List of mayors of Lucknow

The Mayor of Lucknow is the head of Lucknow Municipal Corporation in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. The mayor plays a decorative role of representing and upholding the dignity of the city and a functional role in deliberating over the discussions in the corporation. The role of the mayor is largely ceremonial.

The city is divided into 110 wards, each of them headed by a corporators who work under the mayor. In addition to the 110 councilors, there are Deputy Commissioners and Heads of various departments and Zonal officers.

Sushma Kharakwal is the current mayor of the city since 26 May 2023. She has been elected in the 2023 LMC elections and is the second consecutive female mayor of the city.

Election of the 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 together of this the people also vote for the mayor. The out of mayoral who gets the maximum vote in the elections get elected as the mayor of the city,

The tenure of the mayor is of 5 years or till dissolution of municipal corporation, either by themselves or by state law.

List of mayors of LMC Sr No.NameTerm startTerm endedDurationNotesCity Head of Lucknow Municipal Board1Raj Kumar Srivastava1 February 19601 February 1961First City Head of Lucknow2Giriraj Sharan Rastogi2 February 19611 May 19623Dr Purshottam Das Kapoor2 May 19621 May 1963(3)Dr Purshottam Das Kapoor2 May 19631 May 19644Captain VR Mohan2 May 19641 May 1965Owner of Mohan Meakins5Om Narayan Bansal2 May 196530 June 1966Administrator Period1 July 19664 July 1968 6Dr Madan Mohan Singh Siddhu4 July 196830 June 1969A practicing physician of Charbagh7Balak Ram Vaishya1 July 196930 June 1970Protege of Chief Minister CB Gupta8Beni Prasad Halwasiya1 July 197030 June 1971Businessman of Hazratganj9Dr Dauji Gupta5 July 197130 June 1972Candidate of Chief Minister CB Gupta(9)Dr Dauji Gupta1 July 197230 June 1973Administrator Period30 June 197326 August 1989(9)Dr Dauji Gupta26 August 198927 May 1992Administrator Period27 May 199213 May 199310Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta13 May 199330 November 199511Dr SC Rai1 December 199530 November 2000(11)Dr SC Rai1 December 200021 November 2002Mayors of Lucknow Municipal Corporation1Dr SC Rai21 November 200213 February 2006First Mayor of the cityAdministrator Period13 February 200614 November 20062Dr Dinesh Sharma14 November 200623 February 2011Administrator Period23 February 201114 July 2012(2)Dr Dinesh Sharma14 July 201219 March 2017Left office to be the part of First Yogi Aditynath ministry and became deputy chief minister of the state.3Suresh Chandra Awasthi (Acting)24 March 201711 August 2017Administrator Period11 August 201712 December 20174Sanyukta Bhatia12 December 201719 January 2023First woman mayor of the cityAdministrator Period20 January 202325 May 20235Sushma Kharakwal26 May 2023 - Source:

List of mayors of Lucknow

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