List of mayors of Lucknow

Mayor of Lucknow
Seal of Lucknow Municipal Corporation
Incumbent
Sushma Kharakwal
since 26 May 2023
StatusHead of the LMC
Member ofLucknow Municipal Corporation
SeatLucknow Municipal Corporation Headoffice, Lalbagh, Lucknow
AppointerElected by voters
Term length5 years
Formation1960 (64 years ago) (1960)
First holderDr SC Rai
DeputyDeputy Mayor
Websitelmc.up.nic.in

The Mayor of Lucknow is the head of Lucknow Municipal Corporation. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. 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. The role of the mayor is largely ceremonial.

The city is divided into 110 wards, each of them headed by a corporators who work under the mayor. In addition to the 110 councilors, there are Deputy Commissioners and Heads of various departments and Zonal officers.

Shushma Kharakwal is the current mayor of the city since 26 May 2023. She has been elected in the 2023 LMC elections and is the second consecutive female mayor of the city.

Election of the Mayor

The mayor is elected from within the ranks of the council in a quinquennial election. The elections are conducted in all 110 wards in the city to elect corporators together of this the people also vote for the mayor. The out of mayoral who gets the maximum vote in the elections get elected as the mayor of the city,

The tenure of the mayor is of 5 years or till dissolution of municipal corporation, either by themselves or by state law.

List of Mayors of LMC

Sr No. Name Term Start Term Ended Duration Notes
City Head of Lucknow Municipal Board
1 Raj Kumar Srivastava 1 February 1960 1 February 1961 1 year, 0 days First City Head of Lucknow
2 Giriraj Dharna Rastogi 2 February 1961 1 May 1962 1 year, 88 days
3 Dr Purshottam Das Kapoor 2 May 1962 1 May 1963 364 days
(3) Dr Purshottam Das Kapoor 2 May 1963 1 May 1964 365 days
4 Captain VR Mohan 2 May 1964 1 May 1965 364 days
5 Om Narayan Bansal 2 May 1965 30 June 1966 1 year, 59 days
Administrator Period 1 July 1966 4 July 1968 2 years, 3 days
6 Dr Madan Mohan Singh Siddhu 4 July 1968 30 June 1969 361 days
7 Balak Ram Vaishya 1 July 1969 30 June 1970 364 days
8 Beni Prasad Halwasiya 1 July 1970 30 June 1971 364 days
9 Dr Dauji Gupta 5 July 1971 30 June 1972 361 days
(9) Dr Dauji Gupta 1 July 1972 30 June 1973 364 days
Administrator Period 30 June 1973 26 August 1989 16 years, 57 days
(9) Dr Dauji Gupta 26 August 1989 27 May 1992 2 years, 275 days
Administrator Period 27 May 1992 13 May 1993 351 days
10 Dr. Akhilesh Das Gupta 13 May 1993 30 November 1995 2 years, 201 days
11 Dr SC Rai 1 December 1995 30 November 2000 4 years, 365 days
(11) Dr SC Rai 1 December 2000 21 November 2002 1 year, 355 days
Mayors of Lucknow Municipal Corporation
1 Dr SC Rai 21 November 2002 13 February 2006 3 years, 84 days First Mayor of the city
Administrator Period 13 February 2006 14 November 2006 274 days
2 Dr Dinesh Sharma 14 November 2006 23 February 2011 4 years, 101 days
Administrator Period 23 February 2011 14 July 2012 1 year, 142 days
(2) Dr Dinesh Sharma 14 July 2012 19 March 2017 4 years, 248 days Left office to be the part of First Yogi Aditynath ministry and became deputy chief minister of the state.
3 Suresh Chandra Awasthi (Acting) 24 March 2017 11 August 2017 140 days
Administrator Period 11 August 2017 12 December 2017 123 days
4 Sanyukta Bhatia[1] 12 December 2017 19 January 2023 5 years, 38 days First woman mayor of the city
Administrator Period 20 January 2023 25 May 2023 125 days
5 Sushma Kharakwal 26 May 2023 - 1 year, 210 days

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See also

References

  1. ^ Financialexpress (1 December 2017). "Who is Sanyukta Bhatia? Meet Lucknow's first woman mayor in 100 years". Archived from the original on 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  2. ^ http://lmc.up.nic.in/pdf/mayerlist.pdf [bare URL PDF]