Civic Administration
The city is administered by the Kozhikode Corporation, headed by a mayor, and with its headquarters in Calicut. For administrative purposes, the city is divided into 75 wards, from which the members of the corporation council are elected for five years. Recently neighboring suburbs Beypore, Elathur, Cheruvannur and Nallalam were merged within the municipal corporation.
| Kozhikode Municipal Corporation | |
|---|---|
| Mayor | A. K. Premajam |
| Deputy Mayor | P. T. Abdul Latheef |
| Member of Parliament | M.K.Raghvan |
| Police Commissioner | G. Sparjan Kumar |
Kozhikode corporation has four assembly constituencies — Kozhikode North, Kozhikode South, Beypore and Elathur — all of which are part of Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency).
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