Lucknow Municipal Corporation
Lucknow Nagar Nigam Lucknow Municipal Corporation | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
Term limits | 5 years |
| History | |
| Founded | 1884 as Lucknow Municipal Board |
| Leadership | |
Gaurav Kumar, IAS | |
| Structure | |
| Seats | 110 |
Political groups | Government (80)
Opposition (26) Other (4)
|
Length of term | 5 years |
| Elections | |
Last election | 4 May 2023 |
Next election | 2028 |
| Motto | |
| Clean Lucknow, Beautiful Lucknow | |
| Meeting place | |
| Municipal Corporation Head Office, Lalbagh, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh | |
| Website | |
| Municipal Corporation | |
The Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC), or the Lucknow Nagar Nigam is a local government for Lucknow, the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is responsible for the civic infrastructure and administration in the city of Lucknow.
In 2025, LMC passed a budget of 4,304 Crore INR for the financial year 2025-2026, a major jump from the last years budget of 2,865 Crore INR.[2][3]
Main functions
This local governing body is responsible for planning and development of several civic community and infrastructure within different parts of the city. The LMC is concerned with providing local amenities to the citizens.
- Maintenance & development of roads, subways, bridges, and flyovers
- Spreading green environment concept
- Developing the slums into better living zones for backward classes
- Construction of health units, schools, and food canteens
- Garbage disposal unit at every part of the city
- Providing sufficient water and electricity facility
- Free education with meal and clothes to poverty ridden children up to 12 years.
Apart from these social services, the LMC is concentrating on preserving the city heritage structure and buildings. The municipality is responsible for issuing of birth and death certificate to city residents. This policy helps in maintaining a record on the population growth rate.
The city development plan (CDP) is a project undertaken by LMC in association with JNNURM. The main purpose of this project is to offer a through city assessment. This is required for development of the Lucknow city in the near future. There is a 3-tier strategy to be implanted under this plan:
- Infrastructure & service delivery improvement
- Basic services to urban poor
- Institutional & governance reforms
The CDP formulation procedure was carried out after consulting the entire stakeholders associated with this project. One on one discussion session with every stakeholder was carried out.
Under the three-tier strategy, major issues to be focused and services offered include:
- Water Supply
- Sewerage and Sanitation
- Solid Waste Management
- Drainage
- Transportation
Another project undertaken by LMC is city GIS mapping. The municipality will conduct a detailed GIS mapping of the city. This will help in locating any area within the city through internet. It is also a part of JNNURM program. Funding for this project is being provided by Central Government.
Developments
On 2 December 2020, LMC got listed on Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), becoming the first civic body in north India to issue bonds under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT).[4]
Departments
There are 7 working departments which comes under LMC.
- Health Department
- Home Tax Department
- Air Quality Management
- Garden Department
- Publicity Department
- Accounts Department
- Property Department
Administration
- The LMC is headed by an IAS officer who serves as Municipal Commissioner and appointed by the Uttar Pradesh Government, having all the executive powers.
- The Mayor, usually from the majority party, serves as head of the house. Mayor is known as the first citizen of the city.
The current municipal commissioner is IAS Gaurav Kumar.
| Post | Incumbent | Since | Appointed/ Elected | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor | Sushma Kharakwal | 26 May 2023 | Elected in 2023 LMC elections. | [5] |
| Municipal Commissioner | Gaurav Kumar (IAS) | 24 April 2025 | Appointed by Government of Uttar Pradesh | [6] |
Legislature
LMC consists of 110 wards[7][8] for which a quinquennial election is held to elect corporators, who are responsible for basic civic infrastructure and enforcing duty in their constituencies (wards).
Various political parties nominate their candidates and the people of respective wards cast their votes during elections to elect the corporator for their ward.
Mayor
The mayor is elected from within the ranks of the council in a quinquennial election. The elections are conducted in all 110 wards in the city to elect corporators. The party that wins the maximum number of seats holds an internal voting to decide the mayor. Mayor is considered as the first citizen of the city.
