List of mayors of Lucknow

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Mayor of Lucknow
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Incumbent
Sushma Kharakwal
since 26 May 2023
StatusHead of the LMC
Member of Lucknow Municipal Corporation
Seat Lucknow Municipal Corporation Headoffice, Lalbagh, Lucknow
AppointerElected by voters
Term length 5 years
Formation1960(64 years ago) (1960)
First holder Dr SC Rai
DeputyDeputy Mayor
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The Mayor of Lucknow is the head of Lucknow Municipal Corporation. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. 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. The role of the mayor is largely ceremonial.

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The city is divided into 110 wards, each of them headed by a corporators who work under the mayor. In addition to the 110 councilors, there are Deputy Commissioners and Heads of various departments and Zonal officers.

Shushma Kharakwal is the current mayor of the city since 26 May 2023. She has been elected in the 2023 LMC elections and is the second consecutive female mayor of the city.

Election of the Mayor

The mayor is elected from within the ranks of the council in a quinquennial election. The elections are conducted in all 110 wards in the city to elect corporators together of this the people also vote for the mayor. The out of mayoral who gets the maximam vote in the elections get elected as the mayor of the city,

The tenure of the mayor is of 5 years or till dissolution of municipal corporation, either by themselves or by state law.

List of Mayors of LMC

Sr No.NameTerm StartTerm EndedDurationNotes
City Head of Lucknow Municipal Board
1Raj Kumar Srivastava1 February 19601 February 19611 year, 0 daysFirst City Head of Lucknow
2Giriraj Dharna Rastogi2 February 19611 May 19621 year, 88 days
3Dr Purshottam Das Kapoor2 May 19621 May 1963364 days
(3)Dr Purshottam Das Kapoor2 May 19631 May 1964365 days
4Captain VR Mohan2 May 19641 May 1965364 days
5Om Narayan Bansal2 May 196530 June 19661 year, 59 days
Administrator Period1 July 19664 July 19682 years, 3 days
6Dr Madan Mohan Singh Siddhu4 July 196830 June 1969361 days
7Balak Ram Vaishya1 July 196930 June 1970364 days
8Beni Prasad Halwasiya1 July 197030 June 1971364 days
9Dr Dauji Gupta5 July 197130 June 1972361 days
(9)Dr Dauji Gupta1 July 197230 June 1973364 days
Administrator Period30 June 197326 August 198916 years, 57 days
(9)Dr Dauji Gupta26 August 198927 May 19922 years, 275 days
Administrator Period27 May 199213 May 1993351 days
10 Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta 13 May 199330 November 19952 years, 201 days
11 Dr SC Rai 1 December 199530 November 20004 years, 365 days
(11) Dr SC Rai 1 December 200021 November 20021 year, 355 days
Mayors of Lucknow Municipal Corporation
1 Dr SC Rai 21 November 200213 February 20063 years, 84 daysFirst Mayor of the city
Administrator Period13 February 200614 November 2006274 days
2 Dr Dinesh Sharma 14 November 200623 February 20114 years, 101 days
Administrator Period23 February 201114 July 20121 year, 142 days
(2) Dr Dinesh Sharma 14 July 201219 March 20174 years, 248 daysLeft office to be the part of First Yogi Aditynath ministry and became deputy chief minister of the state.
3Suresh Chandra Awasthi (Acting)24 March 201711 August 2017140 days
Administrator Period11 August 201712 December 2017123 days
4 Sanyukta Bhatia [1] 12 December 201719 January 20235 years, 38 daysFirst woman mayor of the city
Administrator Period20 January 202325 May 2023125 days
5Shushma Kharakwal26 May 2023-1 year, 0 days

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References

  1. Financialexpress (1 December 2017). "Who is Sanyukta Bhatia? Meet Lucknow's first woman mayor in 100 years". Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  2. http://lmc.up.nic.in/pdf/mayerlist.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]