Kannur Municipal Corporation

Kannur Municipal Corporation

കണ്ണൂർ നഗരസഭ
Kannur Municipal Corporation Logo
Emblem of Kannur Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
Term limits
None
History
Founded2015 (2015)
Preceded byKannur Municipality
Leadership
Muslih Madathil [1], Indian Union Muslim League
since 2020
D. Saju[3]
Structure
Seats55
Political groups
  INC: 20 seats
  IUML: 14 seats
  CPI(M): 17 seats
  CPI: 2 seats
  BJP: 1 seat
  Independent: 1 seat
Committees
  • Finance Standing Committee
  • Development Standing Committee
  • Welfare Standing Committee
  • Health Standing Committee
  • Public Works Standing Committee
  • Town Planning Standing Committee
  • Tax Appeal Standing Committee
  • Education & Sports Standing Committee[4]
Length of term
5 YEARS
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
2020
Next election
2025
Meeting place
Corporation Office, Kannur
Website
kannurcorporation.lsgkerala.gov.in/en

The Kannur Municipal Corporation is the municipal corporation that administers the city of Kannur, Kerala. Established in 2015, the Corporation's first mayor was E. P. Latha.[5] Kannur Corporation has two assembly constituencies – Kannur Assembly constituency and Azhikode Assembly constituency – both of which are part of the Kannur parliamentary constituency. The Corporation is headed by a Mayor and council, and manages 78.35 km2 of Kannur city, with a population of about 232,486 within that area.[6][7] Kannur Municipal Corporation has been formed with functions to improve the infrastructure of town.

  1. ^ Staff Reporter (28 December 2020). "Muslih Madathil to be Kannur Mayor". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ Special Currespondent (29 December 2020). "Mayors, Deputy Mayors elected in 6 Corporations". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Municipal Secretary, Kannur". Urban Affairs Kerala.
  4. ^ http://lsgkerala.gov.in/pages/standingCommittee.php?intID=4&ID=171&ln=en [dead link]
  5. ^ PTI (18 November 2015). "CPI(M) rides to power in five of six corporations in Kerala". Economic Times. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  6. ^ "Provisional Population Totals, Census of India 2011" (PDF). Population of the urban local bodies in Kerala (2011). Government of Kerala. Retrieved 4 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Kannur Corporation, Councillors". Department of Local Self Governance, Kerala. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

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