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Politics of Chandigarh

Chandigarh
Union Territory of Chandigarh
Politics of Chandigarh Chandigarh Union Territory of Chandigarh
Union Territory
	The Open Hand Monument in Chandigarh
	Nickname: The City Beautiful
	Coordinates: 30°45′N 76°47′E / 30.75°N 76.78°E
Country	India
Region	Northern India
Completed	1960
Formation	1 Nov 1966
Named for	Hindu devi चंडी/चण्डिका Chandi/Chandika
Government
• Type	Union government (Centre exercises direct control over the Union Territory)
• Body	Government of India
• Administrator	Banwarilal Purohit
• Adviser	Manoj K Parida IAS AGMUT
• Secretary Home	A K Gupta IAS Hy
• Secretary Finance	A K Sinha IAS Pb
Area
• Union Territory	114 km2 (44 sq mi)
• Rank	33
Elevation	350 m (1,150 ft)
Population (2011)
• Union Territory	1,054,686
• Rank	29th
• Density	9,300/km2 (24,000/sq mi)
• Metro	960,787
Language
• Official	English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	160XXX
Telephone code	+91-172-XXX-XXXX
ISO 3166 code	IN-CH
Vehicle registration	CH-01 to CH-04 and PB-01
HDI	; 0.792
HDI Category	high
Literacy	81.9
Website	chandigarh.nic.in
	The city of Chandigarh comprises all of the union territory's area

Chandigarh is a city and a union territory in the northern part of India that serves as the capital of the states of Punjab and Haryana. As a union territory, the city is ruled directly by the Union Government of India and is not part of either state.

The city of Chandigarh was the first planned city in India post-independence in 1947 and is known internationally for its architecture and urban design.^[6]

Normally any place in India has representation at 3 levels: National (Parliament), State (Legislative Assembly) & local (Municipality or Panchayat). Chandigarh being a city-state, and a Union Territory does not have a legislative assembly of its own, even though it hosts the legislative assemblies of two states Punjab & Haryana, being a common capital of both states. It has its own Municipal Corporation (MCC), which acts as the local governing authority of Chandigarh. The MCC is one of the most powerful local authorities in India as it serves both as a regional and local authority.

Legislative Assembly (Before 1966)

From 1952 to 1966 (the year Haryana was carved out of Punjab) Chandigarh was the capital of Punjab. Citizens of the city were represented in the state's Legislative Assembly and a Chief Commissioner headed the local administration. While Punjab had remained undivided, Chandigarh, like other large cities of India, fitted into the larger framework of the state administration. When Punjab was divided, both Punjab and Haryana claimed the new city for its capital. Pending resolution of the issue, the Central Government made Chandigarh a Union Territory (under Section 4 of the Punjab Re-organisation Act, 1966, with effect from 1 November 1966) with its administration functioning directly under the Central Government. Under the provisions of this Act, the laws in force in the erstwhile State of Punjab before 1 November 1966, continue to apply to the Union Territory of Chandigarh.^[7]

Administrator (After 1966)

Up to 31 May 1984, the Administrator of the UT was designated as "Chief Commissioner". On 1 June 1984, the Governor of Punjab has been functioning as the Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh and Chief Commissioner was redesignated as "Adviser to the Administrator". List of Administrators of Chandigarh is as follows:^[8]

List of Administrators of Chandigarh
Name	From	To
Shri Bhairab Datt Pande	01.06.1984	02.07.1984
Shri K. T. Satarwala	03.07.1984	14.03.1985
Shri Arjun Singh	14.03.1985	14.11.1985
Shri S. D. Sharma	26.11.1985	02.04.1986
Shri S. S. Ray	02.04.1986	08.12.1989
Shri N. N. Mukarji	08.12.1989	14.06.1990
Shri Varinder Verma	14.06.1990	17.12.1990
Gen. (Retd.) O. P.Malhotra	18.12.1990	07.08.1991
Shri Surindra Nath	07.08.1991	09.07.1994
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) B. K. N. Chhibber	18.09.1994	27.11.1999
Lt. Gen. (Retd.) J. F. R. Jacob	27.11.1999	08.05.2003
Gen. (Retd.) Dr. S. F. Rodrigues	16.11.2004	22.01.2010
Justice O. P. Verma	08.05.2003	15.11.2004
Shri Shivraj V. Patil	22.01.2010	21.01.2015
Prof. Kaptan Singh Solanki	22.01.2015	22.08.2016
V. P. Singh Badnore	22.08.2016	22.08.2021

Parliamentary Constituency

Presently the city is represented in Indian Parliament by Manish Tewari of Congress.^[9] Before him, Pawan Bansal of Congress was MP from Chandigarh. He became Minister of Railways but had to resign due to corruption charges.

Local politics

Mrs Raj Bala Malik is the mayor of the city.^[10]

List of mayors of Chandigarh
Name	From	To
Smt. Kamla Sharma	23-12-96	22-12-97
Sh. Gian Chand Gupta	23-12-97	22-12-98
Sh. Kewal Krishan Addiwal	23-12-98	22-12-99
Sh. Shanta Hit Abhilashi	23-12-99	22-12-00
Sh. Raj Kumar Goyal	23-12-00	21-07-01
Sh. Gurcharan Dass (Acting)	22-07-01	17-08-01
Smt. Harjinder Kaur	18-08-01	22-12-01
Smt. Lalit Joshi	01-01-02	31-12-02
Sh. Subhash Chawla	01-01-03	31-12-03
Smt. Kamlesh	01-01-04	31-12-04
Smt. Anu Chatrath	01-01-05	31-12-05
Sh. Surinder Singh	01-01-06	31-12-06
Ms.Harjinder Kaur	11-01-07	31-12-07
Sh. Pardeep Chhabra	01-01-08	31-12-08
Smt. Kamlesh	01.01.09	31.12.09
Smt. Anu Chatrath	01.01.10	31.12.10
Sh. Ravinder Pal Singh	01.01.11	31.12.11
Smt. Raj Bala Malik	01.01.12	31.12.12
Sh. Subhash Chawla	01.01.13	31.12.13
Sh. Harphool Chander Kalyan	01.01.14	05.01.15
Smt. Poonam Sharma	06.01.15	07.01.16
Sh. Arun Sood	08.01.16	31.12.16
Smt. Asha Kumari Jaswal	12.01.17	08.01.18
Sh. Davesh Moudgil	09.01.18	19.01.19
sh. Rajesh Kumar Kalia	19.01.19	09.01.20
Raj Bala Malik	10.01.20	17.01.23