Parbhani Municipal Corporation
The Parbhani Municipal Corporation is D grade Municipal Corporation of Maharashtra, the governing body of the city of Parbhani, situated beside the Collector Office, and District Court. The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure, public services and supplies. Members from the state's leading various political parties hold elected offices in the corporation.
Parbhani City Municipal Corporation | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Established | 2012 |
| Leadership | |
Mayor | |
Municipal Commissioner | Devidas Pawar |
Leader of Opposition | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 65 |
 | |
Political groups | INC: 30 seats NCP: 18 seats
SS: 6 seats BJP: 8 seats
AIMIM: 1 seats
Independents: 2 seats |
| Elections | |
Last election | 2017 |
| Website | |
| www | |
In 2011 Maharashtra State cabinet decided to elevate Parbhani along with Latur and Chandrapur to municipal corporation as city crossed mark of 3,00,000 population in 2011 census. First election for the Municipal Corporation was conducted in 2012, after the predecessor City Council's term ended.[2]
Corporation Election 2012Edit
Pratap Bhaskarrao Deshmukh of the Nationalist Congress Party became the first mayor of Parbhani Municipal Corporation while Syed Khaled Syed Sahebjan alias Sajju Lala of Nationalist Congress Party was the first deputy mayor.[3]
Political performance in Election 2012Edit
The results of the Election 2012 are as follows.[4]
| S.No. | Party Name | Party flag or symbol | Number of Corporators |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) |  |
30 |
| 02 | Indian National Congress (INC) | 23 | |
| 03 | Shiv Sena (SS) |  |
08 |
| 04 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 02 | |
| 05 | Independents |  |
02 |
Corporation Election 2017Edit
The second election took place on 19 April and result came out on 21 April. Congress candidates won in 31 wards out of the 65 wards of Parbhani Municipal Corporation. NCP came at second position, winning 18 wards, while the BJP could bag 8 seats. Shiv Sena won 6 seats and independent 2.[5]
Anita Sonkamble of Indian National Congress and Bhagwan Waghmare of Indian National Congress were elected as mayor and deputy mayor of corporation respectively on 22 November, 2019.[1]
| S.No. | Party Name | Party flag or symbol | Number of Corporators |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Indian National Congress (INC) | 31 | |
| 02 | Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | |
19 |
| 03 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 8 | |
| 04 | Shiv Sena (SS) | |
05 |
| 05 | Independents | |
02 |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Maharashtra mayoral elections, Sena,Cong, NCP get the better of BJP", Economic Times, retrieved 27 November 2019
- ↑ "Chandrapur is now municipal corporation | Nagpur News - Times of India". The Times of India.
- ↑ "NCP wins Parbhani mayoral elections". Zee News. 16 May 2012.
- ↑ [1][dead link]
- ↑ Iqbal, Aadil Ikram Zaki (21 April 2017). "Congress wrests power in Parbhani Municipal Corporation, wins 29 seats; NCP bags 20, BJP 8". India News, Breaking News | India.com.
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