Ayodhya Municipal Corporation Ayodhya Nagar Nigam | |
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Type | |
Type | |
History | |
Founded | 1865[1] |
Leadership | |
Santosh Kumar Sharma, IAS | |
Structure | |
Seats | 60 |
Political groups | NDA (27) SP+ (18) Others (15) |
Length of term | 5 years |
Elections | |
First past the post | |
Last election | 11 May 2023 |
Next election | 2028 |
Meeting place | |
Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh | |
Website | |
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The Ayodhya Municipal Corporation, also called Ayodhya Nagar Nigam, is the governing civic body of the cities of Ayodhya and Faizabad in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Local self-government for Ayodhya and Faizabad was introduced in 1865. The two cities were administered jointly as a municipality. [1] The joint municipality was split on 7 January 1978 into Ayodhya Municipal Corporation and Faizabad Municipal Corporation. [4] The Government of Uttar Pradesh made an order in May 2017, merging the two municipal corporations as Ayodhya Municipal Corporation. [4] The governance framework, jurisdiction and function of municipal corporations in Uttar Pradesh (UP) are governed by the UP Municipalities Act 1916, and the UP Municipal Corporations Act 1959. [5] The election for the governing body is conducted by the State Election Commission, which has its office in Faizabad. [5]
Ayodhya Municipal Corporation has a total of 60 members or corporators, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the Mayor. The latest elections were held on 11 May 2023. [6] Girish Pati Tripathi of the Bharatiya Janata Party is the current mayor of the city of Ayodhya. [2]
Ward No | Ward Name | Name of Corporator | Party | |
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Mayor: Girish Pati Tripathi | ||||
1 | Abhiramdas | Sultan Ansari | IND | |
2 | Purushottam Nagar | Gyanmati | SP | |
3 | Jhalkari Bai | Geeta | BJP | |
4 | Darshan Nagar | Gayatri | BJP | |
5 | Avaidyanath | Rajkaran | BJP | |
6 | Shyama Prasad Mukherjee | Vikas Kumar | BJP | |
7 | Chaudhary Charan Singh | Mukesh Kumar | SP | |
8 | Kaushal Puri | Dharma Veer | SP | |
9 | Shivnagar | Shiv Kumar | BJP | |
10 | Lala Lajpat Rai Nagar | Ramtirath | BJP | |
11 | Krishna Nagar | Ramashankar Nishad | BJP | |
12 | Paramhansa Ramchandra Das | Krishna Gopal | SP | |
13 | Acharya Narendra Dev | Anoop Srivastava | BJP | |
14 | Karpuri Thakur | Vikas Kumar | IND | |
15 | Savarkar Nagar | Manish Singh | BJP | |
16 | Maharana Pratap | Abrunnisha | AAP | |
17 | Pt. Deendayal Nagar | Vishwajeet Yadav | BSP | |
18 | Vashishtha Gund | Ranjana Yadav | IND | |
19 | Sitakund | Vinay Kumar Jaiswal | BJP | |
20 | Sant Ravidas Nagar | Deep Kumar | BJP | |
21 | Hanuman Kund | Archana | BJP | |
22 | Sardar Bhagat Singh | Santosh Singh | BJP | |
23 | Sardar Patel Nagar | Indravati | SP | |
24 | Chitragupt Nagar | Manisha Yadav | BJP | |
25 | Atal Nagar | Jaynarayan Singh | BJP | |
26 | Janaura | Dharmendra | BJP | |
27 | Hanumat Nagar | Mohammad Rashid Salim | SP | |
28 | Ashwini Puram | Jagat Narayan Yadav | SP | |
29 | Ashfaq Ullah Khan | Akhilesh Pandey | SP | |
30 | Dashrath Kund | Gyanmati | SP | |
31 | Devkali | Anuj Das | BJP | |
32 | Kabir Nagar | Chandan Singh | BJP | |
33 | Saket Nagar | Kausar | SP | |
34 | Nishadraj Nagar | Gunja Nishad | BSP | |
35 | Ambedkar Nagar | Kafeel Ahmed | IND | |
36 | Awadhpuri | Saurabh Singh Suryavanshi | IND | |
37 | Kalyan Singh | Surya Kumar | RLD | |
38 | Badi Devkali | Sarvjit Kumar | SP | |
39 | Amaniganj | Suman Yadav | BJP | |
40 | Mahatma Gandhi | Farheen Saba | BSP | |
41 | Ram Manohar Lohia | Ram Bhavan | SP | |
42 | Vikramaditya Nagar | Mithlesh Mishra | BJP | |
43 | Shaheed Abdul Hameed | Salman Haider | IND | |
44 | Jay Prakash Narayan | Anil Singh | BJP | |
45 | Ramkot | Chameli Devi | BJP | |
46 | Pateshwari Nagar | Kunti Pandey | IND | |
47 | Jharkhandi | Brijendra | BJP | |
48 | Lakshmi Sagar Nagar | Bakar Ahmed | SP | |
49 | Mangal Pandey | Rajesh Kumar Gaur | BJP | |
50 | Shivaji Nagar | Garima | BJP | |
51 | Ashok Singhal Nagar | Ankit Tripathi | BJP | |
52 | Laxman Ghat | Priya Shukla | SP | |
53 | Chandra Shekhar Nagar | Vishal Pal | SP | |
54 | Agrasen Nagar | Shahnoor Bano | SP | |
55 | Maniramdas Cantonment | Abha Pandey | IND | |
56 | Subhash Chandra Bose | Arjun Yadav | SP | |
57 | Chandragupta Nagar | Mohammad Salim | PECP | |
58 | Nanakpura | Meera | IND | |
59 | Jhule Lal Nagar | Abhinav | IND | |
60 | Swami Vivekananda | Harish Chandra | BJP |
S.No. | Party Name | Party symbol | Number of Corporators [7] [2] |
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01 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 27 | |
02 | Samajwadi Party (SP) | 17 | |
03 | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 3 | |
04 | Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) | 1 | |
05 | Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) | 1 | |
06 | Peace Party of India (PECP) | 1 | |
07 | Independents | 10 | |
S.No. | Party Name | Party symbol | Number of Corporators [8] [9] |
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01 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 35 | |
02 | Shiv Sena (SHS) | 1 | |
03 | Indian National Congress (INC) | 2 | |
04 | Samajwadi Party (SP) | 17 | |
05 | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 1 | |
06 | Independents | 4 | |
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