Alipurduar Municipality
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Alipurduar Municipality is the civic body that governs Alipurduar city in Alipurduar subdivision of Alipurduar district, West Bengal, India.
Alipurduar Municipality | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Leadership | |
Chairman | Prasenjit Kar, AITC |
Vice Chairman | Mampi Adhikary, AITC |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 20 |
| |
Political groups | Government (16)
Opposition (4) |
| Elections | |
Last election | 2022 |
Next election | 2027 |
| Website | |
| www | |
History
Alipurduar municipality was established on 7 February 1957.[1]
Geography
Alipurduar Municipality covers an area of 8.98 km2 and has a total population of 65,232 (2011).[2]
Current members
Alipurduar Municipality has a total of 20 members or councillors, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the chairperson. The latest elections were held on 12 February 2022. The current chairman of Alipurduar Municipality is Prasenjit Kar of the Trinamool Congress. The current vice chairman is Mampi Adhikary of the Trinamool Congress.[3]
| Chairman: Prasenjit Kar | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vice Chairman: Mampi Adhikary | ||||
| Ward No. | Name of Councillor[4] | Party | Remarks | |
| 1 | Prasenjit Kar | Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2 | Srila Dutta | Independent | ||
| 3 | Mausumi Bagchi | Trinamool Congress | ||
| 4 | Susmita Raha | |||
| 5 | Debkanta Barua | |||
| 6 | Gargi Talukder | Independent | ||
| 7 | Partha Pratim Ghosh | Trinamool Congress | ||
| 8 | Mitali Majumder | |||
| 9 | Dipak Sarkar | |||
| 10 | Jhuma Mitra | Independent | ||
| 11 | Partha Sarkar | Trinamool Congress | ||
| 12 | Dipta Chatterjee | |||
| 13 | Anand Kumar Jaiswal | |||
| 14 | Madhabi Dey Sarkar | |||
| 15 | Partha Pratim Mandal | |||
| 16 | Dibakar Pal | |||
| 17 | Mampi Adhikary | |||
| 18 | Arupa Ray | |||
| 19 | Madan Ghosh | |||
| 20 | Shantanu Debnath | Indian National Congress | ||
Elections
2022
| Party | Won | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 16 | ||
| Indian National Congress | 1 | ||
| Independents | 3 | ||
| Total | 20 | ||