Dehradun Municipal Corporation

Dehradun Municipal Corporation

देहरादून नगर निगम

Dehradun Nagar Nigam
Dehradun Municipal Corporation ; देहरादून नगर निगम; Dehradun Nagar Nigam
Unicameral Legislature
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation
Leadership
Mayor	Saurabh Thapliyal, BJP ; since 7 February 2025
Municipal Commissioner	Alok Kumar Pandey, IAS
Deputy Municipal Commissioner	Gaurav Bhasin,
Assistant Municipal Commissioner	Vijay Pratap Singh Chauhan; Vinod Lal; Rajbir Singh Chauhan
Structure
Seats	100
Political groups	Government (65) BJP (65); Opposition (24) INC (24); Others (11) IND (11);
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	23 January 2025
Next election	2030
Meeting place
	Nagar Nigam Bhavan, Dehradun
Website
	Nagar Nigam Dehradun

The Dehradun Municipal Corporation is the civic or urban local body^[1]^[2] 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.

Dehradun nagar nigam — Dehradun municipality

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.^[3]

The Corporation is composed of elected officials like the mayor and corporator, administrative officials,^[4] 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.^{[citation needed]}

List of chairpersons or commissioners of the Dehradun Municipal Council

S. No.	Name	Term^[5]
1	Anant Narayan Tankha	1 November 1919	28 February 1923	3 years, 119 days
2	Ugrasen Singh	1 March 1923	13 January 1936	12 years, 318 days
3	Khurdesh Lal	14 January 1936	31 March 1940	4 years, 17 days
4	Ishtiali Ahmad	1 April 1940	15 April 1943	3 years, 14 days
5	Anand Swarup Garg	16 April 1943	15 April 1948	4 years, 365 days
6	B. N. Rai	30 October 1948	15 January 1949	77 days
7	Keshav Chand	15 January 1949	13 November 1953	4 years, 302 days
8	Indresh Charan Das	14 November 1953	23 November 1957	4 years, 9 days
9	Ram Swarup	14 November 1957	14 December 1964	7 years, 30 days
10	Brij Bhushan Singh	15 December 1964	19 April 1967	2 years, 125 days
11	Prem Prakash Sharma	30 April 1967	26 November 1967	210 days
12	Sushil Chand Jain	27 November 1967	31 August 1969	1 year, 277 days
13	Bhola Datt Saklani	26 December 1969	10 August 1977	7 years, 227 days
14	Dinanath Saluja	15 February 1989	7 February 1994	4 years, 357 days
15	Vinod Chamoli	5 March 1997	8 December 1998	1 year, 278 days

List of mayors


S. No.	Name	Term^[5]			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	2 May 2013	10 years, 0 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Vinod Chamoli	3 May 2013	3 May 2018	10 years, 0 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
Administrator		3 May 2018	2 December 2018	212 days	Government of Uttarakhand
3	Sunil Uniyal	2 December 2018	2 December 2023	5 years, 0 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
Administrator		2 December 2023	7 February 2025	1 year, 67 days	Government of Uttarakhand
4	Saurabh Thapliyal	7 February 2025	Incumbent	1 year, 146 days	Bharatiya Janata Party

Current members

Dehradun Municipal Corporation has a total of 100 members or corporators,^[6] 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.^[7]

