Sangrur Municipal Council Explained

Sangrur Municipal Council
House Type:	Municipal Council
Leader1 Type:	Minister in charge
Leader1:	Inderbir Singh Nijjar^[1]
Leader2 Type:	President
Leader2:	Vacant
Leader3 Type:	Vice-President
Leader3:	Vacant
Leader5 Type:	Municipal commissioner
Seats:	28
Structure1:	India Sangrur Municipal Council 2015.svg
Structure1 Res:	280px
Political Groups1:	Government (19) SAD (13) BJP (6) Opposition (8) INC (5) Independent (3) Ex-officio Aam Aadmi Party (1)
Last Election1:	February 2015
Next Election1:	January 2023
Term Length:	5 Years

The Sangrur Municipal Council is a nagar palika (municipal council) which administers the city of Sangrur, Punjab. It has 27 members elected with a first-past-the-post voting system and one ex-officio member which is MLA for Sangrur.

President

The president of Sangrur is the elected chief of the Municipal Council of Sangrur. The president is the first citizen of the city. The president shall be the Chairman of the Standing Committee. Municipal Council elects one of its elected members as the president.^[2]

S. No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Party		Ward No.	Ref.
-	Iqbaljit Singh Punia	January 2011				SAD	3	^[3] ^[4]
-	Ripudaman Singh Dhillon		10 March 2020^[5]			SAD	27^[6]	^[7]

Ex-officio members

Member of legislative assembly from Sangrur represents as the ex-officio member in the council.

Members of Legislative Assembly^[8]

Election	Member	Picture	Party
1957	Rajinder Singh
1962	Hardit Singh
1967	J. Singh
1969	Gurbaksh Singh
1972
1977	Gurdial Singh
1980	Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
1985	Ranjit Singh
1992	Jasbir Singh
1997	Ranjit Singh
2002	Arvind Khanna
2007	Surinder Pal Singh Sibia
2012	Parkash Chand Garg
2017	Vijay Inder Singla
2022	Narinder Kaur Bharaj

Elections

Years				Others	Total
	INC	SAD	BJP
2015^[9]	5	13	6	3	27
2023^[10]	29

Notes and References

1. Web site: Department of Local Government. punjab.gov.in. 6 February 2021.
2. Web site: Punjab Municipal Act, 1999 . 2022-07-27 . www.bareactslive.com.
3. Web site: 5 January 2011 . Neel . Kamal . Sangrur saw the emergence of two Akali leaders on Wednesday with former Union minister Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa follower Preetinder Kaur elected as Zila parishad chairperson and Iqbaljit Singh Punia as municipal council prersident, in a matter of few hours . 2022-07-27 . The Times of India . en.
4. Web site: Cong MLA's meeting with NC ex-chief kicks up row . 2022-07-27 . Tribuneindia News Service . en.
5. Web site: 29 April 2023 . No MC elections, Sangrur residents upset with govt . 20 May 2023 . The Tribune.
6. Web site: Councillor List . 27 July 2022 . lgpunjab.gov.in . pa.
7. Web site: Sangrur Nagar Council chief booked for fraud . 2022-07-27 . Tribuneindia News Service . en.
8. Web site: Sangrur. elections.in. 18 May 2019.
9. Web site: Punjab MC Polls-All 122 Municipal Council/Nagar Panchayats Election Results-2015 (list in PDF) . 2022-07-27 . www.babushahi.com.
10. Web site: 5 November 2020 . Randeep Singh Deol And Ors vs Union Of India And Ors on 5 November, 2020 . 27 July 2022 . indiankanoon.org.