| Aligarh Municipal Corporation | |
| Native Name: | Aligarh Nagar Nigam |
| House Type: | Municipal Corporation |
| Foundation: | November 1994 |
| Leader1 Type: | Mayor |
| Leader1: | Prashant Singhal, BJP[1] |
| Leader2 Type: | Municipal Commissioner |
| Leader2: | Satya Prakash Patel[2] |
| Seats: | 90 |
| Structure1: | Aligarh Municipal Corporation 2023.svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 300px |
| Political Groups1: | NDA (45)
Opposition (45) |
| Voting System1: | First-past-the-post |
| Last Election1: | 11 May 2023 |
| Next Election1: | 2028 |
| Session Res: | 250px |
| Meeting Place: | Sewa Bhawan,[4] Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh |
| Motto: | (Hindi: नगर का विकास, नगर निगम के साथ) (Development of City, With Municipal Corporation) |
The Aligarh Nagar Nigam (ANN) – also known as Aligarh Municipal Corporation (AMC) – is the civic body that governs Aligarh city. Established under the Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act-1959, it is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration of the city.[5] [6] The municipal corporation covers an area of .[7] The first mayor of Aligarh elections were held in 1995.[8] As of 2023, Prashant Singhal from the Bharatiya Janata Party is current mayor of Aligarh Municipal Corporation.[1]
Aligarh Municipal Board (Nagar Palika) was established on 1 August 1885. On November 1994 after enactment of Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act 1959, it was further upgraded as Municipal Corporation (Nagar Nigam).
AMC work for providing necessary community services like health care, educational institution, housing, transport etc. by collecting property tax and fixed grant from the Finance Commission and Government of Uttar Pradesh. Its sources of income are taxes on water, houses, markets, entertainment and vehicles paid by residents of the town and grants from the state government.[9]
As of 2017, the Aligarh Municipal Corporation's legislature, also known as the Corporation Council, consists of 70 directly elected corporators.
| Name of Ward | Name of Corporator | Political Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nagla Kalar | Yogesh Devi | BSP |