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List of the youngest mayors in India

This is a list of the youngest mayors in India. This list is inclusive of individuals nearest to the age of majority at the time of their election; usually under the age of 30.

Youngest mayors

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Name Municipal Corporation State Age at appointment Population Tenure Political Party Notes
Arya Rajendran Thiruvananthapuram Corporation Kerala 21 957,730 2020–2025 Communist Party of India (Marxist) She is the youngest mayor in the country. She served as the mayor of the capital of Kerala.[1][2]
Sabitha Beegam Kollam Municipal Corporation Kerala 23 397,419 2000–2004 Communist Party of India (Marxist) She was the youngest mayor in the country till the election of Arya Rajendran.[2]
Sanjeev Naik Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation Maharashtra 23 318,000 1995–2009 Nationalist Congress Party Naik was the first mayor of the Navi Mumbai satellite city.[3]
Saroja Cherian Polasapalli Kakinada Municipal Corporation Andhra Pradesh 24 312,538 2005–2010 Indian National Congress She is the first and youngest mayor of Kakinada.[4]

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Rekha Priyadarshini Salem City Municipal Corporation Tamil Nadu 24 829,267 2006–2010 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam She was the first woman mayor from the Scheduled Caste community.[7]
Panchumarthi Anuradha Vijayawada Municipal Corporation Andhra Pradesh 26 1,723,000 2000–2005 Telugu Desam Party Youngest mayor at the age of 26 in the year 2000.[8][9]
Mekala Kavya Jawaharnagar Municipal Corporation Telangana 26 48,216 Incumbent, since 2019 Bharat Rashtra Samithi She is the first mayor of Jawaharnagar in Medchal.[10][11]
Padamjeet Singh Mehta Bathinda Municipal Corporation Punjab 26 415,000 Incumbent, since 2025 Aam Aadmi Party He is the first Mayor of Bathinda and only councilor from Aam Aadmi Party.[12]
Narayan Prasad Shukla Indore Municipal Corporation Madhya Pradesh 27 2,950,000 1962-1965 Indian National Congress Narayan Prasad Shukla was among the youngest mayors in India at the time of his election, having assumed office as Mayor of Indore at the age of 27. This distinction places him among the earliest young municipal leaders in the country, a record that was later surpassed by Sabitha Begum in India’s mayoral history.[13][14]
Devendra Fadnavis Nagpur Municipal Corporation Maharashtra 27 82,000 1997–1999 Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis was among the youngest mayors in India at the time of his election, a distinction that was later surpassed by Sabitha Begum.[15][16] A similar distinction is shared by Narayan Prasad Shukla, who became Mayor of Indore at the age of 27, placing him among the youngest mayors in the country’s municipal history.[17]
Tasneem Bano Mysore City Corporation Karnataka 31 893,062 2020–2022 Janata Dal (Secular) She is the first Muslim mayor of Mysore.[18]
Nutan Rathore Firozabad Municipal Corporation Uttar Pradesh 31[19] 604,214 Incumbent, since 2017 Bharatiya Janata Party She's the youngest mayor in Uttar Pradesh.

Before the independence of India, Subhas Chandra Bose was elected as the fifth mayor of Kolkata on August 22, 1930, at the age of 27.

References

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  1. ↑ Raghunath, Arjun (25 December 2020). "Meet Arya Rajendran, electrician's daughter set to become Thiruvananthapuram city mayor, youngest in India". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 "21-year old Arya set to become country's youngest Mayor from Kerala capital". The Week. Press Trust of India. 27 December 2020.
  3. ↑ "At 23, he heads civic body". Hindustan Times. 10 May 2010. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020.
  4. ↑ "Be empowered to empower others". The New Indian Express. 14 May 2009.
  5. ↑ "Ex-Mayor Joins Jansena Party". United News of India. 3 March 2019.
  6. ↑ "Kakinada civic poll to be held on Aug 29". The Hans India. 5 August 2017.
  7. ↑ Kumar, N Vinoth (27 December 2020). "Before Kerala, TN had the record for the youngest mayor in the country". The Federal. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  8. ↑ "City to have ninth Mayor". The Hindu. 2 July 2014. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Ex-Vijaywada Mayor Anuradha to Head Women's Finance Corporation". The New Indian Express. 17 December 2015. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  10. ↑ Mehdi, Tamanna S (15 August 2020). "A will issue, not a skill issue: India's youngest Mayor Mekala Kavya on work-life balance". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  11. ↑ Younus (28 January 2020). "Mekala Kavya becomes youngest mayor at 26". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  12. ↑ Cite error: Unknown parameter "<" in <ref> tag; supported parameters are dir, follow, group, name (see the help page). Cite error: There are <ref> tags on this page without content in them (see the help page).
  13. ↑ "Narayan Prasad Shukla". Wikipedia. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  14. ↑ "Sabitha Begum". Wikipedia. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  15. ↑ "Narayan Prasad Shukla". Wikipedia. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  16. ↑ "Sabitha Begum". Wikipedia. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  17. ↑ "Narayan Prasad Shukla". Wikipedia. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  18. ↑ Alex Arakal, Ralph (20 January 2020). "Meet Tasneem, the first Muslim woman mayor of Mysuru". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  19. ↑ Kathuria, Charvi (2 December 2017). "Nutun Rathore becomes UP's youngest mayor". SheThePeople.TV. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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