2025 Srinagar, Uttarakhand Municipal Corporation election
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The 2025 Srinagar Municipal Corporation election[1][2][3] is a municipal election to the Srinagar Municipal Corporation which governs Srinagar town in Uttarakhand. It was held on 23 January 2025.
Election schedule
[edit]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
[edit]Mayoral
[edit]| No. | Party | Symbol | Candidate's Name | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
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Asha Upadhyay[5] | |
| 2 | Indian National Congress |  |
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Meena Rawat[5] | |
Results
[edit]Mayoral election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Arti Bhandari | 7,956 | 41.2 | New | |
| BJP | Asha Upadhyay | 6,317 | 32.17 | New | |
| Independent | Poonam Tiwari | 2,632 | 13.63 | New | |
| INC | Meena Rawat | 2,075 | 10.74 | New | |
| Independent | Saraswati Devi | 243 | 1.26 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 90 | 0.46 | New | |
| Majority | 1,639 | 9.03 | New | ||
| Turnout | 19,313 | ||||
| Independent win (new seat) | |||||
Result by party
[edit]| Party | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| Independents | 77 | 18 | New | |||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 39 | 16 | New | |||
| Indian National Congress | 24 | 6 | New | |||
| NOTA | ||||||
| Total | 140 | 40 | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ खान, दानिश (23 December 2024). "उत्तराखंड निकाय चुनाव 2024 की तारीखों का ऐलान, जानें- कब होंगे मतदान और किस दिन आएंगे रिजल्ट". www.abplive.com.
- ^ "उत्तराखंड निकाय चुनाव की तारीखों का ऐलान, जानें नगर निगम, नगरपालिका और नगर पंचायतों में कब पड़ेगा वोट". Zee News Hindi.
- ^ "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". Jagran.
- ^ "उत्तराखंड में निकाय चुनाव की तिथि घोषित - कुमाऊँ जनसंदेश". 23 December 2024.
- ^ a b "BJP, Cong release another list of candidates for ULB polls". Times of India. Retrieved 30 December 2024.