Moga Municipal Corporation

Moga Municipal Corporation
Moga Municipal Corporation
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation
History
Founded	24 November 1994
Preceded by	Moga Municipal Council
Leadership
Minister in charge	Balkar Singh
Mayor	Vinaypal Kaur, AAP ; since 2026
Senior Deputy Mayor	Rakesh Kumar, AAP ; since 2026
Junior Deputy Mayor	Gaurav Garg, AAP ; since 2026
Municipal commissioner	Gurwinder Singh Johal ; since 2026
Structure
Seats	50
Political groups	Government (30) AAP (30); Opposition (20) INC (7); IND (7); SAD (3); BJP (3);
Length of term	5 Years
Elections
Last election	26 May 2026
Next election	2031
Website
	https://mcmoga.punjab.gov.in/Home

The Moga Municipal Corporation is a municipal corporation which administers the city of Moga, Punjab. It has 50 members elected with a first-past-the-post voting system and 1 ex-officio members which is MLA for Moga Assembly Constituency. The corporation was founded 2011, and the first elections were held in 2015.^[3]

Mayor

The mayor of Moga is the elected chief of the Municipal Corporation of Moga. The mayor is the first citizen of the city. The role is largely ceremonial as the real powers are vested in the Municipal Commissioner.^[4] The mayor plays a decorative role of representing and upholding the dignity of the city and a functional role in deliberating over the discussions in the corporation.^[5]

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Tenure		Ward No.	Ref.
1	Akhsit Jain	10 March 2015	12 May 2021	6 years, 63 days	SAD	35	^[6]
2	Nitika Bhalla	13 May 2021	4 July 2023	2 years, 52 days	INC	5	^[7]
3	Baljit Singh Channi	21 August 2023	27 November 2025	2 years, 98 days	AAP	8	^[8]
-^[a]	Parveen Kumar Peena	2 December 2025	18 January 2026	47 days		36	^[9]
3	Parveen Kumar Peena	19 January 2026	29 May 2026	130 days		36	^[10]
4	Vinaypal Kaur	11 June 2026	Incumbent	139 days		8	^[11]

Deputy mayors

Senior Deputy Mayor

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Tenure		Ward No.
1	Parveen Kumar Sharma	13 May 2021	1 December 2025	4 years, 202 days	INC	36
1	Parveen Kumar Sharma	13 May 2021	1 December 2025	4 years, 202 days	AAP	36
2	Rakesh Kumar	6 July 2026	Incumbent	114 days	AAP	13

Junior Deputy Mayor

S. No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Tenure		Ward No.
1	Ashok Dhamija	13 May 2021	29 May 2026	5 years, 16 days	INC	12
1	Ashok Dhamija	13 May 2021	29 May 2026	5 years, 16 days	AAP	12
2	Gaurav Garg	6 July 2026	Incumbent	114 days	AAP	41

Elections

Years	INC	SAD	BJP	AAP	Others	Total
Years					Others	Total
2015^[12]	1	24	8	–	17	50
2021^[12]	20	15	1	4	10
2026^[2]	7	3	3	30	7

List of Councilors

2026 Councilors

Ward No.	Councilor			Margin
Ward No.	Name	Party		Margin
1	Harjeet Singh		Ind	104
2	Manpreet Kaur		INC	439
3	Manjeet Singh Mann		INC	1135
4	Kulwinder Kaur Sachdeva		AAP	328
5	Arvinder Singh		AAP	363
6	Ramandeep Kaur Khosa		AAP	888
7	Gavardhan Lal Arora		SAD	258
8	Vinaypal Kaur		AAP	228
9	Paramjit Kaur Sidhu		INC	162
10	Vikramjeet Singh Kalsi		AAP	288
11	Rita Chopra		AAP	839
12	Vandana Dhamija		AAP	274
13	Rakesh Kumar		AAP	1579
14	Ritu Bala		AAP	704
15	Devinder Singh		AAP	433
16	Varsha		AAP	309
17	Vikram Singh Bhatoa		AAP	98
18	Asha Rani		AAP	546
19	Manjit Singh Dhammu		SAD	60
20	Mridula		AAP	345
21	Ajay Kumar		BJP	272
22	Asha Rani		AAP	549
23	Yogesh Kumar		BJP	51
24	Hem Lata		BJP	30
25	Darshan Singh		INC	14
26	Sukhwinder Kaur		AAP	386
27	Varinder Singh		AAP	232
28	Gurwinder Kaur		AAP	66
29	Milap Singh		AAP	176
30	Rajni Mattu		AAP	171
31	Avtar Singh		AAP	88
32	Simran Bains		Ind	396
33	Jagseer Singh Hundal		AAP	471
34	Maya		Ind	25
35	Gurminderjeet Singh Sidhu		AAP	94
36	Tamana Rani		AAP	90
37	Reema Sood		INC	371
38	Dimple Sahil Arora		INC	55
39	Sanjay Sharma		AAP	236
40	Neeta Kaur		AAP	338
41	Gaurav Garg		AAP	791
42	Virdhi Gupta		Ind	95
43	Renu Rani		Ind	109
44	Sarabjit Kaur		AAP	N/a^[b]
45	Bharat Bhushan Garg		INC	33
46	Sapna Chopra		Ind	33
47	Raj Kumar Makhija		AAP	145
48	Rashpal Kaur Gill		AAP	385
49	Piara Singh		Ind	222
50	Satveer Kaur Brar		SAD	56
Sources:^[13]

