Moga Municipal Corporation

The Moga Municipal Corporation is a nagar nigam (municipal corporation) which administers the city of Moga, Punjab. It has 50 members elected with a first-past-the-post voting system and 1 ex-officio members which is MLA for Moga Assembly Constituency. The corporation was founded 2011, and the first elections were held in 2015.^[3]

Moga Municipal Corporation
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation
History
Founded	24 November 1994
Preceded by	Moga Municipal Council
Leadership
Minister in charge	Balkar Singh[1]
Mayor	Baljit Singh Channi, AAP since 2023
Senior deputy mayor	Parveen Kumar Sharma, AAP since 2021
Junior deputy mayor	Ashok Dhamija, AAP since 2021
Structure
Seats	50
Political groups	Government (42)[2]   AAP (32)   IND (10) Opposition (8)   INC (4)   SAD (4)
Length of term	5 Years
Elections
Next election	2026

Mayor

The mayor of Moga is the elected chief of the Municipal Corporation of Moga. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. The role is largely ceremonial as the real powers are vested in the Municipal Commissioner.^[4] 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.^[5]

S. No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Party		Ward No.	Ref.
1	Akhsit Jain	10 March 2015	12 May 2023	6 years, 63 days		SAD		[6]
2	Nitika Bhalla	13 May 2021	4 July 2023	2 years, 52 days		INC	5	[7]
3	Baljit Singh Channi	21 August 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 9 days		AAP	8	[8]

Deputy mayors

Senior Deputy Mayor

S. No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Party		Corporation	Ward No.
-	Parveen Kumar Sharma	13 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 109 days		Aam Aadmi Party

Junior Deputy Mayor

S. No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Tenure	Party		Corporation	Ward No.
-	Ashok Dhamija	13 May 2021	Incumbent	3 years, 109 days		Aam Aadmi Party

Elections

Years					Others	Total
	INC	SAD	BJP	AAP
2015[9]	1	24	8	-	17	50
2021[9]	20	15	1	4	10	50

References

1. "Department of Local Governments, Punjab". Retrieved 19 December 2023.
2. "With 9 Inds, Cong gets majority in Moga". The Tribune. 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
3. "Moga, Phagwara, Pathankot to be municipal corporations | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. Jul 23, 2011. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
4. "Mayor - Powers and Functions" (PDF). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
5. "Directly elected mayor: An idea whose time has come". Hindustan Times. 2016-07-20. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
6. "MLA Jain's son Akshit is Moga's first mayor". The Times of India. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
7. "Nitika Bhalla becomes first woman Mayor of Moga". The Indian Express. 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
8. "AAP gets first mayor in Punjab with Baljit Singh Channi's election in Moga". Hindustan Times. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
9. "In 50-member Moga MC House, Congress wins just 20 seats, SAD 15". The Indian Express. 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2022-01-14.