Ex officio Members of Zilla Parishad
Purba Medinipur Zilla Parishad is constituted under section 140 of the West Bengal Panchayat Act, 1973. The Zilla Parishad is at the top position of 3 - Tier Panchayati Raj System. It has 25 Blocks, 223 GPs and also consists of -
(1) 60 ZP Members elected directly from respective constituencies of 25 Blocks,
(2) Sabhapatis of 25 Panchayat Samitis within the District are Ex officio member,
(3) 4 MPs (Member of Parliament) and 16 MLAs (Memlber of Lagislative Assembly) also are Ex officio member.