Prayagraj Municipal Corporation

Prayagraj Municipal Corporation Prayagraj Nagar Nigam
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation
Leadership
Mayor	Ganesh Kesarwani, BJP [1]
District Magistrate	Navneet Singh Chahal, IAS [2]
Structure
Seats	100
Political groups	Government (57)   BJP (56) [3]   NISHAD (1) [4] Opposition (43)   SP (16)   INC (4)   BSP (2)   AIMIM (2)   IND (19)
Elections
Voting system	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]}

List of Mayors

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

Election Results

Uttar Pradesh Local Body Election, 2023: Allahabad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ganesh Kesarwani	2,35,675
	SP	Ajay Kumar Srivastava	1,06,286
	INC	Prabha Shankar Mishra	40,486
	BSP	Saeed Ahmad	36,799
Majority			1,29,389
Turnout
	BJP gain from SP		Swing

Uttar Pradesh Local Body Election, 2017: Allahabad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Abhilasha Gupta	1,31,297	40.30
	SP	Vinod Chandra Dubey	67,913	20.84
	INC	Vijay Mishra	64,579	19.82
	BSP	Ramesh Chandra Kesarwani	24,969	7.66
	IND.	Phool Chandra Dubey	10,086	3.10
	AAP	Salil Srivastava	4,695	1.44
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,544	0.47
Majority			63,384	19.46
Turnout			3,25,811	30.32
	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.