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| name = Tarakeswar Municipality<br />
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| foundation = {{start date and age|1975}}<br />
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| leader1 = Swapan Samanta<br />
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| leader2 = Uttam Kundu<br />
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'''Tarakeswar Municipality''' is the civic body that governs [[Tarakeswar]] and its surrounding areas in the [[Chandannagore subdivision]] of [[Hooghly district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Tarakeswar Municipality was established in 1975.<ref name="municipality">{{cite web |title=Tarakeswar Town |url=http://www.tarakeswarmunicipality.in/about-us/ | work = About us | publisher = | accessdate = 14 July 2017}}</ref><br />
<ref>{{cite web | url = http://jnnurmwestbengal.gov.in/DIS/MUNI_DLB_Tarakeswar.htm | title = Tarakeswar Municipality | publisher = JNNURM | accessdate = 14 July 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Geography==<br />
Tarakeswar Municipality covers an area of 3.88 sq km and has a total population of 31,344 (2011).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.sudawb.org/wbdma_oldversion/HTM/DIS/MUNI_ULB_Tarakeswar.htm | title = Baidyabati Municipality| publisher = Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal | work= Urban Local Bodies| accessdate = 14 July 2017}}</ref><br />
Tarakeswar Municipality is bounded by Bhanjipur gram panchayat on the north, Baligori I gram panchayat on the east, Ramnagar gram panchayat on the south and Sontoshpur gram panchayat on the west. It is located in the centre of [[Tarakeswar (community development block)|Tarakeswar]] CD Block.<ref name="municipality"/><br />
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==Elections==<br />
In the 2015 municipal elections for Tarakeswar Municipality [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won all the 15 seats.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbsec.gov.in/(S(ok51ajaejr1ty3qg43xq0kf1))/Municipal/FinalResult_All_Mun.aspx |title = Municipal General Election Results | work= Results of Municipal General Elections 2015 |publisher= West Bengal State Election Commission | accessdate = 14 July 2017 }}</ref><br />
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In the 2010 municipal elections for Tarakeswar Municipality [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won 10 seats and [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] 5 seats.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbsec.gov.in/(S(x5feom55drnpkn55tfuthm55))/Municipal/Detailed_Mun_Yearwise.aspx |title = Municipal General Election Results | work= Results of Municipal General Elections yearwise |publisher= West Bengal State Election Commission | accessdate = 11 July 2017 }}</ref><br />
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About the 2010 municipal elections, [[The Guardian]] wrote, "Today's municipal elections are unlike any for decades: the Communists, who have held West Bengal's main towns almost without a break since the 1970s, are facing disaster… This time defeat is likely to be definitive and could signal the beginning of the end for the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM)."<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/30/west-bengal-elections-communists | title = India’s Communist party faces defeat in West Bengal heartland. | work = The Guardian, International Edition, 30 May 2010 | publisher = theguardian | accessdate = 14 July 2017}}</ref><br />
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In the 2005 municipal elections for Tarakeswar Municipality, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI (M)]] won 11 seats and [[Marxist Forward Bloc]] 4 seats.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://hooghly.nic.in/Municpal_elec/Result_glance.htm | title = Municipal General Elections 2005 | work= District Hooghly | publisher = Hooghly district administration |accessdate = 19 July 2017}}</ref><br />
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