Balurghat Municipality is the civic body that governs Balurghat city of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India.
History Alipurduar municipality was established on 7 February 1957.
Geography Balurghat Municipality covers an area of 8.98 km2 and has a total population of 65,232 (2011).
Elections
Current members Balurghat Municipality has a total of 25 members or councillors, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the chairperson. The latest elections were held on 12 February 2022. The current chairperson of Arambagh Municipality is Samir Bhandari of the Trinamool Congress. The current deputy chairperson is Mamata Mukherjee of the Trinamool Congress.
Chairperson: Samir BhandariDeputy Chairperson: Mamata Mukherjee Ward No. Name of Councillor Party Remarks 1 Retun Kundu 2 Soma Pandit 3 Biswanath Chatterjee 4 Mamata Mukherjee 5 Ram Prasad Dolui 6 Swapan Kumar Nandi 7 Aparajita Roy 8 Sheikh Shukur Ali 9 Mita Dey 10 Tushar Karfa 11 Sanjoy Ghorui 12 Tripti Kundu 13 Rathindra Nath Das 14 Hasan Ali 15 Sanjoy Das 16 Samir Bhandari 17 Ruma Karmakar 18 Pradip Singha Roy 19 Biswajit Ghosh
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