The Patiala Municipal Corporation is a nagar nigam (municipal corporation) which administers the city of Patiala, Punjab. It has 60 members elected with a first-past-the-post voting system and 3 ex-officio members which are MLAs for Patiala, Patiala Rural, and Sanaur. The corporation was founded on 24 September 1997, and the first elections were held in June 2002.

Mayor The mayor of Patiala is the elected chief of the Municipal Corporation of Patiala. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. The role is largely ceremonial as the real powers are vested in the Municipal Commissioner.Mayor - Powers and Functions (Pdf). Retrieved 4 March 2021. 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.

S. No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenurePartyCorporationWard No.Ref.1Vishnu Sharma13 June 200211 September 2007INC1st 2Ajit Pal Singh Kohli11 September 200717 September 2012SAD2nd 3Jaspal Singh Pardhan17 September 201225 February 2013SAD3rd394Amaninder Bajaj2 April 201317 December 2017SAD3rd5Sanjeev Sharma Bittu17 December 201710 January 2025BJP4th86Kundan Gogia10 January 2025IncumbentAam Aadmi Party5th

Deputy mayors Senior Deputy Mayor S. No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenurePartyCorporationWard No. -Yoginder Singh Yogi17 December 201710 January 2025INC4th48 -Harinder Singh Kohli10 January 2025IncumbentAam Aadmi Party5th

Junior Deputy Mayor S. No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenurePartyCorporationWard No.-Vinita Sangar17 December 201710 January 2025BJP4th51 -Jagdeep Singh Jagga10 January 2025IncumbentAam Aadmi Party5th

Elections Years Others Total INC SAD BJP AAP 200238 6 0 – 6 50 2007 442 – 4 50 2012 839 – 2 49 201759 1 0 – 0 60 2024 4 2 443 0 60

See also Amritsar Municipal Corporation

Ludhiana Municipal Corporation

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