The Akola Municipal Corporation is the governing body of the city of Akola, Maharashtra, India. The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure, public services and police. Members from the state's leading various political parties hold elected offices in the corporation.
Revenue sources
The following are the Income sources for the corporation from the Central and State Government.
Revenue from taxes Following is the Tax related revenue for the corporation.
Property tax. Profession tax. Entertainment tax. Grants from Central and State Government like Goods and Services Tax. Advertisement tax.
Revenue from non-tax sources
Following is the Non Tax related revenue for the corporation.
Water usage charges. Fees from Documentation services. Rent received from municipal property. Funds from municipal bonds.
Municipal elections
Political performance in Election 2026
S.No. Party name Party flag or symbol Number of Corporators 01 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 38 02 Shiv Sena (SHS) 01 03 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 01 04 Indian National Congress (INC) 21 05 Shiv Sena (UBT) (SS(UBT)) 06 06 Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar (NCP-SP) 03 07 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) 3 08 Others 07
Political performance in Election 2017 The results of Election 2017 are shown in the following table. S.No. Party name Party flag or symbol Number of Elected members 01 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 48 02 Indian National Congress (INC) 13 03 Shiv Sena (SS) 08 04 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 05 05 Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (BBM) 03 06 All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (MIM) 01 07 Independent 02
List of Mayor +#NameTermElectionParty3Madan Bhargad9 March 20074 December 20092007Indian National Congress4Suresh Patil4 December 20098 March 20125Jyotsna Gawai9 March 201210 September 20142012Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh6Ujwala Deshmukh10 September 20148 March 2017Bharatiya Janata Party7Vijay Agrawal9 March 201722 November 201920178Archana Masne22 November 20198 March 20229Sharda Khedkar30 January 2026Incumbent2026
List of Deputy Mayor
Municipal limit extension
The municipal limit of Akola Municipal Corporation was finalized to be extended on 30 Aug 2016 taking into the Municipal area surrounding 24 suburbs and villages. This has raised the area to 128 km2 and population to 537,137. The Municipal region is thus subdivided into 20 wards with 4 members for each accounting 80 total seats.
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