The Mayoral Election For Mangalore City Will be Held Soon: Click For Details

The one-year term of Mayor Jayananda Anchan and Deputy Mayor Poornima will end on September 8. The mayoral election was held on September 9, 2022. The Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) is awaiting mayoral election next month.

For the 24th term, the government has reserved the office of the Mayor for general category while the office of Deputy Mayor has been reserved for Scheduled Caste (woman). For the 23rd term, the post of Mayor was reserved for the general category while Deputy Mayor was reserved for Backward Class A (woman).

The BJP which is leading the 60-member elected council has 44 seats, followed by the Congress with 14 seats and the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) which enjoys two seats. The BJP which was elected to power for five years in the election held to the council on November 12, 2019 will have to select its fourth Mayor and Deputy Mayor now.

President of Dakshina Kannada unit of the BJP Sudarshan Moodbidrisaid hat it has not been decided yet whether a councillor from Mangalore City South Assembly constituency or from Mangalore City North Assembly constituency should be selected as Mayor candidate.