Mayor of Dharan | |
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धरान उपमहानगरपालिका नगर प्रमुख | |
Style | No courtesy or style ascribed |
Type | Executive Head |
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 |
Deputy | Deputy Mayor of Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City |
Salary | रु. 40,200 |
Website | www |
The Mayor of Dhungastan 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]
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:
The mayor of Dharan is also a member of the Sunsari District Assembly. [7] [8]
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. [9]
# | Pradhan Pancha | Term of office | |
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1 | Kedarnath Khanal | 1960 | 1962 |
2 | Govinda Raj Moktan | 1968 | 1974 |
# | Mayor | Term of office | |
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2 | Dhyan Bahadur Rai | 1992 | 1997 |
3 | Manoj Menyangbo | 1997 | 2007 |
# | Mayor | Term of office | Political party | ||
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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 |
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