Solapur Municipal Corporation

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Solapur Municipal Corporation

Solapur Mahānagarpālikā
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Type
Type
History
Founded1963;63 years ago (1963)
Preceded bySolapur Municipal Council(1898-1963)
Leadership
Vacant, BJP
Vacant, BJP
Dr. Sachin Ombase (IAS)
Standing committee chairman
Vacant, BJP
Structure
Seats102
India Maharashtra Solapur Municipal Corporation 2026.svg
Political groups
Government (92)

Opposition (10)

Committees
  • Standing Committee
  • Ward Committees
  • Law Committee
  • City Development Committee
  • Women and Child Welfare Committee
  • Sports Committee
Length of term
5 years
Elections
First-past-the-post voting
Last election
 15 January 2026 [1]
Next election
2031
Motto
नगर सेवा हीच ईश्वर सेवा (IAST)
"Service to the city is service to the God"
Meeting place
Indra Bhavan, Ambedkar Chowk, Railway Lines, Solapur - 413001
Website
Solapur Municipal Corporation

Solapur Municipal Corporation is the governing body of the city of Solapur in the Indian state of Maharashtra. [2] The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure, public services and police. Members from the state's leading various political parties hold elected offices in the corporation.

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History

Solapur Municipal Corporation is one of the oldest in India, established in 1860 as Solapur Municipality Council and granted Corporation status in 1963, after crossing threshold of 300,000 population.

Solapur Municipal Corporation is the administrative body of Solapur city in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It was established as Solapur Municipality Council in 1860.

Solapur Municipal Transport (SMT) is the department under corporation which handles public transport in city which has allegations of scam in bus purchase.

Jurisdiction

Presently, the jurisdiction of SMC encompasses an area of 178.57 sq. km., with a population of 12.27 lakh (estimated for the year 2021), which was 951,118 as per Census of India 2011. The city is divided into 8 administrative zones, 26 election wards, and 98 Census wards.

Profile of city

CategoryDetails
Lakes2
Govt. Hospital/Rural Hospital /Municipal Hospital2
Maternity Home9
Private Hospitals250
Slums220
Annual Budget785 cr
Prabhags51
Councillors102+5
Gardens18
Park7
Playground13
Stadium3
Exhibition Ground1
Swimming Pool3
Zoo1

Administration and executive body

Solapur Municipal Corporation Political Map Solapur Municipal Corporation Political Map.png
Solapur Municipal Corporation Political Map

The SMC is headed by an Indian Administrative Service officer who serves as Municipal Commissioner, wielding executive power. The Municipal Commissioner is appointed by Government of Maharashtra. The Municipal Commissioner is responsible for developing & maintaining civic infrastructure of the city like water supply, roads, storm water, drainage and efficient delivery of various services to the citizens of Solapur. The Municipal Commissioner deputes various departments to the Additional Municipal Commissioners, Deputy Municipal Commissioners, Assistant Commissioners and various heads of Department in discharge of his functions. The Municipal Commissioner is assisted by Additional Municipal Commissioners, Deputy Municipal Commissioners and Assistant Commissioners.

Zones

SMC is divided into 8 zones for convenient administration.

Sr. No.Zone NoHeadquarterJurisdictionNumber of PrabhagsCorresponding Prabhag Nos.
1Zone - 1Gandhi Chowk, Ramlal Chowk, Saint Joseph School, Solapur MaNaPa, Siddheshwar Mandir, Bhuikot Fort, etc.54, 5, 6, 7, 15
2Zone - 261, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12
3Zone - 353, 4, 8, 9, 12
4Zone - 4414, 15, 16, 22
5Zone - 568, 9, 13, 14, 16, 18
6Zone - 665, 6, 15, 22, 23, 24
7Zone - 7716, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26
8Zone - 8612, 13, 18, 19, 25, 26
Total51

Total wards count in the above table is 45 (actual prabhag’s count is 26), because of some prabhag’s are in multiple Zones.

Legislature and elected body

In order to make the administration of the city convenient, Solapur Municipal Corporation had a total of 26 divisions in 2017. So now in 2025 new draft, the number of divisions have been kept same. Each division had about four wards in 2017. In 2025, each division/ward has a total of 4 members. However, the exception is Division No. 25 & 26.

