[1][2] Guntur municipality was constituted in the year 1866 and the first elected body was formed in 1881.

[3][4] The city limits were expanded by merging the ten surrounding villages into the corporation.

The Standing Committee of the corporation consists of two wings namely, executive and governing bodies.

[17] A 15 MW waste-to-energy plant is set up with the collaboration of the JITF Urban Infrastructure Limited.

[18] In 2015, as per the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan of the Ministry of Urban Development, Guntur Municipal Corporation was ranked 70th in the country.