The city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India, is managed by the Corporation of Chennai. Established as Madras Corporation in 1688, it is the oldest municipal body in India. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 200 councillors each of whom represents a ward. The current mayor of Chennai was elected on 4 March 2022.

Prior to its expansion in late 2011, the city occupied an area of ; its merger with 42 local bodies at that time more than doubled its extent, resulting in a combined area of . Chennai Corporation absorbed seven municipalities, three town panchayats and 13 panchayat unions in Tiruvallur district and two municipalities, five town panchayats and 12 panchayat unions in Kanchipuram district. A total of nine municipalities merged into the city: Alandur, Ambattur, Kattivakkam, Madhavaram, Maduravoyal, Manali, Tiruvottiyur, Ullagaram-Puzhuthivakkam and Valasaravakkam. A total of eight town panchayats merged into the city: Chinnasekkadu, Puzhal, Porur, Nandambakkam, Meenambakkam, Perungudi, Pallikaranai, Sholinganallur. A total of twenty-six village panchayats merged into the city: Edayanchavadi, Sadayankuppam, Kadapakkam, Theeyampakkam, Mathur, Vadaperumbakkam, Surapet, Kathirvedu, Puthagaram, Nolambur, Karambakkam, Nerkundram, Ramapuram, Mugalivakkam, Manapakkam, Kottivakkam, Palavakkam, Neelankarai, Injambakkam, Karapakkam, Okkiyam-Thuraipakkam, Madipakkam, Madipakkam-B / Madipakkam-II (only revenue and disaster management merged with Zone-14 Puzhuthivakkam of the city, local body administration is under Kovilambakkam rural village panchayat), Jaladampet, Semmencherry, and Uthandi.

The expanded city contains 4.41 million voters and was re-organised into 15 zones consisting of 200 wards. The newly annexed areas were divided into 93 wards, and the remaining 107 wards were created out of the original 155 within the old city limits. , the new wards are yet to be named. Out of the 200 wards, 26 were reserved for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes and 58 were reserved for women.

Zones No. Zone Wards Assembly constituency Parliamentary constituency Taluk District 1 Thiruvottiyur 1 – 14 Thiruvottiyur Chennai North Tiruvottiyur Chennai 2 Manali 15 – 22 Thiruvottiyur/Madhavaram/Ponneri (Part) Chennai North/Thiruvallur Tiruvottiyur/Madhavaram Chennai 3 Madhavaram 23 – 33 Madhavaram Thiruvallur Madhavaram Chennai 4 Tondiarpet 34 – 48 Perambur/RK Nagar/Royapuram Chennai North Tondiarpet Chennai 5 Royapuram 49 – 63 Royapuram/Harbour/Egmore/Chepauk-Tiruvallikenni Chennai North/Chennai Central Egmore/Purasaiwalkam Chennai 6 Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar 64 – 78 Kolathur/Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar/Egmore Chennai North Perambur/Ayanavaram/Purasaiwalkam Chennai 7 Ambattur 79 – 93 Ambattur/Maduravoyal(Part) Sriperumbudur Ambattur Chennai 8 Anna Nagar 94 – 108 Villivakkam/Egmore/Anna Nagar Chennai Central Ayanavaram/Aminjikarai Chennai 9 Teynampet 109 – 126 Thousand Lights/Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni/Mylapore Chennai Central Mylapore/Egmore Chennai 10 Kodambakkam 127 – 142 Maduravoyal (Part)/Virugambakkam/T.Nagar/Saidapet Chennai Central Mambalam/Guindy/Egmore Chennai 11 Valasaravakkam 143 – 155 Maduravoyal Sriperumbudur Maduravoyal/Alandur Chennai 12 Alandur 156 – 167 Alandur/Pallavaram (Part)/Sholinganallur (Part) Sriperumbudur Alandur Chennai 13 Adyar 168 – 180 Saidapet/Mylapore/Velachery Chennai South Velachery Chennai 14 Perungudi 181 – 191 & Kovilambakkam rural village panchayat wards 3 and 4 Velachery (Part)/Alandur (Part)/Sholinganallur Chennai South Sholinganallur Chennai 15 Sholinganallur 192 – 200 Sholinganallur Chennai South Sholinganallur Chennai

Proposed Zones New Zone No. Old Zone Assembly Constituencies No of Wards Ward Numbers11, 2Madhavaram, Ponneri, Thiruvottriyur191 to 16, 20, 2122, 3Madhavaram, Thiruvottriyur1417, 19, 22 to 3334Dr. Radhakrishnan Nagar, Perambur1134 to 43, 4744, 5Harbour, Royapuram1248 to 57, 59, 6056Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar, Perambur, Kolathur1244 to 46, 64 to 7267Ambattur, Maduravoyal1379 to 90, 9378Anna Nagar, Villivakkam694 to 98, 102 to 10454TondiarpetDr. Radhakrishnan Nagar738 to 43, 4775RoyapuramHarbour 654 to 57, 59, 6086Thiru.Vi.Ka NagarThiru. Vi. Kalyanasundranar Nagar671 to 76118Anna NagarAnna Nagar7100 to 103, 105 to 107125, 6, 8Royapuram, Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar, Anna NagarEgmore658, 61, 77, 78, 104, 108135, 9Royapuram, TeynampetChepakkam-Thiruvallikeni762, 63, 114 to 116, 119, 120149TeynampetAayiramvillaku7109 to 113, 117, 1181510KodambakkamThiyagaraya Nagar7130 to 135, 1411610KodambakkamVirugambakkam6127 to 129, 136 to 138147, 11Maduravoyal991, 92, 143, 144, 146, 147, 150, 151, 1531512Alandur, Sholinganallur, Pallavaram12156 to 1671610, 13Kodambakkam, AdyarSaidapettai, Velachery8139, 140, 142, 168, 169, 172, 175, 176179, 13Thirumayilai, Saidapettai, Velachery9126, 170, 171, 173, 174, 177 to 1801813Velachery, Sholinganallur7181 to 184, 192 to 1941914Alandur, Sholinganallur6185 to 1902015Sholinganallur9191, 195 to 200

Other Constituencies in Chennai Metropolitan Area Avadi Pallavaram Poonamallee Tambaram Thiruporur

Other Taluks in Chennai Metropolitan Area Avadi Poonamalee Tambaram Pallavaram Vandalur

Municipalities in Chennai Metropolitan Area Tiruvallur District Poonamallee Thiruverkadu Thiruninravur

Kancheepuram District Kunrathur Mangadu

Chengalpattu District Nandivaram-Guduvancheri Maraimalainagar Chengalpattu

Town Panchayats in Chennai Metropolitan Area

Tiruvallur District Minjur Naravarikuppam Thirumazhisai Gummidipoondi

Kancheepuram District Sriperumbudur Walajabad

Chengalpattu District Thiruporur Mamallapuram

See also

List of mayors of Chennai

References General

Official Zone wise executive engineers contact details Official zone details Specific

External links Expansion of Chennai – Zone map ECI - Chennai Assembly results