Varanasi Municipal Corporation

{{short description|Governing civic body of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh}}

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| native_name = Varanasi Nagar Nigam

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| house_type = Municipal Corporation

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| leader1_type = Mayor

| leader1 = Ashok Tiwari

| party1 = BJP{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/in-varanasi-bjps-ashok-tiwari-defeats-sp-by-1-33l-votes-to-become-new-mayor/articleshow/100216621.cms?from=mdr|title=In Varanasi BJP’s Ashok Tiwari defeats SP by 1.33L votes|work=The Times of India|accessdate=21 May 2023}}

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| leader2_type = Municipal Commissioner

| leader2 = Pranay Singh, IAS

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| seats = 100

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Government (62)

{{Color box|{{Party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}} BJP (62){{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/bjp-secures-62-of-100-seats-in-vmc-house/articleshow/100221477.cms?from=mdr|title=BJP secures 62 of 100 seats in Varanasi|work=Times of India|accessdate=21 May 2023}}

Opposition (38)

{{Color box|{{Party color|Samajwadi Party}}}} SP (13)
{{Color box|{{Party color|Indian National Congress}}}} INC (9)
{{Color box|#B2B2B2}} IND (16)

| voting_system1 = First past the post

| last_election1 = 4 May 2023

| next_election1 = 2028

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| meeting_place = Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh

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Varanasi Municipal Corporation is the governing body of the city of Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor, and administers the city's infrastructure and public services. Members from the state's leading various political parties hold elected offices in the corporation.[http://niyuktionline.up.nic.in/pcs/pcs_hod.aspx Department of Appointment and Personnel, Government of Uttar Pradesh][http://www.varanasi.org.in/nagar-nigam-varanasi NAGAR NIGAM VARANASI]

History

Varanasi has been a metropolitan municipality with a mayor-council form of government. Varanasi Municipal Corporation was established on 24 January 1959 as a Nagar Mahapalika under the Municipal Corporation Act of 1959 and in 1994 it was ungraded to Nagar Nigam. With 110 wards and currently the total area under it is around {{Convert|130|km2|abbr=on}}{{cite web|title=Varanasi City|url=https://www.nnvns.org/index.php}} and Kunj Bihari Gupta as cities first Mayor and P.K. Kaul as a Municipal Commissioner. The Varanasi Municipal Corporation is responsible for public education, correctional institutions, libraries, public safety, recreational facilities, sanitation, water supply, local planning, and welfare services. The mayor and councilors are elected to five-year terms.

Varanasi Municipal Corporation is part of various government schemes like Swachh Bharat Mission, Hriday, Amrut as well as Smart Cities Mission.[http://www.smartcityvaranasi.in/ Smart City Varanasi]

List of Mayors

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style="background-color: {{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \|	1995	Saroj Singh	rowspan=6\|Bharatiya Janata Party
style="background-color: {{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \|	2000	Amar Nath Yadav
style="background-color: {{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \|	2006	Kaushalendra Singh Patel
style="background-color: {{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \|	2012	Ram Gopal Mohale
style="background-color: {{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \|	2017	Mridula Jaiswal
style="background-color: {{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \|	2023	Ashok Kumar tiwari

Election Results

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|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Ashok Kumar Tiwari

|votes = 2,91,852

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|party = Samajwadi Party

|candidate = O P Singh

|votes = 1,58,715

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Anil Srivastava

|votes = 94,288

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{{Election box begin | title=Uttar Pradesh Local Body Election, 2017: Varanasi}}

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|party = Bharatiya Janata Party

|candidate = Mridula Jaiswal

|votes = 1,92,188

|percentage = 42.53

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Indian National Congress

|candidate = Shalini Yadav

|votes = 1,13,345

|percentage = 25.08

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|party = Samajwadi Party

|candidate = Sadhana Gupta

|votes = 99,272

|percentage = 21.97

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Bahujan Samaj Party

|candidate = Sudha Chaurasiya

|votes = 28,959

|percentage = 6.41

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party

|candidate = Arti Devi

|votes = 8,082

|percentage = 1.79

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{{Election box candidate|

|candidate = Anita

|party = IND.

|votes = 4,756

|percentage = 1.05

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|votes = 5,335

|percentage = 1.18

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 78,843

|percentage = 17.45

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 4,51,937

|percentage = 41.64

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References

Category:Municipal corporations in Uttar Pradesh

Category:Government of Varanasi

Category:1959 establishments in Uttar Pradesh