Prayagraj Municipal Corporation
Prayagraj Municipal Corporation Prayagraj Nagar Nigam | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Navneet Singh Chahal, IAS[1] | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 100 |
 | |
Political groups | Government (57)
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]
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
| 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 hold | Swing | ||||
| 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
- ^ "Who's who Prayagraj City". Prayagraj District. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "BJP's Ganesh Kesarwani wins mayoral seat of Prayagraj". The Times of India. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "BJP wins 56 of 100 wards in U.P.'s Prayagraj". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "2023 UP Municipal Election results". ECI Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
- ^ "Municipal Bodies | District Prayagraj, Government of Uttar Pradesh | India". Retrieved 8 October 2022.
- ^ Joshi, Ashutosh (2008). Town Planning Regeneration of Cities. ISBN 9788189422820.
- ^ Sachdeva, Pardeep (2011). Local Government in India. ISBN 9788131760444.
- ^ "Prayagraj City".
- ^ "Prayagraj City Development plan" (PDF).
- ^ "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.