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{{Short description|Governing body in Port Blair, India}}

{{Infobox legislature
| name = Port Blair Municipal Council
| native_name = Sri Vijaya Puram Municipal Council
| native_name_lang =
| coa_pic = Sri Vijaya Puram Municipal Council Emblem.png
| coa_res =
| coa_alt =
| coa-pic =
| coa-res =
| house_type = [[Municipal council (India)|Municipal council]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|df=yes|paren=yes|br=yes|2 October 1957}}
| leader1_type = Chairperson
| leader1 = S. Shahul Hameed
| party1 = [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
| election1 = 25 April 2025<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sanjib |date=25 April 2024 |title=Sudeep Rai Sharma elected as Chairperson of PBMC for the Third Year Term |url=https://www.andamansheekha.com/127207/ |work=Andaman Sheekha |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref>
| leader2_type = Senior Vice Chairperson
| leader2 = D. Radhika
| party2 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| election2 = 25 April 2025
| leader3_type = Junior Vice Chairperson
| leader3 = Rajesh Ram
| party3 = [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| election3 = 25 April 2025
| leader4_type = Secretary
| leader4 = Smitha R, IAS
| seats = '''24'''
| structure1 = India Port Blair, A&N Islands Municipal Council Election 2022.svg
| structure1_res = 275px
| political_groups1 = '''Government (14)''' <br />
*{{color box|#FF9933}} [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] (14)
**{{color box|#FF9933}} [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] (11)
**{{color box|#FFED00}} [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] (2)
**{{color box|#B2B2B2}} [[Independent (politician)|IND]] (1)
'''Opposition (11)''' <br />
*{{color box|#00BFFF}} [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|INDIA]] (11)
**{{color box|#00BFFF}} [[Indian National Congress|INC]] (10)
**{{color box|#FF0D0D}} [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] (1)
| last_election1 = 2022
| next_election1 = 2027
| session_room =
| meeting_place = Indira Bhavan
| website = {{URL|https://pbmc.gov.in/}}
| motto =
}}

'''Port Blair Municipal Council''', officially '''Sri Vijaya Puram Municipal Council''', is the civic body that governs the city of [[Port Blair]], the capital of the Indian [[union territory]] of [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]. The council came into existence on 2 October 1957 as per the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Municipal Board's) Regulation enacted on 11 March 1957. It covers an area of {{cvt|44.22|km2}} and had a population of 140,572 as per the [[2011 census of India|2011 census]].<ref name="pbmc">{{cite web|title=Port Blair City|url=https://testpbmc.andaman.gov.in/about|access-date=23 November 2020|archive-date=17 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210617030734/http://testpbmc.andaman.gov.in/about|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Council ==
[[File:Seal of the Port Blair Municipal Council.svg|thumb|150px|Former logo of the Port Blair Municipal Council]]
Port Blair Municipal Council comprises 24 wards after the expansion of the municipal limits in 2015.<ref>{{cite news |title=Port Blair City Limit to be Expanded |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2011/oct/14/port-blair-city-limit-to-be-expanded-300361.html |access-date=17 March 2023 |work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=16 May 2012 }}</ref> The councilors are directly elected for a term of five years, and the council is led by a chairperson.<ref>{{cite news |date=5 March 2015 |title=Port Blair city all set for expansion; PBMC to have 24 wards |url=http://www.andamansheekha.com/29724/ |access-date=17 March 2023 |work=Andaman Sheeka}}</ref> The recent elections for the council were held in 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=Panchayat, Municipal Polls In Andaman and Nicobar Islands On Sunday |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/panchayat-municipal-polls-in-andaman-and-nicobar-islands-on-sunday-2805859 |access-date=10 November 2022|date=10 November 2022 |work=[[NDTV]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Panchayat and Municipal Elections-2022 BJP & Congress win 10 seats each, TDP bags 2, DMK & Independent Candidate won 1 seat each in Municipal Election |work=The Daily Telegram |url=https://dt.andaman.gov.in/DetailNews.aspx?newsid=kZb11nImcP2KNB3BIchPEXK5WDQxexcYPtDCsryK8u0= |access-date=10 November 2022 |date=10 November 2022}}</ref>

=== Electoral history ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Year
! [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
! [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
! [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
! [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
! [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
! [[Independent (politician)|IND]]
! class="unsortable" | Ref.
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2015
|11
|6
|2
|1
|1
|3
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Results of Panchayat & Municipal Elections 2015 Declared |url=https://www.andamanchronicle.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7415:results-of-panchayat-municipal-elections-2015-declared&catid=37&Itemid=142 |access-date=17 December 2022 |work=Andaman Chronicle}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
|2022
|10
|10
|2
|1
|0
|1
|<ref>{{cite web |date=17 March 2022 |title=BJP councillor elected new chairperson of Port Blair Municipal Council |url=https://theprint.in/india/bjp-councillor-elected-new-chairperson-of-port-blair-municipal-council/877387/ |access-date=17 December 2022 |work=[[The Print]] }}</ref>
|-
|}

=== Members ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
|-
! Ward
! Councillor
! colspan="2" | Party
! Notes
|-
| 1 || S. Shahul Hameed || {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
| Chairman<ref>{{cite web |title=Sri Vijaya Puram Municipal Council|url=https://pbmc.gov.in/#gsc.tab=0 |work=Port Blair Municipal Council |access-date=13 August 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 2 || R. Someshwara Rao || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 3 || Ramzan Ali || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|
|-
| 4 || Abdul Islam
|
|-
| 5 || S. Selvi || {{Full party name with color|Telugu Desam Party}}
|
|-
| 6 || Azizur Rahman || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
| 7 || Amar Devi || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|
|-
| 8 || Lakshmi Ganeshan
|
|-
| 9 || V. Ravi Chandran || {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|
|-
| 10 || T. Mangayarkarasi || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=5}}
|
|-
| 11 || Sanjeev Reddy
|
|-
| 12 || Vasantha
|
|-
| 13 || Sudeep Rai Sharma
|
|-
| 14 || Y. Joga Rao
|
|-
| 15 || B. Padmanabham || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=4}}
|
|-
| 16 || C. Karunanidhi
|
|-
| 17 || Dharmendra Narayan
|
|-
| 18 || Rajesh Pal Govind
|
|-
| 19 || V. Vetrivelu || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|
|-
| 20 || Pandi Selvi || {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party|rowspan=5}}
|
|-
| 21 || A. Selva Rani
|
|-
| 22 || Rajesh Ram
|
|-
| 23 || D. Radhika
| Elected as Independent, joined BJP in May 2025<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nicobartimes.com/local-news/independent-councillor-radhika-dheeraj-joins-bjp-boosts-party-strength-in-svpmc/|title=Independent Councillor Radhika Dheeraj Joins BJP, Boosts Party Strength in SVPMC|work=Nicobar Times|accessdate=7 May 2025}}</ref>
|-
| 24 || U. Kavitha
|
|}

== References ==
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[[Category:Government of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands]]

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