Lucknow Municipal Corporation Lucknow Nagar Nigam | |
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Type | |
Type | |
Term limits | 5 years |
History | |
Founded | 1884 | as Lucknow Municipal Board
Leadership | |
Indrajeet singh, IAS | |
Structure | |
Seats | 110 |
Political groups | Government (80) Opposition (26) Other (4)
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Length of term | 5 years |
Elections | |
Last election | 4 May 2023 |
Next election | 2028 |
Motto | |
Clean Lucknow, Beautiful Lucknow | |
Meeting place | |
Municipal Corporation Head Office, Lalbagh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | |
Website | |
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Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) is a local government for Lucknow, the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration in the city of Lucknow. In 2021, LMC passed a budget of 1946.82 Crore INR for the financial year 2021-2022. [2]
This local governing body is responsible for planning and development of several civic community and infrastructure within different parts of the city. The LMC is concerned with providing local amenities to the citizens.
Apart from these social services, the LMC is concentrating on preserving the city heritage structure and buildings. The municipality is responsible for issuing of birth and death certificate to city residents. This policy helps in maintaining a record on the population growth rate.
The city development plan (CDP) is a project undertaken by LMC in association with JNNURM. The main purpose of this project is to offer a through city assessment. This is required for development of the Lucknow city in the near future. There is a 3-tier strategy to be implanted under this plan:
The CDP formulation procedure was carried out after consulting the entire stakeholders associated with this project. One on one discussion session with every stakeholder was carried out.
Under the three-tier strategy, major issues to be focused and services offered include:
Another project undertaken by LMC is city GIS mapping. The municipality will conduct a detailed GIS mapping of the city. This will help in locating any area within the city through internet. It is also a part of JNNURM program. Funding for this project is being provided by Central Government.
On 2 December 2020, LMC got listed on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), becoming the first civic body in north India to issue bonds under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). [3]
There are 7 working departments which comes under LMC.
The current municipal commissioner is IAS Indrajeet Singh.
Post | Incumbent | Since | Appointed/ Elected | References |
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Mayor | Shushma Kharakwal | 26 May 2023 | Elected in 2023 LMC elections. | [4] |
Municipal Commissioner | Indrajeet Singh (IAS) | 26 June 2022 | Appointed by Government of Uttar Pradesh | [5] |
LMC consists of 110 wards [6] [7] for which a quinquennial election is held to elect corporators, who are responsible for basic civic infrastructure and enforcing duty in their constituencies (wards).
Various political parties nominate their candidates and the people of respective wards cast their votes during elections to elect the corporator for their ward.
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. The party that wins the maximum number of seats holds an internal voting to decide the mayor. Mayor is considered as the first citizen of the city.
Shushma Kharakwal is the current mayor of Lucknow since 26 May 2023. She was elected in the 2023 LMC elections after defeating her closest rival the SP candidate Vandana Mishra by a margin of 52,699 votes. [8] She is the second female mayor of the city after her predecessor Sanyukta Bhatia.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Shushma Kharakwal | 5,02,660 | 48.52 | ||
SP | Vandana Mishra | 2,98,519 | 28.81 | ||
INC | Sangeeta Jaiswal | 1,02,633 | 9.91 | ||
BSP | Shaheen Bano | 75,997 | 7.34 | ||
AAP | Anju Bhatt | 25,206 | 2.43 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 24,241 | 2.34 | ||
Margin of victory | 2,04,141 | 19.71 | 5.11 | ||
Turnout | 10,29,256 | ||||
BJP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Sanyukta Bhatia | 3,77,166 | 41.94 | ||
SP | Meera Vardhan | 2,45,810 | 27.34 | ||
INC | Prema Awasthi | 1,09,571 | 12.19 | ||
BSP | Bulbul Godiyal | 83,120 | 9.24 | ||
AAP | Priyanka Maheshwari | 24,577 | 2.73 | ||
NOTA | None of the Above | 5,449 | 0.61 | ||
Margin of victory | 1,31,356 | 14.60 | |||
Turnout | 8,99,214 | 38.64 | |||
BJP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Dr. Dinesh Sharma | 3,35,106 | |||
INC | Dr. Neeraj Bora | 1,63,282 | |||
Margin of victory | 1,71,824 | ||||
Turnout | N/A | ||||
BJP hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | Dr. Dinesh Sharma | 2,21,713 | 30.33 | ||
INC | Dr. Manzoor Ahmed | 2,12,410 | 29.05 | ||
SP | Dr. Madhu Gupta | 1,58,918 | 21.74 | ||
IND. | Shiv Kumar Gupta | 34,155 | 4.67 | ||
IND. | Shailesh Kumar Singh | 25,631 | 3.51 | ||
RLD | Bhawaan Singh Rawat | 15,476 | 2.12 | ||
IND. | Mahesh Diwan | 11,169 | 1.53 | ||
Margin of victory | 9,303 | 1.28 | |||
Turnout | 7,31,097 | N/A | |||
BJP hold | Swing | ||||
S.No | Party Name | Party flag or symbol | Number of Corporators | Change |
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01 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 80 | 22 | |
02 | Samajwadi Party (SP) | 21 | 7 | |
03 | Indian National Congress (INC) | 4 | 4 | |
04 | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 1 | 1 | |
05 | Independents | 4 | 10 |
S.No. | Party Name | Party flag or symbol | Number of Corporators | Change |
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01 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 58 | 14 | |
02 | Samajwadi Party (SP) | 28 | ||
03 | Indian National Congress (INC) | 8 | 3 | |
04 | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 2 | New | |
05 | Independents | 14 | 40 | |
Source: [9]
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