Arambagh Municipality

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Arambagh Municipality
Type
Type
History
Founded1886; 140 years ago (1886)
Leadership
Chairman
Samir Bhandari, AITC
Vice Chairman
Mamata Mukherjee, AITC
Structure
Seats19
Political groups
Government (18)
  •   AITC (18)

Opposition (1)

Elections
Last election
27 February 2022
Next election
2027
Website
www.arambaghmunicipality.org

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

History

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Arambagh Municipality was established in 1886.[1]

Geography

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Map of Arambagh Municipality

Arambagh Municipality covers an area of 117.20 sq km and has a total population of 66,175 (2011).[2][3]

Healthcare

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Arambagh Subdivisonal Hospital, with 250 beds, is located in the Arambagh Municipality area.[4]

Current members

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Arambagh Municipality has a total of 19 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 chairperson of Arambagh Municipality is Krishna Chakraborty of the Trinamool Congress. The current deputy mayor is Anita Mondal of the Trinamool Congress.

Chairperson: Samir Bhandari
Deputy Chairperson: Mamata Mukherjee
Ward No. Name of Councillor[5] Party Remarks
1 Retun Kundu Trinamool Congress
2 Soma Pandit
3 Biswanath Chatterjee
4 Mamata Mukherjee
5 Ram Prasad Dolui
6 Swapan Kumar Nandi
7 Aparajita Roy
8 Sheikh Shukur Ali
9 Mita Dey
10 Tushar Karfa
11 Sanjoy Ghorui
12 Tripti Kundu
13 Rathindra Nath Das
14 Hasan Ali
15 Sanjoy Das
16 Samir Bhandari
17 Ruma Karmakar
18 Pradip Singha Roy
19 Biswajit Ghosh Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

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In the 2022 municipal elections for Arambagh Municipality Trinamool Congress won 18 seats and BJP won 1 seat

In the 2015 municipal elections for Arambagh Municipality Trinamool Congress won all 19 seats.[6]

In the 2010 municipal elections for Arambagh Municipality Trinamool Congress won 9 seats, CPI (M) 7 seats, Forward Bloc 1 seat and Independent 1 seat.[7]

About the 2010 municipal elections, The Guardian wrote, "Today's municipal elections are unlike any for decades: the Communists, who have held West Bengal's main towns almost without a break since the 1970s, are facing disaster… This time defeat is likely to be definitive and could signal the beginning of the end for the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM)."[8]

In the 2005 municipal elections for Arambagh Municipality, CPI (M) won 11 seats, CPI 1 seat, Forward Bloc 3 seats and others 3 seats.[9]

References

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