Mayor: Saurabh Thapliyal
Zone	Ward No.	Ward Name	Areas Covered	Assembly Constituency	Name of Councillor	Party		Remarks
	1	Malsi			Sumendra Singh Bohra		Indian National Congress
	2	Vijaypur			Sagar Lama
	3	Ranjhawala			Anil Chhetri
	4	Rajpur			Mahima		Independent
	5	Dhoran			Alpana Rana		Bharatiya Janata Party
	6	Doon Vihar			Meenakshi Nautiyal		Bharatiya Janata Party
	7	Jakhan			Arvind Chaudhary		Indian National Congress
	8	Salawala			Bhupendra Kathait		Bharatiya Janata Party
	9	Arya Nagar			Yogesh Ghaghat
	10	Dobhal Wala			Mohan Bahuguna
	11	Vijay Colony			Anup Kumar		Independent
	12	Kishan Nagar			Nandini Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party
	13	D.L. Road			Barkha		Independent
	14	Rispana			Rani Kaur		Bharatiya Janata Party
	15	Karanpur			Ravi Kumar
	16	Bakralwala			Ashok Dobariyal
	17	Chukkhuwala			Arjun Sonkar		Indian National Congress
	18	Indra Colony			Vanshika Sonkar		Bharatiya Janata Party
	19	Ghanta Ghar Kalika Mandir			Santokh Nagpal		Bharatiya Janata Party
	20	Race Course North			Virendra Singh		Indian National Congress
	21	M.K.P.			Rohan Chandel		Bharatiya Janata Party
	22	Tilak Road			Anita Garg		Bharatiya Janata Party
	23	Khurbura			Lakshmi Kaur		Indian National Congress
	24	Shivaji Marg			Vishal Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
	25	Indrish Nagar			Manoj Kumar Jatav		Bharatiya Janata Party
	26	Dhamawala			Pramod Kumar Gupta		Indian National Congress
	27	Jhanda Mohalla			Vaibhav Agarwal		Bharatiya Janata Party
	28	Dalanwala North			Kamla Devi		Indian National Congress
	29	Dalanwala East			Nikhil Kumar		Indian National Congress
	30	Dalanwala South			Sunita Manjkhola		Bharatiya Janata Party
	31	Kaulaghar			Devaki Nautiyal		Bharatiya Janata Party	Defected to BJP^[8]
	32	Ballupur			Komal Vohra		Indian National Congress
	33	Yamuna Colony			Sanjay Singhal		Bharatiya Janata Party
	34	Govind Ghar			Mahendra Kaur Kukreja		Bharatiya Janata Party
	35	Shri Dev Suman			Sangeeta Gupta		Indian National Congress
	36	Vijay Park			Amita Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
	37	Basant Vihar			Ankit Agarwal		Bharatiya Janata Party
	38	Panditwari			Abhishek Tiwari		Indian National Congress
	39	Indra Nagar			Praveen Negi		Bharatiya Janata Party
	40	Seema Dwar			Vinod Rawat		Independent
	41	Indrapuram			Babita Gupta		Bharatiya Janata Party
	42	Kanwali			Renu Gheyal
	43	Dwanpuri			Rajni Devi
	44	Patel Nagar West			Dolly Rani Mohan
	45	Gandhi Gram			Meenakshi Maurya
	46	Adhoiwala			Monika Chaudhary		Indian National Congress
	47	Chandar Road			Ajay Tyagi		Indian National Congress
	48	Badrish Colony			Kamli Bhatt		Bharatiya Janata Party
	49	Bhagat Singh Colony			Abdul Rehman		Independent
	50	Rajiv Nagar			Mahendra Singh Rawat		Indian National Congress
	51	Bani Vihar			Trilok Bargali		Bharatiya Janata Party
	52	Saraswati Vihar			Sohan Singh Rautela
	53	Mata Mandir Road			Vimal Uniyal
	54	Chandra Singh Garhwali Ajabpur			Rajni Dhaundiyal		Independent
	55	Shah Nagar			Rakesh Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party
	56	Dharampur			Amit Bhandari		Indian National Congress
	57	Nehru Colony			Vivek Kothari		Independent
	58	Defence Colony			Devendra Gairola		Bharatiya Janata Party
	59	Gujrara Mansingh			Sanjeet Bansal
	60	Danda Lakhond			Abhishek Pant
	61	Aamwala Tarla			Prashant Dobhal
	62	Nunarkhera			Sumit Pundir
	63	Ladpur			Dinesh Kemwal		Independent
	64	Nehru Gram			Sushila		Bharatiya Janata Party
	65	Dobhal Chowk			Vijay Lakshmi Negi
	66	Raipur			Kapil Dhar
	67	Mohkampur			Ravindra Singh Rawat
	68	Chak Tun Wala Miya Wala			Pooja Negi
	69	Ritha Mandi			Etat Khan		Indian National Congress
	70	Lakkhi Bagh			Ayush Gupta		Indian National Congress
	71	Patel Nagar East			Mahipal Dhiman		Bharatiya Janata Party
	72	Dehrakhas			Alok Kumar
	73	Vidhya Vihar			Ramesh Chandra Gaur
	74	Bhrampuri			Satish Kashyap
	75	Lohia Nagar			Mukeem Ahmed		Indian National Congress
	76	Niranjanpur			Poonam Pundir		Bharatiya Janata Party	Defected to BJP^[9]
	77	Majra			Zahid Ansari		Indian National Congress
	78	Turner Road			Kusum Verma		Indian National Congress
	79	Bharuwala Grant			Deepak Negi		Bharatiya Janata Party
	80	Rest Camp			Anjali Singhal
	81	Race Course South			Rakhi Barthawal
	82	Deep Nagar			Dinesh Prasad Sati
	83	Kedarpur			Darshan Lal Binjola
	84	Banjarawala			Ruchi		Independent
	85	Mothrowala			Sobat Chand Ramola		Independent
	86	Sewla Kalan			Manju Kaushik		Bharatiya Janata Party
	87	Pithuwala			Pushkar Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party
	88	Mehuwala-1			Tarannum		Indian National Congress
	89	Mehuwala-2			Priya Verma		Indian National Congress
	90	Mohobiwala			Sudhir Thapa		Bharatiya Janata Party
	91	Chanderbani			Suman Butola
	92	Arcadia-1			Anil Nautiyal
	93	Arcadia-2			Kiran Yadav
	94	Nathanpur-1			Meharban Singh Bhandari
	95	Nathanpur-2			Ravindra Gusain
	96	Nawada			Virendra Walia
	97	Harrawala			Devi Dayal		Independent
	98	Ballawala			Prashant Kharola		Bharatiya Janata Party
	99	Nakrunda			Rahul Kumar
	100	Nathuawala			Swati Dobhal

