Sangli, Miraj and Kupwad City Municipal Corporation

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Sangali-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation

Sangali Miraj & Kupwad Mahānagarpālikā
Type
Type
History
Founded9 February 1998
Leadership
Sunil Pawar
Mayor
Digvijay Suryawanshi (NCP) [1]
Deputy Mayor
Umesh Patil (INC) [2]
Structure
Seats78
SMK Municipal Corporation February 2021.svg
Political groups
Government (40)
  •    NCP(SP) :21
  •    INC :19

Opposition (38)

Committees
  • Standing Committee
  • Ward Committees (4)
  • Social Welfare Committee
  • Women and Child Welfare Committee
Elections
First-past-the-post voting
First election
1998
Last election
16 August 2018
Next election
August 2023 (expected)[ needs update ]
Meeting place
SMKC Building, Rajwada Chowk Sangli
Website
Official website

The Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation (SMKC) is the governing body of the Sangli Metropolitan Region in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in Sangli. The municipal corporation consists of democratically-elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure and public services. It was founded on 9 February 1998. SMKC serves an area approximately 118.18 km2 and provides civil services and facilities for more than 6.5 lakh (650,000) people. [3]

Contents

Revenue sources

The following are the income sources for the corporation from the Central and State Government. [4] [5] [6]

Tax revenue

Tax-related revenue for the corporation includes:

Non-tax revenue

The non-tax-related revenue for the corporation includes:

List of Mayors

Kanchan Kamble

List of Deputy Mayors

List of Chairmen, Standing Committee

Municipal elections

Municipal election summary
No.Party nameParty flag or symbolCoalitionNumber of councillors
20182021+/-
1 Nationalist Congress Party
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2 Indian National Congress (INC)
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3 Shiv Sena
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4 Bharatiya Janata Party
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2018

Municipal elections were held on 3 August 2018 to elect a total of 78 councillors in 38 wards. [7] The BJP won an absolute majority in the 2018 elections, marking the first time the city had a mayor from the party. Sangita Khot (BJP) was elected as the mayor and Dhiraj Suryawanshi (BJP) as the deputy mayor. [8]

2021 by-election

In the 2021 mayor and deputy mayor elections, the NCP, INC and Shiv Sena coalition defeated the BJP. This election, Digvijay Suryawanshi (NCP) was elected as the Mayor and Umesh Patil (INC) as the Deputy Mayor. In this election, some of the BJP councillors changed their party and they had to face this defeat. [9]

Taxes

The municipal corporation recently added a new tax as a substitute for the octroi, i.e. the Local Body Tax, from 25 September 2013 onward. [10]

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Sangli-Miraj & Kupwad is urban agglomeration and a municipal corporation in Sangli district in the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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