Mohali Municipal Corporation

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Municipal Corporation Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar (Mohali)
Type
Type
Local Authority (Municipal Corporation)
of the Mohali
Leadership
Amarjeet Singh Sidhu [1]
since February 2021
Municipal Commissioner
, PCS
Structure
Seats50
Political groups
INC (37)
Azad Group-AAP Alliance (10)
Independents (3) [2]
Elections
Last election
February 2021
Motto
(English: Think Big Achieve Big)
Meeting place
Municipal Corporation Complex, Sector 68, SAS Nagar (Mohali)
Website
mcmohali.org

The Municipal Corporation Mohali (MCM) also known as Municipal Corporation SAS Nagar is the civic body that governs the planned city of Mohali in Punjab, India. Mohali is also the headquarters of the Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district, popularly known as SAS Nagar, of the Punjab State.There are 50 wards of the city. There was 60.48% voter turnout in first election held on 22 February 2015. [3]

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Past City Corporation (2015-2020)

Kulwant Singh was inaugural Mayor of Mohali since 31 August 2015 [4] [5] while Rishabh Jain was elected senior Deputy Mayor and Manjit Singh Sethi was Deputy Mayor of Mohali until 2020. [6] Following is list of corporators chosen after Mohali Municipal Council Election 2015: [7] -

Wards and Councillors

CouncillorWardSectorsPolitical Party
Rajinder Prashad Sharma1Sector 56, 56A, 57, Industrial Ara VIIndependent
Narain Singh Sidhu2Sector 56, 57 Indian National Congress
Suman Garg3Sector 55 Indian National Congress
Gurmit Kaur4Sector 55Independent
Bharat Bhushan Mynee5Sector 54 & 55 Shiromani Akali Dal
Nachattar Singh6Village Mohali Indian National Congress
Kulwant Kaur7Sector 57, Mohali Village Indian National Congress
Ashok Kumar Jha8Sector 58 & 59, Mohali Village Bharatiya Janata Party
Arun Sharma9Sector 59 Bharatiya Janata Party
Kuldeep Kaur Kang10Sector 59 Shiromani Akali Dal
Gurmukh Singh Sohal11Sector 59 Shiromani Akali Dal
Rajinder Singh Rana12Sector 54, 59, Madanpura Village Indian National Congress
Jaspreet Kaur13Sector 54 Shiromani Akali Dal
Manjit Sing Sethi14Sector 53, Madanpura VillageIndependent
Harmanpreet Singh Prince15Sector 60 Shiromani Akali Dal
Taranjit Kaur Gill16Sector 60 Indian National Congress
Kuljit Singh Bedi17Sector 60 Indian National Congress
Paramjit Kaur Kahlon18Sector 61 Shiromani Akali Dal
Harvinder Kaur Lang19Sector 61Independent
Sahibee Anand20Sector 61 Bharatiya Janata Party
Phool Raj Singh21Sector 61Independent
Surjit Kaur Sodhi22Sector 70 Indian National Congress
Satvir Singh Dhanna23Sector 51, 62, 63 and 69 Shiromani Akali Dal
Kamaljit Singh Ruby24Sector 63 Shiromani Akali Dal
Sarabjit Singh Samana25Sector 63, 64Independent
Kulwinder Kaur Rangi26Sector 63, 64 Indian National Congress
Gurmit Singh Walia27Sector 63, 64 Shiromani Akali Dal
Hardip Singh Sarao28Sector 64, 65 Bharatiya Janata Party
Opinder Preet Kaur Gill(Daughter of Amteshwar Kaur) [8] 29Sector 48, 65Independent
Amrik Singh Tehsildar30Sector 65Independent
Raj Rani31Sector 65 Indian National Congress
Rishabh Jain32Sector 65, 65A Indian National Congress
Jasbir Singh33Sector 65, 66 & Industrial Area IX Indian National Congress
Rajni Goyal34Sector 66Independent
Parwinder Singh35Sector 67, 80 Shiromani Akali Dal
Shinder Pal Singh36Sector 68 Bharatiya Janata Party
Parkashwati Kaur37Sector 63 Bharatiya Janata Party
Ravinder Singh38Sector 68 & Kumbhra VillageIndependent
Ramanpreet Kaur39Sector 68 & Kumbhra Village Shiromani Akali Dal
Jasbir Kaur Atli40Sector 68 Shiromani Akali Dal
Surinder Singh41Sohana Village, Sector 78, 79 and 80 Shiromani Akali Dal
Parvinder Singh Sohana42Sohana Village Shiromani Akali Dal
Kamaljit Kaur43Sohana & Sector 78 Shiromani Akali Dal
Amrik Singh Somal44Sector 71, 74, 75, 76, 77, 90 and 91 Indian National Congress
Surinder Singh Rajput45Sector 70 Indian National Congress
Rajinder Kaur46Sector 69 and 78 Shiromani Akali Dal
Sukhdev Singh Patwari47Sector 70 Shiromani Akali Dal
Karamjit Kaur48Sector 70 & MattaurIndependent
Kulwant Singh 49Sector 71 & MattaurIndependent
Harpal Singh50Sector 71,72,73, 73-A, MattaurIndependent

The main problems in city include parking, water shortage, garbage and parks/green belts maintenance are to be taken care of by these corporators.

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