Latur Municipal Corporation

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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}
{{One source|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Latur City Municipal Corporation
| house_type = [[Municipal Corporation]] of [[Latur]]
| leader1_type = Mayor
| leader1 =Mr. Vikrant Gojamgunde
| party1 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| leader2_type = Commissioner
| leader2 = Mr. Aman Mittal (IAS)
| leader3_type = Deputy Mayor
| leader3 = Mr. Chandrakant Birajdar
| party3 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| structure1 = File:India Maharashtra Latur Municipal Corporation 2017.svg
| structure1_res = 300px
| structure1_alt =
| political_groups1 =
*{{legend|#FF9933|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]: 35 seats}} (out of 35, 2 joined INC)
*{{legend|#00BFFF|[[Indian National Congress]]: 34 seats}}
*{{legend|#22409A|[[NCP]]: 1 seat}}
| leader4_type = Leader of opposition
| leader4 = Mr. Adv. Dipak sul
| party4 = [[indian national congress |INC]]
| leader5_type =
| leader5 =
| party5 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| members = 70
| last_election1 = 2017
| next_election1 = 2022
| meeting_place = Near Town Hall, main raod, Latur
| website = www.mclatur.com
|established=25 October 2011|Preceded by=[[Latur municipal council]]|motto=|Meeting place=LMC, [[Latur]]|Voting system=[[First past the post voting]]|Next election=2022}}
The '''Latur City Municipal Corporation''' (LCMC) also known as '''Municipal Corporation of Greater Latur''' (MCGL) established on 25 October 2011. The Maharashtra Government dissolved the council and approved forming a municipal corporation.

== Mayors of Latur ==
Mayors of LMC are listed below:

List of municipal president of Latur municipal council.

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!No.
!Name
!Party
!Term
|-
|1
|[[Shivraj Patil]]
|INC
|1967-1969
|-
|2
|
|
|
|-
|3
|
|
|
|-
|4
|Vikram Gojamgunde
|INC
|1989-1992
|-
|5
|S R deshmukh
|INC
|1992-1996
|-
|6
|
|
|
|-
|7
|Sharada Kamble
|INC
|1997-2002
|-
|8
|[[Janardan Waghmare]]
|NCP
|2002-2007
|-
|9
|Vyankat Bedre
|INC
|2007-2009
|-
|}
{{Short description|Municipal corporation in Maharashtra, India}}
List of Mayors of municipal corporation of Latur
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!No.
!Name
!Party
!Term
|-
|1
|Prof. Smita Khanapure
|INC
|2012-2014
|-
|2
|Akhtar Shaikh
|INC
|2014-2016
|-
|3
|Adv. Deepak Sul
|INC
|2016-2017
|-
|4
|Suresh Pawar
|BJP
|2017-2020
|-
|5
|Vikrant Gojamgunde
|INC
|2019-Present
|-
|}
{{Short description|Municipal corporation in Maharashtra, India}}

== History ==
[[Municipal council]] of Latur established in October 2011, as per existing law the then [[Government of Maharashtra]] has decided to convert LMC into newly [[Municipal corporation]] due to increasing population on the basis 2011 census data.

== Services ==
* Underground sewage system in the whole city

* All weather roads

* Efficient and sustainable solid waste management

* Health coverage to all, focused more on the poor

* Primary education to the needy & library facility to all

* Up gradation of the amenities in the existing slums and alternative accommodation

* Clean, green and pollution free environment

* Places of healthy entertainment and recreation

* Fire service

* Efficient urban planning and development

* Transportation

== Administration ==
The MCGL Municipal Corporation of Greater Latur (MCGL) controls the whole administration of [[Latur]]. The executive power of the corporation is vested in the commissioner, an IAS officer appointed by the [[Maharashtra]] state government. The corporation consists of directly elected corporators headed by a mayor. The mayor has few executive powers. The total number of LMC members is 70. The LMC is in charge of the civic needs and infrastructure of the metropolis. [[Latur]] is divided into 18 municipal wards, each represent 4 members
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|-
| colspan="3" style="background:teal; text-align:center;"| '''City Representatives'''
|-
| style="width:33%;"| '''[[Mayor]]'''
| Mr. Vikrant Vikram Gojamgunde
|-
| '''Municipal Commissioner & Administrator'''
| Mr. Aman Mittal, IAS
|-
| '''Dy. Mayor'''
| Mr. Chandrakant Birajdar
|
|-
| '''Leader of opposition'''
| Mr. Adv.Dipak sul

|-
|-
| '''[[Police Commissioner|Commissioner of Police]]'''
| Mr. Rajendra Mane, I.P.S.
|}

== Corporation Election ==

=== Political performance in Election 2012 ===
Result of election 2012 as follows
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!S.No. !! Party Name !! Party flag or symbol !! Number of Corporators
|-
| 01 || [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) || || 49
|-
| 02 || [[Shiv Sena]] (SS) || [[File:Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.png|75px]] || 06
|-
| 03 || [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP) || [[File:NCP-flag.svg|75px]] || 13
|-
| 04 || Republican Party of India || [[File:No flag.svg|75px]] || 02
|-
|}

=== Political performance in Election 2017 ===
The results of Election 2017 are as follows.<ref>[http://www.mahasec.com/marathi/results.pdf]{{dead link|date=December 2020}}</ref>
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!S.No. !! Party Name !! Party flag or symbol !! Number of Corporators
|-
| 01 || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) |||| 35
|-
| 02 || [[Indian National Congress]] (INC) || || 34
|-
| 03 || [[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP) || [[File:NCP-flag.svg|75px]] || 01
|-
| 04 || Independents || [[File:No flag.svg|75px]] || 0
|-
|}

== See also ==
* [[Latur Airport]]
* [[Marathwada]]
* [[Latur]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Municipal corporations in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Latur]]
[[Category:2011 establishments in Maharashtra]]

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