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'''This District''' has four types of administrative hierarchies:
* Taluk and Village administration managed by the provincial government of Kerala
* Panchayath Administration managed by the local bodies
* Parliament Constituencies for the federal government of India
* Assembly Constituencies for the provincial government of Kerala

==Introduction==
The [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] and Secretariat are located in Thiruvananthapuram. The city also serves as the headquarters of the [[Thiruvananthapuram district]]. The Thiruvananthapuram municipality was established in 1920 and was declared as a Corporation on 30 October 1940, during the rule of [[Chitra Thirunal Bala Rama Varma]].<ref name="Thiruvananthapuram History Intro">{{cite web|title=Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation|url=http://www.corporationoftrivandrum.org/|work=Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation Introduction|access-date=3 January 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916043822/http://www.corporationoftrivandrum.org/|archive-date=2010-09-16|url-status=dead}}</ref> The city is administered by the [[Thiruvananthapuram Corporation]] which headed by a mayor and is responsible for the overall supervision and control of the administrative functions.<ref>{{cite web|title=TVPM Administration|url=http://www.corporationoftrivandrum.in/organisation.html|work=Government of Kerala|access-date=6 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725051804/http://www.corporationoftrivandrum.in/organisation.html|archive-date=25 July 2010|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The city council is democratically elected and comprises 100 members representing various wards. The Corporation of Trivandrum was ranked second out of 21 cities on best governance and administrative practices in India in 2014.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Nair|first=Ajesh|title=Annual Survey of India's City-Systems|url=http://janaagraha.org/asics/images/Annual-Survey-of-Indias-City-Systems-2014.pdf|journal=Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy|access-date=6 March 2015}}</ref>
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| style="background:#f93; color:#0000;"|<center>'''Thiruvananthapuram City officials'''</center>

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|[[Mayor]]
|<center>'''V. K. Prasanth'''<ref>{{cite news|title=V. K. Prasanth elected Thiruvananthapuram Mayor|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/v-k-prasanth-elected-thiruvananthapuram-mayor/article7891641.ece|access-date=24 January 2016|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref></center>
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|[[Deputy Mayor]]
|<center>'''Rakhi Ravikumar'''<ref>{{cite news|title=Thiruvananthapuram Mayor, Deputy Mayor sworn in|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Thiruvananthapuram/mayor-deputy-mayor-sworn-in/article7894892.ece|access-date=24 January 2016|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref></center>
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|Corporation Secretary
|<center>'''Biju K IAS'''<ref name="Corporation Secretary ">{{cite web|title=Thiruvananthapuram Secretary|url=http://www.corporationoftrivandrum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=168&Itemid=41|work=Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation|access-date=29 October 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725195626/http://www.corporationoftrivandrum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=168&Itemid=41|archive-date=25 July 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref></center>
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|[[Commissioner of Police]]
|<center>'''G. Sparjan Kumar IPS<ref name="cptvm">{{cite news|title=Sparjan Kumar is new commissioner|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/Sparjan-Kumar-is-new-commissioner/articleshow/50319115.cms|access-date=24 January 2016|publisher=Times of India}}</ref></center>
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The city elects its member of Parliament for the [[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency]]. It contributes four members to the legislative assembly from [[Kazhakuttam]], Vattiyoorkavu, Thiruvananthapuram and [[Nemom]].<ref>{{cite report|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/03-DELIMITATION/01-FO-KERALA.pdf|title=Delimitation of Assembly Constituencies, Final Order|access-date=3 March 2011|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626221747/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/03-DELIMITATION/01-FO-KERALA.pdf|archive-date=26 June 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The law and order is managed by Kerala police headed by a [[Police Commissioner]], an officer of Deputy Inspector General rank in the [[Indian Police Service]]. The city is divided into three police sub-divisions headed by Assistant Commissioners. There are two traffic sub-divisions, a women's cell and a narcotics control cell.<ref name="Thiruvananthapuram City Police">{{cite web|publisher=Thiruvananthapuram City Police|url=http://www.tvmcitypolice.org/generalinformation.jsp|title=City Police of Thiruvananthapuram|access-date=25 August 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061103175244/http://www.tvmcitypolice.org/generalinformation.jsp|archive-date=3 November 2006|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

