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| name = Chandernagore Municipal Corporation
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| leader1_type = Mayor
| leader1_type = Mayor
| leader1 = Ram Chakraborty
| leader1 = [[Ram Chakraborty]]
| party1 = [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| party1 = [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
| election1 = [[2022 Chandernagore Municipal Corporation election|2022]]
| election1 = [[2022 Chandernagore Municipal Corporation election|2022]]
| leader2_type = Deputy Mayor
| leader2_type = Deputy Mayor
| leader2 = Munna Agarwal
| leader2 =[[ Munna Agarwal]]
| party2 = [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| party2 = [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
| election2 = [[2022 Chandernagore Municipal Corporation election|2022]]
| election2 = [[2022 Chandernagore Municipal Corporation election|2022]]
| leader3_type = Chairperson
| leader3_type = Chairperson
| leader3 =
| leader3 =
| party3 = [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| party3 = [[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]
| election3 = [[2022 Chandernagore Municipal Corporation election|2022]]
| election3 = [[2022 Chandernagore Municipal Corporation election|2022]]
| seats = 33
| seats = 33
| structure1 = Chandernagore Municipal Corporation as of Jan 2022.svg
| structure1 = Chandernagore Municipal Corporation 2022.svg
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* '''Government (31)'''
* '''Government (31)'''
{{legend|#3CB371|[[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]: 31}}
{{legend|#3CB371|[[Trinamool Congress|TMC]]: 31}}
* '''Opposition (3)'''
* '''Opposition (2)'''
{{legend|#FF0000|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]: 2}}
{{legend|#FF0000|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]: 2}}
{{legend|#DCDCDC|[[Independent politician|IND]]: 1}}
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| meeting_place = [[Headquarters]] of the Chandernagore Municipal Corporation
| meeting_place = [[Chandannagar]], [[West Bengal]]
| last_election1 = [[2022 Chandernagore Municipal Corporation election|2022]]
| last_election1 = [[2022 Chandernagore Municipal Corporation election|2022]]
| next_election1 = 2027
| next_election1 = 2027
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'''Chandernagore Municipal Corporation''' or '''CMC''' is the [[Local self-government in India|local government]] that governs the city of [[Chandannagar]] in [[Chandannagore subdivision]] of [[Hooghly district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].
'''Chandernagore Municipal Corporation''' or '''CMC''' is the [[Local self-government in India|local government]] that governs the city of [[Chandannagar]] in [[Chandannagore subdivision|Chandannagar Subdivision]] of [[Hooghly district]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].


==History==
==History==
Chandannagore Municipality was established in 1955, as per the Chandannagore Municipal Act, 1955 (WB Act XVIII of 1955). It became Chandannagore Municipal Corporation in 1994 as per the Chandernagore Municipal Corporation Act, 1990 (West Bengal Act XXXII of 1990). From 2006, it has been governed by the [http://wbdma.gov.in/HTM/MUNI_WB_Act_XXXIX_2006.htm West Bengal Municipal Corporation Act, 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914084353/http://www.wbdma.gov.in/HTM/MUNI_WB_Act_XXXIX_2006.htm |date=14 September 2018 }} (West Bengal Act XXXIX of 2006).<ref name="municipality">{{cite web | url = http://chandernagoremunicipalcorporation.in/Content.aspx?ID=History | title = Chandernagore Municipal Corporation | work= History of Chandannagar| publisher = Chandernagore Municipal Corporation | access-date = 4 July 2017}}</ref>
Chandannagore Municipality was established in 1955, as per the Chandannagore Municipal Act, 1955 (WB Act XVIII of 1955). It became Chandannagore Municipal Corporation in 1994 as per the Chandernagore Municipal Corporation Act, 1990 (West Bengal Act XXXII of 1990). From 2006, it has been governed by the [http://wbdma.gov.in/HTM/MUNI_WB_Act_XXXIX_2006.htm West Bengal Municipal Corporation Act, 2006] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180914084353/http://www.wbdma.gov.in/HTM/MUNI_WB_Act_XXXIX_2006.htm |date=14 September 2018 }} (West Bengal Act XXXIX of 2006).<ref name="municipality">{{cite web | url = http://chandernagoremunicipalcorporation.in/Content.aspx?ID=History | title = Chandernagore Municipal Corporation | work = History of Chandannagar | publisher = Chandernagore Municipal Corporation | access-date = 4 July 2017 | archive-date = 16 September 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170916082154/http://chandernagoremunicipalcorporation.in/Content.aspx?ID=History | url-status = dead }}</ref>


