| Jalpaiguri Municipality | |
| Coa Pic: | Jalpaiguri Municipality Logo.png |
| Coa Res: | 300px |
| Coa Alt: | Logo of Baranagar Municipality |
| House Type: | Municipality |
| Leader1 Type: | Chair |
| Leader1: | Papia Paul[1] |
| Leader2 Type: | Vice chair |
| Leader2: | Saikat Chatterjee[2] |
| Seats: | 25 |
| Structure1: | Jalpaiguri Municipality 2022.svg |
| Structure1 Res: | 250px |
| Political Groups1: | Government (22) Opposition (10) |
| Session Res: | 300px |
| Meeting Place: | Jalpaiguri Municipality Office |
| Last Election1: | 2022 |
| Next Election1: | TBD |
Jalpaiguri Municipality is the civic body that governs Jalpaiguri and its surrounding areas in Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision of Jalpaiguri district in West Bengal, India.
The name Jalpaiguri comes from the word Jalpai meaning Ceylon olive, which grew in the city and adjacent areas and Guri means a place.[3]
Civic administration is the responsibility of the Jalpaiguri Municipality which is the one of the oldest in West Bengal. Set up in 1885, it is headed by a chairman who is elected by the residents of the city. It has 25 wards that elect the ward councillors. The All India Trinamool Congress is in the power of this municipal body. The chairperson of the municipality is Papia Pal.[4]
The municipality is responsible for providing basic services, such as potable water and sanitation. The water is supplied by the municipal authorities using its groundwater resources, and almost all the houses in the municipal area are connected through the system.[5]
Jalpaiguri Municipality has 25 wards.
| 22 | 2 | 1 | |
| AITC | INC | CPI(M) |
| 15 | 5 | 5 | |
| AITC | INC | CPI(M) |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | |
| INC | CPI(M) | AITC |
Following is the list of councillors of Jalpaiguri Municipality at present:[9]
| 1 | Nilam Chakraborty (Sharma) | AITC | ||
| 2 | Mahua Dutta Bandopadhyay (Mun) | AITC | ||
| 3 | Swarup Mandal | AITC | ||
| 4 | Sarita Prasad (Shah) Gupta | AITC | ||
| 5 | Sandip Mahato | AITC | ||
| 6 | Subrata Pal | AITC | ||
| 7 | Papia Pal | AITC | ||
| 8 | Saikat Chatterjee | AITC | ||
| 9 | Pramod Mandal | AITC | ||
| 10 | Dinesh Raut | AITC | ||
| 11 | Manashi Biswas Roy | AITC | ||
| 12 | Manindra Nath Barman | AITC | ||
| 13 | Lipika Sarkar | AITC | ||
| 14 | Sandip Ghosh | AITC | ||
| 15 | Tapan Banerjee | AITC | ||
| 16 | Tiyash Sinha Goswami | AITC | ||
| 17 | Dilip Kumar Barma | AITC | ||
| 18 | Uttam Bose | AITC | ||
| 19 | Lopamudra Adhikari Mandal | AITC | ||
| 20 | Shubhra Deb | INC | ||
| 21 | Taraknath Das | AITC | ||
| 22 | Pinku Biswas | AITC | ||
| 23 | Sanchita Panchanan (Dhar) | CPI(M) | ||
| 24 | Amlan Munshi (Dhar) | AITC | ||
| 25 | Poushali Das (Sarkar) | INC |