Kozhikode Municipal Corporation

Kozhikode Corporation കോഴിക്കോട് നഗരസഭ
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation of Kozhikode
Term limits	None
History
Founded	1962 (1962)
Leadership
Mayor	Dr. Beena philip, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Deputy Mayor	C.P Musafar Ahamed, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Municipal Corporation Secretary	Mrunmai Joshi
Structure
Seats	75
Political groups	LDF: 49 seats   UDF: 14 seats   NDA: 7 seats   Independent: 5 seats
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
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	2020
Next election	2025
Meeting place
Corporation Office, Kozhikode
Website
kozhikodecorporation.lsgkerala.gov.in

Kozhikode Corporation is the municipal corporation that administers the city of Kozhikode (Calicut), Kerala. Established in 1962, it is in the Kozhikode parliamentary constituency. The first mayor was H. Manjunatha Rao. Its four assembly constituencies are Kozhikode North (State Assembly constituency), Kozhikode South (State Assembly constituency), Beypore (State Assembly constituency) and Elathur (State Assembly constituency).^[2] The Corporation is headed by a Mayor and council,^[3] and manages 118.58 km² of the city of Kozhikode, with a population of about 609,224 within that area.^[4] Kozhikode Municipal Corporation has been formed with functions to improve the infrastructure of town.