There was a French trading post at Chandannagar from 1673. It became a permanent French settlement in 1688. It was a part of [[French India]] till 1950, when Government of India took over the administration of Chandannagar. It was merged with the state of West Bengal on 2 October 1954.<ref name="municipality"/>
There was a French trading post at Chandannagar from 1673. It became a permanent French settlement in 1688. It was a part of [[French India]] till 1950, when Government of India took over the administration of Chandannagar. It was merged with the state of West Bengal on 2 October 1954.<ref name="municipality"/>
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==Healthcare==
==Healthcare==
Chandannagar Subvisional Hospital, with 250 beds, and Rupalal Nandi Cancer Research Centre, with 30 beds, are located in the Chandernagore Municipal Corporation area.<ref name=medical>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work= Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal |access-date = 15 July 2017}}</ref>
Chandannagar Subvisional Hospital, with 250 beds, and Rupalal Nandi Cancer Research Centre, with 30 beds, are located in the Chandernagore Municipal Corporation area.<ref name=medical>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work = Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal | access-date = 15 July 2017 | archive-date = 28 October 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211028134305/https://qphs.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-99a499ee367f0c1530476c81086270c8 | url-status = dead }}</ref>


==Elections==
==Elections==
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In the 2010 municipal elections for Chandernagore Municipal Corporation [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won 23 seats, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won 7 seats, [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] won 1 seat and Independents won 2 seats.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbsec.gov.in/(S(x5feom55drnpkn55tfuthm55))/Municipal/Detailed_Mun_Yearwise.aspx |title = Municipal General Election Results | work= Results of Municipal General Elections yearwise |publisher= West Bengal State Election Commission | access-date = 11 July 2017 }}</ref>
In the 2010 municipal elections for Chandernagore Municipal Corporation [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] won 23 seats, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won 7 seats, [[All India Forward Bloc|Forward Bloc]] won 1 seat and Independents won 2 seats.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbsec.gov.in/(S(x5feom55drnpkn55tfuthm55))/Municipal/Detailed_Mun_Yearwise.aspx |title = Municipal General Election Results | work= Results of Municipal General Elections yearwise |publisher= West Bengal State Election Commission | access-date = 11 July 2017 }}</ref>


About the 2010 municipal elections, [[The Guardian]] wrote, "Today's municipal elections are unlike any for decades: the Communists, who have held West Bengal's main towns almost without a break since the 1970s, are facing disaster. This time defeat is likely to be definitive and could signal the beginning of the end for the Communist Party of India-Marxist [CPI(M)]."<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/30/west-bengal-elections-communists | title = India’s Communist party faces defeat in West Bengal heartland. | work = The Guardian, International Edition, 30 May 2010 | publisher = theguardian | access-date = 14 July 2017}}</ref>
About the 2010 municipal elections, [[The Guardian]] wrote, "Today's municipal elections are unlike any for decades: the Communists, who have held West Bengal's main towns almost without a break since the 1970s, are facing disaster. This time defeat is likely to be definitive and could signal the beginning of the end for the Communist Party of India-Marxist [CPI(M)]."<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/may/30/west-bengal-elections-communists | title = India’s Communist party faces defeat in West Bengal heartland. | work = The Guardian, International Edition, 30 May 2010 | publisher = [[The Guardian]] | access-date = 14 July 2017}}</ref>


In the 2005 municipal elections for Chandernagore Municipal Corporation, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won 20 seats, [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] 10 seats and others 3 seats.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://hooghly.nic.in/Municpal_elec/Result_glance.htm | title = Municipal General Elections 2005 | work= District Hooghly | publisher = Hooghly district administration |access-date = 19 July 2017}}</ref>
In the 2005 municipal elections for Chandernagore Municipal Corporation, [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] won 20 seats, [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] 10 seats and others 3 seats.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://hooghly.nic.in/Municpal_elec/Result_glance.htm | title = Municipal General Elections 2005 | work= District Hooghly | publisher = Hooghly district administration |access-date = 19 July 2017}}</ref>
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{{Hooghly topics}}
{{Hooghly topics}}
{{Hooghly District}}
{{Hooghly District}}
{{Authority control}}


