Chandernagore Municipal Corporation

2021-07-15T09:12:58Z

161.3.56.133: added the phrase 'local self government'

{{Short description|Municipal Corporation in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
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| name = Chandernagore Municipal Corporation
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| coa_alt = Logo of Chandernagore Municipal Corporation
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| foundation = {{start date and age|1994}}
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| leader1_type = Mayor
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| leader2_type = Deputy Mayor
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| seats = 33
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| next_election1 = 2021
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'''Chandernagore Municipal Corporation''' or '''CMC''' is the [[Local self-government in India|local government]] that governs the city of [[Chandannagar]] and its surrounding areas ([[Mankundu]]) in [[Chandannagore subdivision]] of [[Hooghly district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==History==
Chandannagore Municipality was established in 1955, as per the Chandannagore Municipal Act, 1955 (WB Act XVIII of 1955). It became Chandannagore Municipal Corporation in 1994 as per the Chandernagore Municipal Corporation Act, 1990 (West Bengal Act XXXII of 1990). From 2006, it has been governed by the [http://wbdma.gov.in/HTM/MUNI_WB_Act_XXXIX_2006.htm West Bengal Municipal Corporation Act, 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914084353/http://www.wbdma.gov.in/HTM/MUNI_WB_Act_XXXIX_2006.htm |date=14 September 2018 }} (West Bengal Act XXXIX of 2006).<ref name="municipality">{{cite web | url = http://chandernagoremunicipalcorporation.in/Content.aspx?ID=History | title = Chandernagore Municipal Corporation | work= History of Chandannagar| publisher = Chandernagore Municipal Corporation | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref>

There was a French trading post at Chandannagar from 1673. It became a permanent French settlement in 1688. It was a part of [[French India]] till 1950, when Government of India took over the administration of Chandannagar. It was merged with the state of West Bengal on 2 October 1954.<ref name="municipality"/>

==Geography==
[[File:Map Of Chandernagore Municipal Corporation.jpg|thumb|300px|Map of Chandernagore Municipal Corporation]]
Chandernagore Municipal Corporation covers an area of 22.03 km<sup>2</sup> and has a total population of 166,771 (2011).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.wbdma.gov.in/HTM/DIS/MUNI_COR_Chandannagore.htm | title = Chandernagore Municipal Corporation | publisher = Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal | work = Urban Local Bodies | access-date = 4 July 2017 | archive-date = 26 March 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170326042317/http://www.wbdma.gov.in/HTM/DIS/MUNI_COR_Chandannagore.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref>

In 1981, 27.20% of the total population formed main workers and 72.80% were non-workers in Chandernagore Municipal Corporation and 44.77% of the total main workers were industrial workers. This may be interpreted as follows: although industrial activities are prominent in the municipal areas of the region, the major portion of the population is [[Commuting|commuters]] and migrants find employment in the area.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/68558/14/14_chapter%205.pdf | title = Chapter V Industrial set up of the study area | work = Table 16, page 232, Table 17, page 233, Table 18, page 236 | publisher = Shodhganga | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref>

==Healthcare==
Chandannagar Subvisional Hospital, with 250 beds, and Rupalal Nandi Cancer Research Centre, with 30 beds, are located in the Chandernagore Municipal Corporation area.<ref name=medical>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 15 July 2017}}</ref>

==Elections==
In the 2015 municipal elections for Chandernagore Municipal Corporation [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won 21 seats, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] 7 seats, [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] 1 seat, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] 3 seats and [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] 1 seat.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbsec.gov.in/(S(ok51ajaejr1ty3qg43xq0kf1))/Municipal/FinalResult_All_Mun.aspx |title = Municipal General Election Results | work= Results of Municipal General Elections 2015 |publisher= West Bengal State Election Commission | access-date = 4 July 2017 }}</ref>

In the 2010 municipal elections for Chandernagore Municipal Corporation [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won 23 seats, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] won 7 seats, [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] won 1 seat and Independents won 2 seats.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbsec.gov.in/(S(x5feom55drnpkn55tfuthm55))/Municipal/Detailed_Mun_Yearwise.aspx |title = Municipal General Election Results | work= Results of Municipal General Elections yearwise |publisher= West Bengal State Election Commission | access-date = 11 July 2017 }}</ref>

About the 2010 municipal elections, [[The Guardian]] wrote, "Today's municipal elections are unlike any for decades: the Communists, who have held West Bengal's main towns almost without a break since the 1970s, are facing disaster… This time defeat is likely to be definitive and could signal the beginning of the end for the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM)."<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/30/west-bengal-elections-communists | title = India’s Communist party faces defeat in West Bengal heartland. | work = The Guardian, International Edition, 30 May 2010 | publisher = theguardian | access-date = 14 July 2017}}</ref>

In the 2005 municipal elections for Chandernagore Municipal Corporation, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] won 20 seats, [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] 10 seats and others 3 seats.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://hooghly.nic.in/Municpal_elec/Result_glance.htm | title = Municipal General Elections 2005 | work= District Hooghly | publisher = Hooghly district administration |access-date = 19 July 2017}}</ref>

==References==
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