Kozhikode Corporation

Kozhikode Corporation
Type
Type
Term limits
 None
History
Founded 1962 (1962)
Leadership
Thottathil Ravindran
Meera Darsak
Secretary
T.P. Satheeshan
Structure
Seats 75
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[1]
Length of term
 5 years
Elections
First-past-the-post
First election
 jklh
Website
kozhikodecorporation.lsgkerala.gov.in/en

The Kozhikode Corporation is the municipal corporation responsible for the administration of the city of Kozhikode, Kerala. The Kozhikode Corporation is the oldest municipal corporation in Kerala. Established in 1962, the Corporation's first mayor was H. Manjunatha Rao. Kozhikode Corporation has four assembly constituencies – Kozhikode North, Kozhikode South, Beypore and Elathur – all of which are part of the Kozhikode parliamentary constituency.[2]

The Corporation is headed by a mayor. For administrative purposes, the city is divided into 75 wards,[3] from which the members of the corporation council are elected for term of five years.

References

  1. ↑ http://lsgkerala.gov.in/pages/standingCommittee.php?intID=4&ID=171&ln=en
  2. ↑ Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency redrawn Delimitation impact, The Hindu 5 February 2008
  3. ↑ "Kozhikode Corporation, Councillors" (PDF). kozhikode corporation. Retrieved 27 November 2011.
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