Sangrur Municipal Council
Sangrur Municipal Council | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
Minister in charge | |
President | Vacant |
Vice-President | Vacant |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 28 (27 elected+1 Ex-Officio) |
 | |
Political groups | Government (19)
Opposition (8)
Ex-officio
|
Length of term | 5 Years |
| Elections | |
Last election | February 2015 |
Next election | January 2023 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
The Sangrur Municipal Council is a nagar palika (municipal council) which administers the city of Sangrur, Punjab. It has 27 members elected with a first-past-the-post voting system and one ex-officio member which is MLA for Sangrur.
President
[edit]The president of Sangrur is the elected chief of the Municipal Council of Sangrur. The president is the first citizen of the city. The president shall be the Chairman of the Standing Committee. Municipal Council elects one of its elected members as the president.[2]
| S. No. | Name | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Party | Ward No. | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Iqbaljit Singh Punia | January 2011 | SAD | 3[3] | [4][5] | |||
| - | Ripudaman Singh Dhillon | 10 March 2020[6] | SAD | 27[3] | [7] | |||
Ex-officio members
[edit]Member of legislative assembly from Sangrur represents as the ex-officio member in the council.
| Election | Member | Picture | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | Rajinder Singh | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1962 | Hardit Singh | Communist Party of India | ||
| 1967 | J. Singh | Akali Dal – Sant Fateh Singh Group | ||
| 1969 | Gurbaksh Singh | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1972 | ||||
| 1977 | Gurdial Singh | Janata Party | ||
| 1980 | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa | 
|
Shiromani Akali Dal | |
| 1985 | Ranjit Singh | |||
| 1992 | Jasbir Singh | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1997 | Ranjit Singh | Shiromani Akali Dal | ||
| 2002 | Arvind Khanna | 
|
Indian National Congress | |
| 2007 | Surinder Pal Singh Sibia | |||
| 2012 | Parkash Chand Garg | 
|
Shiromani Akali Dal | |
| 2017 | Vijay Inder Singla | 
|
Indian National Congress | |
| 2022 | Narinder Kaur Bharaj | Aam Aadmi Party | ||
Elections
[edit]| Years | Others | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | SAD | BJP | |||
| 2015[9][5] | 5 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 27 |
| 2023[10] | TBA | 29 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "Department of Local Government". punjab.gov.in. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
- ^ "Punjab Municipal Act, 1999". www.bareactslive.com. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Councillor List". lgpunjab.gov.in (in Punjabi). Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ Kamal, Neel (5 January 2011). "Sangrur saw the emergence of two Akali leaders on Wednesday with former Union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa follower Preetinder Kaur elected as Zila parishad chairperson and Iqbaljit Singh Punia as municipal council prersident, in a matter of few hours". The Times of India. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ a b "Cong MLA's meeting with NC ex-chief kicks up row". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "No MC elections, Sangrur residents upset with govt". The Tribune. 29 April 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Sangrur Nagar Council chief booked for fraud". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Sangrur". elections.in. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
- ^ "Punjab MC Polls-All 122 Municipal Council/Nagar Panchayats Election Results-2015 (list in PDF )". www.babushahi.com. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Randeep Singh Deol And Ors vs Union Of India And Ors on 5 November, 2020". indiankanoon.org. 5 November 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
