillors. The All India Trinamool Congress is in the power of this municipal body. The chairperson of the municipality is Saikat Chatterjee.[4]
The municipality is responsible for providing basic services, such as potable water and sanitation. The water is supplied by the municipal authorities using its groundwater resources, and almost all the houses in the municipal area are connected through the system.[5]
Elections
Jalpaiguri Municipality has 25 wards.
2022 West Bengal Municipality election
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| AITC | INC | CPI(M) |
| Party | AITC | INC | CPI(M) |
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In the 2022 municipal elections for Jalpaiguri Municipality, AITC won 22 seats, INC 2 seats and CPI(M) 1 seat.[6]
2015 West Bengal Municipality election
| style="background:Template:Party color; width:60%;" |15 | style="background:Template:Party color; width:20%;" |5 | style="background:Template:Party color; width:20%;" |5 |
| AITC | INC | CPI(M) |
| Party | AITC | INC | CPI(M) |
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In the 2015 municipal elections for Jalpaiguri Municipality, AITC won 15 seats, INC 5 seats and CPI(M) 5 seats.[7]
2010 West Bengal Municipality election
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| INC | CPI(M) | AITC |
| Party | INC | CPI(M) | AITC |
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In the 2010 municipal elections for Jalpaiguri Municipality, INC won 16 seats, CPI(M) 7 seats and AITC 1 seat.[8]
List of councillors
Following is the list of councillors of Jalpaiguri Municipality at present:[9]
| Ward No. | Name of councillor | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nilam Chakraborty (Sharma) | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 2 | Mahua Dutta Bandopadhyay (Mun) | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 3 | Swarup Mandal | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 4 | Sarita Prasad (Shah) Gupta | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 5 | Sandip Mahato | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 6 | Subrata Pal | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 7 | Papia Pal | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 8 | Saikat Chatterjee | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 9 | Pramod Mandal | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 10 | Dinesh Raut | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 11 | Manashi Biswas Roy | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 12 | Manindra Nath Barman | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 13 | Lipika Sarkar | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 14 | Sandip Ghosh | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 15 | Tapan Banerjee | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 16 | Tiyash Sinha Goswami | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 17 | Dilip Kumar Barma | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 18 | Uttam Bose | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 19 | Lopamudra Adhikari Mandal | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 20 | Shubhra Deb | INC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 21 | Taraknath Das | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 22 | Pinku Biswas | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 23 | Sanchita Panchanan (Dhar) | CPI(M) | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 24 | Amlan Munshi | INC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
| 25 | Poushali Das (Sarkar) | AITC | style="background-color: Template:Party color"| |
See also
References
- ↑ WB Urban Services.
- ↑ Vice – Chairperson of Jalpaiguri Municipality.
- ↑ Matriliny to Patriliny: A Study of the Rabha Society{{#if:Raha|, Raha}. Gian Publishing House(1989)
- ↑ Press Note, Delimitation Commission. Delimitation Commission. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
- ↑ গরমে শহরবাসীকে বাড়তি পানীয় জল সরবরাহ জলপাইগুড়ি পুরসভার, Guha, Kamal. One India(11 June 2019). Retrieved 20 September 2020.
- ↑ Municipal General Election Results. West Bengal State Election Commission.
- ↑ Municipal General Election Results. West Bengal State Election Commission.
- ↑ Municipal General Election Results. West Bengal State Election Commission.
- ↑ List of Councillor Municipal Election 2022.