Greater Chennai Corporation

This article is about Local Government of the Chennai City in Chennai Metropolitan Area. For Tambaram City, see Tambaram City Municipal Corporation. For Avadi City, see Avadi City Municipal Corporation. For Kanchipuram City, see Kancheepuram City Municipal Corporation.

Greater Chennai Corporation

பெருநகர சென்னை மாநகராட்சி
Logo
Emblem of the Greater Chennai Corporation
Type
Type
History
Founded29 September 1688
(336 years ago) (1688-09-29)
Leadership
Priya Rajan, DMK
since 4 March 2022
Mahesh Kumar, DMK
since 4 March 2022
J. Kumaragurubaran, IAS[1]
M. Aruna, IAS
Structure
Seats200
Political groups
Government (178)
  •   DMK (153)
  •   INC (13)
  •   CPI(M) (4)
  •   VCK (4)
  •   MDMK (2)
  •   CPI (1)
  •   IUML (1)

Opposition (22)

Meeting place
Ripon Building, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Website
chennaicorporation.gov.in

Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC)[2] is a local government for the City of Chennai in the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Tamil Nadu, India. Inaugurated on 29 September 1688, under a royal charter issued by King James II of England on 30 December 1687 as the Corporation of Madras, it is the oldest municipal body of the Commonwealth of Nations outside Great Britain.[3][4] It is the largest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu with an area of 426 km2. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 200 councillors, each of whom represents one of the 200 wards of the city.[5] It is the second oldest corporation in the world after the City of London.[6] The city limits, which had been expanded several times over the years, is currently coterminous with the Chennai district. It is one of the four municipal corporations located within the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the other three being the Tambaram Corporation, Avadi City Municipal Corporation and Kanchipuram Municipal Corporation.

  1. ^ "Who's Who, Greater Chennai Corporation". 14 October 2024.
  2. ^ Mariappan, Julie (30 January 2016). "Chennai Corporation to be Greater Chennai Corporation now". The Times of India. Chennai. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ^ Achutan, Kannal (23 September 2008). "Chennai Corporation to celebrate 320 years". The Hindu. Chennai. Archived from the original on 23 September 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Daman Municipal Council". Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  5. ^ http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/images/wards_commitee[permanent dead link].pdf
  6. ^ "Chennai - the 2nd oldest Corporation in the world". The Hindu. Chennai.