2025 Uttarakhand local elections
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2025 Uttarakhand municipal general elections[1][2] will be held on 23 January 2025 to elect members of 100 of the 102 regular municipalities[a] in the state. Elections in 1 municipality would be held on 30 January. There are 11 Municipal Corporations, 45 Municipal Councils and 49 Nagar Panchayats[b] in the state of Uttarakhand. Elections are being conducted in all of the municipal corporations, 44 municipal councils[c] and 46 nagar panchayats.
Background
[edit]The schedule of the tenure of urban local bodies in Uttarakhand excluding Roorkee, Bajpur, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Selakui and Gangotri was supposed to end on 2 December 2023. However, elections were delayed due to the delay in delimitation of the constituencies and the publication of rolls. The term of the above mentioned municipalities also ended on 22 November 2024. The election will be held on 23 January and the results will be declared on 25 January.[3] The state election commission announced that elections will be held in all urban bodies barring Kichha and Narendra Nagar. The elections in Kichha would be held about a week later and the elections in Narendra Nagar would be held later alongside the panchayat elections later this year.
Election Schedule
[edit]The election schedule was announced by the state election commission on 23 December 2024.[4] The election commission is also expected to announce the schedule for the local body elections in Kichha.
| Poll Event | Schedule |
|---|---|
| Notification Date | 27 December 2024 |
| Last Date for filing nomination | 30 December 2024 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 31 December 2024 |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | 2 January 2025 |
| Allotment of Symbols | 3 January 2025 |
| Date of Poll | 23 January 2025 |
| Date of Counting of Votes | 25 January 2025 |
Parties and Alliance
[edit]| Alliance/Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats Contested | ||||
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| Bharatiya Janata Party | 
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Mahendra Bhatt | 93 (declared) | ||||
| Indian National Congress | 
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Karan Mahra | 94 (declared) | ||||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 
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Shishpal Singh | TBD | ||||
Candidates
[edit]Mayoral Election
[edit]In a significant move, both the parties denied tickets to their sitting mayors. No incumbent mayor is standing for re-election.
| No. | Municipal Corporation | District | BJP candidate | INC candidate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dehradun Municipal Corporation | Dehradun | Saurabh Thapliyal | Virendra Pokhriyal |
| 2 | Rishikesh Municipal Corporation | Shambhu Paswan | Deepak Jatav | |
| 3 | Haridwar Municipal Corporation | Haridwar | Kiran Jaiswal | Amresh Baliyan |
| 4 | Roorkee Municipal Corporation | Anita Devi Agarwal | Pooja Gupta | |
| 5 | Kotdwar Municipal Corporation | Pauri Garhwal | Shailendra Rawat | Ranjana Rawat |
| 6 | Srinagar Municipal Corporation | Asha Upadhyaya | Meena Rawat | |
| 7 | Almora Municipal Corporation | Almora | Ajay Verma | Bhairav Goswami |
| 8 | Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation | Pithoragarh | Kalpana Devlal | Anju Lunthi |
| 9 | Haldwani Municipal Corporation | Nainital | Gajraj Singh Bisht | Lalit Joshi |
| 10 | Rudrapur Municipal Corporation | Udham Singh Nagar | Vikas Sharma | Mohan Khera |
| 11 | Kashipur Municipal Corporation | Deepak Bali | Sandeep Sehgal |
| Constituency | NDA | INDIA | |||||
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| # | Name | Party | Candidate | Party | Candidate | ||
| Uttarkashi District
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Municipal Corporation Mayoral election
[edit]| S. No. | Municipal Corporation | District | Mayor before election | Party before election | Elected Mayor | Party after election | Runner up | Runner up party | Margin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rudrapur Municipal Corporation | Udham Singh Nagar | Rampal Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||
| 2 | Kashipur Municipal Corporation | Usha Chaudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||
| 3 | Haldwani Municipal Corporation | Nainital | Jogendra Pal Singh Rautela | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||
| 4 | Dehradun Municipal Corporation | Dehradun | Sunil Uniyal 'Gama' | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||
| 5 | Rishikesh Municipal Corporation | Anita Mamgain | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||
| 6 | Kotdwar Municipal Corporation | Pauri Garhwal | Hemlata Negi | Indian National Congress | ||||||
| 7 | Srinagar Municipal Corporation | Newly formed | ||||||||
| 8 | Haridwar Municipal Corporation | Haridwar | Anita Sharma | Indian National Congress | ||||||
| 9 | Roorkee Municipal Corporation | Gaurav Goyal | Independent | |||||||
| 10 | Almora Municipal Corporation | Almora | Newly formed | |||||||
| 11 | Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation | Pithoragarh | ||||||||
Municipal Council Chairpersons election
[edit]Town Panchayat Chairpersons election
[edit]Voter turnout
[edit]| District | Seats (Mayors and Chairpersons) | Turnout (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Uttarkashi | 5 | |
| Chamoli | 10 | |
| Rudraprayag | 5 | |
| Tehri Garhwal | 10 | |
| Dehradun | 7 | |
| Haridwar | 14 | |
| Pauri Garhwal | 7 | |
| Pithoragarh | 6 | |
| Bageshwar | 3 | |
| Almora | 6 | |
| Champawat | 4 | |
| Nainital | 7 | |
| Udham Singh Nagar | 18[d] | |
| Total | 101[e] |
Municipal general election results
[edit]Party wise
[edit]| Party | Mayors/Chairpersons | Corporators/Ward Members | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||
| Indian National Congress | |||||||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | |||||||
| Aam Aadmi Party | |||||||
| Samajwadi Party | |||||||
| Uttarakhand Kranti Dal | |||||||
| Independents | |||||||
| Total | 101[f] |  37
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1202 | 118
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1303 | 155
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Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "उत्तराखंड: निकाय और लोकसभा चुनाव के लिए रणनीति तैयार, 51 फीसदी वोटों के लिए अब घर-घर जाएगी भाजपा". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 2023-01-06.
- ^ "उत्तराखंड नगर निगम चुनाव: तो दिल्ली की तरह AAP और बीजेपी में ही होगा मुकाबला, जानें कांग्रेस का हाल". News18 हिंदी (in Hindi). 2022-11-27. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
- ^ "Uttarakhand: अक्तूबर के आखिरी हफ्ते में होंगे निकाय चुनाव, 15 सितंबर तक परिसीमन, सर्वे और वोटर लिस्ट का काम". Amar Ujala. 9 August 2024. pp. 2–3.
- ^ https://kumaonjansandesh.com/date-of-civic-elections-announced-in-uttarakhand/