Batala Municipal Corporation


The Batala Municipal Corporation is a nagar nigam which administers the city of Batala, Punjab. It has 50 members elected with a first-past-the-post voting system and 1 ex-officio member which is MLA for Batala. In 2019 [Government of Punjab, India|Punjab, India|Government of Punjab] decided to upgrade it into Municipal Corporation, earlier it was a municipal council.

Mayor

The Mayor of Batala is the elected chief of the Municipal Corporation of Batala. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. The role is largely ceremonial as the real powers are vested in the Municipal Commissioner. The mayor plays a decorative role of representing and upholding the dignity of the city and a functional role in deliberating over the discussions in the Corporation. In 2019 after upgradation into corporation, municipal commissioner Balwinder Singh was given additional charge of Mayor of Batala. After 1st election Sukhdeep Singh Teja elected the first Mayor.

Deputy mayors

Senior Deputy Mayor
'''Deputy Mayor'''

Municipal Commissioner

Every municipal corporation in India is administratively headed by a municipal commissioner. While a Mayor is elected to serve as the ceremonial head of a municipal corporation, a municipal commissioner is appointed by the state government from the Indian Administrative Service or Provincial Civil Service to head the administrative staff of the municipal corporation, implement the decisions of the corporation, and prepare its annual budget.
S. No.NameTook officeLeft officeTenureRef.
1Balwinder Singh
18 November 20198 September 2021
2Jagwinderjit Singh
8 September 202124 May 2022
3Shayari Malhotra
24 May 202224 September 2024
4Vikramjit Singh Panthey
24 September 202422 November 2025
5Gursimran Singh Dhillon
28 November 2025Incumbent

Councilors

Following is the list of Incumbent Councilors
Color Key for the Party of the Councilor

Ex-officio member

According to Section 5 of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act 1976 ex-officio members comprising the members of Punjab legislative assembly representing the constituencies in which the city or any part there of falls.
Thus the person who represents the Batala Assembly Constituency in the Punjab Legislative Assembly is the ex-officio member of corporation.
Ex-officio member has voting right on par with elected members during the election of Mayor or Deputy mayors in corporation. His vote becomes crucial when a single party lacks required numbers of votes to secure mayor's post or when parties get equal numbers of elected ward members.
Color key for the party of ex-officio member
'''List of ex-officio members'''

1st election

Schedule

After the up gradation to Corporation the first election for all 50 wards were held on 14 February 2021 and result was declared on 17 February. Total 279 candidates stood for elections. The election programme was as follow:-
S. No.ProgrammeDatesDay
1Last Date for filing nominations3 February 2021Wednesday
2Date for the scrutiny of nominations4 February 2021Thursday
3Last date to withdraw nominations5 February 2021Friday
4Date of Voting14 February 2021Sunday
5Date of Counting17 February 2021Wednesday
6Date by which election shall be completed20 February 2021Saturday

Elected councilors

Color Key for the Party of the Councilor