The Amritsar Municipal Corporation is a nagar nigam (municipal corporation) which administers the city of Amritsar, Punjab. It has 85 members elected with a first-past-the-post voting system and 5 ex-officio members which are MLA for [Assembly Constituency members]. The corporation was founded 1977, and the first elections were held in 1991.
List of Mayors The mayor of Amritsar is the elected chief of the Municipal Corporation of Amritsar. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. The role is largely ceremonial as the real powers are vested in the Municipal Commissioner. 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.
S. No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenurePartyWard No.Ref.1Om Parkash Soni25 June 199118 June 1996INC2Subash Sharma28 May 199718 October 2000BJP3Brij Mohan Kapur18 October 200027 April 2002BJP4Sunil Dutti15 June 200220075 yearsINC5Shwait Malik6 September 200720125 yearsBJP6Bakshi Ram Arora19 September 201220175 yearsBJP7Karamjit Singh Rintu23 January 201827 January 2025AAP 8Jatinder Singh27 January 2025IncumbentAAP26
List of deputy mayors Senior Deputy Mayor S. No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenurePartyWard No.Ref.1Priyanka Sharma 27 January 2025 Incumbent175 days11
Junior Deputy Mayor S. No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenurePartyWard No.Ref.1Anita Rani27 January 2025Incumbent175 days67
Current members Amritsar Municipal Corporation has a total of 85 members or councillors, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the Mayor. The latest elections were held in 21 December 2024. The current mayor of Amritsar is Jatinder Singh of the Aam Aadmi Party. The current senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor are Priyanka Sharma and Anita Devi of the Aam Aadmi Party respectively.
Mayor: Jatinder SinghSenior Deputy Mayor: Priyanka SharmaJunior Deputy Mayor: Anita Rani Ward No. Name of Councillor Party Remarks 1 Kuljit Kaur 2 Amarjit Singh 3 Navdeep Kaur 4 Mandeep Singh Aujla Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP 5 Kriti Arora 6 Amandeep Aery 7 Kajal Devi 8 Balwinder Singh 9 Shobit Kaur 10 Shruti Vij 11 Priyanka Sharma 12 Narinder Singh 13 Gurwinder Kaur 14 Rajkanwal Preetpal Singh Sandhu 15 Rama Devi 16 Sandeep Sharma 17 Anita Kumari 18 Navdeep Singh 19 Navjeet Kaur 20 Gurinder Singh 21 Kulwinder Kaur 22 Sujinder Bidlan 23 Kulwinder Kaur 24 Satnam Singh Sabha 25 Monika Sharma 26 Jatinder Singh 27 Preet Kaur Elected as BJP councillor, later joined AAP 28 Saurabh Madaan Mithu 29 Shweta Devi 30 Avtar Singh 31 Sukhbir Kaur 32 Jagmeet Singh Ghulli Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP 33 Ashnoor Kaur 34 Amritpal Singh 35 Amarji Kaur 36 Ashok Kumar 37 Gurjit Kaur 38 Bhagwant Singh 39 Manpreet Kaur 40 Gurwinder Singh 41 Sukhwinder Kaur 42 Gagandeep Singh 43 Inderjit Singh 44 Jaswinder Singh Gill 45 Sukhbir Kaur 46 Navpreet Singh 47 Kiranjit Kaur 48 Ashwani Kumar 49 Ritu Kundra 50 Ritu Devi 51 Sarita Devi 52 Vikas Soni 53 Komal Shah 54 Amit Kumar 55 Kulbir Kaur 56 Varinder Vicky Datta 57 Manju Mehra Pappal 58 Jarnail Singh 59 Gurmeet Kaur 60 Gaurav Gill 61 Rajni Devi 62 Sameer Dutta 63 Usha Rani Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP 64 Nitu Tangri 65 Neeraj Chaudhary 66 Virat Devgan 67 Anita Devi Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP 68 Vikas Gill 69 Gurpreet Kaur 70 Vijay Kumar Bhagat Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP 71 Surjit Kaur 72 Avtar Singh Elected as INC councillor; later joined AAP, then returned to INC 73 Kuldeep Singh 74 Paramjeet Kaur Dhillon 75 Kashmir Singh 76 Sukhbir Singh 77 Sunita Devi 78 Anita Sharma Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP 79 Shivali Devi Elected as INC councillor; later joined AAP 80 Raman Kumar 81 Nisha Dhillon 82 Sandeep Singh 83 Nagwant Kaur 84 Rashpal Singh 85 Natasha Gill Elected as Independent councillor; later joined AAP
Previous election results YearTotal SeatsINCAAPSAD(with an Alliance with BJP before 2024 elections)BJP20248543244920178560413Alliance with SAD2012654~48Alliance with SAD20076518~33Alliance with SAD20026033~7Alliancee with SAD ~ Party didn't exist
See also Ludhiana Municipal Corporation
Patiala Municipal Corporation
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