The Batala Municipal Corporation is a municipal corporation which administers the city of Batala, Punjab. It has 50 members elected with a first-past-the-post voting system and 1 ex-officio member which is MLA for Batala. In 2019 Government of Punjab decided to upgrade it into Municipal Corporation, earlier it was a municipal council.3 more Municipal corporations notified in Punjab. www.royalpatiala.in. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

Mayor Mayor of Batala The Mayor of Batala is the elected chief of the Municipal Corporation of Batala. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. The role is largely ceremonial as the real powers are vested in the Municipal Commissioner.Mayor - Powers and Functions (Pdf). Retrieved 4 March 2021. The mayor plays a decorative role of representing and upholding the dignity of the city and a functional role in deliberating over the discussions in the corporation. First election were held in February 2021 and Congeess got majority in the house, Sukhdeep Singh Teja elected the first Mayor and completed 5 years term. On the completion of tenure of 1 corporation, elections were delayed because of Court’s involvement.HC stalls Punjab notification for polls to 9 MCs and over 100 local bodies Second election were held with delay of Two months after the expiry of First Corporation. Aam Aadmi Party won the elected and First time elected Councillor, Bhupinder Singh Bajwa elected Mayor.

Additional charge Under sections 407 and 407A of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act 1976, the government of Punjab can appoint a person who will carry out the duties of the corporation or mayor until the new house is constituted. Most of the time, Government of Punjab appoints a Municipal Commissioner to carry out the mayor's duties. When Batala Municipal Council upgraded to Corporation in 2019, the powers of the mayor were given to Municipal Commissioner Balwinder Singh until the first corporation was elected in 2021. The second time, when the first house's tenure ended, but elections were delayed, power was given to Municipal Commissioner Gursimran Singh Dhillon. List of Mayors Key

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S. No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenurePartyCorporationElectionRef.(i) Balwinder Singh 18 November 2019 19 April 2021 - Batala gets first mayor handed over command to SDM. 18 November 2019. www.jagran.com. Retrieved 25 February 2021.1Sukhdeep Singh Teja19 April 202118 April 20261st2021Batala got first mayor after election, 19 April 2021. Jagran (hindi). Retrieved 24 April 2021Punjab decides to dissolve 9 Municipal Corporations and 102 Municipal Councils (ii) Gursimran Singh Dhillon 18 April 2026 11 June 2026 - 2Bhupinder Singh Bajwa11 June 2026Incumbent2nd 2026Punjab AAP councillors elected mayors of Barnala, Batala, Bathinda, Moga Municipal Corporations

Deputy mayors Senior Deputy Mayor S. No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenurePartyCorporation1Sunil Kumar Sareen 19 April 202118 April 20261st2Neelam Chouhan11 June 2026Incumbent2nd

Deputy Mayor S. No.Name Took officeLeft officeTenurePartyCorporation1Chandra Kanta 19 April 202118 April 20261st2Sukhraj Kaur11 June 2026Incumbent2nd

Municipal Commissioner Every municipal corporation in India is administratively headed by a municipal commissioner. While a Mayor is elected to serve as the ceremonial head of a municipal corporation, a municipal commissioner is appointed by the state government from the Indian Administrative Service or Provincial Civil Service (PCS) to head the administrative staff of the municipal corporation, implement the decisions of the corporation, and prepare its annual budget.

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S. No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenureRef.Additional Charge of Mayor1Balwinder Singh (PCS)18 November 20198 September 202118 November 2019 - 19 April 20212Jagwinderjit Singh (PCS)8 September 202124 May 2022Jagwinderjit Singh Grewal took over commissioner of Batala Municipal Corporation.3Shayari Malhotra(PCS)24 May 202224 September 2024Punjab govt transfers 7 ias and 34 pcs officers4Vikramjit Singh Panthey(PCS)24 September 202422 November 2025 Punjab VB arrested Batala SDM for taking bribes of Rs. 500005Gursimran Singh Dhillon (PCS)28 November 2025Incumbent18 April 2026 - 11 June 2026

Ward Reservation General wards (17/50) - 1, 3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 15, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37 and 41. Reserved for Schedule Caste (7/50) - 7, 17, 23, 28, 39, 45 and 47. Reserved for Women (19/50) - 4, 10, 12, 14, 18, 20, 22, 26, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42, 43, 44, 49 and 50. Reserved for Schedule Caste Women (5/50) - 2, 6, 8, 24 and 48. Reserved for Backward Class (2/50) - 16 and 46.

