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Welcome to the official site of the Amritsar Municipal Corporation. Amritsar was declared a city on 29th March 1977 under the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act 1976 and the Municipal Corporation was constituted in place of Municipal Committee.

The City of Amritsar got a Town Committee in 1858 and a Municipal Committee in 1868. The first election to the Municipal Corporation was held in 1991 and the city was divided into 50 wards.

Sh. O.P Soni was elected as Mayor on 25th June 1991, S. Raminder Singh Bularia as Sr. Depty Mayor and Sh. Subash Sharma as Depty Mayor. The elected corporation was dissolved on 18th June 1996.

The number of wards was increased to 60 and the elections were held on 28th May 1997 Sh. Subash Sharma, S. Lakha Singh and Kumari Raj Sharma were elected as Mayor, Sr. Depty Mayor and Depty Mayor respectively. On the resignation of Sh. Subash Sharma Sh. Brij Mohan Kapur was elected as Mayor on 18th Oct. 2000.

The election to the present house was held on 27th April 2002 and election for the office of Mayor was held on 15th June 2002. Sh. Sunil Dutti Sh. Sawinder Singh and Sh. Om Parkash has been elected as Mayor, Sr. Depty Mayor and Depty Mayor respectively for a term of five years.

In order to give more representation to women 20 seats are reserved for women candidates by rotation. Seats are also reserved for Scheduled casts and backward classes.
   

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