Dehradun Municipal Corporation

Dehradun Municipal Corporation
Type
Type
Structure
Seats 60
Political groups
  •   BJP (34)
  •   INC (22)
  •   BSP (2)
  •   Independent (2)
Elections
Last election
 28 April 2013
Website
Nagar Nigam Dehradun

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

Structure

This corporation consists of 60 wards and is headed by a Mayor who presides over a Deputy Mayor and 59 other councillors who represent the wards. The mayor is elected directly through a first past the post voting system and the deputy mayor is elected by the councillors from among their numbers.[1][2] Prior to December 1998 this body was known as Dehradun Municipality and after revamping the municipality the Dehradun municipal corporation came into existence.[2]

List of Chairpersons of the Dehradun Municipal Council

S. No. Name Portrait Term[3] Party
1 Anant Narayan Tankha Nov 1919 Feb 1923
2 Ugrasen Singh March 1923 Jan 1936
3 Khurdesh Lal 14 Jan 1936 March 1940
4 Ishtiali Ahmad April 1940 15 April 1943
5 Anand Swarup Garg 16 April 1943 April 1948
6 B. N. Rai 30 Oct 1948 15 Jan 1949
7 Keshav Chand 15 Jan 1949 13 Nov 1953
8 Indresh Charan Das 14 Nov 1953 23 Nov 1957
9 Ram Swarup 14 Nov 1957 14 Dec 1964
10 Brij Bhushan Singh 15 Dec 1964 19 April 1967
11 Prem Prakash Sharma 30 April 1967 26 Nov 1967
12 Sushil Chand Jain 27 Nov 1967 31 Aug 1969
13 Bhola Datt Saklani 26 Dec 1969 10 Aug 1977
14 Dinanath Saluja 15 Feb 1989 7 Feb 1994
15 Vinod Chamoli 5 March 1997 8 Dec 1998 Bharatiya Janata Party

List of Mayors of the Dehradun Municipal Corporation

S. No. Name Term[3] Party
1 Manorama Dobriyal Sharma 8 February 2003 7 February 2008 4 years, 364 days Indian National Congress
Administrator 8 February 2008 2 May 2008 84 days Government of Uttarakhand
2 Vinod Chamoli 3 May 2008 3 May 2018 10 years, 0 days Bhartiya Janata Party
Administrator 4 May 2018 Till Date 162 days Government of Uttarakhand

Elections in The Dehradun Municipal Corporation

The Municipal Corporation of Dehradun holds Direct Elections every five years in the State, and the latest elections were those held in the year 2013.

Dehradun Municipal Corporation
PartyWon+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)34-
Indian National Congress (INC)22-
Bahujan Samaj Party (INC)2-
Others2-
Total60±0

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Nagar Nigam". nagarnigamdehradun.com. Retrieved 2018-10-04.
  2. 1 2 Bhatt, S. C. (2006). Land and People of Indian States and Union Territories: In 36 Volumes. Uttaranchal. Gyan Publishing House. p. 167. ISBN 9788178353838.
  3. 1 2 "Nagar Nigam". nagarnigamdehradun.com.
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