[[Category:Municipal corporations in India]]
[[Category:Municipal corporations in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Municipal corporations in West Bengal]]
[[Category:1994 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:1994 establishments in West Bengal]]

Latest revision as of 08:35, 13 November 2024

Chandernagore Municipal Corporation

চন্দননগর পৌরনিগম
Type
Type
History
Founded1994; 30 years ago (1994)
Leadership
Mayor
Deputy Mayor
Structure
Seats33
Political groups
  • Government (31)
  TMC: 31
  • Opposition (2)
  CPI(M): 2
Elections
Last election
2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Chandannagar, West Bengal
Website
www.chandernagoremunicipalcorporation.in

Chandernagore Municipal Corporation or CMC is the local government that governs the city of Chandannagar in Chandannagar Subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.

History

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Chandannagore Municipality was established in 1955, as per the Chandannagore Municipal Act, 1955 (WB Act XVIII of 1955). It became Chandannagore Municipal Corporation in 1994 as per the Chandernagore Municipal Corporation Act, 1990 (West Bengal Act XXXII of 1990). From 2006, it has been governed by the West Bengal Municipal Corporation Act, 2006 Archived 14 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine (West Bengal Act XXXIX of 2006).[1]

There was a French trading post at Chandannagar from 1673. It became a permanent French settlement in 1688. It was a part of French India till 1950, when Government of India took over the administration of Chandannagar. It was merged with the state of West Bengal on 2 October 1954.[1]

Geography

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Map of Chandernagore Municipal Corporation

Chandernagore Municipal Corporation covers an area of 22.03 km2 and has a total population of 166,771 (2011).[2]

In 1981, 27.20% of the total population formed main workers and 72.80% were non-workers in Chandernagore Municipal Corporation and 44.77% of the total main workers were industrial workers. This may be interpreted as follows: although industrial activities are prominent in the municipal areas of the region, the major portion of the population is commuters and migrants find employment in the area.[3]

Healthcare

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Chandannagar Subvisional Hospital, with 250 beds, and Rupalal Nandi Cancer Research Centre, with 30 beds, are located in the Chandernagore Municipal Corporation area.[4]

Elections

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In the 2015 municipal elections for Chandernagore Municipal Corporation Trinamool Congress won 21 seats, CPI(M) 7 seats, Forward Bloc 1 seat, Congress 3 seats and BJP 1 seat.[5]

In the 2010 municipal elections for Chandernagore Municipal Corporation Trinamool Congress won 23 seats, CPI(M) won 7 seats, Forward Bloc won 1 seat and Independents won 2 seats.[6]

About the 2010 municipal elections, The Guardian wrote, "Today's municipal elections are unlike any for decades: the Communists, who have held West Bengal's main towns almost without a break since the 1970s, are facing disaster. This time defeat is likely to be definitive and could signal the beginning of the end for the Communist Party of India-Marxist [CPI(M)]."[7]

In the 2005 municipal elections for Chandernagore Municipal Corporation, CPI(M) won 20 seats, Trinamool Congress 10 seats and others 3 seats.[8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Chandernagore Municipal Corporation". History of Chandannagar. Chandernagore Municipal Corporation. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Chandernagore Municipal Corporation". Urban Local Bodies. Department of Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Chapter V Industrial set up of the study area" (PDF). Table 16, page 232, Table 17, page 233, Table 18, page 236. Shodhganga. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Health & Family Welfare Department". Health Statistics. Government of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Municipal General Election Results". Results of Municipal General Elections 2015. West Bengal State Election Commission. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Municipal General Election Results". Results of Municipal General Elections yearwise. West Bengal State Election Commission. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  7. ^ "India's Communist party faces defeat in West Bengal heartland". The Guardian, International Edition, 30 May 2010. The Guardian. Retrieved 14 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Municipal General Elections 2005". District Hooghly. Hooghly district administration. Retrieved 19 July 2017.

 

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