Kozhikode Municipal Corporation

The Kozhikode Corporation, also known as Corporation of Calicut, is the municipal corporation responsible for the administration of the city of Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala. Established in 1962, the Corporation's first mayor was H. Manjunatha Rao. Kozhikode Corporation has four assembly constituencies – Kozhikode North (State Assembly constituency) , Kozhikode South (State Assembly constituency) , Beypore (State Assembly constituency) and Elathur (State Assembly constituency) – all of which are part of the Kozhikode parliamentary constituency.[2]

Kozhikode Corporation
Type
Type
Municipal Corporation
of Kozhikode
Term limits
None
History
Founded1962 (1962)
Leadership
Thottathil Ravindran, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Deputy Mayor
Secretary
Mrunmai Joshi
Structure
Seats75
Political groups
LDF - 47 UDF - 21 NDA - 7
Committees
  • Finance Standing Committee
  • Development Standing Committee
  • Welfare Standing Committee
  • Health Standing Committee
  • Public Works Standing Committee
  • Town Planning Standing Committee
  • Tax Appeal Standing Committee
  • Education & Sports Standing Committee[1]
Length of term
5 years
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
2015
Next election
2020
Meeting place
Corporation Office, Kozhikode
Website
kozhikodecorporation.lsgkerala.gov.in/en

The Corporation is headed by a mayor. For administrative purposes, the city is divided into 75 wards,[3] from which the members of the corporation council are elected for term of five years.

Corporation Election 2015

Political Performance in Election 2015
S.No.Party NameParty symbolNumber of Corporators
01LDF47
02UDF21
03BJP07
04Independents0
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References
  1. http://lsgkerala.gov.in/pages/standingCommittee.php?intID=4&ID=171&ln=en
  2. Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency redrawn Delimitation impact, The Hindu 5 February 2008
  3. "Kozhikode Corporation, Councillors" (PDF). kozhikode corporation. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
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