List of mayors of Kolkata

The Mayor of Kolkata is the chief executive of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, one of the civic authorities in the Indian city of Kolkata. He is the First Citizen of the city of Kolkata. There have been 38 mayors of Kolkata in total till now since first election in 1924.

Mayor of Kolkata
Incumbent
Firhad Hakim
since 28 December 2021
Kolkata Municipal Corporation
StyleHonorable Mayor
Member ofKolkata Municipal Corporation
ResidenceChetla, Kolkata - 700027
SeatKMC, Headquarter
NominatorDirectly elected by vote
Term lengthFive years, renewable
Inaugural holderChittaranjan Das
Formation16 April 1924 (1924-04-16)
DeputyAtin Ghosh
Websitewww.kmcgov.in

History

The first Kolkata Municipal Election was held on 16 April 1924, during the time of British India, under the Calcutta Municipal Act, 1923 - Bengal Act III of 1923.[1] Mayors were elected on an annual basis. No corporation elections were held, therefore there was no mayor, from 1948 to 1952.[1] In 1952 further mayors were appointed on an annual basis under the Calcutta Municipal Act, West Bengal Act XXXIII of 1951.[1] There was another break in mayoral elections from 1972 to 1985, after which mayors were elected on a five year term under the Calcutta Municipal Corporation Act, 1980 West Bengal Act LIX of 1980.[1]

List of mayors
List of Mayors of Kolkata
S. No. Name Portrait Term[2] Party
1 Chittaranjan Das 16 April 1924 17 July 1925 1 year, 92 days Indian National Congress
2 Jatindra Mohan Sengupta 17 July 1925 4 February 1928 2 years, 202 days
3 Bijoy Kumar Basu 4 February 1928 10 April 1929 1 year, 65 days
(2) Jatindra Mohan Sengupta 10 April 1929 22 August 1930 1 year, 134 days
4 Subhas Chandra Bose 22 August 1930 15 April 1931 236 days
5 Bidhan Chandra Roy 15 April 1931 9 April 1933 1 year, 359 days
6 Santosh Kumar Basu 9 April 1933 4 July 1934 1 year, 86 days
7 Nalini Ranjan Sarkar 4 July 1934 30 April 1935 300 days
8 Abul Kasem Fazlul Haque 30 April 1935 29 April 1936 365 days Krishak Praja Party
9 Harisankar Paul 29 April 1936 28 April 1937 364 days Indian National Congress
10 Sanat K. Roy Chowdhury 28 April 1937 29 April 1938 1 year, 1 day
11 A.K.M. Zakaria 29 April 1938 26 April 1939 362 days
12 Nisith Chandra Sen 26 April 1939 24 April 1940 364 days
13 Abdur Rahman Siddiqui 24 April 1940 28 April 1941 1 year, 4 days All-India Muslim League
14 Phanindra Nath Brahma 28 April 1941 29 April 1942 1 year, 1 day Indian National Congress
15 Hem Chandra Naskar 29 April 1942 30 April 1943 1 year, 1 day
16 Syed Badrudduja 30 April 1943 26 April 1944 362 days All-India Muslim League
17 Anandi Lal Poddar 26 April 1944 27 April 1945 1 year, 1 day Indian National Congress
18 Debendra Nath Mukherjee 27 April 1945 29 April 1946 1 year, 2 days
19 Syed Mohammed Usman 29 April 1946 29 April 1947 1 year, 0 days Krishak Praja Party
20 Sudhir Chandra Ray Chaudhuri 29 April 1947 1948 247 days Praja Socialist Party
21 Nirmal Chandra Chunder 01 May 1952 06 March 1953 309 days Indian National Congress
22 Naresh Nath Mookherjee 06 March 1953 25 April 1955 2 years, 50 days
23 Satish Chandra Ghosh 25 April 1955 29 April 1957 2 years, 4 days
24 Triguna Sen 29 April 1957 08 April 1959 1 year, 344 days
25 Bejoy Kumar Banerjee 08 April 1959 06 April 1960 364 days
26 Keshab Chandra Basu 06 April 1960 28 April 1961 1 year, 22 days
27 Rajendranath Majumdar 28 April 1961 08 April 1963 1 year, 345 days
28 Chittaranjan Chatterjee 08 April 1963 26 April 1965 2 years, 18 days
29 Priti Kumar Roy Chowdhury 26 April 1965 24 April 1967 1 year, 363 days
30 Gobinda Chandra Dey 24 April 1967 13 June 1969 2 years, 50 days
31 Prasanta Sur 13 June 1969 23 April 1971 2 years, 50 days Communist Party of India (Marxist)
32 Shyam Sundar Gupta 23 April 1971 1972 2 years, 253 days All India Forward Bloc
33 Kamal Kumar Basu 30 July 1985 30 July 1990 5 years, 0 days Communist Party of India (Marxist)
34 Prasanta Chatterjee 30 July 1990 12 July 2000 9 years, 348 days
35 Subrata Mukherjee 12 July 2000 05 July 2005 4 years, 358 days All India Trinamool Congress
36 Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya 05 July 2005 16 June 2010 4 years, 346 days Communist Party of India (Marxist)
37 Sovan Chatterjee 16 June 2010 22 November 2018 8 years, 159 days All India Trinamool Congress
38 Firhad Hakim 22 November 2018 Incumbent 4 years, 337 days

References
  1. "Mayors of Kolkata". Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  2. "Official Website of Kolkata Municipal Corporation".
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