Madurai Municipal Corporation

Corporation of Madurai
Type
Type
Leadership
V. Indirani Ponvasanth, DMK
DINESH KUMAR ,IAS
T. Nagarajan, CPI(M)
Dr. S. Sangeetha
Structure
Seats100
Political groups
Ruling Party (80)
  •   DMK (67)
  •   INC (5)
  •   CPI(M) (4)
  •   VCK (1)
  •   MDMK (3)

Opposition (16)

Others (5)

Meeting place
Arignar Anna Maligai
Website
www.maduraicorporation.co.in

Corporation of Madurai is the civic body which administers the city of Madurai in Tamil Nadu, India. Madurai is one of the oldest living cities in the world. Formed on 1 May 1971 as the first Municipal Corporation in Tamil Nadu post independence, it is the third largest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu in population and revenue. It is also the third largest in Tamil Nadu by population after Greater Chennai Corporation and Coimbatore Municipal Corporation and fifth largest in area after Greater Chennai Corporation, Coimbatore Municipal Corporation, Tiruchirappalli Municipal Corporation, and Tiruppur Municipal Corporation.[1] The annual budget of Madurai Corporation for 2021–22 is Rs.437 crores. It consists of a Council and an Executive wings. The council is headed by the Mayor while the Executive wing is headed by the Commissioner. It consists of 100 wards organised into five zones, viz East, North, Central, South and West.

  1. ^ "2011 Government of India census". Government of India. 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2017.