Kotdwar Municipal Corporation
Kotdwar Municipal Corporation कोटद्वार नगर निगम Kotdwar Nagar Nigam | |
|---|---|
| Unicameral Legislature | |
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Leadership | |
P L Shah, PCS | |
| Structure | |
 | |
Political groups | Government (18)
Opposition (22) |
| Elections | |
| First-past-the-post | |
Last election | 23 January 2025 |
Next election | 2030 |
| Meeting place | |
| Nagar Nigam Bhavan, Kotdwar | |
| Website | |
| Nagar Nigam Kotdwar | |
The Kotdwar Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the city of Kotdwar in Uttarakhand, India.[1]
Structure
This corporation consists of 40 wards and is headed by a mayor 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
| S. No. | Name | Term | Party | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hemlata Negi | 2 December 2018 | 3 December 2023 | 5 years, 1 day | Indian National Congress | |
| Administrator | 3 December 2023 | 7 February 2025 | 1 year, 67 days | Government of Uttarakhand | ||
| 2 | Shailendra Singh Rawat | 7 February 2025 | Incumbent | 192 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
Current members
Kotdwar Municipal Corporation has a total of 40 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 Kotdwar is Shailendra Singh Rawat of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
| Mayor: Shailendra Singh Rawat | |||||
| Ward No | Ward Name | Name of Corporator | Party[2] | Remarks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ratanpur Saneh | Jay Prakash Dhyani | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2 | Kumbhichaud | Anil Rawat | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 3 | Saneh | Sanjay Bhandari | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 4 | Gadighat | Himanshu Verma | Independent | ||
| 5 | Lakdipadav | Naeem Ahmed | Indian National Congress | ||
| 6 | Kashirampur Talla | Suraj Prasad Kanti | Independent | ||
| 7 | Kaudia | Subhash Pandey | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 8 | Govindnagar | Jaideep | Independent | ||
| 9 | Kashirampur Malla | Pravendra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 10 | Paniali Talli | Nazmeen | Indian National Congress | ||
| 11 | Jhandachowk Badrinath Marg | Vipin Dobriyal | Indian National Congress | ||
| 12 | Kalabad | Arti Kharakwal | Independent | ||
| 13 | Adhat Bazaar Christian Colony | Rizwana Parveen | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 14 | Jaunpur | Rita Devi | Independent | ||
| 15 | Govind Nagar Nayagaon | Kavita Mittal | Indian National Congress | ||
| 16 | Sitabpur | Rajni Devi | Independent | ||
| 17 | Manpur | Kiran Kala | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 18 | Shivpur | Jyoti | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 19 | Lalpur | Netramohan Aswal | Independent | ||
| 20 | Padampur Sukhrao-2 | Prema | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 21 | Padampur Sukhrao-1 | Beena Devi | Indian National Congress | ||
| 22 | Simalchaud | Manoj Shah | Independent | ||
| 23 | Shibbunagar | Sonia Negi | Indian National Congress | ||
| 24 | Balasaud | Neeruwala Khatwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 25 | Ratanpur Sukhrao | Ritu Chamoli | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 26 | Balbhadrapur | Umed Singh Negi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 27 | Durgapur | Shridar Prasad | Indian National Congress | ||
| 28 | Nimbuchaud | Pramod Kumar | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 29 | Ghamandpur | Amit Negi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 30 | Nandpur | Shashikant Joshi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 31 | Padampur Motadhak | Saurabh Naudiyal | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 32 | Shivrajpur | Deepak Pathak | Independent | ||
| 33 | Haldukhata Malla | Jagdish Prasad | Independent | ||
| 34 | Udayrampur Nayavad | Vivek | Indian National Congress | ||
| 35 | Trilokpur | Bheem Singh | Independent | ||
| 36 | Lokmanipur | Rajendra Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 37 | Jhandichaud West | Sukhpal Shah | Independent | ||
| 38 | Jhandichaud North | Rajnish Bebni | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 39 | Jhandichaud East | Seeta Devi | Indian National Congress | ||
| 40 | Jashodharpur | Manish | Independent | ||
Election results
The Kotdwar Municipal Corporation holds direct elections every five years in the state and the latest elections were those held in the year 2025.[2]
Mayoral
| Year | No. of Wards | Winner | Runner Up | Margin | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |||||
| 2025 | 40 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Shailendra Singh Rawat | 38,175 | 52.25 | INC | Ranjana Rawat | 23,944 | 32.77 | 14,231 | ||
Ward-wise
2025
| Party | Won | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 18 |  6 | |
| Independents | 13 |  2 | |
| Indian National Congress | 9 | 4 | |
| Total | 40 | ||
References
- ^ "Kotdwar Municipal Corporation" (PDF). udd.uk.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
- ^ a b "SEC Uttarakhand Election Result Portal 2025". SEC Uttarakhand (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 January 2025.