Kottakkal Municipality
Type
Type
Term limits
None
History
Founded2010 (2010)
Leadership
Bushra Shabeer [1], IUML
P.P. Ummar[2], IUML
Structure
Seats32
Political groups
  •   UDF: 21 seats
  •   LDF: 5 seats
  •   Independent: 4 seats
  •   NDA: 2 seats
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[3]
Length of term
5 years
Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
2020 [4]
Next election
2025
Meeting place
Municipality office, Kottakkal
Website
malappuram.nic.in/en/public-utility/kottakkal-muncipality

Kottakkal Municipality is the Municipality that administers the city of Kottakkal in Malappuram district, Kerala. Established in 2010, it is in the Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency & Kottakkal Assembly constituency The first chairperson was T.V. Sulaikhabi.[5] Its one assembly constituencies are Kottakkal Assembly constituency, of the city of Kottakkal, with a population of about 44,382 within that area.[6] Kottakkal Municipality[7] has been formed with functions to improve the infrastructure of town. On November 1, 2010, Kottakkal was elevated as a municipality

Divisions

Kottakkal Municipality is divided into 32 wards for ease of administration from which a member is elected from each for a duration of five years.[2]

Wards of Kottakkal Municipality
Ward No. Ward Name Ward No. Ward Name
1 Changuvetty 2 Chuda
3 Kottakkal Town 4 Kottakkal Thaze Angadi
5 Palappura 6 Mythri Nagar
7 Nayyadi Para 8 Cheenambuthur
9 Kavathikkalam West 10 Kavathikkalam East
11 Valiyaparamba 12 West Villur
13 Pappaayi 14 East Villur
15 Kooriyad 16 Panikkarkundu
17 Indianoor West 18 Indianoor
19 Muliyankotta 20 Maravattam
21 Kottoor 22 Madrasappadi
23 Amappara 24 Kuttippuram
25 Alinchuvadu 26 Poozhikkunnu
27 Palathara 28 Kottakkulam
29 Pulikkodu 30 Thokkampara
31 Changuvettykkundu 32 Khurbani

Municipality Election 2020

[2]

Political Performance in Election 2020

S.No.Party NameParty symbolNumber of Councilors
01IUML21
02LDF5
03Independents4
04BJP2

2010 seat distribution: UDF - 24,LDF - 4, BJP- 2[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Local Self Government Department | Local Self Government Department". lsgkerala.gov.in.
  2. 1 2 3 "Local Self Government Department | Local Self Government Department". lsgkerala.gov.in.
  3. ↑ "Election Details - Standing Committee - 2015". lsgkerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 27 February 2019.
  4. ↑ "Local Self Government Department | Local Self Government Department". lsgkerala.gov.in.
  5. ↑ "Local Self Government Department | Local Self Government Department". lsgkerala.gov.in.
  6. ↑ "Urban Affairs Kerala 2023". urbanaffairskerala.org.
  7. ↑ "കോട്ടയ്ക്കൽ മുനിസിപ്പാലിറ്റി". Mathrubhumi. 29 September 2015.
  8. ↑ "Local Self Government Department | Local Self Government Department". lsgkerala.gov.in.


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