2025 Kotdwar Municipal Corporation election
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The 2025 Kotdwar Municipal Corporation election[1][2][3] is a municipal election to the Kotdwar Municipal Corporation which governs Kotdwar city.
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
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Shailendra Singh Rawat | 38,175 | 52.25 | ||
| INC | Ranjana Rawat | 23,944 | 32.77 | ||
| Independent | Mahendra Pal Singh Rawat | 8,059 | 11.25 | ||
| UKD | Mahendra Singh Rawat | 1,263 | 1.76 | ||
| BSP | Mahendra Negi | 806 | 1.12 | ||
| Independent | Gopal Krishna Barthawal | 426 | 0.59 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 377 | 0.52 | ||
| Majority | 14,231 | 19.48 | |||
| Turnout | 73,050 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Results by party
| Party | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 40 | 18 |  6 | |||
| Indian National Congress | 38 | 9 |  4 | |||
| Other parties | 8[a] | 0 |  | |||
| Independents | 82 | 13 | 2 | |||
| NOTA | ||||||
| Total | 168 | 40 | ||||
Notes
References
- ^ "उत्तराखंड निकाय चुनाव 2024 की तारीखों का ऐलान, जानें- कब होंगे मतदान और किस दिन आएंगे रिजल्ट".
- ^ "उत्तराखंड निकाय चुनाव की तारीखों का ऐलान, जानें नगर निगम, नगरपालिका और नगर पंचायतों में कब पड़ेगा वोट".
- ^ "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".
- ^ "उत्तराखंड में निकाय चुनाव की तिथि घोषित - कुमाऊँ जनसंदेश".
- ^ 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.