Councilors Following is the list of Incumbent CouncilorsAll Councillors mcbatala.punjab.gov.in

Color Key for the Party of the Councilor

Other keys G - General SC - Schedule Caste W - Women SCW - Schedule Caste Women BC - Backward Caste Ward numberCouncilorParty1(G)Bhupinder Singh Wahla2 (SCW)Rajwant Kaur 3 (G)Ayadwinder Singh 4 (W)Amanpreet Kaur5 (G)Bhupinder Singh Bajwa 6 (SCW)Suman 7 (SC)Rajkumar 8 (SCW)Veerpal9 (G)Rajdeep Singh 10 (W)Manjit Kaur 11 (G)Ramandeep Singh 12 (W)Jasbir Kaur 13 (G)Manjit Kaur 14 (W)Prabhjot Kaur 15 (G)Satnam Singh 16 (BC)Bikramjit Singh 17 (SC)Vajinder Kumar 18 (W) Jagpreet Kaur 19 (G)Anu Bala 20 (W)Gurmeet Kaur 21 (G)Gurinder Singh 22 (W)Ramandeep Kaur 23 (SC)Davinder Singh 24 (SCW)Anju Bala 25 (G)Manjit Singh 26 (W)Khushbu Ohri 27 (G)Sunil Chachowalia 28 (SC)Neru Bhatti 29 (G)Shaweta 30 (W)Amanpreet Kaur 31 (G)Gourav Seth 32 (W)Sukhraj Kaur 33 (G)Neelam Chouhan 34 (W)Kamaljit 35 (G)Shashi Chanda 36 (W)Ritu 37 (G)Davinder Singh 38 (W)Harveen Kaur 39 (SC)Dheeraj Kumar 40 (W)Rajni Soni 41 (G)Sunita Rani 42 (W)Pinki 43 (W)Bachno 44 (W)Mandeep Raj Kaur 45 (SC)Vijay Kumar 46 (BC)Ravinder Tuli 47 (SC)Vijay Kumar 48 (SCW)Sonia 49 (W)Gurjeet Kaur 50 (W)Mamta John

Ex-officio member According to Section 5 (1) (ii) of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act 1976 ex-officio members comprising the members of Punjab legislative assembly representing the constituencies in which the city or any part there of falls.Punjab Municipal Corporation Act 1976. www.bareactslive.com. Retrieved 6 February 2021.

Thus the person who represents the Batala Assembly Constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly is the ex-officio member of corporation.

Ex-officio member has voting right on par with elected members during the election of Mayor or Deputy mayors in corporation. His vote becomes crucial when a single party lacks required numbers of votes to secure mayor's post or when parties get equal numbers of elected ward members.

Color key for the party of ex-officio member Shiromani Akali Dal Aam Aadmi Party

List of ex-officio members S. No.NamePartyTenureElected to assemblyCorporation1Lakhbir Singh LodhinangalShiromani Akali Dal 202111 March 202220171st2Amansher Singh KalsiAam Aadmi Party 2022 18 April 2026202211 June 2026Incumbent2nd

1st election 2021

2021 Batala Municipal Corporation election

After the up gradation to Corporation the first election for all 50 wards were held on 14 February 2021 and result was declared on 17 February. Total 279 candidates stood for elections. The election programme was as follow:Election Schedule (pdf). www.pbsec.gov.in. Retrieved 6 February 2021.- S. No.ProgrammeDatesDay1Last Date for filing nominations3 February 2021Wednesday2Date for the scrutiny of nominations4 February 2021Thursday3Last date to withdraw nominations5 February 2021Friday4Date of Voting14 February 2021Sunday5Date of Counting17 February 2021Wednesday6Date by which election shall be completed20 February 2021Saturday

Result PartyWards wonContested36500647043403490192007Total50Punjab Local body election 2021. www.news18.com. Retrieved 17 February 2021279 Vote turnout74,96165%Registered voters1,15,325

