Rishikesh Municipal Corporation

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Rishikesh Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
Leadership
Anita Mamgain, BJP
G. C. Gurwant, PCS
Structure
Seats40
India Rishikesh Municipal Corporation 2018.svg
Political groups
  •    BJP (15)
  •    INC (9)
  •    Independents (16)
Elections
first-past-the-post
Last election
18 November 2018
Meeting place
Nagar Nigam Bhavan, Rishikesh
Website
Nagar Nigam Rishikesh

The Rishikesh Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the city of Rishikesh in Uttarakhand, India.

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Structure

This corporation consists of 40 wards and is headed by a mayor who presides over a deputy mayor and 39 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. [1]

List of mayors of the Rishikesh Municipal Corporation

S. No.NameTermParty
1Anita Mamgain2 December 2018 Incumbent 4 years, 49 days Bharatiya Janata Party

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References

  1. "BJP wins Rishikesh, Rudrapur mayor seats, likely to clinch Doon". The Times of India. 20 November 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.