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The 2021 Kolkata Municipal Corporation election was held on 19 December 2021 to elect 144 members of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) which governs Kolkata, the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. [7] A total of 40,48,357 electors were eligible to vote in the election. [8] [9] The results were announced on 21 December. [10]
The Mayor of Kolkata is the chief executive of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, one of the civic authorities in the Indian city of Kolkata. He is the First Citizen of the city of Kolkata. There have been 38 mayors of Kolkata in total till now since first election in 1924. [citation needed]
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is the local government of the Indian city of Kolkata, the state capital of West Bengal. This civic administrative body administers an area of 206.08 square kilometres (79.57 sq mi). [2] Its motto, Purosri Bibôrd̪ʰon, is inscribed on its emblem in Bengali script.
CPI(M) had won 1 municipal body. BJP which was the last largest opposition party in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election failed to win a single municipality. [ 6 ]
As per KMC sources, the adjacent municipalities of Cossipore, Chitpore and Manicktola were amalgamated with Kolkata in 1923. [2] The state government superseded the Corporation in 1948 and the Calcutta Municipal Act of 1951 came into force. Adult franchise was introduced in municipal elections in 1962.
Ward No. 92, Kolkata Municipal Corporation is an administrative division of Kolkata Municipal Corporation in Borough No. 10, covering parts of Dhakuria (Babu Bagan-Selimpur-Teli Para-Tanu Pukur), Jadavpur University and Garfa (Naskar Para-Shahid Nagar/ Sweet Land-Jheel Road/ Newland-Pal Bazar-Viveknagar-Pratapgarh) neighbourhoods in South Kolkata, in the Indian state of West Bengal.
The Left Front had contested in 128 seats and managed to secure 11.89% votes and 2 seats (CPI(M) and CPI each winning 1 seat in Ward 92 (Borough X) and Ward 103 (Borough XI) respectively) in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation election. The Left Front bagged a second position in 65 seats, more than any other party in the polls.
The Calcutta Municipal Act of 1923 brought about important changes. It liberalised the constitution along democratic lines. [1] [2] The state government superseded the Corporation in 1948 and the Calcutta Municipal Act of 1951 came into force. Adult franchise was introduced in municipal elections in 1962.