Shimla Municipal Corporation

Shimla Municipal Corporation
Shimla Municipal Corporation
	Municipal Corporation Building (Town Hall)
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation
History
Founded	December 1851; 172 years ago
Leadership
Mayor	Satya Kaundal
Deputy Mayor	Shalinder Chauhan
Municipal Commissioner	Ashish Kohli
Structure
Seats	34
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2017
Next election	By May/June 2022
Motto
	Work is Worship
Meeting place
	Town Hall, Shimla
Website
	shimlamc.hp.gov.in

Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) is the municipal corporation of Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh, and is the chief nodal agency for the administration of the city.

Overview[edit]

Established in 1851, the Shimla Municipal Corporation is an elected body comprising 34 councilors (28 till 2017), five of whom are nominated by the Government of Himachal Pradesh.^[1] The nominations are based on prominence in the fields of social service, academics and other activities. Fifty percent of seats are reserved for women. The elections take place every five years and the mayor and deputy mayor are elected by and amongst the councilors themselves. Satya Kaundal and Shalinder Chauhan of BJP are the present Mayor and Deputy Mayor respectively. The two major political parties are the Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian National Congress. Communist Party of India (Marxist) has been nearing extinction with just 1 member in current corporation.^[2] The administrative head of the corporation is the Municipal Commissioner who is appointed by the state government.

List of wards[edit]

Total 41 ward in MC Shimla area.^[3]

No.	Name	Notes
01	Bharari
02	Ruldu Bhatta
03	Shankli
04	Kaithu
05	Annadale
06	Summer Hill
07	Totu
08	Majhat
09	Boileauganj
10	Kachighati
11	Tutikandi
12	Nabha
13	Phagli
14	Upper Krishna Nagar
15	Lower Krishna Nagar
16	Ram Bazar Ganj
17	Lower Bazar
18	Jakhu
19	Benmore
20	Engine Ghar
21	Sanjauli Chowk
22	Dhingudhar
23	Dhalli-1
24	Dhalli-2
25	Shanti Vihar
26	Bhatta Kufar
27	Sangti
28	Malyana
29	Panthaghati
30	Kasumpati-1
31	Kasumpati-2
32	Chotta Shimla
33	Brockhurst
34	Upper Vikas Nagar
35	Lower Vikas Nagar
36	Kangnadhar
37	Pateog
38	New Shimla
39	Khalini
40	Lower Khalini
41	Kanlog

Corporation Elections[edit]

Election 2012[edit]

Election 2017[edit]

Election 2022[edit]

List of Mayors[edit]

List of Deputy Mayors[edit]

References[edit]

↑ "Shimla Municipal Corporation". Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
↑ "Shimla MC election results: BJP defeats Congress, creates history by winning maximum seats". Zee News.
↑ "Final delimitation of wards of Municipal Corporation Shimla for General Election to Municipal Corporation Shimla 2022". DC Shimla. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

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[mcshimla-1] "Shimla Municipal Corporation". Archived from the original on 3 April 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2013.

[2] "Shimla MC election results: BJP defeats Congress, creates history by winning maximum seats". Zee News.

[3] "Final delimitation of wards of Municipal Corporation Shimla for General Election to Municipal Corporation Shimla 2022". DC Shimla. Retrieved 9 March 2022.

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