Prayagraj Municipal Corporation

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Prayagraj Municipal Corporation

Prayagraj Nagar Nigam
Type
Type
Leadership
Ganesh Kesarwani, BJP [1]
Navneet Singh Chahal, IAS [2]
Structure
Seats100
Prayagraj Municipal Corporation 2023.svg
Political groups
Government (57)
  •   BJP (56) [3]
  •   NISHAD (1) [4]

Opposition (43)

Elections
First past the post
Last election
4 May 2023
Next election
2028
Meeting place
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh

Prayagraj Municipal Corporation (formerly known as Allahabad Municipal Corporation) [5] is the governing civic body of Prayagraj city in Uttar Pradesh. It is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city. It was established in 1863 as the Municipal Board of Allahabad under the act of 26 of 1850. [6] The board was changed to corporation in 1959. [7] It administers an area of 365 km2 (141 sq mi). [8] [9]

Contents

List of Mayors

YearMemberPolitical Party
1995 Prof. Rita Bahuguna Joshi Independent [10]
2000Dr. K. P. Srivastava Samajwadi Party
2006Ch. Jitendra Nath Singh Indian National Congress
2012 Abhilasha Gupta Nandi Independent
2017 Abhilasha Gupta Nandi Bharatiya Janata Party
2023Ganesh Chandra Kesarwani


Election Results

Uttar Pradesh Local Body Election, 2023: Allahabad
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Ganesh Kesarwani2,35,675
SP Ajay Kumar Srivastava1,06,286
INC Prabha Shankar Mishra40,486
BSP Saeed Ahmad36,799
Majority1,29,389
Turnout
BJP gain from SP Swing
Uttar Pradesh Local Body Election, 2017: Allahabad
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Abhilasha Gupta 1,31,29740.30
SP Vinod Chandra Dubey67,91320.84
INC Vijay Mishra64,57919.82
BSP Ramesh Chandra Kesarwani24,9697.66
IND. Phool Chandra Dubey10,0863.10
AAP Salil Srivastava4,6951.44
NOTA None of the Above 1,5440.47
Majority63,38419.46
Turnout 3,25,81130.32
BJP gain from Independent Swing

References

  1. "BJP's Ganesh Kesarwani wins mayoral seat of Prayagraj". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  2. "Who's who Prayagraj City". Prayagraj District. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  3. "BJP wins 56 of 100 wards in U.P.'s Prayagraj". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. "2023 UP Municipal Election results". ECI Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  5. "Municipal Bodies | District Prayagraj, Government of Uttar Pradesh | India" . Retrieved 8 October 2022.
  6. Joshi, Ashutosh (2008). Town Planning Regeneration of Cities. ISBN   9788189422820.
  7. Sachdeva, Pardeep (2011). Local Government in India. ISBN   9788131760444.
  8. "Prayagraj City".
  9. "Prayagraj City Development plan" (PDF).
  10. "जब रीता बहुगुणा के कहने पर मुलायम ने वापस ले लिया था सिंबल, मेयर चुनाव में समर्थन भी किया". Jansatta (in Hindi). Retrieved 25 February 2023.