According to the new structure, the total number of ward is 102, of which 57 wards are reserved for women. While 16 wards have been reserved for Scheduled Castes, half of which are reserved for women of Scheduled Castes. Two wards were reserved for the Scheduled Tribes. One of the wards has been reserved for a scheduled caste woman.

Wards

Political Representatives
Ward No.Wards / Electoral CollegePopulationSeatCouncillor/ Corporator NamePolitical PartyAlliance
1Kasbe Solapur -2, Shelgi (Gavthan) - 1 [3] AGautam Madhukar KasabeBharatiya Janata Party
BRajashri Ambadas KankeBharatiya Janata Party
CPoonam Prabhakar KashidBharatiya Janata Party
DAvinash Mahadev PatilBharatiya Janata Party
2Dahitane, Dayanand College, Satpute Wasti, Joshi Galli (Bhag), Kamakshi Nagar, Mitra Nagar, Shelgi - 2 [3] ANarayan Dattatray BansodeBharatiya Janata Party
BKalpana Gyaneshwar KarbhariBharatiya Janata Party
CShalan Shankar ShindeBharatiya Janata Party
DKiran Vijaykumar DeshmukhBharatiya Janata Party
3Shahir Wasti, Ghongade Wasti, Jodbhavi Peth - 3 [3] ARajkumar PatilBharatiya Janata Party
BSwati Dattatray BadguBharatiya Janata Party
CRanjita Sakalesh ChakoteBharatiya Janata Party
DSanjay Basappa KoliBharatiya Janata Party
4Bagale Wasti, Yalleshwar Wadi, West Mangalwar Peth, East Mangalwar Peth - 4 [3] AVandana Ajit GaikwadBharatiya Janata Party
BVinayak Fakir VitkarBharatiya Janata Party
CAishwarya Ganesh SakhareBharatiya Janata Party
DAnant Gyaneshwar JadhavBharatiya Janata Party
5Kegaon, Shivaji Nagar, Bale - 5 [3] ASamadhan Revansiddh AwaleBharatiya Janata Party
BAlka Anand BhavarBharatiya Janata Party
CMandakini TodkariBharatiya Janata Party
DBijju Sangappa PradhaneBharatiya Janata Party
6Basweshwar Nagar, Degaon, Aamrai, Damani Nagar etc. - 6 [3] ASonali Arjun GaikwadBharatiya Janata Party
BSunil Pandurang KhatkeBharatiya Janata Party
CMrunmayee Mahadev GawaliBharatiya Janata Party
DGanesh Prakash WankarBharatiya Janata Party
7Nirale Wasti, Uma Nagari, North Kasba(Bhag), South Kasba(Bhag) - 7 [3] AAniket PiseShiv Sena (Eknath Shinde)
BShraddha Kiran PawarBharatiya Janata Party
CManorama SapateShiv Sena (Eknath Shinde)
DAmol ShindeShiv Sena (Eknath Shinde)
8North Kasba(Bhag), South Kasba(Bhag), Shukrawar Peth, Ganesh Peth, Sakhar Peth - 8 [3] AAmar Marutirao PudaleBharatiya Janata Party
BGeeta Govind GawaiBharatiya Janata Party
CBabita Anantkumar DhummaBharatiya Janata Party
DGaurishankar (Praveen) Kashinath DargopattilBharatiya Janata Party
9Market Yard, Kuchan High School - 9 [3] AShekhar Pandurang IgeBharatiya Janata Party
BKadambari Prakash ManjeliBharatiya Janata Party
CPooja Shrikant WadekarBharatiya Janata Party
DMeghnath Dattatray YemulBharatiya Janata Party
10Sagar Chowk, Mahalaxmi Chowk, Rangraj Nagar, Pogul Mala - 10 [3] AUjwala Avinash DasariBharatiya Janata Party
BDeepika Vasudev YaldandiBharatiya Janata Party
CSatish Nagnath ShirasillaBharatiya Janata Party
DPrathamesh Mahesh KotheBharatiya Janata Party
11Sambhaji High School, Samadhan Nagar, Mallikarjun Nagar - 11 [3] AYuvraj Kondiba SarvadeBharatiya Janata Party
BShardabai Vijay RampureBharatiya Janata Party
CMeenakshi Dattatray KadgancheBharatiya Janata Party
DAjay Chandrakant PonnamBharatiya Janata Party
12Sunil Nagar, M.I.D.C - 12 [3] ASiddheshwar Ramlu KamtamBharatiya Janata Party
BSarika Siddharam KhajurgiBharatiya Janata Party
CArchana Raju VadnalBharatiya Janata Party
DVinayak Ramkrishna KondyalBharatiya Janata Party
