Parbhani Municipal Corporation

The Parbhani Municipal Corporation is D grade Municipal Corporation of Maharashtra, the governing body of the city of Parbhani, situated beside the Collector Office, and District Court. The municipal corporation consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure, public services and supplies. Members from the state's leading various political parties hold elected offices in the corporation.

Parbhani City Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
Municipal Corporation
Established2012
Leadership
Mayor
Anita Sonkamble[1] (INC)
Municipal Commissioner
RAMESH PAWAR (IAS)
Deputy Mayor
Bhagwan Waghmare[2] (INC)
Structure
Seats65
Political groups
  INC: 30 seats
  NCP: 18 seats
  SS: 6 seats
  BJP: 8 seats
  AIMIM: 1 seats
  Independents: 2 seats
Elections
Last election
2017
Website
www.pcmcparbhani.gov.in

In 2011 Maharashtra State cabinet decided to elevate Parbhani along with Latur and Chandrapur to municipal corporation as city crossed mark of 3,00,000 population in 2011 census. First election for the Municipal Corporation was conducted in 2012, after the predecessor City Council's term ended.[3]

Corporation Election 2012

Pratap Bhaskarrao Deshmukh of the Nationalist Congress Party became the first mayor of Parbhani Municipal Corporation while Syed Khaled Syed Sahebjan alias Sajju Lala of Nationalist Congress Party was the first deputy mayor.[4]

Political performance in Election 2012

The results of the Election 2012 are as follows.[5]

S.No.Party NameParty flag or symbolNumber of Corporators
01Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)30
02Indian National Congress (INC)23
03Shiv Sena (SS)08
04Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)02
05Independents02

Corporation Election 2017

The second election took place on 19 April and result came out on 21 April.

Congress candidates won in 31 wards out of the 65 wards of Parbhani Municipal Corporation. NCP came at second position, winning 18 wards, while the BJP could bag 8 seats. Shiv Sena won 6 seats and independent 2.[6]

Anita Sonkamble of Indian National Congress and Bhagwan Waghmare of Indian National Congress were elected as mayor and deputy mayor of corporation respectively on 22 November, 2019.[7]

S.No.Party NameParty flag or symbolNumber of Corporators
01Indian National Congress (INC)31
02Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)18
03Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)8
04Shiv Sena (SS)06
05Independents02

References
  1. "Maharashtra mayoral elections, Sena,Cong, NCP get the better of BJP", Economic Times, retrieved 27 November 2019
  2. "Maharashtra mayoral elections, Sena,Cong, NCP get the better of BJP", Economic Times, retrieved 27 November 2019
  3. http://m.timesofindia.com/city/nagpur/Chandrapur-is-now-municipal-corporation/articleshow/10435175.cms
  4. http://zeenews.india.com/news/maharashtra/ncp-wins-parbhani-mayoral-elections_775716.html
  5. http://www.mahasec.com/marathi/results.pdf
  6. http://www.india.com/news/india/parbhani-election-results-2017-live-news-updates-2048745/
  7. "Maharashtra mayoral elections, Sena,Cong, NCP get the better of BJP", Economic Times, retrieved 27 November 2019
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