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
Name Corporation Age of Appointment Population Tenure Political Party Notes
Arya Rajendran 21 957,730 Incumbent since 2020 Communist Party of India (Marxist) She is the youngest mayor in the country. She became the mayor of the capital of Kerala.[1][2]
Sabitha Beegam Kollam Corporation 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 Ganesh Naik Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation 23 318,000 1995–2009 Nationalist Congress Party Naik was the first mayor of the Navi Mumbai satellite city.[3]
Rekha Priyadarshini Salem City Municipal Corporation 24 829,267 2006–2010 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Priyadarshini was the first woman mayor from the Scheduled Caste community.[4]
Mekala Kavya Jawaharnagar Municipal Corporation, Medchal 26 48,216 Incumbent since 2019 Telangana Rashtra Samithi Mekala is the first mayor of Jawaharnagar in Medchal.[5][6]
Devendra Fadnavis Nagpur Municipal Corporation 27 82,000 1997–1999 Bharatiya Janata Party Fadnavis was the second youngest mayor in the country till the election of Sabitha Begum.[7]
Tasneem Bano Mysore City Corporation 31 893,062 Incumbent since 2020 Janata Dal (Secular) Tasneem is the first Muslim Mayor of Mysore.[8]
Nutan Rathore Firozabad Municipal Corporation 31[9] 604,214 Incumbent since 2017 Bharatiya Janata Party

References
  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. "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. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Younus (28 January 2020). "Mekala Kavya becomes youngest mayor at 26". The Siasat Daily. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
  7. "Who is Devendra Fadnavis?". NDTV. 1 November 2014. Archived from the original on 28 December 2020.
  8. Alex Arakal, Ralph (20 January 2020). "Meet Tasneem, the first Muslim woman mayor of Mysuru". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  9. Kathuria, Charvi (2 December 2017). "Nutun Rathore becomes UP's youngest mayor". SheThePeople.TV. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
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