Arambagh Municipality is the civic body that governs Arambagh and its surrounding areas in Arambagh subdivision of Hooghly district, West Bengal, India.

History

Arambagh Municipality was established in 1886.

Geography

Map of Arambagh Municipality

Arambagh Municipality covers an area of 117.20 sq km and has a total population of 66,175 (2011).

Healthcare

Arambagh Subdivisonal Hospital, with 250 beds, is located in the Arambagh Municipality area.

Current members

Arambagh Municipality has a total of 19 members or councillors, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the Chairperson. The latest elections were held on 12 February 2022. The current chairperson of Arambagh Municipality is Samir Bhandari of the Trinamool Congress. The current deputy chairperson is Mamata Mukherjee of the Trinamool Congress.

Chairperson: Samir Bhandari
Deputy Chairperson: Mamata Mukherjee
Ward No.Name of CouncillorPartyRemarks
1Retun KunduTrinamool Congress
2Soma Pandit
3Biswanath Chatterjee
4Mamata Mukherjee
5Ram Prasad Dolui
6Swapan Kumar Nandi
7Aparajita Roy
8Sheikh Shukur Ali
9Mita Dey
10Tushar Karfa
11Sanjoy Ghorui
12Tripti Kundu
13Rathindra Nath Das
14Hasan Ali
15Sanjoy Das
16Samir Bhandari
17Ruma Karmakar
18Pradip Singha Roy
19Biswajit GhoshBharatiya Janata Party

Election results

In the 2022 municipal elections for Arambagh Municipality Trinamool Congress won 18 seats and BJP won 1 seat

In the 2015 municipal elections for Arambagh Municipality Trinamool Congress won all 19 seats.

In the 2010 municipal elections for Arambagh Municipality Trinamool Congress won 9 seats, CPI (M) 7 seats, Forward Bloc 1 seat and Independent 1 seat.

About the 2010 municipal elections, The Guardian wrote, "Today's municipal elections are unlike any for decades: the Communists, who have held West Bengal's main towns almost without a break since the 1970s, are facing disaster… This time defeat is likely to be definitive and could signal the beginning of the end for the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPIM)."

In the 2005 municipal elections for Arambagh Municipality, CPI (M) won 11 seats, CPI 1 seat, Forward Bloc 3 seats and others 3 seats.