Guntur Municipal Corporation Guṇṭūru nagara pālaka samstha గుంటూరు నగర పాలక సంస్థ | |
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Type | |
Type | of the Guntur |
History | |
Founded | 1866 |
Leadership | |
Mayor | Kovelamudi Ravindra, TDP |
Corporation Commissioner | Puli Srinivasulu |
Structure | |
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Political groups | Government (46) Opposition (11) |
Elections | |
Last election | 10 March 2021 |
Next election | 2026 |
Website | |
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Guntur Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the Guntur city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. It is one of the oldest municipalities and the third largest municipal corporation in the state. [1] [2]
Guntur municipality was constituted in the year 1866 and the first elected body was formed in 1881. The municipality was upgraded to II-Grade in 1891, I-Grade in 1917, Special Grade in 1952 and then to Selection Grade in 1960. In 1994, Guntur municipality is upgraded to Guntur Municipal Corporation was formed. [3] [4]
The city limits were expanded by merging the ten surrounding villages into the corporation. [5] [6] The present jurisdictional area of the corporation is spread over an area of 168.41 km2 (65.02 sq mi) with a population of 743,354 (2011 census). [7] There exists 57 political divisions post merger of villages into the corporation. [8]
Guntur Municipal Corporation (GMC) | |||||||
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SNo. | Mayor | Deputy Mayor | Term start [9] | Term end | Party | Notes | |
6. | Kovelamudi Ravindra |
| 28 April 2025 | Incumbent | Telugu Desam Party | ||
– | Sk. Sajeela | Vanama Bala Vajra Babu | 21 March 2025 [10] | 27 April 2025 | YSR Congress Party | Interim | |
5. | Kavati Siva Naga Manohar Naidu |
| 18 March 2021 [11] | 15 March 2025 [10] | |||
4. | Rayapati Mohan Sai Krishna | Tadisetti Murali | 3 May 2008 | 29 September 2010 | Indian National Congress | ||
3. | Kanna Nagaraju | Tadisetti Murali | 5 October 2005 | 30 April 2008 | Indian National Congress | ||
2. | Chukka Yesu Ratnam | 30 March 2000 | 29 March 2005 | Telugu Desam Party | |||
1. | Dr. Kolli Saradha | Chukka Yesu Ratnam | 30 March 1995 | 29 March 2000 | Telugu Desam Party | First Mayor of GMC |
S.No. | Party name | Symbol | Won | Change | |
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1 | YSR Congress Party | ![]() | 44 | ![]() | |
2 | Telugu Desam Party | ![]() | 9 | ![]() | |
3 | Janasena Party | 2 | ![]() | ||
4 | Independents | 2 | ![]() | ||
Guntur Municipal Corporation is created for the following functions: [12] [13]
The following are the Income sources for the corporation from the Central and State Government. [14] [15] [16]
Following is the Tax related revenue for the corporation.
Following is the Non Tax related revenue for the corporation.
The Standing Committee of the corporation consists of two wings namely, executive and governing bodies. [17] [18] The present Municipal commissioner Puli Srinivasulu . [19]
The below table depicts the structure of the corporation: [17]
Standing Committee | |
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Executive body | Governing body |
Commissioner | Mayor |
Additional Commissioner | Deputy Mayor |
Deputy Commissioner | Standing Committee chairman |
Superintending Engineer | |
City Planner | |
Examiner of Accounts |
The corporation works on improving civic needs like roads, bus shelters, pavements, public gardens etc. [20]
A 15 MW waste-to-energy plant is set up with the collaboration of the JITF Urban Infrastructure Limited. [21]
In 2015, as per the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan of the Ministry of Urban Development, Guntur Municipal Corporation was ranked 70th in the country. [22]