Elected councilors Color Key for the Party of the Councilor

Independent Ward numberCouncilor epaper.ajitjalandhar.com. Page. 5. Retrieved 18 February 2021.Party1Chanchaljit Kaur2Joginder Singh3Karanpal Kaur4Suchha Singh5Kulwinder Kaur6Heera Lal7Pooja8Kastoori Lal9Reenu10Puran Singh11Kanwalpreet Kaur12Sanjiv Kumar13Manjit Kaur14Gurpreet Singh15Pooja Sharma16Bikramjit Singh17Manjit Kaur18Jagir Singh Khokhar19Gurdish Kaur20Harsimran Singh Heera21Harinder Kaur22Narinder Pal Singh23Sonia24Balwant SinghSatnam Singh25Rawinder Kaur26Harnek Singh27Sudha Mahajan28Rakesh Bhatti29Annu Agarwal30Sukhdeep Singh Teja31Kamani Seth32Anil Kumar Sekhri33Monika Sekhri34Navin Nayyar Sekhri35Sashi Chanda36Sukhdev Singh Bajwa37Gurpreet Kaur38Harinder Singh39Reena40Chandar Mohan41Madhu Mahajan42Sunil Kumar Sareen43Suman Handa44Prabhjot Singh Chatha45Chandra Kanta46Ravinder Tuli47Neelam Kumari48Sardool Singh49Rajwinder Kaur50Manjit Kaur

2nd election 2026 2026 Batala Municipal Corporation election

S. No.ProgrammeDatesDays1Last Date for filing nominations16 May 2026Saturday2Date for the scrutiny of nominations18 May 2026Monday3Last date to withdraw nominations19 May 2026Tuesday4Date of Voting26 May 2026Tuesday5Date of Counting29 May 2026Friday6Date by which election shall be completed1 June 2026Monday

Result PartyContestedWards WonChangeVotesVoteshare50302729,99942.54%49181827,51039.01%22224,5636.47%22062,4473.47%41012,9974.25%100210.03%NOTA2,5953.68%Invalid/Rejected/Blank votes3880.55%Total18550 Vote turnout70,52058.55% 6.45%Registered voters1,20,443Batala Municipal corporation elections 2026 live result

Elected Councillor Other keys G - General SC - Schedule Caste W - Women SCW - Schedule Caste Women BC - Backward Caste Ward numberCouncilorParty1(G)Bhupinder Singh Wahla2 (SCW)Rajwant Kaur 3 (G)Ayadwinder Singh 4 (W)Amanpreet Kaur5 (G)Bhupinder Singh Bajwa 6 (SCW)Suman 7 (SC)Rajkumar 8 (SCW)Veerpal9 (G)Rajdeep Singh 10 (W)Manjit Kaur 11 (G)Ramandeep Singh 12 (W)Jasbir Kaur 13 (G)Manjit Kaur 14 (W)Prabhjot Kaur 15 (G)Satnam Singh 16 (BC)Bikramjit Singh 17 (SC)Vajinder Kumar 18 (W) Jagpreet Kaur 19 (G)Anu Bala 20 (W)Gurmeet Kaur 21 (G)Gurinder Singh 22 (W)Ramandeep Kaur 23 (SC)Davinder Singh 24 (SCW)Anju Bala 25 (G)Manjit Singh 26 (W)Khushbu Ohri 27 (G)Sunil Chachowalia 28 (SC)Neru Bhatti 29 (G)Shaweta 30 (W)Amanpreet Kaur 31 (G)Gourav Seth 32 (W)Sukhraj Kaur 33 (G)Neelam Chouhan 34 (W)Kamaljit 35 (G)Shashi Chanda 36 (W)Ritu 37 (G)Davinder Singh 38 (W)Harveen Kaur 39 (SC)Dheeraj Kumar 40 (W)Rajni Soni 41 (G)Sunita Rani 42 (W)Pinki 43 (W)Bachno 44 (W)Mandeep Raj Kaur 45 (SC)Vijay Kumar 46 (BC)Ravinder Tuli 47 (SC)Vijay Kumar 48 (SCW)Sonia 49 (W)Gurjeet Kaur 50 (W)Mamta John

See also 2021 Punjab, India local elections Elections in Punjab

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