Salem City Municipal Corporation
History. The Centurion Municipality was declared as the Salem City Municipal Corporation on 1 June 1994. The Salem City Municipal Council celebrated its Centenary in 1966. Fittingly the Municipality was upgraded into a special grade Municipality with effect from 1 April 1979. Salem City Municipal Limits were further extended by the inclusion of Suramangalam Municipality, Jarikondalampatty Town Panchayat, Kannankurichi Town Panchayat and 21 other Village panchayats with effect from 1.4.94, with an extent of and a total population of 8,29,267 (2011 Census). Salem is the Headquarters of the Salem District. Salem Corporation consists of 60 wards  categorized under 4 Zonal Offices namely Suramangalam Zonal, Hasthampatty Zonal, Ammapet Zonal, Kondalampatty Zonal. Each Zonal Office has its own Zonal Chairman and an Asst. Commissioner to take care of Zonal Activities. Forums. Salem City Municipal Corporation consist of 2 Houses, namely, Legislature Assembly. Legislature Assembly is one of the assembly councils in SCMC. This is headed by city Mayor who presides over Deputy Mayor and 60 councillors who represents each ward of the city. Executive Assembly. Executive Assembly is also one of the two assembly council of SCMC. This is headed by Chief Commissioner, the person graded with IAS  position. There are 4 zonal officers under City Chief Commissioner. This assembly executes the decision taken in both the assembly particularly in Legislature Assembly. Administrations. From among themselves, the councillors elect the mayor and a deputy mayor who preside over about ten standing committees. The council normally meets once a month. The executive wing is headed by the Commissioner. In addition, there are deputy commissioners, various heads of departments and four zonal officers. Elections. The seats of the mayor, deputy mayor and the Salem Corporation Council have been vacant since 2016. As part of the 2022 Tamil Nadu urban civic  body elections, the Salem City Municipal Corporation went to polling on 19 February 2022, alongside 20 other municipal corporations of Tamil Nadu, to elect 60 councillors to represent the city's 60 wards; the councillors will choose one amongst themselves as the Mayor of Salem, a historically significant, coveted office. The election results were announced on 22 February 2022 by the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won 48 out of the total 60 wards in Salem, with the other parties in its Secular Progressive Alliance winning 2 seats by Indian National Congress. The All India  Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won 7 seats. 3 independent candidates won in their respective wards. Having secured an absolute majority, the DMK councillors will formally elect the Mayor and the Deputy Mayor on 4 March 2022. Emblem. Salem Corporation is centurion municipality in 1966. Centurion municipality became Salem Municipal corporation in 1994. After forming municipal corporation unique emblem for corporation is created. It is created with city's unique identities in emblem. Emblem holds the theme of urbanization of city by including the icons of industries and households. It also consists 6 mangoes icon 3 on each side of  emblem which indicates famous of the city. It also holds the tag line ("Nagar Nalam Naadu)" which means growth of the country is begins with the growth of the city ("tamil நகர் நலம் நாடு"). Salem metropolitan area. The Salem Metropolitan Area is the sixtyth most populous metropolitan area in India. It is the fifth most populous metropolitan area in Tamil Nadu, only after Chennai, Coimbatore and Madurai. The Salem Metropolitan Area consist of the city of Salem and its suburbs in Salem district. Salem Corporation covers and population is 8,29,267 while Salem metropolitan area covers and population is 1,774,122. It  consist of Salem City Municipal Corporation and suburban areas spread over the Salem district. New construction in areas under the Salem Local Planning Authority needs their approval to start work. Planning authority. The Salem Local Planning Authority (SLPA) is nodal planning agency for Salem City Municipal Corporation and it's Suburbs of Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Salem Local Planning Authority administers the Salem Metropolitan Area, spread over an area of . And covers the area if Salem City Municipal Corporation, 8 Town Panchayats and 7 Panchayat Unions. Total population of the area covered by Salem Local Planning Authority is 1,774,122 . New construction in areas under the Salem Local Planning Authority needs their approval to start work. And total area covered is and its population is 17,74,122. Law and enforcement. The Salem City Police was formed in 1972 and The Salem Police Commissionerate was formed in 1990 for the major metropolitan cities like Salem, Coimbatore, Madurai and Tiruchirapalli. The jurisdiction of Salem city police commissionarate extends jurisdiction limit to Salem City Municipal Corporation. There are 11 police stations in Salem city, numbered B-1 to B-11. City Police has five wings: traffic wing, traffic investigation wing, prohibition enforcement wing, city crime record  bureau, armed reserve, in three zones Salem North, Salem South and Salem West.