The Haldwani Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the city of
Haldwani in
Uttarakhand
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,
India
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.
Structure
This corporation consists of 60 wards and is headed by a
mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a Municipal corporation, 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 responsibilitie ...
who presides over a deputy mayor and 73 other
corporators out of which 60 are elected directly through electoral constituencies called the wards. Another 10 are appointed by the governor of the state on recommendation of the state cabinet. And remaining four are the representatives of 3 MLAs and 1 MP who represents the city in state and central legislatures. 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
Current members
Haldwani Municipal Corporation has a total of 60 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 Haldwani is Gajraj Singh Bisht of the
Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...
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Election results
The Haldwani 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
References
Haldwani
Municipal corporations in Uttarakhand
Year of establishment missing
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