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

Year	No. of Wards	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
Year	No. of Wards	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Margin
2003	45		Indian National Congress	Manorama Dobriyal Sharma	50,511	34.29		Bharatiya Janata Party	Vinod Uniyal	46,202	30.4	4,309
2008	60		Bharatiya Janata Party	Vinod Chamoli	60,867	33.07		Independent	Rajni Rawat	44,294	24.06	16,573
2013	60			Vinod Chamoli	80,530	40.93		Indian National Congress	Suryakant Dhasmana	57,618	29.28	22,912
2018	100			Sunil Uniyal	1,62,516	46.41			Dinesh Agrawal	1,26,884	36.24	35,632
2025	100			Saurabh Thapliyal	2,42,229	58.29			Virendra Pokhriyal	1,36,535	32.86	1,05,694

Ward-wise

2025

Dehradun Municipal Corporation
Party		Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party	63	3
	Indian National Congress	24	10
	Independents	13	7
Total		100

2018

Dehradun Municipal Corporation
Party		Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party	60	26
	Indian National Congress	34	12
	Independents	6	4
Total		100

2013

Dehradun Municipal Corporation
Party		Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party	34	6
	Indian National Congress	22	2
	Bahujan Samaj Party	2	1
	Uttarakhand Kranti Dal	0	1
	Independents	2	4
Total		60

2008

Dehradun Municipal Corporation
Party		Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party	28	12
	Indian National Congress	24	1
	Uttarakhand Kranti Dal	1	1
	Bahujan Samaj Party	1	1
	Independents	6
Total		60

2003

Dehradun Municipal Corporation
Party		Won	+/−
	Indian National Congress	23	23
	Bharatiya Janata Party	16	16
	Independents	6	6
Total		45

References

↑ "Nagar Nigam Dehradun | District Dehradun | India". Retrieved 26 June 2020.
↑ "Nagar Nigam". nagarnigamdehradun.com. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
↑ "Nagar Nigam". nagarnigamdehradun.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
↑ "Nagrika - What is a City Government?". Nagrika. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
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↑ "BJP wins mayoral seat in Dehradun". Times of India. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
↑ "Hundreds including Block Pramukhs, Councillors join BJP in presence of Mahendra Bhatt". Garhwal Post.
↑ "Hundreds including Block Pramukhs, Councillors join BJP in presence of Mahendra Bhatt". Garhwal Post.

External links

[1] "Nagar Nigam Dehradun | District Dehradun | India". Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[2] "Nagar Nigam". nagarnigamdehradun.com. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[3] "Nagar Nigam". nagarnigamdehradun.com. Retrieved 4 October 2018.

[4] "Nagrika - What is a City Government?". Nagrika. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

[nagarnigamdehradun.com-5] 1 2 "Nagar Nigam". nagarnigamdehradun.com. Archived from the original on 24 September 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

[6] "Ward Member List". Nagar Nigam Dehradun.

[Uttarakhand_SEC_Portal-7] "BJP wins mayoral seat in Dehradun". Times of India. Retrieved 27 January 2025.

[8] "Hundreds including Block Pramukhs, Councillors join BJP in presence of Mahendra Bhatt". Garhwal Post.

[9] "Hundreds including Block Pramukhs, Councillors join BJP in presence of Mahendra Bhatt". Garhwal Post.

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