Kottakkal Municipality

Kottakkal Municipality
Type
Type	Municipality of Kottakkal
Term limits	None
History
Founded	2010 (2010)
Leadership
Chairperson	Bushra Shabeer [1] , IUML
Vice Chairman	P.P. Ummar [2] , IUML
Structure
Seats	32
Political groups	UDF: 21 seats   LDF: 5 seats   Independent: 4 seats   NDA: 2 seats
Committees	Finance Standing Committee Development Standing Committee Welfare Standing Committee Health Standing Committee Public Works Standing Committee Town Planning Standing Committee Tax Appeal Standing Committee Education & Sports Standing Committee [3]
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2020 [4]
Next election	2025
Meeting place
Municipality office, Kottakkal
Website
malappuram.nic.in/en/public-utility/kottakkal-muncipality

Kottakkal Municipality is the Municipality that administers the city of Kottakkal in Malappuram district, Kerala. Established in 2010, it is in the Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency & Kottakkal Assembly constituency. The first chairperson was T.V. Sulaikhabi. ^[5] Its one assembly constituencies are Kottakkal Assembly constituency, of the city of Kottakkal, with a population of about 44,382 within that area. ^[6] Kottakkal Municipality ^[7] has been formed with functions to improve the infrastructure of town. On November 1, 2010, Kottakkal was elevated as a municipality.

Divisions

Kottakkal Municipality is divided into 32 wards for ease of administration from which a member is elected from each for a duration of five years. ^[2]

Wards of Kottakkal Municipality

Ward No.	Ward Name	Ward No.	Ward Name
1	Changuvetty	2	Chuda
3	Kottakkal Town	4	Kottakkal Thaze Angadi
5	Palappura	6	Mythri Nagar
7	Nayyadi Para	8	Cheenambuthur
9	Kavathikkalam West	10	Kavathikkalam East
11	Valiyaparamba	12	West Villur
13	Pappaayi	14	East Villur
15	Kooriyad	16	Panikkarkundu
17	Indianoor West	18	Indianoor
19	Muliyankotta	20	Maravattam
21	Kottoor	22	Madrasappadi
23	Amappara	24	Kuttippuram
25	Alinchuvadu	26	Poozhikkunnu
27	Palathara	28	Kottakkulam
29	Pulikkodu	30	Thokkampara
31	Changuvettykkundu	32	Khurbani

Municipality Election 2020

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Political Performance in Election 2020

S.No.	Party Name	Party symbol	Number of Councilors
01	IUML		21
02	LDF		5
03	Independents		4
04	BJP		2

2010 seat distribution: UDF - 24,LDF - 4, BJP- 2 ^[8]

References

1. "Local Self Government Department | Local Self Government Department". lsgkerala.gov.in.
2. "Local Self Government Department | Local Self Government Department". lsgkerala.gov.in.
3. "Election Details - Standing Committee - 2015". lsgkerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019.
4. "Local Self Government Department | Local Self Government Department". lsgkerala.gov.in.
5. "Local Self Government Department | Local Self Government Department". lsgkerala.gov.in.
6. "Urban Affairs Kerala 2023". urbanaffairskerala.org.
7. "കോട്ടയ്ക്കൽ മുനിസിപ്പാലിറ്റി". Mathrubhumi. 29 September 2015.
8. "Local Self Government Department | Local Self Government Department". lsgkerala.gov.in.

External links

• Official website