{{Infobox legislature
| name = Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation
| native_name = തിരുവനന്തപുരം നഗരസഭ
| native_name_lang = ml
| coa_pic =
| coa_res = 150px
| coa_alt =
| coa-pic =
| coa-res =
| house_type = Municipal Corporation
| body = Thiruvananthapuram
| leader1_type = Mayor
| leader1 = V.K. Prashant
| party1 = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| leader2_type = Deputy Mayor
| leader2 = Rakhi Ravikumar
| party2 = [[Communist Party of India]]
| leader3_type = Leader Of Opposition
| leader3 = Girikumar
| party3 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| members = 100
| last_election1 = 2015
| political_groups1 = [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]] (43) [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (35) [[United Democratic Front (India)|UDF]] (21) Independents (01)
| website = {{url|http://www.corporationoftrivandrum.in}}
}}

==District Administration==

[[File: Subdistricts of Thiruvananthapuram.png|thumb|Taluks in Thiruvananthapuram district]]
The headquarters of the district administration is at Kudappanakunnu, Thiruvananthapuram. The district administration is headed by the [[District collector]]. He is assisted by five deputy collectors holding charges of general matters, land acquisition, revenue recovery, land reforms and election.

The District Collector also holds the charge of the District Magistrate and is assisted by the Additional District Magistrate (Deputy Collector, General) and the Revenue Divisional Officer. The district has two revenue division, [[Thiruvananthapuram]] and [[Nedumangad]] which is headed by the Revenue Divisional Officer (RDO). He is also the Sub-Divisional Magistrate.

There are six taluks: [[Neyyattinkara]], Thiruvananthapuram, [[Nedumangad]], [[Chirayinkeezhu taluk|Chirayinkeezhu]], [[Varkala Taluk|Varkala]] and Kattakkada, each headed by a Tahsildar.

There are 120 villages under the six taluks of the district. The names of the taluks, their headquarters and the Villages under them are given in the box above.
Consequent to the 73rd amendment of the Constitution and the new Panchayat Raj-Nagarapalika Act, the Kerala [[Panchayat raj]] Act came into being on 23 April 1994. Thiruvananthapuram district has one district panchayat, 12 [[Block Panchayat|block panchayats]] and 78 [[Gram panchayat|grama panchayats]].

The Thiruvananthapuram District Panchayat has already worked out some notable developmental schemes in the agricultural, water supply and educational sectors. The District Panchayat president is the chairman of the [[District Planning in Kerala|District Planning Committee]] and the [[District Rural Development Agencies (India)|District Rural Development Agency]].<ref>[http://www.tvm.kerala.gov.in/administration.htm Administration] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311102356/http://www.tvm.kerala.gov.in/administration.htm |date=11 March 2012 }}</ref>

There are two parliamentary constituencies in the district. They are Attingal with constituency number 19, and [[Thiruvananthapuram]], with constituency number 20.<ref>[http://www.tvm.kerala.gov.in/administration.htm "Parliamentary Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311102356/http://www.tvm.kerala.gov.in/administration.htm |date=2012-03-11 }}.</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="float:left;margin-right:1em;"
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!No||Municipality!!Population
|-
| 1.|| [[Neyyattinkara]] || 69467
|-
| 2.|| [[Nedumangad]] || 56138
|-
| 3.|| [[Varkala]] || 42273
|-
| 4.|| [[Attingal]] || 35648
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right;margin-left:1em;"
|-
!No|| Name of Taluks !!Headquarters !! No. of Villages
|-
| 1.|| [[Chirayinkeezhu taluk|Chirayinkeezhu]] || [[Attingal]] ||align=center| 16
|-
| 2.|| [[Nedumangad taluk|Nedumangad]] || [[Nedumangad]] ||align=center| 24
|-
| 3.|| [[Neyyattinkara taluk|Neyyattinkara]] || [[Neyyattinkara]] ||align=center| 19
|-
| 4.|| [[Thiruvananthapuram taluk|Thiruvananthapuram]] || [[Thiruvananthapuram]] ||align=center| 30
|-
| 5.|| Varkala || [[Varkala]] ||align=center|13
|-
| 6.|| Kattakkada || [[Kattakkada]] ||align=center|14
|}