2021 Councilors

Ward No.	Councilor			Margin
Ward No.	Name	Party		Margin
1	Harwinder Kaur Gill		SAD	151
2	Jaspreet Singh		Ind	464
3	Manjeet Singh Mann		INC	992
4	Gurpreet Singh Sachdeva		Ind	682
5	Nitika Bhalla		INC	741
6	Arvinder Kaur		Ind	22
7	Saroj Rani		SAD	103
8	Baljeet Singh		AAP	67
9	Sarabjeet Kaur		AAP	215
10	Vikramjeet Singh Kalsi		AAP	2
11	Rita Chopra		INC	850
12	Ashok Dhamija		INC	99
13	Anju Bala		SAD	575
14	Amarjit		INC	83
15	Parveen Kumari		SAD	859
16	Vijay Bhushan		INC	551
17	Kuldeep Kaur		INC	221
18	Bharat Bhushan Garg		SAD	59
19	Sukhdeep Kaur Dhammu		SAD	130
20	Manjit Singh Dhammu		SAD	95
21	Karamjit Paul		BJP	16
22	Parveen Kumar Makkar		Ind	595
23	Sapna Chopra		SAD	44
24	Tarsem Singh		INC	118
25	Varinder Kaur		INC	248
26	Vijay Kumar Khurana		INC	187
27	Kulwinder Kaur		INC	11
28	Jagjeet Singh		INC	69
29	Ram Kaur		SAD	57
30	Boota Singh		Ind	9
31	Gurdeep Kaur		INC	216
32	Boota Singh		SAD	22
33	Kiran Kaur Hundal		AAP	81
34	Hari Ram		SAD	107
35	Sukhwinder Kaur		Ind	56
36	Parveen Kumar Sharma		INC	287
37	Reema Sood		Ind	295
38	Sahil Arora		INC	384
39	Kusum Bali		INC	39
40	Tirath Ram		Ind	82
41	Payal		Ind	540
42	Gaurav Gupta		SAD	30
43	Renu Rani		SAD	117
44	Matwal Singh		SAD	71
45	Mandeep Kaur		INC	439
46	Surinder Singh		Ind	205
47	Poonam Rani Makhija		SAD	364
48	Kulwinder Singh Gill		INC	258
49	Surjeet Kaur Gill		INC	662
50	Jaswinder Singh		INC	515

Notes

↑ Interim
↑ Won unopposed

References

↑ "Department of Local Governments, Punjab". Retrieved 19 December 2023.
1 2 "Moga Municipal Corporation Election Result 2026: AAP 30, INC 7, IND 7, BJP 3, SAD 3". News18. Retrieved 29 May 2026.
↑ "Moga, Phagwara, Pathankot to be municipal corporations | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. Jul 23, 2011. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
↑ "Mayor - Powers and Functions" (PDF). Retrieved 4 March 2021.
↑ "Directly elected mayor: An idea whose time has come". Hindustan Times. 2016-07-20. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
↑ "MLA Jain's son Akshit is Moga's first mayor". The Times of India. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
↑ "Nitika Bhalla becomes first woman Mayor of Moga". The Indian Express. 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
↑ "AAP gets first mayor in Punjab with Baljit Singh Channi's election in Moga". Hindustan Times. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
↑ Goyal, Divya (3 December 2025). "Opium courier to Canada, 'Rs 5 lakh bribe to settle case': What's behind Punjab's Moga mayor's expulsion by AAP". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 December 2025.
↑ Goyal, Divya (19 January 2026). "Parveen Kumar Sharma is new Moga Mayor; third to hold post since 2021 polls to civic body". The Indian Express. Retrieved 27 May 2026.
↑ Goyal, Divya (11 June 2026). "Homemaker, mother of 2, Vinaypal Kaur is second woman mayor of Punjab's Moga". The Indian Express. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
1 2 "In 50-member Moga MC House, Congress wins just 20 seats, SAD 15". The Indian Express. 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
↑ "Election Results". Local Bodies Poll Activity Monitoring System. State Election Commission, Punjab. Retrieved 29 May 2026.

[9] Interim

[14] Won unopposed

[1] "Department of Local Governments, Punjab". Retrieved 19 December 2023.

[2026Elections-2] 1 2 "Moga Municipal Corporation Election Result 2026: AAP 30, INC 7, IND 7, BJP 3, SAD 3". News18. Retrieved 29 May 2026.

[3] "Moga, Phagwara, Pathankot to be municipal corporations | India News - Times of India". The Times of India. TNN. Jul 23, 2011. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

[4] "Mayor - Powers and Functions" (PDF). Retrieved 4 March 2021.

[5] "Directly elected mayor: An idea whose time has come". Hindustan Times. 2016-07-20. Retrieved 2021-03-04.

[6] "MLA Jain's son Akshit is Moga's first mayor". The Times of India. 10 March 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

[7] "Nitika Bhalla becomes first woman Mayor of Moga". The Indian Express. 2021-05-14. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

[8] "AAP gets first mayor in Punjab with Baljit Singh Channi's election in Moga". Hindustan Times. 21 August 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.

[10] Goyal, Divya (3 December 2025). "Opium courier to Canada, 'Rs 5 lakh bribe to settle case': What's behind Punjab's Moga mayor's expulsion by AAP". The Indian Express. Retrieved 3 December 2025.

[11] Goyal, Divya (19 January 2026). "Parveen Kumar Sharma is new Moga Mayor; third to hold post since 2021 polls to civic body". The Indian Express. Retrieved 27 May 2026.

[12] Goyal, Divya (11 June 2026). "Homemaker, mother of 2, Vinaypal Kaur is second woman mayor of Punjab's Moga". The Indian Express. Retrieved 13 July 2026.

[:0-13] 1 2 "In 50-member Moga MC House, Congress wins just 20 seats, SAD 15". The Indian Express. 2021-02-18. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

[15] "Election Results". Local Bodies Poll Activity Monitoring System. State Election Commission, Punjab. Retrieved 29 May 2026.

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