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| name = Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation
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| leader1 = [[Moka Venkateswaramma]] ([[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]])
| leader2_type = [[Deputy Mayor]]
| leader2 = [[Tantipudi Kavitha]] ([[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]) [[Lanka Suribabu]] ([[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]])
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'''Government (44)'''
*{{colorbox|#1569C7}} [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]] (44)
'''Opposition (6)'''
*{{colorbox|#FFFF00}} [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] (5)
*{{colorbox|#EE0000}} [[Jana Sena Party|JSP]] (1)
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'''Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation''' is the civic body that governs the city of [[Machilipatnam]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="mmc">{{cite web|title=Machilipatnam Municipality|url=http://mmc.ind.in/|website=Official website of Machilipatnam Municipality|accessdate=30 January 2016|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109213331/http://mmc.ind.in/|archivedate=9 January 2016}}</ref> [[Machilipatnam]] was upgraded to corporation, but it continues to be a municipality till the expiry of its present elected council.<ref>{{cite news|title=Masula to remain a municipality|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/masula-to-remain-a-municipality/article8260475.ece|accessdate=20 February 2016|date=30 March 2016|location=Hyderabad}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Vizianagaram, Masula to continue as municipalities|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/andhra-pradesh/vizianagaram-masula-to-continue-as-municipalities/article8411098.ece|accessdate=1 April 2016|date=30 March 2016|archivedate=25 November 2015|location=Hyderabad}}</ref>

== Jurisdiction ==

The corporation is spread over an area of {{Convert|26.67|km2|abbr=on}}. It was constituted as a municipality in the year 1866 and was upgraded to corporation from special grade municipality on 9 December 2015.<ref>{{cite news|title=Masula, Srikakulam, Vizianagaram upgraded into corporations|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/masula-srikakulam-vizianagaram-upgraded-into-corporations/article7967915.ece|accessdate=10 December 2015|work=The Hindu|date=10 December 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409032222/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/vijayawada/masula-srikakulam-vizianagaram-upgraded-into-corporations/article7967915.ece|archivedate=9 April 2016|location=Vijayawada}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Population Glitch for Masula to Turn into Corporation|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/Population-Glitch-for-Masula-to-Turn-into-Corporation/2015/02/20/article2677908.ece|accessdate=10 December 2015|date=20 February 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125224735/http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/andhra_pradesh/Population-Glitch-for-Masula-to-Turn-into-Corporation/2015/02/20/article2677908.ece|archivedate=25 November 2015|location=Machilipatnam}}</ref>

== Administration ==

The corporation is administered by an elected body, headed by the Mayor. The corporation population as per the [[2011 Census of India]] was 169,892. The present commissioner of the corporation is A.S.N.V.Maruthi Diwakar and the municipal chair person is Motamarri Venkata Baba Prasad.<ref name="mmc" />

==Awards and achievements==
In 2015, as per the ''[[Swachh Bharat Abhiyan]]'' of the [[Ministry of Urban Development]], Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation was ranked 301st in the country.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Sandeep Kumar|first1=S|title=Small towns fare better in Swachh Bharat rankings|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/small-towns-fare-better-in-swachh-bharat-rankings/article7520320.ece|accessdate=30 March 2016|work=The Hindu|date=10 August 2015|location=Vijayawada}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Municipalities of Andhra Pradesh}}

[[Category:Municipal corporations in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Local government in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Machilipatnam]]
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