Shushma Kharakwal is the current mayor of Lucknow since 26 May 2023. She was elected in the 2023 LMC elections after defeating her closest rival the SP candidate Vandana Mishra by a margin of 52,699 votes.[9] She is the second female mayor of the city after her predecessor Sanyukta Bhatia.
Current Corporators
| Ward | Corporators [10] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | Name | Party | |
| 1 | Shraddhya Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Chandawati | Samajwadi Party | |
| 2 | Sharda Nagar - II | Draupadi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 3 | Ibrahimpur - II | Muskan Bharti | Samajwadi Party | |
| 4 | Ibrahimpur - I | Brij Mohan Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 5 | Raja Bijli Pasi - II | Pinki | ||
| 6 | Raja Bijli Pasi - I | Rajni Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| 7 | Lal Ji Tandon | Roshini | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 8 | Ambedkar Nagar | Shubhash Chandra | Samajwadi Party | |
| 9 | Kalyan Singh | Asha Rawat | ||
| 10 | Sarojini Nagar - I | Geeta Devi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 11 | Shaheed Bhagar Singh - II | Ramu | Samajwadi Party | |
| 12 | Kargapur Sarsava | Rajesh Kumar | ||
| 13 | Shaheed Bhagar Singh - I | Yogyata Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 14 | Bharwara Malhaur | Mamta Rawat | Samajwadi Party | |
| 15 | Lal Bahadur Shastri - I | Surendra Kumar Valmiki | Independent | |
| 16 | Faizullaganj - IV | Ramu | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 17 | Vikramaditya - Mahatama Gandhi | Amit Chaudhary | Bahujan Samaj Party | |
| 18 | Sarojini Nagar - II | Ram Naresh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 19 | Sharda Nagar - I | Himanshu Ambedkar | ||
| 20 | New Haiderganj - III | Vinod Kumar Yadav | ||
| 21 | Malviya Nagar | Mamta Chaudhary | Indian National Congress | |
| 22 | Jankipuram - III | Dipak Kumar Lodhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 23 | Gurunanak Nagar | Piyush Diwan | ||
| 24 | Saadatganj | Shiv Kumar Yadav | ||
| 25 | Babu Kunj Bihari - Omnagar | Sarita Mishra | ||
| 26 | Aishbagh | Sandeep Sharma | ||
| 27 | Balaganj | Kamlesh Kumari Diwedi | ||
| 28 | Rammohan Rai | Madhu Singh | ||
| 29 | Kharika - II | Rajni Awasthi | ||
| 30 | Kharika - I | Krishna Narayan Singh | ||
| 31 | Jankipuram - I | Nisha Tiwari | ||
| 32 | Alamnagar | Rekha Singh | ||
| 33 | Lalkuan | Shushil Kumar Tiwari | ||
| 34 | Hazratganj - Ramtirth | Nagendra Singh Chauhan | ||
| 35 | Hind Nagar | Saurabh Singh 'Monu' | ||
| 36 | Kesari Kheda | Devendra Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| 37 | Gomti Nagar | Kaushal Shankar Pandey | Indian National Congress | |
| 38 | Kanhaiya - Madhavpur - II | Md. Shakir | Independent | |
| 39 | New Haiderganj - II | Dharmendra Kumar Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 40 | Indira Priyadarshini | Kalpana Verma | ||
| 41 | Ram Ji Lal - Sardar Patel Nagar | Sandhya Mishra | ||
| 42 | Shankarpurva - II | Shivam Upadhya | ||
| 43 | Ismailganj - II | Ranjana Awasthi | ||
| 44 | Faizullaganj - II | Priyanka | ||
| 45 | Guru Govind Singh | Shravan Nayak | ||
| 46 | Kunwar Jyoti Prasad | Gauri Sanvariya | ||
| 47 | Daliganj - Niralanagar | Abhilasha Katiyar | ||
| 48 | Faizullaganj - I | Rashmi Singh | ||
| 49 | Mahakavi Jai Shankar Prasad | Swadesh Singh | ||
| 50 | Chinhat - I | Arun Kumar Rai | ||
| 51 | Ismailganj - I | Mukesh Singh Chauhan | Indian National Congress | |