==Thiruvananthapuram city Administration==
'''Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation''' ({{lang-ml|തിരുവനന്തപുരം നഗരസഭ}}) is the largest city corporation in the state of [[Kerala]] in [[India]] by area and population. It is the [[Municipal Corporation]] that administrates the city of [[Thiruvananthapuram]], the capital of Kerala. The city corporation is spread over 214.86 km2 with [http://lsgkerala.gov.in/pages/electiondetails.php?intID=4&ID=167&ln=en 100 wards] and a population of 9,57,730 inhabitants.

The conservancy department was started in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in 1877 during the reign of the king [[Ayilyam Thirunal]]. Following this, the town was divided into 5 divisions, namely Kottaykkakam, [[Chalai, Thiruvananthapuram|Chalai]], Sreevaraham, Manacaud and [[Pettah, Thiruvananthapuram|Pettah]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corporationoftrivandrum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158&Itemid=11 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-02-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918085703/http://www.corporationoftrivandrum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158&Itemid=11 |archive-date=2010-09-18 }}</ref>

The first president of the Committee was Dewan Peshkar Iraviperur Pillai. There were 19 members in the committee. The Thiruvananthapuram Municipality came into existence in 1920. After two decades, during the reign of [[Sree Chithira Thirunal]], Thiruvananthapuram Municipality was converted into Corporation on 30 October 1940.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corporationoftrivandrum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158&Itemid=11 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2012-02-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918085703/http://www.corporationoftrivandrum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158&Itemid=11 |archive-date=2010-09-18 }} Year of becoming a corporation</ref>

The city [[corporation]] is ruled by the council of 100 members, headed by the [[Mayor]]. The Mayor (elected from among the councilors) chairs the Council meetings, and is responsible for the overall, supervision and control of the administrative functions of the Municipal Corporation. The Council is composed of all elected councilors. The administration of the TMC vests in the Council. The term of office of the council is five years. The TMC through the Council has all the powers, authority and responsibilities of the Government, to enable it to function as an institution of self-government in respect of the matters entrusted to it. The Council, constitute Standing Committees for exercising its powers, discharging such duties or performing such functions, as is provided for in the Kerala Municipalities Act. The Deputy Mayor is the Chairman of the Finance Standing Committee and also presides over the Council meetings during the absence of the Mayor. The Secretary of the TMC is an officer appointed by the Government. The law and order of the city is handled by the City Police Commissioner. The total police strength in the city including the Armed Reserve camp at Nandavanam and the SAP camp at Peroorkada, is about 4,500.

The corporation was divided into 24 wards covering an area of 30.66 km{{sup|2}} in 1940. Through years, the city corporation has grown up to 100 wards, and now the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Council is the second largest democratically elected body in Kerala after the Legislative Assembly [https://web.archive.org/web/20070310175015/http://www.hindu.com/2006/12/19/stories/2006121916210300.htm].

== Corporation Election 2015 ==

{{Empty section|date=September 2016}}

== Political performance ==
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!S.No. !! Party Name !! Party symbol !! Number of Corporators !! Change
|-
| 01 || [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]] || [[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.png|50px]] || 43 || {{decrease}} 8
|-
| 02 || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] || [[File:BJP election symbol.png|50px]] || 35 || {{increase}} 29
|-
| 03 || [[United Democratic Front (India)|UDF]] || || 21 || {{decrease}} 19
|-
| 04 || Independents || [[File:No flag.svg|75px]] || 01 || {{decrease}} 2
|-
|}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100916043822/http://www.corporationoftrivandrum.org/ Corporation Official Website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928005134/http://www.townplantvm.in/ Townplanning Department Official Website]
* [http://sec.kerala.gov.in/index.php/general-election-in-2015]

==References==
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{{Thiruvananthapuram}}

[[Category:Politics of Thiruvananthapuram district]]

Administration of Thiruvanathapuram district - Revision history

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