List of the youngest mayors in India

This is a list of the youngest mayors in India. This list is inclusive of individuals nearest to the age of majority at the time of their election; usually under the age of 30.

Youngest mayors

Name	Municipal Corporation	State	Age of Appointment	Population	Tenure	Political Party	Notes
Arya Rajendran	Thiruvananthapuram Corporation	Kerala	21	957,730	Incumbent, since 2020	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	She is the youngest mayor in the country. She became the mayor of the capital of Kerala. [1] [2]
Sabitha Beegam	Kollam Municipal Corporation	Kerala	23	397,419	2000–2004	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	She was the youngest mayor in the country till the election of Arya Rajendran. [2]
Sanjeev Naik	Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation	Maharashtra	23	318,000	1995–2009	Nationalist Congress Party	Naik was the first mayor of the Navi Mumbai satellite city. [3]
Saroja Cherian Polasapalli	Kakinada Municipal Corporation	Andhra Pradesh	24	312,538	2005–2010	Indian National Congress	She is the first and youngest mayor of Kakinada. [4] [5] [6]
Rekha Priyadarshini	Salem City Municipal Corporation	Tamil Nadu	24	829,267	2006–2010	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	She was the first woman mayor from the Scheduled Caste community. [7]
Panchumarthi Anuradha	Vijayawada Municipal Corporation	Andhra Pradesh	26	1,723,000	2000–2005	Telugu Desam Party	Youngest mayor at the age of 26 in the year 2000. [8] [9]
Mekala Kavya	Jawaharnagar Municipal Corporation	Telangana	26	48,216	Incumbent, since 2019	Bharat Rashtra Samithi	She is the first mayor of Jawaharnagar in Medchal. [10] [11]
Padamjeet Singh Mehta	Bathinda Municipal Corporation	Punjab	26	415,000	Incumbent, since 2025	Aam Aadmi Party	He is the first Mayor of Bathinda and only councilor from Aam Aadmi Party. [12]
Devendra Fadnavis	Nagpur Municipal Corporation	Maharashtra	27	82,000	1997–1999	Bharatiya Janata Party	Fadnavis was the second youngest mayor in the country till the election of Sabitha Begum. [13]
Tasneem Bano	Mysore City Corporation	Karnataka	31	893,062	Incumbent, since 2020	Janata Dal (Secular)	She is the first Muslim mayor of Mysore. [14]
Nutan Rathore	Firozabad Municipal Corporation	Uttar Pradesh	31 [15]	604,214	Incumbent, since 2017	Bharatiya Janata Party	She's the youngest mayor in Uttar Pradesh.

Before the independence of India, Subhas Chandra Bose was elected as the fifth mayor of Kolkata on August 22, 1930, at the age of 27.

References

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4. "Be empowered to empower others". The New Indian Express. 14 May 2009.
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14. Alex Arakal, Ralph (20 January 2020). "Meet Tasneem, the first Muslim woman mayor of Mysuru". The Indian Express . Retrieved 26 December 2020.
15. Kathuria, Charvi (2 December 2017). "Nutun Rathore becomes UP's youngest mayor". SheThePeople.TV . Retrieved 28 December 2020.