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{{Short description|This is 10th Biggest Corporation of Tamilnadu}}
{{Cleanup|reason=Clarity|date=August 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2014}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Nagercoil Municipal Corporation
| native_name = நாகர்கோவில் மாநகராட்சி
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| legislature =
| coa_pic = CAHjcDDS 400x400.jpg
| coa_res = 150px
| coa_alt = The logo of the Corporation of Nagercoil
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| house_type = Municipal corporation
| established = 2019<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Nagercoil City Municipal Corporation Act, 2019|url=https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/acts_states/tamil-nadu/2019/Act%2011%20of%202019%20TN.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| leader1_type = [[Mayor]] 
| leader1 = Mahesh
| party1 = DMK
| election1 = 2022
| leader2_type = [[Deputy Mayor]]
| leader2 = Mary Princy

| party2 = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| election2 = 2022
| leader3_type = [[Commissioner]]
| leader3 = Asha Ajith, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
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| leader4_type = [[Deputy Commissioner]]
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| party4 =[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
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| leader5_type = [[District Collector]]
| leader5 = Aravind, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]
| seats = 52
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| structure1 =[[File:Nagercoil Corporation.svg]]
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| political_groups1 ='''Government (Alliance) (32)'''<br>
*'''[[Secular Progressive Alliance|SPA]] (32)'''
:*{{Color box|{{Party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}}} [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] (24)
:*{{Color box|{{Party color|Indian National Congress}}}} [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (7)
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:*{{Color box|{{Party color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}}} [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]] (1)

'''[[Opposition (politics)|Opposition]] (18)'''

:*{{Color box|{{Party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (11)
:*{{Color box|{{Party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}}} [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] (7)
'''Others (2)'''
:*{{Color box|#757575}} [[Independent politician|IND]] (2)
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| session_room =Nagercoil Corporation.jpg
| session_res = 240px
| meeting_place = Corporation Office Nagercoil
| website = {{URL|https://www.tnurbantree.tn.gov.in/nagercoil/}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Nagercoil Municipal Corporation''' is located in Kanyakumari district. Nagercoil is the administrative headquarters of [[Kanyakumari district]] and it is located in southern [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2019-02-14|title=Hosur, Nagercoil to become corporations|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/hosur-nagercoil-to-become-corporations/article26261927.ece|access-date=2021-11-30|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> The municipality is located 18 km north of [[Kanyakumari]]. Nagercoil Corporation is a forum with 52 members. At present '''Kottar''', '''Asaripallam''' and '''Ilangadai''' are the important places in Nagercoil Corporation. The annual tax revenue of this corporation is 81 crore rupees.

== History ==
Nagercoil Municipality was established in 1920 during the reign of [[Travancore]] State. In 1947, Nagercoil was upgraded to a primary municipality.
Kanyakumari district, which was part of the princely state of Travancore, was annexed to [[Tamil Nadu]] on 1 November 1956 as a result of the '''Kumari liberation struggle'''. When it became a district of Tamil Nadu, Nagercoil municipality was upgraded to a secondary municipality in 1956 and then to a primary municipality in 1961. It was later upgraded to an elective municipality on 12 October 1978 and a special status municipality from 30 May 1988. Then, on 14 February 2019, [[Corporation]] Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu '''Edappadi . Palanisamy''' has announced.

== Administration ==
{| border="1"
|+'''Nagercoil Corporation'''
|-style="color:yellow; background-color:#4444AA;"
!Commissioner
!Mayor
!Deputy Mayor
!Corporators
|-style="font-style:italic; color:green;"
|align="center"| Asha Ajith
|align="center"| Mahesh
|align="center"| Mary Princy
|align="center"|'''52'''
|}

==Elections ==
The seats of the [[Mayor]], [[Deputy Mayor]] and the corporation council of the Nagercoil Municipal Corporation have been vacant since 2016. As part of the [[2022 Tamil Nadu urban civic body elections]], the Nagercoil Corporation went to polling on 19 February 2022, alongside 20 other municipal corporations of Tamil Nadu, to elect 52 councillors to represent the city's 52 wards; the councillors will choose one amongst themselves as the Mayor of Nagercoil. The election results were announced on 22 February 2022 by the [[Tamil Nadu State Election Commission]]. The [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) won 24 out of the total 52 wards in Nagercoil, with the other parties in its [[Secular Progressive Alliance]] winning 8 more seats—7 for [[Indian National Congress]], 1 for [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (MDMK). The [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) won 7 seats. The [[Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)]], the ruling party of the [[Union Government of India]], won 11 seats. Aside parties, two independent candidates won in their respective wards.

== Important information ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="color:blue; background-color:#EE8844;" colspan="4"| '''Area sq.ml'''
|-
|align="center" colspan="4"|49.10 sq.ml
|-
! style="color:blue; background-color:#AACC44;" colspan="4"|'''Population'''
|-
| align=" center" colspan="2"|2011 According to
| align="center" colspan="2"|2,60,849
|-
! style="color:yellow; background-color:#2222AA;" colspan="4"|'''Zones'''
|-
|align="center"|East
|align="center"|West
|align="center"|South
|align="center"|North
|-
!style="color:yellow; background-color:#888866;" colspan="4"|'''Corporators'''
|-
|align="center" colspan="4"|52
|-
!style="color:blue; background-color:#CCEE66;" colspan="4"| Working teams
|-
|align="center" colspan="4"| Tax and Found Team
|-
|align="center" colspan="4"| Work Team
|-
|align="center" colspan="4"| Plan Team
|-
|align="center" colspan="4"| Welfare Team
|-
|align="center" colspan="4"| Education Team
|-
|align="center" colspan="4"| Calculation team
|-
|}

== Administrative Areas ==
Covering an area of 24.27 km<sup>2</sup>, Nagercoil Corporation consisted of former Nagercoil village, Vadiveeswaram village, Vadasery village and Neendakarai village. Currently, the [[Acharipallam|Asaripallam]] Town Panchayat is annexed to the Nagercoil municipality. The corporation functions as a forum with 52 members.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://kanniyakumari.nic.in/directory/saravanakumar/ Municipal Commissioner, Nagercoil]
*[https://www.tnurbantree.tn.gov.in/nagercoil/ Nagercoil Corporation]

[[Category:Nagercoil]]

Nagercoil Municipal Corporation - Revision history

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