Editing Chennai (section)

=== Administration ===
[[File:Chennai District.png|upright=0.8|thumb|Divisions of Chennai district]]
{{Main|Administration of Chennai}}

The city is governed by the Greater Chennai Corporation (formerly "Corporation of Madras"), which was established on 29 September 1688. It is the oldest surviving [[municipal corporation]] in India and the second oldest surviving corporation in the world.<ref>{{cite news|title=Chennai, the 2nd oldest corporation in the world|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-the-2nd-oldest-corporation-in-the-world/article5180124.ece|date=29 September 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai|access-date=28 December 2022|archive-date=8 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221108073927/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-the-2nd-oldest-corporation-in-the-world/article5180124.ece|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, the jurisdiction of the Chennai Corporation was expanded from {{cvt|174|km2}} to an area of {{cvt|426|km2}}, divided into three regions North, South and Central covering [[List of Chennai Corporation wards|200 wards]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/scope-of-digital-mapping-exercise-in-city-likely-to-be-enlarged/article2745099.ece|title=Scope of digital mapping exercise in city likely to be enlarged|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=24 December 2011|access-date=28 December 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115231204/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/scope-of-digital-mapping-exercise-in-city-likely-to-be-enlarged/article2745099.ece|archive-date=15 November 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Chennai ward map|url=https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/delimited_ward/|publisher=[[Greater Chennai Corporation]]|date=12 September 2011|access-date=28 December 2022|archive-date=26 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221226112713/https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/delimited_ward/|url-status=live}}</ref> The corporation is headed by a [[Mayor of Chennai|mayor]], elected by the [[councillors]], who are elected through a popular vote by the residents.<ref>{{cite report|title=Executive Chart|url=https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/images/executive_chart.pdf|publisher=[[Greater Chennai Corporation]]|access-date=28 December 2022|archive-date=17 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117061733/https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/images/executive_chart.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=3 March 2022|title=Chennai to get its youngest and first Dalit woman as mayor; meet R Priya|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/chennai-to-get-its-youngest-and-first-dalit-woman-as-mayor-meet-r-priya-101646304060975.html|access-date=1 October 2022|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|archive-date=1 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001165924/https://www.hindustantimes.com/elections/chennai-to-get-its-youngest-and-first-dalit-woman-as-mayor-meet-r-priya-101646304060975.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority]] (CMDA) is the nodal agency responsible for the planning and development of the [[Chennai Metropolitan Area]], which is spread over an area of {{cvt|1189|km2}}, covering the [[Chennai district]] and parts of [[Tiruvallur district|Tiruvallur]], [[Kanchipuram district|Kanchipuram]] and [[Chengalpattu district|Chengalpattu]] districts.<ref>{{cite news|last=Srivathsan|first=A|title=Indecisiveness keeps urban projects on hold|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai|date=19 September 2013|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/indecisiveness-keeps-urban-projects-on-hold/article5142863.ece|access-date=20 September 2013|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730160819/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/indecisiveness-keeps-urban-projects-on-hold/article5142863.ece|archive-date=30 July 2020}}</ref> The metropolitan area consists of four [[municipal corporation]]s, 12 municipalities and other smaller [[Panchayati Raj|panchayats]].<ref name="CMDA"/><ref>{{cite web|title=About Corporation of Chennai|url=https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/greater-chennai-corporation/brief-note-about-GCC/|publisher=[[Greater Chennai Corporation]]|access-date=28 December 2022|archive-date=15 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915090006/https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/greater-chennai-corporation/brief-note-about-GCC/|url-status=live}}</ref>

As the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu, the city houses the state executive and [[legislature|legislative]] headquarters primarily in the secretariat buildings in Fort St George.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://assembly.tn.gov.in/history/history_fort.php|title=History of Tamil Nadu Assembly|publisher=[[Government of Tamil Nadu]]|access-date=1 June 2023|archive-date=3 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240603082644/https://assembly.tn.gov.in/history/history_fort.php|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Madras High Court]] is the highest [[judicial]] authority in the state, whose jurisdiction extends across Tamil Nadu and [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/|title=Madras High Court|publisher=[[Madras High Court]]|access-date=19 January 2023|archive-date=20 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230220160337/https://www.hcmadras.tn.nic.in/|url-status=live}}</ref>