Ayodhya Municipal Corporation

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Ayodhya Municipal Corporation

Ayodhya Nagar Nigam
Seal Ayodhya Nagar Nigam.jpg
Seal of the Ayodhya Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
History
Founded1865(160 years ago) (1865) [1]
Leadership
Girish Pati Tripathi, BJP [2]
Santosh Kumar Sharma, IAS
Structure
Seats60
Ayodhya Municipal Corporation 2023.svg
Political groups
NDA (28)
  •   BJP (27) [3]
  •   RLD (1)

SP (17)

  •   SP (17)

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
www.nagarnigamayodhya.in/en

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.

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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]

Current members

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 NoWard NameName of CorporatorParty
Mayor: Girish Pati Tripathi
1AbhiramdasSultan Ansari IND
2Purushottam NagarGyanmati SP
3Jhalkari BaiGeeta BJP
4Darshan NagarGayatri BJP
5AvaidyanathRajkaran BJP
6Shyama Prasad MukherjeeVikas Kumar BJP
7Chaudhary Charan SinghMukesh Kumar SP
8Kaushal PuriDharma Veer SP
9ShivnagarShiv Kumar BJP
10Lala Lajpat Rai NagarRamtirath BJP
11Krishna NagarRamashankar Nishad BJP
12Paramhansa Ramchandra DasKrishna Gopal SP
13Acharya Narendra DevAnoop Srivastava BJP
14Karpuri ThakurVikas Kumar IND
15Savarkar NagarManish Singh BJP
16Maharana PratapAbrunnisha AAP
17Pt. Deendayal NagarVishwajeet Yadav BSP
18Vashishtha GundRanjana Yadav IND
19SitakundVinay Kumar Jaiswal BJP
20Sant Ravidas NagarDeep Kumar BJP
21Hanuman KundArchana BJP
22Sardar Bhagat SinghSantosh Singh BJP
23Sardar Patel NagarIndravati SP
24Chitragupt NagarManisha Yadav BJP
25Atal NagarJaynarayan Singh BJP
26JanauraDharmendra BJP
27Hanumat NagarMohammad Rashid Salim SP
28Ashwini PuramJagat Narayan Yadav SP
29Ashfaq Ullah KhanAkhilesh Pandey SP
30Dashrath KundGyanmati SP
31DevkaliAnuj Das BJP
32Kabir NagarChandan Singh BJP
33Saket NagarKausar SP
34Nishadraj NagarGunja Nishad BSP
35Ambedkar NagarKafeel Ahmed IND
36AwadhpuriSaurabh Singh Suryavanshi IND
37Kalyan SinghSurya Kumar RLD
38Badi DevkaliSarvjit Kumar SP
39AmaniganjSuman Yadav BJP
40Mahatma GandhiFarheen Saba BSP
41Ram Manohar LohiaRam Bhavan SP
42Vikramaditya NagarMithlesh Mishra BJP
43Shaheed Abdul HameedSalman Haider IND
44Jay Prakash NarayanAnil Singh BJP
45RamkotChameli Devi BJP
46Pateshwari NagarKunti Pandey IND
47JharkhandiBrijendra BJP
48Lakshmi Sagar NagarBakar Ahmed SP
49Mangal PandeyRajesh Kumar Gaur BJP
50Shivaji NagarGarima BJP
51Ashok Singhal NagarAnkit Tripathi BJP
52Laxman GhatPriya Shukla SP
53Chandra Shekhar NagarVishal Pal SP
54Agrasen NagarShahnoor Bano SP
55Maniramdas CantonmentAbha Pandey IND
56Subhash Chandra BoseArjun Yadav SP
57Chandragupta NagarMohammad Salim PECP
58NanakpuraMeera IND
59Jhule Lal NagarAbhinav IND
60Swami VivekanandaHarish Chandra BJP

Elections

2023 AMC election

S.No.Party NameParty symbolNumber of Corporators [7] [2]
01 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lotus flower symbol.svg 27
02 Samajwadi Party (SP) Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png 17
03 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png 3
04 Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) Indian Election Symbol Hand Pump.png 1
05 Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) AAP Symbol.png 1
06 Peace Party of India (PECP) Indian election symbol glass tumbler.svg 1
07Independents No flag.svg 10

2017 AMC election

S.No.Party NameParty symbolNumber of Corporators [8] [9]
01 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Lotus flower symbol.svg 35
02 Shiv Sena (SHS) Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.svg 1
03 Indian National Congress (INC) Hand INC.svg 2
04 Samajwadi Party (SP) Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png 17
05 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png 1
06Independents No flag.svg 4

References

  1. 1 2 "Fyzabad". Imperial Gazetteer of India. Vol. 12. 1908. p. 118.
  2. 1 2 3 "Meet Ayodhya's new mayor: A former UPSC aspirant and Mahant of a city mandir". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "UP Municipal Election Results". ECI Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  4. 1 2 "Welcome To Nagar Nigam Ayodhya", Official Website of Nagar Nigam, Ayodhya, retrieved 21 April 2021
  5. 1 2 "About Nagar Nigam Ayodhya", Official Website of Nagar Nigam, Ayodhya, retrieved 21 April 2021
  6. ↑ "State Election Commission::UP".
  7. ↑ "State Election Commission::UP".
  8. ↑ Desk, India com News (1 December 2017). "Ayodhya Nagar Nigam Election 2017 Results: BJP's Hrishikesh Upadhyay Wins, Becomes The First Mayor". India.com.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  9. ↑ "Ayodhya Nagar Nigam election results 2017: BJP mayoral candidate Rishikesh Upadhyay leading, counting underway". 1 December 2017.


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