The Mayor of Surat is the first citizen of the Indian city of Surat and is the head of the Surat Municipal Corporation. He is also the presiding authority of the General Board of the SMC. The Mayor is elected from among the elected councilors in its first meeting after elections. The position is currently held by Daxesh Mavani of the BJP.

Election The General Body of the SMC is formed by the elected members from each ward. There are 38 wards under the jurisdiction of SMC, which elect a total of 114 councilors. The first meeting of the General Body and the Standing Committee is called by the Municipal Commissioner of Surat. During the first meeting, the councilors elect the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor from amongst themselves. The tenure of Mayor is two and half years and that of his deputy is one year.

History The post was created after the Surat Municipal Corporation came into being under the Bombay Provincial Municipal Act, 1949.

Past mayors

Surat has witnessed following persons as Mayors. Colour key Name Entered office Left office Political party G. R. Chokhawala 1 October 1966 5 March 1967 INC Captain M. A. Golandaz 12 April 1967 8 July 1969 INC Vaikunthbhai B. Mistry 9 July 1969 19 January 1971 INC Abdulkadir Musamir 1 February 1971 10 September 1971 INC Vaikunthbhai B. Shashtri 11 September 1971 7 July 1972 INC Nanalal M. Gajjar 8 July 1972 20 January 1973 INC Ramanlal B. Jariwala 6 February 1973 19 February 1974 INC Navinchandra K. Bhartiya 10 December 1975 9 December 1976 INC Madanlal P. Bunki 11 February 1981 19 September 1981 INC Chimanlal V. Patel 30 October 1981 10 February 1982 INC Nagindas N. Bardoliwala 11 February 1982 29 January 1983 INC Swarupchand S. Jariwala 10 February 1983 20 June 1983 Kashiram Rana 30 July 1983 20 September 1983 BJP Nagindas N. Bardoliwala 2 November 1983 7 February 1984 INC Kashiram Rana 7 February 1984 3 December 1984 BJP Nagindas N. Bardoliwala 11 April 1985 10 February 1987 INC Dr. George D. Solanky 11 February 1987 30 January 1988 INC Kashiram Rana 9 February 1988 29 June 1988 BJP Kadir Pirzada 5 August 1988 8 February 1989 INC Pratapsingh B. Kantharia 8 February 1989 8 February 1990 INC Ajitbhai H. Desai 8 February 1990 31 October 1993 BJP Fakirbhai C. Chauhan 1 July 1995 1 July 1996 BJP Gitaben B. Desai 1 July 1996 30 July 1997 BJP Navnitlal S. Jariwala 30 July 1997 28 July 1998 BJP Savitaben V. Sharada 28 July 1998 7 July 1999 BJP Bhikhabhai R. Patel 7 July 1999 30 June 2000 BJP Ajaykumar J. Choksi 16 October 2000 28 April 2003 BJP Snehlataben F. Chauhan 28 April 2003 15 December 2005 BJP Dr. Kanubhai Mavani 26 December 2005 19 June 2008 BJP Ranjit M. Gilitwala 19 June 2008 15 December 2010 BJP Rajendra Desai 15 December 2010 15 June 2013 BJP Niranjanbhai Zanzmera 15 June 2013 14 December 2015 BJP Asmita ShiroyaBJPannounced names of mayors and other office-bearers of six municipal corporations 14 December 2015 20 June 2018 BJP Dr. Jagdish PatelDr Jagdish Patel is new mayor of Surat 20 June 2018 13 March 2021 BJP Hemali Boghawala 13 March 2021 12 September 2023 BJPDaxesh Mavani 12 September 2023 Incumbent BJPMayaben Mavani28 May 2026BJP

References

External links https://web.archive.org/web/20110502192517/http://www.suratmunicipal.org/content/corporation/mayors.shtml