Dehradun Municipal Corporation

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Dehradun Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
Leadership
Gaurav Kumar, IAS
Structure
Seats100
India Dehradun Municipal Corporation 2018.svg
Political groups
Government (60)
  •    BJP (60)

Opposition (33)

Others (6)

Vacant (1)

  •   Vacant (1)
Elections
first-past-the-post
Last election
18 November 2018
Meeting place
Nagar Nigam Bhavan, Dehradun
Website
Nagar Nigam Dehradun
Dehradun municipality Nagar Nigam Dehradun.jpg
Dehradun municipality

The Dehradun Municipal Corporation is the civic or urban local body [1] [2] that governs the city of Dehradun in Uttarakhand, India. It is essentially the city government and differs from the MDDA (Mussoorie Dehradun Development Board), which is a state run organisation.

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Structure

This corporation consists of 100 wards and is headed by a mayor who presides over a deputy mayor and 99 other corporators representing the wards. The mayor is elected directly through a first-past-the-post voting system and the deputy mayor is elected by the corporators from among their numbers. [3]

The Corporation is composed of elected officials like the mayor and corporator, administrative officials, [4] like the Municipal Commissioner (also known as Chief Executive Officer) and technical officers who have expertise in various domains.

Prior to December 2003 this body was known as Dehradun Municipal Council and after revamping the municipality the Dehradun Municipal Corporation came into existence in 2003.[ citation needed ]

List of chairpersons or commissioners of the Dehradun Municipal Council

S. No.NameTerm [5]
1 Anant Narayan Tankha 1 November 191928 February 19233 years, 119 days
2 Ugrasen Singh 1 March 192313 January 193612 years, 318 days
3 Khurdesh Lal 14 January 193631 March 19404 years, 17 days
4 Ishtiali Ahmad 1 April 194015 April 19433 years, 14 days
5 Anand Swarup Garg 16 April 194315 April 19484 years, 365 days
6 B. N. Rai 30 October 194815 January 194977 days
7 Keshav Chand 15 January 194913 November 19534 years, 302 days
8 Indresh Charan Das 14 November 195323 November 19574 years, 9 days
9 Ram Swarup 14 November 195714 December 19647 years, 30 days
10 Brij Bhushan Singh 15 December 196419 April 19672 years, 125 days
11 Prem Prakash Sharma 30 April 196726 November 1967210 days
12 Sushil Chand Jain 27 November 196731 August 19691 year, 277 days
13 Bhola Datt Saklani 26 December 196910 August 19777 years, 227 days
14 Dinanath Saluja 15 February 19897 February 19944 years, 357 days
15 Vinod Chamoli 5 March 19978 December 19981 year, 278 days

List of mayors of the Dehradun Municipal Corporation

S. No.NamePortraitTerm [5] Party
1 Manorama Dobriyal Sharma 8 February 20037 February 20084 years, 364 days Indian National Congress
Administrator8 February 20082 May 200884 days Government of Uttarakhand
2 Vinod Chamoli 3 May 20082 May 201310 years, 0 days Bharatiya Janata Party
3 May 20133 May 2018
Administrator3 May 20182 December 2018212 days Government of Uttarakhand
3 Sunil Uniyal 'Gama' Sunil Gama Dehradun Mayor.jpg 2 December 20182 December 20235 years, 0 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Administrator2 December 2023 Incumbent 336 days Government of Uttarakhand

Elections in the Dehradun Municipal Corporation

The Dehradun Municipal Corporation holds direct elections every five years in the state and the latest elections were those held in the year 2018.

Dehradun Municipal Corporation
PartyWon+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)60Increase2.svg 26
Indian National Congress (INC)34Increase2.svg 12
Independents 6Increase2.svg 4
Total100

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