Batala Municipal Corporation

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The Batala Municipal Corporation is a nagar nigam (municipal corporation) which administers the city of Batala, Punjab. It has 50 members elected with a first-past-the-post voting system and 1 ex-officio member which is MLA for Batala. [1] In 2019 Government of Punjab decided to upgrade Batala Municipal council into Municipal Corporation, earlier it was a municipal council. [2]

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Batala Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
History
Founded2019 [3]
Preceded byBatala Municipal Council
Leadership
Minister in charge
Mayor
Sukhdeep Singh Teja, INC
since 19 April 2021
Senior deputy mayor
Sunil Kumar Sareen, INC
since 19 April 2021
Junior deputy mayor
Chandra Kanta, INC
since 19 April 2021
Shayari Malhotra
since 24 May 2022
Structure
Seats51
(50 elected+1 Ex-Officio)
First Batala Municipal Corporation.svg
Political groups
Government (36)
  •   INC (36)

Opposition (15)

Ex-officio

Length of term
5 Years
Elections
First election
 14 February 2021 [4]
Next election
2026
Website
lgpunjab.gov.in

Mayor

The Mayor of Batala is the elected chief of the Municipal Corporation of Batala. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. The role is largely ceremonial as the real powers are vested in the Municipal Commissioner. [5] 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. [6] In 2019 after upgradation into corporation, municipal commissioner Balwinder Singh was given additional charge of Mayor of Batala. After 1st election Sukhdeep Singh Teja elected the first Mayor.

S. No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenurePartyCorporationWard No.Ref.
-Balwinder Singh (Additional Charge)18 November 201917 February 20211 year, 91 days Non-Partisan -- [7]
1Sukhdeep Singh Teja19 April 2021Incumbent3 years, 118 days INC 1st30th [8]

Deputy mayors

Senior Deputy Mayor

S. No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenurePartyCorporationWard No.
1Sunil Kumar Sareen19 April 2021Incumbent3 years, 118 days Indian National Congress 1st42nd

Junior Deputy Mayor

S. No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenurePartyCorporationWard No.
1Chandra Kanta19 April 2021Incumbent3 years, 118 days Indian National Congress 1st45th

Municipal Commissioner

Every municipal corporation in India is administratively headed by a municipal commissioner. While a Mayor is elected to serve as the ceremonial head of a municipal corporation, a municipal commissioner is appointed by the state government from the Indian Administrative Service or Provincial Civil Service (PCS) to head the administrative staff of the municipal corporation, implement the decisions of the corporation, and prepare its annual budget.

S. No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenureRef.
1Balwinder Singh (SDM)18 November 20198 September 20211 year, 294 days
2Jagwinderjit Singh
(PCS)		8 September 202124 May 2022258 days [9]
3Shayari Malhotra
(SDM)		24 May 2022Incumbent2 years, 83 days [10]

Councilors

Following is the list of Incumbent Councilors Color Key for the Party of the Councilor

Ward numberCouncilor [11] Party
1Chanchaljit Kaur Indian National Congress
2Joginder Singh Indian National Congress
3Karanpal Kaur Indian National Congress
4Suchha Singh Indian National Congress
5Kulwinder Kaur Indian National Congress
6Heera Lal Shiromani Akali Dal
7Pooja Indian National Congress
8Kastoori Lal Indian National Congress
9Reenu Indian National Congress
10Puran Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
11Kanwalpreet Kaur Indian National Congress
12Sanjiv Kumar Indian National Congress
13Manjit Kaur Aam Aadmi Party
14Gurpreet Singh Indian National Congress
15Pooja Sharma Indian National Congress
16Bikramjit Singh Indian National Congress
17Manjit Kaur Shiromani Akali Dal
18Jagir Singh Khokhar Indian National Congress
19Gurdish Kaur Indian National Congress
20Harsimran Singh Heera Bhartiya Janata Party
21Harinder Kaur Indian National Congress
22Narinder Pal Singh Indian National Congress
23Sonia Indian National Congress
24Vacant (Death of the Councillor)-
25Rawinder Kaur Shiromani Akali Dal
26Harnek Singh Indian National Congress
27Sudha Mahajan Bhartiya Janata Party
28Rakesh Bhatti Independent
29Annu Agarwal Indian National Congress
30Sukhdeep Singh Teja Indian National Congress
31Kamani Seth Indian National Congress
32Anil Kumar Sekhri Indian National Congress
33Monika Sekhri Indian National Congress
34Navin Nayyar Sekhri Indian National Congress
35Sashi Chanda Indian National Congress
36Sukhdev Singh Bajwa Indian National Congress
37Gurpreet Kaur Indian National Congress
38Harinder Singh Indian National Congress
39Reena Indian National Congress
40Chandar Mohan Indian National Congress
41Madhu Mahajan Bhartiya Janata Party
42Sunil Kumar Sareen Indian National Congress
43Suman Handa Bhartiya Janata Party
44Prabhjot Singh Chatha Indian National Congress
45Chandra Kanta Indian National Congress
46Ravinder Tuli Aam Aadmi Party
47Neelam Kumari Shiromani Akali Dal
48Sardool Singh Aam Aadmi Party
49Rajwinder Kaur Indian National Congress
50Manjit Kaur Shiromani Akali Dal

