The Chandrapur City Municipal Corporation is the governing body of the city of

Chandrapur Chandrapur (earlier known as ''Chanda'', the official name until 1964) is a city and a municipal corporation in Chandrapur district, Maharashtra state, India. It is the district headquarters of Chandrapur district. Chandrapur is a fort city ...

in the

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n state of

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. The

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consists of democratically elected members, is headed by a

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and administers the city's infrastructure, public services. Members from the state's leading political parties hold elected offices in the corporation. Recently the Municipal Corporation has created three nos of Zone offices. Municipal Corporation mechanism in India was introduced during British Rule with formation of municipal corporation in Madras (

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) in 1688, later followed by municipal corporations in Bombay (

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) and Calcutta (

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) by 1762. Chandrapur Municipal Corporation has been formed with functions to improve the infrastructure of town.

Revenue sources

The following are the Income sources for the corporation from the Central and State Government.

Revenue from taxes

Following is the Tax related revenue for the corporation. * Property tax. * Profession tax. * Entertainment tax. * Grants from Central and State Government like Goods and Services Tax. * Advertisement tax.

Revenue from non-tax sources

Following is the Non Tax related revenue for the corporation. * Water usage charges. * Fees from Documentation services. * Rent received from municipal property. * Funds from municipal bonds.

List of Mayor

List of mayor's of Chandrapur Municipal Corporation (CMC).

List of Deputy Mayor

List of Chairman, Standing Committee

Election results

2017 results

The Municipal corporation elections were held on 19 April 2017 and the result was declared on 21 April 2017. The results of Election 2017 are as follows.

2012 results

The results of Election 2012 are as follows.

Administration

Commissioner - Sanjay Kakade Additional Commissioner - Bhalchandra Behere Deputy Commissioner 1 - Gajanan Bokade (In-charge) Deputy Commissioner 2- Manoj Goswami (In-charge) City Engineer - Mahesh Barai

References

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