Corporation of Madurai is the civic body which administers the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. Madurai is one of the oldest living cities in the world. Formed on 1 May 1971 as the first Municipal Corporation in Tamil Nadu post independence, it is the third largest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu in population and revenue. It is also the third largest in Tamil Nadu by population after Greater Chennai Corporation and Coimbatore Municipal Corporation and fifth largest in area after Greater Chennai Corporation, Coimbatore Municipal Corporation, Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation, and Tiruppur Municipal Corporation. The annual budget of Madurai Corporation for 2021–22 is Rs.437 crores. It consists of a Council and an Executive wings. The council is headed by the Mayor while the Executive wing is headed by the Commissioner. It consists of 100 wards organised into five zones, viz East, North, Central, South and West.
History
The municipality of Madurai was constituted on 1 November 1866 as per the Town Improvement Act of 1865. The municipality was headed by a chairperson and elections were regularly conducted for the post except during the period 1891 to 1896, when no elections were held due to violent factionalism. A Secretary was appointed in 1898 to assist the Municipal Chairperson. A municipal office was established in 1871–1872 in a portion of the Thirumalai Nayak's palace. The municipality repaired a causeway across the Vaigai River in 1884 and founded a maternity hospital in 1873. In 1892, the Madurai municipality commissioned 'Arappalayam Water Works' a water-supply project headed by J. A. Jones, Sanitary Engineer to the Madras government, to construct a channel redirecting the waters of the Vaigai River and purifying them. The project was eventually completed in 1894 at a cost of Rs.6,23,000, including a Rs.1,96,000 grant from the government of Madras Presidency. The cost of maintenance was estimated at Rs.32,753. A drainage system for the portion surrounded by the four Masi streets was completed in 1902. During the early years of independent India, the Madurai municipality was dominated by reformists of the Indian National Congress. As early as December 1923, the municipality had passed a resolution prohibiting the sale of liquor and intoxicants in Madurai city. Madurai was upgraded to a municipal corporation on 1 May 1971 as per the Madurai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1971. It is the second oldest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu, after Chennai.
Karuppayurani, Othakadai, Narasingam, Kathakinaru, Andarkottaram, Sakkimangalam, Karseri, Chettikulam, Kovil Pappakudi, Alathur, Petchikulam, Viraganur and Perungudi village panchayats are annexed to Madurai Corporation
Structure
The Madurai City Municipal Corporation Council, the legislative body, comprises 100 councilors elected from each of the 100 wards and is headed by a Mayor assisted by a Deputy Mayor. The executive wing is made up of seven departments: general administration, revenue, town planning, engineering, public health, education and finance, and accounts, and is headed by a City Commissioner. The Commissioner is assisted by a Deputy Commissioner, City Engineer, City Health Officer, City Education Officer, two Executive Engineers, and Assistant Commissioners apart from others.
Madurai East Panchayat Union: Paravi, Karuppayurai, Othakadi, Narasingam, Kathakinaru, Arumbanur [Subramanipuram, Muniandipuram, Yanaimalai Kuvari, A.P.Malaiyandipuram, Indira Colony (part)], Kodikulam [Malaichamipuram, Ayyappan Nagar, Vaval Thootam (Part)]. Madurai West Panchayat Union:
List of mayors S. Muthu (1971–1980) S.K.Balakrishnan (1980–1982) S. Patturajan (1982–1984) P. Kulandaivelu (1996–2001) C. Ramachandran (2001–2006) G. Thenmozhi Gopinathan (2006–2011) first women mayor of Madurai V. V. Rajan Chellappa (2011–2016) Indirani Pon Vasanth(2022–2025)