13Police Head Quarter, Walchand College Parisar - 13 [3] ASunita Sunil KamathiBharatiya Janata Party
BAmbika Hanmantu ChauguleBharatiya Janata Party
CSatyanarayan Ramayya GurramBharatiya Janata Party
DVijay Bhoomayya ChippaBharatiya Janata Party
14Begam Peth, North Sadar Bazar(Bhag) - 14 [3] AAkila BhagnagariAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
BAsif Ahmad SheikhAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
CWahidabano SheikhAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
DTaufiq HattureAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
15Siddheshwar Mandir, Solapur Mahanagarpalika, Killa Parisar - 15 [3] AShridevi John FulareBharatiya Janata Party
BVijaya Nagesh KharatBharatiya Janata Party
CVinod Dharma BhosaleBharatiya Janata Party
DChetan NaroteIndian National Congress
16Modi, Shaskiya Vishram Gruha, Police Aayuktalaya - 16 [3] ANarsing AsadeIndian National Congress
BShweta Prashant KharatBharatiya Janata Party
CKalpana Santosh KadamBharatiya Janata Party
DPriyadarshan SatheShiv Sena (Eknath Shinde)
17Kongad Kumbhar Wasti, Shastri Nagar - 17 [3] ANirmala Harish JangamBharatiya Janata Party
BBharatsingh Vitthalsingh BadurwaleBharatiya Janata Party
CJugnubai AmbevaleBharatiya Janata Party
DRavi Shankarsing KayyavaleBharatiya Janata Party
18Shaskiya Krida Sankul, Aakashwani Kendra - 18 [3] AShrikanchana Ramesh YennamBharatiya Janata Party
BRajshri Shivshankar DodamaniBharatiya Janata Party
CPrashant Anil PalliBharatiya Janata Party
DShivanand Sidramappa PatilBharatiya Janata Party
19Nilam Nagar, Shramjivi Nagar - 19 [3] AKavita Hiralal GajjamBharatiya Janata Party
BVenkatesh Chandrayya KondiBharatiya Janata Party
CKalavati Anand GadgeBharatiya Janata Party
DBasavaraj Ramanna KenganalkarBharatiya Janata Party
20Parasi Vihir, Swagat Nagar - 20 [3] ASafiya ChoudharyAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
BAnisa MogalAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
CAzhar HundekariAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
DAzharoddin JahagirdarAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
21Mohite Nagar, Sahara Nagar, Gurunanak Nagar - 21 [3] ASangita Shivaji JadhavBharatiya Janata Party
BShivaji Uttamrao WaghmodeBharatiya Janata Party
CManjeri Sanket KilledarBharatiya Janata Party
DSatvik Prashant BadweBharatiya Janata Party
22Ramwadi, Limayewadi, Revansiddheshwar Mandir - 22 [3] ADattatray Margu NadgiriBharatiya Janata Party
BAmbika Nagesh GaikwadBharatiya Janata Party
CChaitrali Shivraj GaikwadBharatiya Janata Party
DKisan Lakshman JadhavBharatiya Janata Party
23Salgar Wasti, Nirmiti Vihar, Rajaswa Nagar, Soregaon, Pratap Nagar - 23 [3] ASatyajit Subodh WaghmodeBharatiya Janata Party
BAarti Akshay WakaseBharatiya Janata Party
CGnyaneshwari Mahesh DevkarBharatiya Janata Party
DRajshekhar Mallikarjun PatilBharatiya Janata Party
24Sambhaji Talav, D-Mart, ITI, Jule Solapur (Bhag) - 24 [3] AMadhusudan Dinesh JangamBharatiya Janata Party
BVanita Santosh PatilBharatiya Janata Party
CAshwini Mohan ChavanBharatiya Janata Party
DNarendra Govind KaleBharatiya Janata Party
25Vimantal, Hatture Wasti, Siddheshwar Sakhar Karkhana - 25 [3] ASuman Jeevan ChabukswarBharatiya Janata Party
BVaibhav HattureNationalist Congress Party (Ajit Pawar)
CVaishali Anil BhopaleBharatiya Janata Party
26Kalyan Nagar, S.R.P. Camp, Kumthe Gavthan - 26 [3] ASangita Shankar JadhavBharatiya Janata Party
BDeepak Vijay JamadarBharatiya Janata Party
CJaykumar Brahmadev ManeBharatiya Janata Party

