Sangli, Miraj and Kupwad City Municipal Corporation

The Sangli-Miraj-Kupwad Municipal Corporation (SMKC) is the governing body of the Sangli Metropolitan Region in the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is located in Sangli. The municipal corporation consists of democratically-elected members, is headed by a mayor and administers the city's infrastructure and public services. It was founded on 9 February 1998. SMKC serves an area approximately 118.18 km2 and provides civil services and facilities for more than 6.5 lakh (650,000) people.

Revenue sources
The following are the income sources for the corporation from the Central and State Government.

Tax revenue
Tax-related revenue for the corporation includes:


 * Property tax
 * Profession tax
 * Entertainment tax
 * Grants from the Central and State Government, including the Goods and Services Tax
 * Advertisement tax

Non-tax revenue
The non-tax-related revenue for the corporation includes:


 * Water usage charges
 * Fees from documentation services
 * Rent received from municipal property
 * Funds from municipal bonds

2018
Municipal elections were held on 3 August 2018 to elect a total of 78 councillors in 38 wards. The BJP won an absolute majority in the 2018 elections, marking the first time the city had a mayor from the party. Sangita Khot (BJP) was elected as the mayor and Dhiraj Suryawanshi (BJP) as the deputy mayor.

2021 by-election
In the 2021 mayor and deputy mayor elections, the NCP, INC and Shiv Sena coalition defeated the BJP. This election, Digvijay Suryawanshi (NCP) was elected as the Mayor and Umesh Patil (INC) as the Deputy Mayor. In this election, some of the BJP councillors changed their party and they had to face this defeat.

Taxes
The municipal corporation recently added a new tax as a substitute for the octroi, i.e. the Local Body Tax, from 25 September 2013 onward.