List of deputy mayors K S Shanthanam (1972–1974) M. Natarajan (1974–1975) S. Navaneetha Krishnan (1980–1982) Misa M.Pandian (1996–2001) D. Chinna Samy (2001–2005) S. Syed Ghouse Basha (2005–2006) P.M.Mannan (2006–2011) R.Gopalakrishnan (2011–2014) M.Thiraviyam (2014–2016) T. Nagarajan (2022–present)
List of committee chairpersons (2022)
Accounts Committee – TMT I.Noor Jahan (2022 to Present) Education Committee – Public Health Committee – Taxation and Finance Committee – Town Planning and Improvement Committee – Works Committee –
List of zonal chairpersons (wards committee) (2022)
East Zone -Tmt.Vasuki Sasikumar North Zone -Tmt.A.Saravanabhuvaneshwari
Central Zone – South Zone – West Zone –
List of councillors (2022)
1 Tmt. D.Sharmila 2 Tmt. M.Amutha 3 Thiru. G.Selva Ganapathy 4 Tmt. K.Nandhini 5 Tmt. S.Vasuki 6 Tmt. B.Palselvi 7 Thiru. M.Ramamoorthy 8 Tmt. G.Radhika 9 Thiru. S.Dhanaraj 10 Tmt. A.Muthukumari 11 Thiru. S.Genghis Khan 12 Tmt. M.Ratha 13 Thiru. Senthilkumar 14 Tmt. L.Anthoniammal 15 Tmt. A.Saravana Bhuvaneswari 16 Thiru. D.Jeyaraj 17 Tmt. P.Rohini 18 Thiru. K.E.Navaneetha Krishnan 19 Thiru. P.Babu 20 Tmt. C.Nagajothi 21 Thiru. P.Kajendrakumar 22 Tmt. B.Mahalakshmi 23 Thiru. T.Kumaravel 24 Thiru. J.Manickam 25 Thiru. K.Murali Ganesh 26 Tmt. K.Chokkayee 27 Thiru. A.Mayathevan 28 Tmt. R.Uma 29 Tmt. R.Logamani 30 Tmt. A.Vasanthadevi 31 Thiru. V.Murugan 32 Tmt. M.Vijaya Moushumi 33 Tmt. R.Malathi 34 Tmt. J.Pandeeswari 35 Tmt. S.Janaki 36 Thiru. V.Karthikeyan 37 Thiru. N.Ponnuvalavan 38 Thiru. T.Kathiravan 39 Thiru. P.Marnadu 40 Thiru. C.M.Duraipandian 41 Thiru. K. Senthamarai Kannan 42 Tmt. K.Selvi 43 Thiru. M.Mugesh Sharma 44 Tmt. K.Tamilselvi 45 Tmt. K.Shanmugavalli 46 Tmt. P.Vijayalakshmi 47 Tmt. M.Banu 48 Tmt. K.Rubinikumar 49 Thiru. A.Syed Abuthahir 50 Tmt. R.Indiragandhi 51 Tmt. K.Vijayalakshmi 52 Thiru. S.Baskaran 53 Thiru. S.Arunkumar 54 Tmt. I. Noorjahan 55 Tmt. G.Vijaya 56 Tmt. V.Jenniammal 57 Tmt. V.Indirani 58 Thiru. M.Jeyaram 59 Tmt. A.Mahalakshmi 60 Tmt. S.Bama 61 Tmt. S.Selvi 62 Thiru. K.Jayachandran 63 Thiru. R.Krishnamoorthy 64 Thiru. M.Raja 65 Thiru. M.Solai Senthil Kumar 66 Thiru. N.Marimuthu 67 Thiru. D.C.Naganathan 68 Thiru. J.Moovendran 69 Tmt. A.Saraswathy 70 Tmt. T.Amutha 71 Thiru. V.Muniyandi 72 Thiru. P.Karuppusamy 73 Thiru. S.S Bose 74 Thiru. V.Sudhan 75 Tmt. P.Pandi Selvi 76 Thiru. R.Karthick 77 Thiru. D.Raj Prathaban 78 Tmt. P.Tamilselvi 79 Tmt. V.Lakshikka Sree 80 Thiru. T.Nagarajan 81 Thiru. S.V.Murugan 82 Thiru. G.Kaveri 83 Thiru. T.Ravi 84 Thiru. Bose Muthiah 85 Tmt. J.Muthumari 86 Tmt. S.Booma 87 Thiru. J.Kalidoss 88 Tmt. M.Prema 89 Tmt. S.Kavitha 90 Thiru. G.Rajarathinam 91 Thiru. K.A.Vasu 92 Thiru. M.Karuppasamy 93 Thiru M.P.R Ravichandran 94 Tmt R.Swetha Sathyan 95 Tmt K.Indira Gandhi 96 Tmt N.Vijaya 97 Tmt R.Sivasakthi 98 Tmt V.Suvitha 99 Thiru M.Siva 100 Tmt. A.Muthulakshmi
List of past councillors Mr.K.P.Sasikumar.M.Com., (2011–2016) – Ward-49 Pazahakkadai. M.Pandi (1971–1984) S.Syed Ismail Sahib (1971–1976) Moulvi. Dr. A.S. Afsar Hussain Misbahi (1978–1984) S. Alagarsamy naidu (1978–1984) – Father of Vijayakanth S.Thajutheen (1978–1984) M.C.Kamal (1978–1984) M.R.Manikkam (1996–2011) S.D.Jayabalan (1996–2016) M.Dharmalingam (1996 -2006) P. Salaimuthu (2001–2016) K.M. Chinnu (1978–1984) Siluvai
Notes
References
Madurai Corporation: https://maduraicorporation.co.in/aboutus/council/; https://maduraicorporation.co.in/aboutus/executive/; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1m0tCk_reZe4gtE05hq_3HaOXebWA9M7B/view. Madurai in-charge Mayor leads massive clean up drive at Eco park following public grievances, The Hindu, 4 March 2026.
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