List of mayors

List of Mayor of Solapur City SMC [4]
#MayorTermElectionParty
1Parasmal Jairam Joshi1 May 196430 June 19662 years, 60 days
2Tatyasaheb Ghongde1 July 196631 May 1967334 days
3Irayya Narsayya Boli26 June 196919 June 1970358 days
4Ganeshappa Bali19 June 197017 June 1971363 days
5Vishwanath Banshetty17 June 197116 June 1972365 days
6Rajaram Burgul17 June 197220 June 19731 year, 3 days
7Baburao Chakote20 June 197320 June 19741 year, 0 days
8Bhimrao Jadhav20 June 197423 June 19751 year, 3 days
9Yunus Zainuddin Shaikh23 June 197519 June 1976362 days
10Balchandra Shetty Alkunte19 June 197619 June 19771 year, 0 days
11Vishwanath Bhogde19 June 197719 June 19781 year, 0 days
12Sidram Malaya Adam19 June 197819 June 19791 year, 0 days
13Bhagwan Sakharam Chavan19 June 197916 June 1980363 days
14Narayandas Rathi16 June 198019 June 19811 year, 3 days
Administrator's rule20 June 19819 May 19853 years, 323 daysN. A.
16Puranchandra Punjal9 May 198518 May 19861 year, 9 days1985
17Kishore Deshpande19 May 198619 May 19871 year, 0 days
18Bandappa Munale19 May 198720 May 19881 year, 1 day1987
19Mahadev Mahindrakar20 May 198819 May 1989364 days
20Dharmanna Sadul19 May 198919 May 19901 year, 0 days
21Muralidhar Patre19 May 199029 March 1991314 days
22Umar Khan Nabi Khan Berea29 March 19917 March 1992344 days
23Vishwanath Chakote7 March 199220 March 19931 year, 13 days1992
24Manohar Sapate20 March 199320 March 19941 year, 0 days
25Mahesh Kothe20 March 199420 March 19951 year, 0 days
26Subhash Patankar20 March 199520 March 19961 year, 0 days
27Khajadaud Yusuf Nalband20 March 19966 March 1997351 days
28Shevantabai Pawar6 March 199720 March 19981 year, 14 days1997
29Janardhan Karampuri20 March 199820 March 19991 year, 0 days
30Sanjay Hemgaddi20 March 19996 March 20022 years, 351 days
31Nalini Chandele6 March 200218 February 20052 years, 349 days2002
32Vitthal Jadhav19 February 20055 March 20072 years, 14 days
33Aruna Vakse6 March 200730 November 20092 years, 269 days2007
34Arif Ismail Shaikh1 December 20095 March 20122 years, 95 days
35 [5] Alka Rathod6 March 20125 September 20142 years, 183 days2012 Indian National Congress
36 [6] Sushila Abute6 September 20147 March 20172 years, 182 days
37 [7] Shobha Banshetti8 March 20173 December 20192 years, 270 days2017 Bharatiya Janata Party
38 [8] Srikanchana Yannam4 December 20198 March 20222 years, 94 days
Administrator's rule8 March 2022present3 years, 319 daysN. A.
39TBATBATBA02026 Bharatiya Janata Party

Revenue sources

The following are the income sources for the corporation from the Central and State Government.

Revenue from taxes

Following is the tax-related revenue for the corporation.

Revenue from non-tax sources

Following is the non-tax related revenue for the corporation.

Responsibilities

The body is responsible for administering and providing various services to the city's citizens. [9] Such services include:

  1. Building and maintenance of roads, streets and flyovers
  2. Garbage disposal and street cleanliness
  3. Public municipal schools
  4. Street lighting
  5. Maintenance of parks and open spaces
  6. Urban development and city planning of new areas
  7. Registering of births and deaths
  8. Health & Sanitation

SMC co-ordinates with various other government organizations like:

etc. for delivering these basic urban services.

