Greater Chennai Corporation

Greater Chennai Corporation Perunakara Ceṉṉai Mānakarāṭci
Emblem of the Greater Chennai Corporation
Type
Type	Municipal corporation of the Chennai District
History
Founded	29 September 1688 (335 years ago) (1688-09-29)
Leadership
Mayor	Priya Rajan, DMK since 4 March 2022
Deputy Mayor	Mahesh Kumar, DMK since 4 March 2022
Commissioner	J. Radhakrishnan, IAS
District Collector	M. Aruna, IAS
Structure
Seats	200
Political groups	Government (178) SPA (178)   DMK (153)   INC (13)   CPI(M) (4)   VCK (4)   MDMK (2)   CPI (1)   IUML (1) Opposition (22)   AIADMK (15)   AMMK (1)   BJP (1)   IND (5)
Meeting place
Ripon Building, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Website
chennaicorporation.gov.in

Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC)^[1] is a local government for the City of Chennai in the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Tamil Nadu, India. Inaugurated on 29 September 1688, under a royal charter issued by King James II of England on 30 December 1687 as the Corporation of Madras, it is the oldest municipal body of the Commonwealth of Nations outside Great Britain.^[2][3] It is the largest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu with an area of 426 km². It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 200 councillors, each of whom represents one of the 200 wards of the city.^[4] It is the second oldest corporation in the world after the City of London.^[5] The city limits, which had been expanded several times over the years, is currently coterminous with the Chennai district. It is one of the four municipal corporations located within the Chennai Metropolitan Area, the other three being the Tambaram Corporation, Avadi City Municipal Corporation and Kanchipuram Municipal Corporation.