2025 Kotdwar Municipal Corporation election

2025 Kotdwar Municipal Corporation election
23 January 2025
All 40 seats in the Kotdwar Municipal Corporation
21 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Shailendra Singh Rawat Ranjana Rawat None
Party BJP INC Independent
Last election 12 13 15
Seats won 18 9 13
Seat change Increase6 Decrease4 Decrease2
Mayor before election

Hemlata Negi
INC

Elected mayor

Shailendra Singh Rawat
BJP

The 2025 Kotdwar Municipal Corporation election[1][2][3] was a municipal election to the Kotdwar Municipal Corporation which governs Kotdwar city. It took place on 23 January 2025.

Election schedule

The election schedule was announced by the state election commission on 23 December 2024.[4]

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

Candidates

Mayoral

No. Party Symbol Candidate's Name
1 Bharatiya Janata Party
Shailendra Singh Rawat[5]
2 Indian National Congress
Ranjana Rawat[5]

Results

Mayoral election

2025 Kotdwar Municipal Corporation Election: Mayor
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Shailendra Singh Rawat 38,175 52.25 Increase34.75
INC Ranjana Rawat 23,944 32.77 Decrease6.19
Independent Mahendra Pal Singh Rawat 8,059 11.25 New
UKD Mahendra Singh Rawat 1,263 1.76 Decrease0.09
BSP Mahendra Negi 806 1.12 Increase0.15
Independent Gopal Krishna Barthawal 426 0.59 New
NOTA None of the above 377 0.52 Increase0.07
Majority 14,231 19.48 Increase17.06
Turnout 73,050
BJP gain from INC Swing Increase34.75

Results by party

Party Seats
Contested Won +/−
Bharatiya Janata Party 40 18 Increase6
Indian National Congress 38 9 Decrease4
Other parties 8[a] 0 Steady
Independents 82 13 Decrease2
NOTA
Total 168 40

Notes

  1. ^ 5 candidates belong to AAP and 3 to the UKD.

See also

References

  1. ^ "कोटद्वार: भाजपा के शैलेंद्र सिंह रावत के सिर पर सजेगा मेयर का ताज".
  2. ^ "BJP sweeps urban local body polls in Uttarakhand, wins 10 of 11 mayoral seats".
  3. ^ "उत्तराखंड में नगर निकाय चुनाव की तारीख का एलान, आरक्षण तय होने पर चुनाव आयोग ने की घोषणा - Date of municipal elections announced in Uttarakhand Election Commission announced after reservation was decided".
  4. ^ "उत्तराखंड में निकाय चुनाव की तिथि घोषित - कुमाऊँ जनसंदेश".
  5. ^ a b "कोटद्वार नगर निगम: मेयर के लिए 9 और पार्षद के लिए 187 प्रत्याशी चुनाव मैदान में". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 4 January 2025.
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