List of mayors of Salem, Tamil Nadu
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The Mayor of Salem is the first citizen of Salem, a metropolitan city in the State of Tamil Nadu, southern India.[1] The mayor is an elected officeholder who, along with 60 councillors of the Salem City Municipal Corporation is the chief administrator of the city.[2][3]
| Mayor of Salem | |
|---|---|
since 4 March 2022 | |
| Type | Municipal corporation |
| Status | Active |
| Seat | Brett's road, Salem |
| Appointer |
|
| Term length |
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| Inaugural holder | G. Soodamani |
| Formation | 1996 |
| Website | Mayor of Salem |
The mayor is elected directly by the electorate. This was temporarily scrapped in 2006 in favour of an indirect election among the councillors. The process of direct elections was brought back in 2011 on the recommendation of the Election Commission of India.[4]
The office of Mayor of Salem, like all other mayors in Tamil Nadu, was vacant from 25 October 2016 to 4 March 2022 due to repeated delays in holding civic polls in the State. Following the 2022 urban polls, A. Ramachandran of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) was sworn in as the sixth Mayor of Salem on 4 March 2022.[5]
List of mayors
| S.No.[a] | Portrait | Name | Elected Ward | Political Party[b] | Term of Office | Corporation Election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| From | To | Days in office | ||||||
| 1 | G. Soodamani | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 25 October 1996[c][6][7] | 2001 | 1st
(4 years, 364 days) |
1st | ||
| 2 | R. Suresh Kumar | Directly elected | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 2001 | 2006 | 1st
(5 years) |
2nd | |
| 3 | S. Soundappan | 2006 | 27 October
2006 |
1st
(210 days) | ||||
| 4 | J. Rekha Priyadharshini | Directly elected | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 28 October | 24 October 2011 | 1st
(4 years, 364 days) |
3rd | |
| 5 | S. Soundappan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 25 October
2011[10] |
24 October 2016 | 2nd
(4 years, 365 days) |
4th | ||
| Corporation / Mayoralty suspended (25 October 2016 - 2 March 2022) | ||||||||
| 6 | A. Ramachandran | 6 | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 4 March 2022 | Incumbent | 1st
(4 years, 191 days) |
5th | |
Notes
- A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- This column only names the mayor's party. The corporation the mayor heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
- G. Soodamani was serving as Chairman of Salem Municipality at the time of its upgradation into a Corporation. He automatically became Mayor and was officially elected in the 1996 civic polls.