Raipur Municipal Corporation

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Raipur Municipal Corporation रायपुर नगर पालिक निगम
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation
Term limits	5 years
Leadership
Leader of House (Mayor)	Aijaz Dhebar, INC since 7 January 2020
Chairman of House (Speaker)	Pramod Dubey, INC since 5 January 2020
Municipal commissioner	Prabhat Malik, IAS since 2020
Leader of Opposition	Manoj Verma, BJP since 7 January 2020
Structure
Political groups	Government (41)   INC (34)   IND (5) Opposition (29)   BJP (29) Others (2)   JCC(J) + (2)
Length of term	70
Elections
Voting system	First-Past-The-Post
Last election	December 2019 - January 2020
Next election	December 2024 - January 2025
Motto
स्वार्थो यस्य परार्थ एव:
Meeting place
Raipur Nagar Nigam, White House
Website
nagarnigamraipur.nic.in

Raipur Municipal Corporation (Hindi: रायपुर नगर पालिक निगम) or RMC is the Municipal Corporation responsible for the governing civic infrastructure and administration of the city of Raipur, capital of Chhattisgarh. This civic administrative body administers the city's cleanliness and other public services like public health, clean streets and parks. It has ranked 7th in Municipal Performance Index 2020 by Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA)^[1]

History[]

RMC was estlablished in 1980 by the Cabinet of Arjun Singh, that time Chief Minister of United Madhya Pradesh. The first elections for 63 wardsof RMC was held in the same year where INC's Swaroop Chand Jain became the first mayor of the City. Between 1985 to 1995, the Municipal Corporation was controlled under the Raipur Administrator or District Magistrate appointed by Chief Minister. After the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 was passed by the Parliament of India, it became a part of Chhatisgarh and also the largest Municipal Corporation of the state. Tarun Prasad Chatterjee was the first the mayor of the city after creation of the Chhattisgarh. In 2004 before local elections, The Raman Singh Cabinet approved the creation of 7 more wards for RMC and the number incresed from 63 to 70. First local body elections for the state was held in 2004 where BJP's Sunil Soni (Current MP of Raipur Loksabha) became the first and till date non-congress mayor of Raipur. There have been 11 election held after the creation and in most INC was successful. Current Mayor of the city is Aijaz Dhebar.

Administration[]

RMC is headed by Mayor (Head of Nigam) which has elected by people and an IAS officer who serves as Municipal Commissioner elected by CM of state. Like other election in India, in RMC also the Parsahads (elected reprensentatives of wards) forms the Nigam and the elected leader of the majority party becomes Mayor.

2019-20 Raipur Urban Body Elections[]

2019-20 Raipur Urban Body Elections is the most current election held in Raipur which was held between December 2019 - January 2020.

Polling[]

The Election Commission of Chhattisgarh declared The polling day for all 70 seats was held on 22 December 2019 and counting day on 24 December 2019. There was 78% overall voting percentage.

Results[]

The Results were declared on 24 December 2019 in which INC became the largest party with 34 seats followed by BJP with 29 Seats, Independent Politicians with 5 seats and JCC(J)+ got 2 seats. The Majority for making governemnt is 36 and INC wants only two parshads which was fulfilled by support of 5 Independent Politicians. The incumbdent mayor Pramod Dubey was elected as Chairman on 5 January 2020 or Speaker and Aijaz Dhebhar was elected as 10th Mayor of RMC by voting of Parshads on 7th January 2020 and both took oath on the same day of their election.^[2]

List of Mayors[]

References[]