Khulna City Corporation (Bengali: খুলনা সিটি কর্পোরেশন - in short: KCC), is a local governing body that manages all civic services in the Khulna, the city of Bangladesh. The KCC government is elected by popular vote every five years. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 41 councillors. It’s follows The City Corporation act, 2009 and derives most of its powers from it.

Khulna Municipality, established in 1884, is one of the major divisional city corporations of Bangladesh. Before its establishment as city corporation, it was a municipal corporation in 1984. Basically, Khulna City Corporation is a formation under the local government administration of Bangladesh to regulate the city area of Khulna, which is under the Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development (LGRD). Generally under local government, an election is held to elect a mayor of Khluna City Corporation. This election is held in every 5 years. Khulna City Corporation is self-governing organizations, which runs on its own. To take care of legal issues of this corporation, Metropolitan Magistrate Court (CMM court) is there.

For the first time Khulna was declared as a Municipality by The Calcutta Gazettee on 8 September 1884. Gagan Chandra Dutta was the first chairman of the Khulna Municipality Board. That time Khulna municipality was consisted with Tootpara, Sheikhpara, Charabati, Helatala and Koyla ghat area.

After Independence of Bangladesh the Municipality renamed as Khulna Pouroshava by Bangladesh Local Council and Municipal Committee (desolation and administration arrangement) order - 1972.

In 1984 Khulna Municipality updated to Khulna Municipal Corporation on the 100th anniversary of the township by the president Hussein Muhammad Ershad.

Khulna City Corporation consists with 31 wards. The area of the city corporation is 45.65 square Kilometers.

Wards of KCC
Ward No.	Area	Police Station
01	Banikpara, Maniktala, North Raily Gate	Daulatpur
02	Senpara, Mirerdaga	Daulatpur, Khan Jahan Ali
03	Kartikkul, Kalibari, Madhyadanga	Daulatpur, Aranghata
04	Deana	Daulatpur
05	Daulatpur Bazar	Daulatpur
06	Pabla	Daulatpur
07	North Kashipur	Khalishpur
08	The Peoples Jute Mills, The Crescent Jute Mills	Khalishpur
09	Mujgunni, Goalkhali, North Rayer Mahal	Khalishpur
10	Nayabati, Khalishpur Housing North, West, North West Block	Khalishpur
11	Khalishpur Housing East Block	Khalishpur
12	Khalishpur Housing South Block	Khalishpur
13	Platinum Jute Mills, Daulatpur Jute Mills, Hardboard Mills, Newsprint Mills, Charerhat	Khalishpur
14	East Boyra, Boyra, Rayer Mahal Bazar	Khalishpur, Aranghata
15	Polytechnic, Port Colony, Joragate	Khalishpur
16	C&B Colony, Noor Nagar, Boyra Bazar, Andirghat, Rayer Mahal Sluice Gate	Sonadanga, Aranghata
17	New Market, Textile Mills, KMC, Pujakhola, Hasanbagh, Sonadanga R/A	Sonadanga
18	Shibbari, Sonadanga, Denarabad, West Gallamari	Sonadanga
19	Goborchaka, Moylapota	Sonadanga
20	Sheikhpara	Sonadanga
21	BIWTA Ghat, Boro Bazar, Hadis Park, Jail Khana Ghat	Sadar
22	Custom Ghat, Koyla Ghat	Sadar
23	Baitipara, Mirzapur	Sadar
24	Iqbal Nagar, Musalmanpara, Nirala, South Gallamari	Sadar
25	Basupara, Banargati, North Gallamari	Sonadanga
26	West Baniakhamar	Sonadanga
27	East Baniakhamar	Sadar
28	West Tootpara, Miapara, Karpara	Sadar
29	Haji Mohsin Road, South Central Road, Gagan Babu Road	Sadar
30	Tootpara, Motiakhali	Sadar
31	Labanchara	Labanchara

The population of the city corporation as per 2022 census is 718,735. It is the third largest city corporation of Bangladesh in terms of total population.

The Khulna City Corporation is responsible for administering and providing basic infrastructure to the city.

• Garbage disposal and street cleanliness
• Solid waste management
• Building and maintenance of roads and streets.
• Street lighting
• Maintenance of parks and open spaces
• Cemeteries and Crematoriums
• Registering of births and deaths
• Conservation of heritage sites
• Disease control, including immunization
• Public municipal schools etc.

Khulna City Corporation (KCC) has announced a budget of ৳1083 crore (US$90 million) for 2023-24 fiscal year.

Khulna Mayoral Election 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AL	Talukder Abdul Khaleque	1,74,851	57.87
	BNP	Nazrul Islam Monju	1,09,251	32.11
	AL gain from BNP

Khulna Mayoral Election 2013

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BNP	Md. Moniruzzaman Moni	1,80,093	54.15
	AL	Talukder Abdul Khaleque	1,19,422	33.32
	BNP gain from AL

• Gagan Chandra Dutta (1884)
• Roy Bahadur Mahendra Kumar Ghosh (1928-1948)

Status

No.	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office			Political party	Reference
				Took office	Left office	Time in office
—		Kazi Aminul Haque	—	9 August 1988	9 December 1990	2 years, 77 days	Independent
—		A. K. M. Fazlul Haque Miah	—	15 December 1990	22 May 1991	158 days	Independent
1		Sheikh Tayebur Rahman (1936–2016)	1994 2002	22 May 1991	29 November 2007	16 years, 191 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
2		Md. Moniruzzaman Moni	–	20 November 2007	15 September 2008	300 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
3		Talukder Abdul Khaleque	2008	14 September 2008	9 June 2013	4 years, 268 days	Bangladesh Awami League
—		Azmal Ahmed	—	30 June 2013	23 September 2013	85 days	Bangladesh Awami League
4		Md. Moniruzzaman Moni	2013	23 September 2013	2 November 2015	2 years, 40 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
—		Anisur Rahman Biswas	—	3 November 2015	20 November 2016	1 year, 17 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
4		Md. Moniruzzaman Moni	—	21 November 2016	19 May 2018	1 year, 179 days	Bangladesh Nationalist Party
5		Talukder Abdul Khaleque	2018 2023	20 May 2018	19 August 2024	6 years, 91 days	Bangladesh Awami League
–		Md. Helal Mahmud Sharif (Administrator)	–	19 August 2024	Incumbent	129 days	Independent

• Khulna Development Authority
• Khulna Metropolitan Police

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