2025 Haldwani Municipal Corporation election
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The 2025 Haldwani Municipal Corporation election[1][2][3] is a municipal election to the Haldwani Municipal Corporation which governs Haldwani city in Uttarakhand. It was held 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 |  |
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Gajraj Singh Bisht[5] | |
| 2 | Indian National Congress |  |
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Lalit Joshi[5] | |
Results
Mayoral election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Gajraj Singh Bisht | 71,962 | 47.38 | ||
| INC | Lalit Joshi | 68,068 | 44.81 | ||
| Independent | R.P. Singh | 2,531 | 1.67 | ||
| Independent | Bhuvan Chandra Pandey | 2,136 | 1.34 | ||
| Independent | Deep Chandra Pandey | 1,597 | 1.41 | ||
| Independent | Manoj Kumar Arya | 1,377 | 0.9 | ||
| Independent | Manoj Kumar Mannu | 1,109 | 0.73 | ||
| BSP | Shiv Ganesh | 1,088 | 0.72 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 823 | 0.54 | ||
| Independent | Naveen Chandra | 772 | 0.51 | ||
| UKD | Mohan Kandpal | 414 | 0.27 | ||
| Spoiled ballots | Invalid | 6,769 | 4.26 | ||
| Majority | 3,894 | 2.57 | |||
| Turnout | 1,51,877[a] | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
Results by party
| Party | Seats | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 47 | 23 |  8
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| Indian National Congress | 11 | 2 | 24
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| Other parties[b] | 5 | 1 | 2
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| Independents | 168 | 34 |  34
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| NOTA | ||||||
| Total | 231 | 60 | ||||
Notes
References
- ^ 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. 29 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.