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{{Short description|Local civic body in Amritsar, Punjab, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2023}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Amritsar Municipal Corporation
| coa_pic =
| coa_res =
| coa_alt =
| coa-pic =
| coa-res =
| house_type = [[Municipal Corporation]]
| preceded_by = Amritsar Municipal Council
| foundation =
| leader1_type = Minister in charge
| leader1 = [[Bhagwant Maan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://punjab.gov.in/department-of-local-government/#tab-3|title=Department of Local Government|website=punjab.gov.in|access-date=6 February 2021}}</ref>
| leader2_type = Mayor
| leader2 = Karmjit Singh Rintu
| party2 = [[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
| election2 = 2018
| leader3_type = Senior deputy mayor
| leader3 = Raman Bakshi
| party3 =[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| election3 = 2018
| leader4_type = Junior deputy mayor
| leader4 = Younas Kumar
| party4 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| election4 = 2018
| leader5_type = [[Municipal commissioner (India)|Municipal commissioner]]
| leader5 =
| election5 =
| official language = [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]
| seats ='''85'''
| structure1 = India Amritsar Municipal Corporation 2017.svg
| structure1_res = 280px
| political_groups1 =
'''Government (64)'''
* {{Color box|#00BFFF}} [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (60)
'''Opposition (21)'''
* {{Color box|#0F204A}} [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]] (7)
* {{Color box|#FF9933}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (6)
*{{Party index link|Aam Aadmi Party}} (4)
* {{Color box|#DDDDDD}} [[Independent politician|IND]] (8)
'''Ex-officios'''
* {{Party index link|Aam Aadmi Party}} (5)
| first_election1 = 1991
| next_election1 = 2022
| term_length = 5 Years
| session_res =
| meeting_place =
| website = {{Official website|https://www.amritsarcorp.com/}}
| motto =
}}
The '''Amritsar Municipal Corporation''' is a ''[[nagar nigam]]'' ([[urban local body|municipal corporation]]) which administers the city of [[Amritsar]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. It has 85 members elected with a [[first-past-the-post]] voting system and 5 ex-officio members which are MLA for [Assembly Constituency members]. The corporation was founded 1977, and the first elections were held in 1991.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=www.amritsarcorp.com|url=https://www.amritsarcorp.com/historyMCA.htm|access-date=2022-01-26|website=www.amritsarcorp.com}}</ref>

==Mayor==
The '''mayor of Amritsar''' is the elected chief of the Municipal Corporation of Amritsar. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. The role is largely ceremonial as the real powers are vested in the Municipal Commissioner.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cms.gcg11.ac.in/attachments/article/233/Mayor.pdf|title=Mayor - Powers and Functions|access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref> The mayor plays a decorative role of representing and upholding the dignity of the city and a functional role in deliberating over the discussions in the corporation.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-07-20|title=Directly elected mayor: An idea whose time has come|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai-news/directly-elected-mayor-an-idea-whose-time-has-come/story-XUhycvDC7wcTCxthjsUY7O.html|access-date=2021-03-04|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Name
!Took office
!Left office
!Tenure
!colspan=2|Party
!Corporation
!Ward No.
!Ref.
|-
!1
|[[Om Parkash Soni]]
|25 June 1991
|18 June 1996
|{{age in years and days|1991|6|25|1996|6|18}}
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!2
|Subash Sharma
|28 May 1997
|18 October 2000
|{{age in years and days|1997|5|28|2000|10|18}}
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!3
|Brij Mohan Kapur
|18 October 2000
|27 April 2002
|{{age in years and days|2000|10|18|2002|4|27}}
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!4
|[[Sunil Dutti]]
|15 June 2002
|2007
|5 years
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!-
|[[Shwait Malik]]
|6 September 2007
|2012
|5 years
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!-
|Bakshi Ram Arora
|19 September 2012
|2017
|5 years
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|
|
|<ref name=":0" />
|-
!8
|Karamjit Singh Rintu
|23 January 2018
|Incumbent
|{{age in years and days|2018|1|23|}}
|bgcolor={{party color|Aam Aadmi Party}}|
|[[Aam Aadmi Party|AAP]]
|
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=24 January 2018|first=Yudhvir|last=Rana|title=Rintu elected 8th mayor of Amritsar|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/amritsar/rintu-elected-8th-mayor-of-amritsar/articleshow/62626126.cms|access-date=2022-01-26|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
|}

==Deputy mayors==
'''Senior Deputy Mayor'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Name
!Took office
!Left office
!Tenure
!colspan=2|Party
!Corporation
!Ward No.
|-
!-
|Raman Bakshi
|23 January 2018
|Incumbent
|{{age in years and days|2018|1|23|}}
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|
|
|}

'''Junior Deputy Mayor'''
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!S. No.
!Name
!Took office
!Left office
!Tenure
!colspan=2|Party
!Corporation
!Ward No.
|-
!-
|Younas Kumar
|23 January 2018
|Incumbent
|{{age in years and days|2018|1|23|}}
|bgcolor=#00BFFF|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|
|
|}

== Elections ==
2017<ref>{{Cite web|title=Punjab Municipal Election 2017: Congress sweeps polls, SAD-BJP cries foul|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/elections/punjab-municipal-election-2017-congress-sweeps-polls-sad-bjp-cries-foul/978424/|access-date=2022-01-26|website=The Financial Express|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

[[Category:Municipal corporations in Punjab, India]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Amritsar]]

Amritsar Municipal Corporation - Revision history

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