List of mayors of Lucknow explained

Post:Mayor
Body:Lucknow
Incumbent:Sushma Kharakwal
Incumbentsince:26 May 2023
Status:Head of the LMC
Member Of:Lucknow Municipal Corporation
Seat:Lucknow Municipal Corporation Headoffice, Lalbagh, Lucknow
Appointer:Elected by voters
Termlength:5 years
First:Dr SC Rai
Deputy:Deputy Mayor
Website:lmc.up.nic.in
Insignia:File:LMC Logo.jpg
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Insigniacaption:Seal of Lucknow Municipal Corporation

The Mayor of Lucknow is the head of Lucknow Municipal Corporation. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. 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. The role of the mayor is largely ceremonial.

The city is divided into 110 wards, each of them headed by a corporators who work under the mayor. In addition to the 110 councilors, there are Deputy Commissioners and Heads of various departments and Zonal officers.

Shushma Kharakwal is the current mayor of the city since 26 May 2023. She has been elected in the 2023 LMC elections and is the second consecutive female mayor of the city.

Election of the Mayor

The mayor is elected from within the ranks of the council in a quinquennial election. The elections are conducted in all 110 wards in the city to elect corporators together of this the people also vote for the mayor. The out of mayoral who gets the maximum vote in the elections get elected as the mayor of the city,

The tenure of the mayor is of 5 years or till dissolution of municipal corporation, either by themselves or by state law.

List of Mayors of LMC

Sr No.NameTerm StartTerm EndedDurationNotes
City Head of Lucknow Municipal Board
1Raj Kumar Srivastava1 February 19601 February 1961First City Head of Lucknow
2Giriraj Dharna Rastogi2 February 19611 May 1962
3Dr Purshottam Das Kapoor2 May 19621 May 1963
(3)Dr Purshottam Das Kapoor2 May 19631 May 1964
4Captain VR Mohan2 May 19641 May 1965
5Om Narayan Bansal2 May 196530 June 1966
Administrator Period1 July 19664 July 1968
6Dr Madan Mohan Singh Siddhu4 July 196830 June 1969
7Balak Ram Vaishya1 July 196930 June 1970
8Beni Prasad Halwasiya1 July 197030 June 1971
9Dr Dauji Gupta5 July 197130 June 1972
(9)Dr Dauji Gupta1 July 197230 June 1973
Administrator Period30 June 197326 August 1989
(9)Dr Dauji Gupta26 August 198927 May 1992
Administrator Period27 May 199213 May 1993
10Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta13 May 199330 November 1995
11Dr SC Rai1 December 199530 November 2000
(11)Dr SC Rai1 December 200021 November 2002
Mayors of Lucknow Municipal Corporation
1Dr SC Rai21 November 200213 February 2006First Mayor of the city
Administrator Period13 February 200614 November 2006
2Dr Dinesh Sharma14 November 200623 February 2011
Administrator Period23 February 201114 July 2012
(2)Dr Dinesh Sharma14 July 201219 March 2017Left office to be the part of First Yogi Aditynath ministry and became deputy chief minister of the state.
3Suresh Chandra Awasthi (Acting)24 March 201711 August 2017
Administrator Period11 August 201712 December 2017
4Sanyukta Bhatia[1] 12 December 201719 January 2023First woman mayor of the city
Administrator Period20 January 202325 May 2023
5Shushma Kharakwal26 May 2023-
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See also

References

  1. News: Financialexpress . Who is Sanyukta Bhatia? Meet Lucknow’s first woman mayor in 100 years . 26 May 2024 . 1 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240526154658/https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/who-is-sanyukta-bhatia-meet-lucknows-first-woman-mayor-in-100-years/955966/ . 26 May 2024 . en.
  2. http://lmc.up.nic.in/pdf/mayerlist.pdf