Balurghat Municipality
Balurghat Municipality | |
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| Type | |
| Type | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1951 |
| Leadership | |
Chairman | Ashok Mitra, AITC |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 25 |
Political groups | Government (19)
Opposition (3) Others (1)
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| Elections | |
Last election | 2022 |
Next election | 2027 |
| Website | |
| www | |
Balurghat Municipality is the civic body that governs Balurghat city of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India.
History
Alipurduar municipality was established on 7 February 1957.[1]
Geography
Balurghat Municipality covers an area of 8.98 km2 and has a total population of 65,232 (2011).[2]
Elections
Current members
Balurghat Municipality has a total of 25 members or councillors, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the chairperson. The latest elections were held on 12 February 2022. The current chairperson of Arambagh Municipality is Samir Bhandari of the Trinamool Congress. The current deputy chairperson is Mamata Mukherjee of the Trinamool Congress.
| Chairperson: Samir Bhandari | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deputy Chairperson: Mamata Mukherjee | ||||
| Ward No. | Name of Councillor[3] | Party | Remarks | |
| 1 | Retun Kundu | Trinamool Congress | ||
| 2 | Soma Pandit | |||
| 3 | Biswanath Chatterjee | |||
| 4 | Mamata Mukherjee | |||
| 5 | Ram Prasad Dolui | |||
| 6 | Swapan Kumar Nandi | |||
| 7 | Aparajita Roy | |||
| 8 | Sheikh Shukur Ali | |||
| 9 | Mita Dey | |||
| 10 | Tushar Karfa | |||
| 11 | Sanjoy Ghorui | |||
| 12 | Tripti Kundu | |||
| 13 | Rathindra Nath Das | |||
| 14 | Hasan Ali | |||
| 15 | Sanjoy Das | |||
| 16 | Samir Bhandari | |||
| 17 | Ruma Karmakar | |||
| 18 | Pradip Singha Roy | |||
| 19 | Biswajit Ghosh | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
References
- ^ "About Balurghat". Britannica. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- ^ "Alipurduar Municipality Demographics". Census2011. Retrieved 9 January 2026.
- ^ "2022 WB local election results". SEC West Bengal. Retrieved 29 August 2025.