| 52 | Kanhaiya - Madhavpur - I | Ram Naresh Chaurasiya | Samajwadi Party | |
| 53 | Mahanagar | Harishchandra Lodhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 54 | Geetapalli | Richa Mishra | ||
| 55 | Rani Laxmi Bai | Shafikur Rehman | Samajwadi Party | |
| 56 | Vidhya Vati | Kaushalendra Diwedi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 57 | Babu Banarsi Das | Ashish Kumar Hitaishi | ||
| 58 | Moti Lal Nehru - Chandra Bhanu Gupta Nagar | Charanjit Gandhi | ||
| 59 | Colvin College - Nishatganj | Pramod Singh | ||
| 60 | Vidhya Vati - III | Nirmala Singh | ||
| 61 | Tilak Nagar - Kundari Rakabganj | Rajiv Bajpayee | ||
| 62 | Rafi Ahmed Kidwai | Malti Yadav | ||
| 63 | Ayodhya Das - II | Awdhesh Tripathi | ||
| 64 | Vidhya Vati - I | Pratima Tiwari | ||
| 65 | Chitragupta Nagar | Narendra Kumar | ||
| 66 | Chinhat - II | Shailendra Verma | ||
| 67 | Lala Lajpat Rai | Raghav Ram Tiwari | ||
| 68 | Babu Jagjivan Ram | Bhrigunath Shukla | ||
| 69 | J.C. Bose | Yavar Hussain Reshu | Samajwadi Party | |
| 70 | Paper Mill Colony | Rajesh Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 71 | Mankameshwar Mandir | Ranjit Singh | ||
| 72 | Shankarpurva - III | Umesh Chandra Sanval | ||
| 73 | Faizullaganj - III | Pradeep Kumar Shukla | ||
| 74 | Jankipuram - II | Rajkumari Maurya | ||
| 75 | Bhartendu Harishchandra | Man Singh Yadav | ||
| 76 | Rajiv Gandhi - I | Sanjay Rathore | ||
| 77 | Maithlisharan Gupta | Ashok Kumar Upadhya | Independent | |
| 78 | Labor Colony | Ajay Dixit | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 79 | Rajajipuram | Kaumudi Tripathi | ||
| 80 | Indira Nagar | Puja Jaswani | ||
| 81 | Mallahi Tola - II | Gulshan Abbas | Samajwadi Party | |
| 82 | Triveni Nagar | Dev Sharma Mishra | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 83 | New Haiderganj - I | Rajnii Gupta | ||
| 84 | Kadam Rasool | Mohd. Nadeem | Samajwadi Party | |
| 85 | Mallahi Tola - I | CB Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 86 | Lohia Nagar | Rajesh Mishra | ||
| 87 | Gola Ganj | Mohd. Haleem | Samajwadi Party | |
| 88 | Bashiratganj - Ganeshganj | Girish Gupta | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 89 | Sheetla Devi | Anoop Kamal Saxena | ||
| 90 | Rajendra Nagar | Rajesh Kumar Dixit | ||
| 91 | Vivekanand Puri | Nupur Shankghar | ||
| 92 | Shankarpurva - I | Namita Yadav | Samajwadi Party | |
| 93 | Husainabad | Lubana Ali | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 94 | Daulatganj | Rani Kanaujia | ||
| 95 | Maulvi Ganj | Mukesh Singh 'Monti' | ||
| 96 | Lal Bahadur Shashtri - II | Bhupendra Kumar Sharma | ||
| 97 | Gadhi Pir Khan | Shaista Parveen | Independent | |
| 98 | Yadunath Sanyal - Nazarbagh | Kaamran Beg | Samajwadi Party | |
| 99 | Acharya Narendra Dev | Manish Rastogi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 100 | Rajiv Gandhi - II | Arun Kumar Tiwari | ||
| 101 | Amberganj | Saba Ahsan Mansuri | Samajwadi Party | |
| 102 | Maulana Kalbe Abid | Ifham Ullah | Indian National Congress | |
| 103 | Mashakganj - Wazirganj | Mohd. Naeem | Samajwadi Party | |
| 104 | Yahiaganj - Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose | Narendra Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 105 | Kashmiri Mohalla | Laeek Aaga | Samajwadi Party | |
| 106 | Chowk - Bazar Kali Ji | Anurag Mishra 'Annu' | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 107 | Raja - Bazar | Rahul Mishra | ||
| 108 | Bhawaniganj | Reeta Rai | ||
| 109 | Aliganj | Prithvi Gupta | ||
| 110 | Ayodhya Das - I | Musbbor Ali Manshu | Samajwadi Party | |
