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Lucknow Municipal Corporation

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Lucknow Municipal Corporation

Lucknow Nagar Nigam
Coat of arms or logo
Seal of the Lucknow Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
Term limits
5 years
History
Founded1884; 140 years ago (1884) as Lucknow Municipal Board
Leadership
Indrajeet singh, IAS
Structure
Seats110
Political groups
Government (80)
  •   BJP (80)[1]

Opposition (26)

  Other (4)

Length of term
5 years
Elections
Last election
4 May 2023
Next election
2028
Motto
Clean Lucknow, Beautiful Lucknow
Meeting place
Municipal Corporation Head Office, Lalbagh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Website
lmc.up.nic.in

Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) is a local government for Lucknow, the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration in the city of Lucknow. In 2024, LMC passed a budget of 2865 Crore INR for the financial year 2024-2025.[2]

Main functions

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This local governing body is responsible for planning and development of several civic community and infrastructure within different parts of the city. The LMC is concerned with providing local amenities to the citizens.

  • Maintenance & development of roads, subways, bridges, and flyovers
  • Spreading green environment concept
  • Developing the slums into better living zones for backward classes
  • Construction of health units, schools, and food canteens
  • Garbage disposal unit at every part of the city
  • Providing sufficient water and electricity facility
  • Free education with meal and clothes to poverty ridden children up to 12 years.

Apart from these social services, the LMC is concentrating on preserving the city heritage structure and buildings. The municipality is responsible for issuing of birth and death certificate to city residents. This policy helps in maintaining a record on the population growth rate.

The city development plan (CDP) is a project undertaken by LMC in association with JNNURM. The main purpose of this project is to offer a through city assessment. This is required for development of the Lucknow city in the near future. There is a 3-tier strategy to be implanted under this plan:

  • Infrastructure & service delivery improvement
  • Basic services to urban poor
  • Institutional & governance reforms

The CDP formulation procedure was carried out after consulting the entire stakeholders associated with this project. One on one discussion session with every stakeholder was carried out.

Under the three-tier strategy, major issues to be focused and services offered include:

  • Water Supply
  • Sewerage and Sanitation
  • Solid Waste Management
  • Drainage
  • Transportation

Another project undertaken by LMC is city GIS mapping. The municipality will conduct a detailed GIS mapping of the city. This will help in locating any area within the city through internet. It is also a part of JNNURM program. Funding for this project is being provided by Central Government.

Developments

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On 2 December 2020, LMC got listed on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), becoming the first civic body in north India to issue bonds under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).[3]

Departments

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There are 7 working departments which comes under LMC.

  1. Health Department
  2. Home Tax Department
  3. Air Quality Management
  4. Garden Department
  5. Publicity Department
  6. Accounts Department
  7. Property Department

Administration

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  • The LMC is headed by an IAS officer who serves as Municipal Commissioner and appointed by the Uttar Pradesh Government, having all the executive powers.
  • The Mayor, usually from the majority party, serves as head of the house. Mayor is known as the first citizen of the city.

The current municipal commissioner is IAS Indrajeet Singh.

LMC Officials
Post Incumbent Since Appointed/ Elected References
Mayor Shushma Kharakwal 26 May 2023 Elected in 2023 LMC elections. [4]
Municipal Commissioner Indrajeet Singh (IAS) 26 June 2022 Appointed by Government of Uttar Pradesh [5]

Legislature

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LMC consists of 110 wards[6][7] for which a quinquennial election is held to elect corporators, who are responsible for basic civic infrastructure and enforcing duty in their constituencies (wards).

Various political parties nominate their candidates and the people of respective wards cast their votes during elections to elect the corporator for their ward.

Mayor

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The mayor is elected from within the ranks of the council in a quinquennial election. The elections are conducted in all 110 wards in the city to elect corporators. The party that wins the maximum number of seats holds an internal voting to decide the mayor. Mayor is considered as the first citizen of the city.

Shushma Kharakwal is the current mayor of Lucknow since 26 May 2023. She was elected in the 2023 LMC elections after defeating her closest rival the SP candidate Vandana Mishra by a margin of 52,699 votes.[8] She is the second female mayor of the city after her predecessor Sanyukta Bhatia.

LMC elections

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Mayor elections

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2023

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Lucknow Municipal Corporation Elections : 2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shushma Kharakwal 5,02,660 48.52
SP Vandana Mishra 2,98,519 28.81
INC Sangeeta Jaiswal 1,02,633 9.91
BSP Shaheen Bano 75,997 7.34
AAP Anju Bhatt 25,206 2.43
NOTA None of the Above 24,241 2.34
Margin of victory 2,04,141 19.71 Increase 5.11
Turnout 10,29,256
BJP hold Swing

2017

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Lucknow Municipal Corporation Elections : 2017
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sanyukta Bhatia 3,77,166 41.94
SP Meera Vardhan 2,45,810 27.34
INC Prema Awasthi 1,09,571 12.19
BSP Bulbul Godiyal 83,120 9.24
AAP Priyanka Maheshwari 24,577 2.73
NOTA None of the Above 5,449 0.61
Margin of victory 1,31,356 14.60
Turnout 8,99,214 38.64
BJP hold Swing

2012

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Lucknow Municipal Corporation Elections : 2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Dinesh Sharma 3,35,106
INC Dr. Neeraj Bora 1,63,282
Margin of victory 1,71,824
Turnout N/A
BJP hold Swing

2006

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Lucknow Municipal Corporation Elections : 2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Dr. Dinesh Sharma 2,21,713 30.33
INC Dr. Manzoor Ahmed 2,12,410 29.05
SP Dr. Madhu Gupta 1,58,918 21.74
IND. Shiv Kumar Gupta 34,155 4.67
IND. Shailesh Kumar Singh 25,631 3.51
RLD Bhawaan Singh Rawat 15,476 2.12
IND. Mahesh Diwan 11,169 1.53
Margin of victory 9,303 1.28
Turnout 7,31,097 N/A
BJP hold Swing

Corporator elections

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S.No Party Name Party flag or symbol Number of Corporators Change
01 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
80 Increase22
02 Samajwadi Party (SP)
21 Decrease7
03 Indian National Congress (INC)
4 Decrease4
04 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
1 Decrease1
05 Independents
4 Decrease10
S.No. Party Name Party flag or symbol Number of Corporators Change
01 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 58 Increase14
02 Samajwadi Party (SP)
28
03 Indian National Congress (INC) 8 Decrease3
04 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 2 New
05 Independents 14 Decrease40

Source:[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "UP: BJP wins 80 wards in LMC". Aaj Tak. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  2. ^ "LMC House approves Rs 2,865 crore budget for 2024-25, no tax hike". The Times of India. 24 February 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  3. ^ "Lucknow Municipal Corp bonds to list on BSE today". The Economic Times. 2 December 2020.
  4. ^ "Meet Lucknow's new mayor: BJP veteran, was Atal Bihari Vajpayee's loyalist". Hindustan Times. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  5. ^ Lalchandani, Neha (25 June 2022). "UP govt transfers 11 IAS officers, Indrajeet Singh appointed Lucknow municipal corporation commissioner | Lucknow News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  6. ^ "Wards" (PDF).
  7. ^ "नगर निगम में बने 12 नए वॉर्ड, परिसीमन जारी". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Meet Lucknow's new mayor: BJP veteran, was Atal Bihari Vajpayee's loyalist". Hindustan Times. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  9. ^ "LMC". Archived from the original on 19 December 2002. Retrieved 28 March 2014.
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