Batala Municipal Corporation

Batala Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
History
Established2019
Preceded byBatala Municipal Council
Leadership
Ravjot Singh, AAP
since 23 September 2024
Mayor
Sukhdeep Singh Teja, INC
since 19 April 2021
Senior deputy mayor
Sunil Kumar Sareen, INC
since 19 April 2021
Deputy mayor
Chandra Kanta, INC
since 19 April 2021
Vikramjit Singh Panthey
since 24 September 2024
Structure
Seats51
(50 elected+1 Ex-Officio)
Political groups
Government (35)
  •   INC (35)

Opposition (15)

Ex-officio (1)

Length of term
5 Years
Elections
First election
14 February 2021
Next election
2026
Website
mcbatala.co.in

The Batala Municipal Corporation is a nagar nigam (municipal corporation) 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 decided to upgrade it into Municipal Corporation, earlier it was a municipal council.