Departments

Following are the departments in SMC

Committees

SMC elected body which presides over administration through committees appointed and consisting the corporators/councillors of the house.

Following is the list of committees

Services

Solapur Municipal Corporation perceives its role as the principal facilitator and provider of services as detailed below to provide a better quality of life. [10]

Election

Solapur is one of the most important municipalities in western Maharashtra. Solapur Metropolitan Municipal ward number one had four wards in 2017. However, in 2022, according to the new structure, the division number is now divided into three wards. So a ward has been reduced. [11]

The following are the total population in the municipal elections in 2017, and the caste classification of the total population was as follows.

solapur corporation recent elections held on 2026

Party Composition

S.No.Party NameParty flag or symbolAllianceNumber of Corporators
01 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Logo of the Bharatiya Janata Party.svg
NDA 87
87 / 102
02 Shiv Sena
Logo of Shiv Sena.svg
NDA 04
4 / 102
03 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen logo.svg
08
8 / 102
04 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)
NCP-flag.svg
NDA 01
1 / 102
05 Indian National Congress (INC)
INC Logo.png
MVA 02
2 / 102

Election results

2026 results

PartySeats+/-
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)87Increase2.svg 5
Shiv Sena (SHS)04Decrease2.svg 17
Indian National Congress (INC)02Decrease2.svg 12
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)08Decrease2.svg 01
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)01Decrease2.svg 33
Others00Decrease2.svg 05
Total
102
Source : [12]

2017 results

PartySeats+/-
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)49Increase2.svg 24
Shiv Sena (SHS)21Increase2.svg 13
Indian National Congress (INC)14Decrease2.svg 31
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)09Increase2.svg 6
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)04Decrease2.svg 12
Others05
Total
102
Source : [13] [14]

2012 results

PartySeats+/-
Indian National Congress (INC)45
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)25
Shiv Sena (SHS)08
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)16
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM)3
Others5
Total
102
Source : [15]

See also

References

[3]

  1. ↑ "BMC elections date: Mumbai to vote on January 15; counting on January 16". The Economic Times. Mumbai. 15 December 2025. Retrieved 16 December 2025. The election schedule for 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra... Date of poll is 15th January, 2026, and counting of votes is on 16th January 2026." The elections... will cover 2,869 seats across the 29 municipal corporations... Besides Mumbai, the municipal corporations going to polls include... Solapur...
  2. ↑ "Solapur Municipality History and Establishment". Solapur Municipal Corporation.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 "Solapur Municipal Election Result 2026 All Candidate List". ABP Majha (in Marathi). ABP Network. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  4. ↑ "Welcome to Solapur Municipal Corporation, Solapur".
  5. ↑ "सोलापूरच्या महापौरपदी अलका राठोड तर उपमहापौरपदी सय्यद". Divya Marathi Bhaskar.
  6. ↑ "सोलापूरच्या महापौरपदी काँग्रेसच्या प्रा. आबुटे". Loksatta (in Marathi). 7 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "सोलापूरच्या महापौरपदी भाजपच्या शोभा बनशेट्टी". marathi.abplive.com. 8 March 2017.
  8. ↑ "सोलापूरचं महापौरपद भाजपने राखलं, श्रीकांचना यन्नम महापौरपदी, शिवसेनेचंही 1 मत भाजपला!". TV9 Marathi. 4 December 2019.
  9. ↑ "Nature of work of Solapur Municipal Corporation". Solapur Municipal Corporation.
  10. ↑ "Welcome to Solapur Municipal Corporation, Solapur". www.solapurcorporation.gov.in. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  11. ↑ "SMC Election 2022 : सोलापूर वॉर्ड 01 : 2017 साली चारही वॉर्ड भाजपने जिंकले! 2022 मध्ये 3 वॉर्ड, पुन्हा कमळ फुलेल?". 26 July 2022.
  12. ↑ "Solapur Municipal Election Result 2026 All Candidate List". ABP Majha. Retrieved 17 January 2026.
  13. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 4 April 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  14. ↑ "Solapur Municipal Election Results". ABP Marathi. 27 May 2017. Retrieved 27 May 2017.
  15. ↑ "Solapur Municipal Election Results". ABP Marathi. 27 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
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