The Dehradun Municipal Corporation is the civic or urban local body 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.
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.
The Corporation is composed of elected officials like the mayor and corporator, administrative officials, 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.
List of chairpersons or commissioners of the Dehradun Municipal Council
List of mayors
Current members
Dehradun Municipal Corporation has a total of 100 members or corporators, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the Mayor. The latest elections were held in 23 January 2025. The current mayor of Dehradun is Saurabh Thapliyal of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Election results
The Dehradun Municipal Corporation holds direct elections every five years in the state and the latest elections were those held in the year 2025.
Mayoral
Ward-wise
2025
2018
2013
2008
2003
See also
- 2025 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election
- 2018 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election
- 2013 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election
- 2008 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election
- 2003 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election
References
External links
- Official Website of the Dehradun Municipal Corporation
- Dehradun Municipal Corporation on Facebook
