List of the youngest mayors in India

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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

NameCorporationAge of AppointmentPopulationTenurePolitical PartyNotes
Arya Rajendran Corporation of Thiruvananthapuram 21957,730Incumbent 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 Corporation 23397,4192000–2004 Communist Party of India (Marxist) She was the youngest mayor in the country till the election of Arya Rajendran. [2]
Sanjeev Ganesh Naik Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation 23318,0001995–2009 Nationalist Congress Party Naik was the first mayor of the Navi Mumbai satellite city. [3]
Saroja Cherian Polasapalli Kakinada Municipal Corporation 24312,5382005-2010 Indian National Congress Saroja Cherian Polasapalli , is the Youngest & First Mayor of Kakinada Municipal Corporation , Andhra Pradesh And the 4th Youngest Mayor of India.

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Rekha Priyadarshini Salem City Municipal Corporation 24829,2672006–2010 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Priyadarshini was the first woman mayor from the Scheduled Caste community. [7]
Panchumarthi Anuradha Vijayawada Municipal Corporation 261,723,0002000-2005 Telugu Desam Party Youngest mayor at the age of 26 in the year 2000 [8] [9]
Mekala KavyaJawaharnagar Municipal Corporation, Medchal 2648,216Incumbent since 2019 Bharat Rashtra Samithi Mekala is the first mayor of Jawaharnagar in Medchal. [10] [11]
Devendra Fadnavis Nagpur Municipal Corporation 2782,0001997–1999 Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis was the second youngest mayor in the country till the election of Sabitha Begum. [12]
Tasneem Bano Mysore City Corporation 31893,062Incumbent since 2020 Janata Dal (Secular) Tasneem is the first Muslim Mayor of Mysore. [13]
Nutan Rathore Firozabad Municipal Corporation 31 [14] 604,214Incumbent since 2017 Bharatiya Janata Party

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