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{{Short description|City governing body in India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox legislature
| name = Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation
| native_name =
| transcription_name =
| legislature =
| coa_pic =
| coa_res =
| coa_alt =
| house_type = Municipal Corporation
| body = Vizianagaram
| houses =
| leader1_type = [[Mayor]]
| leader1 = [[Vempada Vijayalakshmi]] ([[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]])
| leader2_type = [[Deputy Mayor]]
| leader2 = [[Isarapu Revathi Devi]] ([[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]) [[Kolagatla Sravani]] ([[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]])
| members =
| house1 =
| house2 =
| structure1 =
| structure1_res =
| structure2 =
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| political_groups2 =
| committees1 =
| committees2 =
| voting_system1 = [[First-past-the-post voting|First Past the Post]]
| voting_system2 =
| seats = '''50'''
| last_election1 = [[2021 Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation election|10 March 2021]]
| next_election1 = 2026
| structure1_res = 300px
| political_groups1 =
'''Government (49)'''
*{{colorbox|#1569C7}} [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]] (48)
*{{Color box|#757575}} [[Independent Politician|IND]] (1)
'''Opposition (1)'''
*{{colorbox|#FFFF00}} [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]] (1)

| session_room =
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| meeting_place =
| website = {{URL|https://vijayanagaram.cdma.ap.gov.in/|Vijayanagaram Municipal Corporation}}
| footnotes =
}}

'''Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation''' is the civic body that governs the city of [[Vizianagaram]] in the [[India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]]. The municipality was first constituted in the year 1888 and was upgraded to corporation on 9 December 2015.<ref name=municipality>{{cite web|title=Basic Information of Municipality|url=http://cdma.ap.gov.in/VIZIANAGARAM/Basic_information_Municipality.html|website=Commissioner & Director of Municipal Administration|publisher=Municipal Administration & Urban Development Department, Govt. of Andhra Pradesh|access-date=12 February 2016}}</ref><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|access-date=10 December 2015|work=The Hindu|date=10 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409032222/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/vijayawada/masula-srikakulam-vizianagaram-upgraded-into-corporations/article7967915.ece|archive-date=9 April 2016|location=Vijayawada}}</ref>

Though, it was upgraded to corporation, it continues to be a municipality till the expiry of its present elected council.<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|access-date=1 April 2016|date=30 March 2016|archive-date=25 November 2015|location=Hyderabad}}</ref>

== Jurisdiction ==

The corporation is spread over an area of {{Convert|57.01|km2|abbr=on}}.<ref name="municipality" />

=== 2021 Ordinary Elections ===
{|CLASS="sortable wikitable"
|-
!S.No.
!colspan=2|Party Name
!Symbol
!Won
!Change
|-
!1
|bgcolor="{{party color|YSR Congress Party}}"|
|[[YSR Congress Party]]
|[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Ceiling Fan.svg|105px]]
|48
|{{no change}}
|-
!2
|bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}"|
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|[[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png|55px]]
|1
|{{no change}}
|-
!3
|bgcolor=#C1C1C1|
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|
|1
|{{no change}}
|-
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Municipalities of Andhra Pradesh}}

[[Category:Municipal corporations in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Local government in Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Vizianagaram]]
[[Category:1888 establishments in India]]
[[Category:2015 establishments in Andhra Pradesh]]

Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation - Revision history

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