The Kashipur Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the city of
Kashipur in
Uttarakhand
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India
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Structure
This corporation consists of 40 wards and is headed by a
mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town. Worldwide, there is a wide variance in local laws and customs regarding the powers and responsibilities of a mayor as well ...
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.
List of mayors of the Kashipur Municipal Corporation
References
Kashipur, Uttarakhand
Municipal corporations in Uttarakhand
Year of establishment missing
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