LMC elections
Mayor elections
2023
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sushma Kharakwal | 5,02,660 | 48.52 | ||
| SP | Vandana Mishra | 2,98,519 | 28.81 | ||
| INC | Sangeeta Jaiswal | 1,02,633 | 9.91 | ||
| BSP | Shaheen Bano | 75,997 | 7.34 | ||
| AAP | Anju Bhatt | 25,206 | 2.43 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 24,241 | 2.34 | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,04,141 | 19.71 | 5.11 | ||
| Turnout | 10,29,256 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2017
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Sanyukta Bhatia | 3,77,166 | 41.94 | ||
| SP | Meera Vardhan | 2,45,810 | 27.34 | ||
| INC | Prema Awasthi | 1,09,571 | 12.19 | ||
| BSP | Bulbul Godiyal | 83,120 | 9.24 | ||
| AAP | Priyanka Maheshwari | 24,577 | 2.73 | ||
| NOTA | None of the Above | 5,449 | 0.61 | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,31,356 | 14.60 | |||
| Turnout | 8,99,214 | 38.64 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2012
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dr. Dinesh Sharma | 3,35,106 | |||
| INC | Dr. Neeraj Bora | 1,63,282 | |||
| Margin of victory | 1,71,824 | ||||
| Turnout | N/A | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Dr. Dinesh Sharma | 2,21,713 | 30.33 | ||
| INC | Dr. Manzoor Ahmed | 2,12,410 | 29.05 | ||
| SP | Dr. Madhu Gupta | 1,58,918 | 21.74 | ||
| IND. | Shiv Kumar Gupta | 34,155 | 4.67 | ||
| IND. | Shailesh Kumar Singh | 25,631 | 3.51 | ||
| RLD | Bhawaan Singh Rawat | 15,476 | 2.12 | ||
| IND. | Mahesh Diwan | 11,169 | 1.53 | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,303 | 1.28 | |||
| Turnout | 7,31,097 | N/A | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
Corporator elections
| S.No | Party name | Party flag or symbol | Number of Corporators | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 80 | 22 | |
| 02 | Samajwadi Party (SP) | 21 | 7 | |
| 03 | Indian National Congress (INC) | 4 | 4 | |
| 04 | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 1 | 1 | |
| 05 | Independents | 4 | 10 |
| S.No. | Party name | Party flag or symbol | Number of Corporators | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 58 | 14 | |
| 02 | Samajwadi Party (SP) | 28 | ||
| 03 | Indian National Congress (INC) | 8 | 3 | |
| 04 | Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 2 | New | |
| 05 | Independents | 14 | 40 |
Source:[11]
See also
- Lucknow
- List of mayors of Lucknow
- List of municipal corporations in India
- 2023 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election
References
- ^ "UP: BJP wins 80 wards in LMC". Aaj Tak. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
- ^ "LMC House approves Rs 2,865 crore budget for 2024-25, no tax hike". The Times of India. 24 February 2024. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "LMC's revised budget stuck amid mayor-MC stalemate". Hindustan Times. 5 November 2025. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
- ^ "Lucknow Municipal Corp bonds to list on BSE today". The Economic Times. 2 December 2020.
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- ^ "Meet Lucknow's new mayor: BJP veteran, was Atal Bihari Vajpayee's loyalist". Hindustan Times. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ^ "Lucknow Nagar Nigam Chunav Result 2023: लखनऊ में BJP की सुषमा जीती, कई वार्डों के नतीजे घोषित". AajTak (in Hindi). 13 May 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
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