List of mayors of Lucknow

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Mayor of Lucknow
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Seal of Lucknow Municipal Corporation
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Incumbent
Sanyukta Bhatia
since 12 December 2017
StatusHead of the LMC
Member ofLucknow Municipal Corporation
Residence50 C, Singar Nagar, Alambagh, Lucknow
SeatLucknow Municipal Corporation Headoffice, Lalbagh, Lucknow
AppointerElected by voters
Term length5 years
Formation1960 (62 years ago) (1960)
First holderDr SC Rai
DeputyDeputy Mayor
Websitelmc.up.nic.in

The Mayor of Lucknow is the head of Lucknow Municipal Corporation. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. The Mayor plays a decorative role of representing and upholding the dignity of the city and a functional role in deliberating over the discussions in the corporation. The role of the mayor is largely ceremonial.

The city is divided into 110 wards, each of them headed by a corporators who work under the mayor. In addition to the 110 councilors, there are Deputy Commissioners and Heads of various departments and Zonal officers.

Sanyukta Bhatia is the current mayor of Lucknow, who was elected in 2017 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election and became the first Women mayor of the city.[1][2]

Election of the Mayor[]

The mayor is elected from within the ranks of the council in a quinquennial election. The elections are conducted in all 227 wards in the city to elect corporators. The party that wins the maximum number of seats holds an internal voting to decide the mayor.

The tenure of the mayor is of 5 years or till dissolution of municipal corporation, either by themselves or by state law.

List of Mayors of LMC[]

Sr No. Name Term Start Term Ended Notes
City Head of Lucknow Municipal Board
1 Raj Kumar Srivastava 1 February 1960 1 February 1961 First City Head of Lucknow
2 Giriraj Dharna Rastogi 2 February 1961 1 May 1962
3 Dr Purshottam Das Kapoor 2 May 1962 1 May 1963
(3) Dr Purshottam Das Kapoor 2 May 1963 1 May 1964
4 Captain VR Mohan 2 May 1964 1 May 1965
5 Om Narayan Bansal 2 May 1965 31 June 1966
Administrator Period 31 June 1966 4 July 1968
6 Dr Madan Mohan Singh Siddhu 4 July 1968 30 June 1969
7 Balak Ram Vaishya 1 July 1969 30 June 1970
8 Beni Prasad Halwasiya 1 July 1970 30 June 1971
9 Dr Dauji Gupta 5 July 1971 30 June 1972
(9) Dr Dauji Gupta 1 July 1972 30 June 1973
Administrator Period 30 June 1973 26 August 1989
(9) Dr Dauji Gupta 26 August 1989 27 May 1992
Administrator Period 27 May 1992 13 May 1993
10 Akhilesh Das 13 May 1993 30 November 1995
11 Dr SC Rai 1 December 1995 30 November 2000
(11) Dr SC Rai 1 December 2000 21 November 2002
Mayor of Lucknow Municipal Corporation
1 Dr SC Rai 21 November 2002 13 February 2006 First Mayor of the city
Administrator Period 13 February 2006 14 November 2006
2 Dr Dinesh Sharma 14 November 2006 23 February 2011
Administrator Period 23 February 2011 14 July 2012
(2) Dr Dinesh Sharma 14 July 2012 19 March 2017 Left office to be the part of First Yogi Aditynath ministry and became deputy chief minister of the state.
3 Suresh Chandra Awasthi (Acting) 24 March 2017 11 August 2017
Administrator Period 11 August 2017 12 December 2017
4 Sanyukta Bhatia 12 December 2017 Incumbent First women mayor of the city

Source:[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Who is Sanyukta Bhatia? Meet Lucknow's first woman mayor in 100 years". Financialexpress. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  2. ^ Quint, The (13 December 2017). "Lucknow's Gets Its First Woman Mayor, 110 Corporators Sworn In". TheQuint. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
  3. ^ http://lmc.up.nic.in/pdf/mayerlist.pdf[bare URL PDF]
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