Ex-officio member

According to Section 5 (1) (ii) of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act 1976 ex-officio members comprising the members of Punjab legislative assembly representing the constituencies in which the city or any part there of falls. [12]

Thus the person who represents the Batala Assembly Constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly is the ex-officio member of corporation.

Ex-officio member has voting right on par with elected members during the election of Mayor or Deputy mayors in corporation. His vote becomes crucial when a single party lacks required numbers of votes to secure mayor's post or when parties get equal numbers of elected ward members.

Color key for the party of ex-officio member


List of ex-officio members

S. No.NamePartyTenureElected to assemblyCorporation
1 Lakhbir Singh Lodhinangal Shiromani Akali Dal 19 April 202111 March 2022326 days 2017 1st
2 Amansher Singh Kalsi Aam Aadmi Party 17 March 2022Incumbent2 years, 151 days 2022

1st election

Schedule

After the up gradation to Corporation the first election for all 50 wards was held on 14 February 2021 and result was declared on 17 February. Total 279 candidates stood for elections. The election programme was as follow: [13] -

S. No.ProgrammeDatesDay
1Last Date for filing nominations3 February 2021Wednesday
2Date for the scrutiny of nominations4 February 2021Thursday
3Last date to withdraw nominations5 February 2021Friday
4Date of Voting14 February 2021Sunday
5Date of Counting17 February 2021Wednesday
6Date by which election shall be completed20 February 2021Saturday

Result

PartyWards wonContested
Indian National Congress 3650
Shiromani Akali Dal 0647
Bhartiya Janata Party 0434
Aam Admi Party 0349
Independent 0192
Bahujan Samaj Party 007
Total50 [14] 279
Vote turnout74,96165%
Registered voters1,15,325

Elected councilors

Color Key for the Party of the Councilor

Ward numberCouncilor [15] Party
1Chanchaljit Kaur Indian National Congress
2Joginder Singh Indian National Congress
3Karanpal Kaur Indian National Congress
4Suchha Singh Indian National Congress
5Kulwinder Kaur Indian National Congress
6Heera Lal Shiromani Akali Dal
7Pooja Indian National Congress
8Kastoori Lal Indian National Congress
9Reenu Indian National Congress
10Puran Singh Shiromani Akali Dal
11Kanwalpreet Kaur Indian National Congress
12Sanjiv Kumar Indian National Congress
13Manjit Kaur Aam Aadmi Party
14Gurpreet Singh Indian National Congress
15Pooja Sharma Indian National Congress
16Bikramjit Singh Indian National Congress
17Manjit Kaur Shiromani Akali Dal
18Jagir Singh Khokhar Indian National Congress
19Gurdish Kaur Indian National Congress
20Harsimran Singh Heera Bhartiya Janata Party
21Harinder Kaur Indian National Congress
22Narinder Pal Singh Indian National Congress
23Sonia Indian National Congress
24Balwant Singh Indian National Congress
25Rawinder Kaur Shiromani Akali Dal
26Harnek Singh Indian National Congress
27Sudha Mahajan Bhartiya Janata Party
28Rakesh Bhatti Independent
29Annu Agarwal Indian National Congress
30Sukhdeep Singh Teja Indian National Congress
31Kamani Seth Indian National Congress
32Anil Kumar Sekhri Indian National Congress
33Monika Sekhri Indian National Congress
34Navin Nayyar Sekhri Indian National Congress
35Sashi Chanda Indian National Congress
36Sukhdev Singh Bajwa Indian National Congress
37Gurpreet Kaur Indian National Congress
38Harinder Singh Indian National Congress
39Reena Indian National Congress
40Chandar Mohan Indian National Congress
41Madhu Mahajan Bhartiya Janata Party
42Sunil Kumar Indian National Congress
43Suman Handa Bhartiya Janata Party
44Prabhjot Singh Chatha Indian National Congress
45Chandra Kanta Indian National Congress
46Ravinder Tuli Aam Aadmi Party
47Neelam Kumari Shiromani Akali Dal
48Sardool Singh Aam Aadmi Party
49Rajwinder Kaur Indian National Congress
50Manjit Kaur Shiromani Akali Dal

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