Baidyabati Municipality
{{Short description|Municipal Corporation in West Bengal, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
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| house_type = Municipality
| foundation = {{start date and age|1869}}
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| leader1_type = Chairman
| leader1 = Pintu Mahata
| party1 = AITC
| leader2_type = Vice Chairman
| leader2 = Santanu Dutta
| party2 = AITC
| seats = 23
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Government (16)
- {{colorbox|#20C646}} AITC (16)
Opposition (4)
- {{colorbox|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} INC (2)
- {{colorbox|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}} CPI(M) (1)
- {{colorbox|{{party color|All India Forward Bloc}}}} AIFB (1)
Others (3)
- {{colorbox|#B2B2B2}} IND (3)
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| last_election1 = 2022
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Baidyabati Municipality is the civic body that governs Baidyabati and its surrounding areas (Sheoraphuli and partly Chatra) in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.
History
Baidyabati Municipality was established in 1869,Uttarrariya Kayastha-kanda Vol.3by Vasu,nagengranath(1929): P97 under the leadership of Raja Girindrachandra of Sheoraphuli Rajbari. He was succeeded by Raja N.C Ghosh of Sheoraphuli Rajbari, the longest serving municipal head (33 years). The Sheoraphuli-Tarakeshwar line was constructed on debuttar property in 1885 and was inspected by Lord Dufferin and Raja Girindrachandra.Uttarrariya Kayastha-kanda Vol.3by Vasu,nagengranath(1929): P97
Geography
Baidyabati Municipality covers an area of 12.03 km2 and has a population of 121,110 (2011).{{cite web | url = https://www.wbdma.gov.in/HTM/MUNI_municipality.htm | title = Baidyabati Municipality | publisher = Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal | work = Urban Local Bodies | access-date = 4 July 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180928223458/http://wbdma.gov.in/HTM/MUNI_municipality.htm | archive-date = 28 September 2018 | url-status = dead }}
In 1981, 25.00% of the total population formed main workers and 75.00% were non-workers in Baidyabati Municipality and 27.00% of the total main workers were industrial workers. This may be interpreted as follows: although industrial activities are prominent in the municipal areas of the region, the major portion of the population is commuters and migrants find employment in the area.{{cite web | url = http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/68558/14/14_chapter%205.pdf | title = Chapter V Industrial set up of the study area | work = Table 16, page 232, Table 17, page 233, Table 18, page 236 | publisher = Shodhganga | access-date = 4 July 2017}}
Elections
In the 2015 municipal elections for Baidyabati Municipality Trinamool Congress won 13 seats, CPI (M) 1 seat, Forward Bloc 3 seats, Congress 3 seats and Independents 3 seats.{{cite web| url = http://wbsec.gov.in/(S(ok51ajaejr1ty3qg43xq0kf1))/Municipal/FinalResult_All_Mun.aspx |title = Municipal General Election Results | work= Results of Municipal General Elections 2015 |publisher= West Bengal State Election Commission | access-date = 4 July 2017 }}
In the 2010 municipal elections for Baidyabati Municipality Trinamool Congress won 12 seats, CPI (M) 4 seats, Forward Bloc 3 seats and Congress won 3 seats.{{cite web| url = http://wbsec.gov.in/(S(x5feom55drnpkn55tfuthm55))/Municipal/Detailed_Mun_Yearwise.aspx |title = Municipal General Election Results | work= Results of Municipal General Elections yearwise |publisher= West Bengal State Election Commission | access-date = 11 July 2017 }}
About the 2010 municipal elections, The Guardian wrote, "Today's municipal elections are unlike any for decades: the Communists, who have held West Bengal's main towns almost without a break since the 1970s, are facing disaster… This time defeat is likely to be definitive and could signal the beginning of the end for the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM)."{{cite news | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/30/west-bengal-elections-communists | title = India's Communist party faces defeat in West Bengal heartland. | work = The Guardian, International Edition, 30 May 2010 | date = 29 May 2010 | access-date = 14 July 2017 | last1 = Burke | first1 = Jason }}
In the 2005 municipal elections for Baidyabati Municipality, CPI (M) won 8 seats, Forward Block 4 seats, Congress 6 seats and Trinamool Congress 4 seats.{{cite web | url = http://hooghly.nic.in/Municipal_elec/Result_glance.htm | title = Municipal General Elections 2005 | work= District Hooghly | publisher = Hooghly district administration |access-date = 19 July 2017}}
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