Dankuni Municipality

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| name = Dankuni Municipality

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| house_type = Municipality

| foundation = {{start date and age|2010}}

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| leader1_type = Chairman

| leader1 = Hasina Shabnam

| party1 = AITC

| leader2_type = Vice Chairman

| leader2 = Prakash Raha

| party2 = AITC

| seats = 21

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Government (19)

{{colorbox|#20C646}} AITC (19)

Opposition (1)

{{colorbox|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}}} INC (1)

Others (1)

{{colorbox|#B2B2B2}} IND (1)

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| last_election1 = 2022

| next_election1 = 2027

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| website = {{URL|www.dankunimunicipality.in}}

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Dankuni Municipality is the civic body that governs Dankuni and its surrounding areas in Srirampore subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.

Geography

File:Map of dankuni municipality.jpg

Dankuni Municipality covers an area of 19.5 sq km and has a total population of 95,966 (2011).{{cite web | url = https://www.wbdma.gov.in/HTM/MUNI_municipality.htm | title = Dankuni Municipality | publisher = Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal | work = Urban Local Bodies | access-date = 11 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 }}

Dankuni Municipality is located in the south-eastern part of Chanditala II CD Block.{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/DCHB/DCHB_A/19/1912_PART_A_DCHB_HUGLI.pdf |title = District Census Handbook: Hugli, Series-20, Part XIIA | work= Map of Hooghly district with Municipalities (on the fifth page) |publisher= Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | access-date = 1 June 2017 }}

Elections

In the 2015 municipal elections for Dankuni Municipality Trinamool Congress won 11 seats, CPI (M) 8 seats, INC 1 seat and Independent 1 seat.{{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 = 11 July 2017 }}

References

Category:Municipalities of West Bengal