Port Blair Municipal Council, officially Sri Vijaya Puram Municipal Council, is the civic body that governs the city of Port Blair, the capital of the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The council came into existence on 2 October 1957 as per the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Municipal Board's) Regulation enacted on 11 March 1957. It covers an area of and had a population of 140,572 as per the 2011 census.
Council
Port Blair Municipal Council comprises 24 wards after the expansion of the municipal limits in 2015. The councilors are directly elected for a term of five years, and the council is led by a chairperson. The recent elections for the council were held in 2022.
Electoral history Year BJP INC TDP DMK Others INDTotal Ref.200556023218201049113018201511621132420221010210124
Members Ward Councillor Party Notes 1 S. Shahul Hameed Chairman 2 R. Someshwara Rao 3 Ramzan Ali 4 Abdul Islam 5 S. Selvi 6 Azizur Rahman 7 Amar Devi 8 Lakshmi Ganeshan 9 V. Ravi Chandran 10 T. Mangayarkarasi 11 Sanjeev Reddy 12 Vasantha 13 Sudeep Rai Sharma 14 Y. Joga Rao 15 B. Padmanabham 16 C. Karunanidhi 17 Dharmendra Narayan 18 Rajesh Pal Govind 19 V. Vetrivelu 20 Pandi Selvi 21 A. Selva Rani 22 Rajesh Ram 23 D. Radhika Elected as Independent, joined BJP in May 2025 24 U. Kavitha
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