Baranagar Municipality

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Baranagar Municipality
Baranagar Municipality logo.png
Coat of Arms
Type
Type
History
Founded1869;156 years ago (1869)
Preceded byNorth Suburban Municipality
Leadership
Chairman
Aparna Moulik [1]
(AITC)
Vice Chairman
Dilip Narayan Bose [2]
(AITC)
Structure
Seats34
Baranagar Municipality Ward-Wise Ruling Party.jpg
Political groups
Government (32)
   AITC 32

Opposition (2)

   CPI(M) 2
Elections
Last election
2022
Next election
TBD
Meeting place
Baranagar (M).jpg
Baranagar Municipality Headquarters
Website
www.baranagarmunicipality.org

Baranagar Municipality is the civic body that governs Baranagar and its surrounding areas (Deshapriya Nagar, Sadhan Pally, Alambazar, Bonhooghly, Noapara, Palpara and Dunlop) in the Barrackpore subdivision of North 24 Parganas district in West Bengal, India.

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History

Baranagar, an ancient region of artisan people, is situated adjacent to Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). The place is situated on the bank of the river Hooghly. Portuguese colonies at first established their business camp here which was in existence till 1862. [3] Portuguese settlement became the seat of a Dutch trading station and an important anchorage for Dutch shipping. The Dutch had homes here in the seventeenth century. There was a hog factory where about 3,000 hogs a year were slaughtered and salted for export. Later it became the centre for the extensive jute trade, manufacturing gunny bags. In 1795, it was ceded to the British. Constituted as the Municipality of "North Suburban" in 1869, the Municipality was renamed "Baranagar" in 1889. [4]

Healthcare

Baranagar Municipality has two hospitals named "Baranagar Matri Sadan" [5] for women and "Eskag Sanjeevani Multispeciality Hospital". [6] There is also a government hospital named "Baranagar State General Hospital" [7] in Baranagar.

Elections

Baranagar Municipality has 34 wards.

2022 West Bengal Municipality election

322
AITCCPI(M)
Party AITC CPI(M)
Seats
32 / 34
2 / 34

In the 2022 municipal elections for Baranagar Municipality, AITC won 32 seats, and CPI(M) 2 seats. [8]

2015 West Bengal Municipality election

322
AITCCPI(M)
Party AITC CPI(M)
Seats
32 / 34
2 / 34

In the 2015 municipal elections for Baranagar Municipality, AITC won 32 seats, and CPI(M) 2 seats. [9]

2010 West Bengal Municipality election

201121
AITCCPI(M)INCCPI
Party AITC CPI(M) INC CPI
Seats
20 / 34
11 / 34
2 / 34
1 / 34

In the 2010 municipal elections for Baranagar Municipality, AITC won 20 seats, CPI(M) 11 seats, INC 2 seats, and CPI 1 seat. [10]

List of Councillors

Following is the list of councillors of Baranagar Municipality at present: [11]

Ward No.Name of CouncillorParty
1Usha Bera AITC
2Sagarika Banerjee AITC
3Sudhangshu Awon AITC
4Pritha Mukherjee AITC
5Arif Hussain AITC
6Puspa Roy AITC
7Nilu Gupta AITC
8Gour Jana AITC
9Ramkrishna Paul AITC
10Titli Patra Majumdar AITC
11Ashoke De AITC
12Sanchita Dey AITC
13Dalia Mukherjee AITC
14Santanu Majumder AITC
15Aparna Moulik AITC
16Sampa Chandra AITC
17Anjan Paul AITC
18Sunath Biswas AITC
19Sampa Kundu AITC
20Netai Saha AITC
21Dilip Narayan Bose AITC
22Swati Das CPI(M)
23Subiman Ghosh AITC
24Ashim Kumar Ganguly AITC
25Susmita Chatterjee AITC
26Alpana Naha AITC
27Biswajit Bardhan AITC
28Ruma Dutta AITC
29Anindya Chaudhuri AITC
30Jayanta Roy AITC
31Nivedita Basak AITC
32Sumitra Biswas AITC
33Amar Paul AITC
34Sisir Bhattacharya CPI(M)

See also

References

  1. "Baranagar Municipality". Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  2. "Vice – Chairperson of Baranagar Municipality". Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
  3. "History of Baranagar Municipality". Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
  4. "Baranagar Municipality – Right to Information Act". Baranagar Municipality. Archived from the original on 3 January 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  5. "Baranagar Matri Sadan". Archived from the original on 14 June 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  6. "ESKAG SANJEEVANI MULTISPECIALITY HOSPITAL" . Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  7. "Baranagar State General Hospital". Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  8. "Municipal General Election Results". Results of Municipal General Elections 2022. West Bengal State Election Commission . Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  9. "Municipal General Election Results". Results of Municipal General Elections 2015. West Bengal State Election Commission . Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  10. "Municipal General Election Results". Results of Municipal General Elections 2010. West Bengal State Election Commission . Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  11. "List of Councillor Municipal Election 2022" (PDF).