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
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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Asha Upadhyay[5] | |
| 2 | Indian National Congress |  |
 |
Meena Rawat[5] | |
Results
Mayoral election
| 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
| 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
- ^ 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.