Mayor of Dharan

Mayor of Dharan
धरान उपमहानगरपालिका नगर प्रमुख
Incumbent Harka Raj Rai since 23 May 2022
Style	No courtesy or style ascribed
Type	Executive Head
Residence	Private residence
Seat	Office of Municipal Executive, Dharan
Appointer	Electorate of Dharan
Term length	Five years, renewable once
Constituting instrument	Constitution of Nepal
Inaugural holder	Kedarnath Khanal
Formation	1958;67 years ago (1958)
Deputy	Deputy Mayor of Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City
Salary	रु. 40,200
Website	www.dharan.gov.np

The Mayor of Dharan is the head of the municipal executive of Dharan. The role was created in 1958. ^[1]

The mayor as of 2022 is Harkey bahadur larkey. ^{[2] [3]} The position has been held by six people.

The city is governed by the Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City Council and the mayor is supported by the municipal executive which consists of the deputy mayor and ward chairs of Dharan's 20 wards. ^[4]

Responsibilities

The mayor is elected for a five-year term that is renewable only once. The municipal executive is formed under the chairmanship of the mayor. The local government in Nepal has authority over the local units pursuant to Schedule 8 of the Constitution of Nepal. ^[5] The mayor derives its power from the Local Government Operation Act, 2017. ^[6]

The mayor's powers are:

• Summon and chair meetings of the municipal assembly and the municipal executive
• Table agendas and proposals to the assembly and executive
• Prepare and present the annual programmes and budget
• Enforce the decisions of the assembly and executive
• Oversee the work of committees and sub-committees of the municipality and ward committees.

The mayor of Dharan is also a member of the Sunsari District Assembly. ^[7]

Election

The mayor is elected though first-past-the-post voting. In order to qualify as a candidate for mayor, the person must be a citizen of Nepal, must be over twenty-one, must be registered in the electoral roll of Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City and not be disqualified by law. ^[8]

List of mayors

Panchayat era (1960–1990)

#	Pradhan Pancha	Term of office
1	Kedarnath Khanal	1960	1962
2	Govinda Raj Moktan	1968	1974

Constitutional monarchy (1990-2008)

#	Mayor	Term of office
2	Dhyan Bahadur Rai	1992	1997
3	Manoj Menyangbo	1997	2007

Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal (2017-present)

#	Mayor	Term of office		Political party
4	Tara Subba	2017	2018		CPN(UML)
-	Manju Bhandari	2018	2019
5	Tilak Rai	2019	2022		Nepali Congress
6	Harka Raj Rai	2022	present		Independent

See also

• Dharan
• 2022 Dharan municipal election
• Mayor of Kathmandu
• List of mayors of Pokhara
• Mayor of Hetauda

References

1. "नेपालमा स्थानीय निर्वाचन !". Nepal Khoj. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
2. "को हुन् धरानमा एमालेको गढ भत्काउने स्वतन्त्रका साम्पाङ". को हुन् धरानमा एमालेको गढ भत्काउने स्वतन्त्रका साम्पाङ. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
3. "Independent candidate Harka Raj Rai elected mayor of Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City". kathmandupost.com. Retrieved 2022-09-17.
4. Article 216, Clause 2, Constitution of Nepal (in Nepali), September 20, 2015
5. Article Schedule 8, Constitution of Nepal, September 20, 2015
6. स्थानीय सरकार सञ्चालन ऐन, २०७४ [Local Government Operation Act, 2017](PDF) (26, 16.4.A) (in Nepali). Legislature Parliament of Nepal. 15 October 2017. p. 38–39.
7. Article 220, Clause 2, Section 17, Constitution of Nepal, 2015
8. Article 216, Section 5, Constitution of Nepal, September 20, 2015