2023 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election

2023 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election
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All 110 seats of Lucknow Municipal Corporation
56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout36.97%[1] (Decrease 13.53%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Yogi Adityanath Akhilesh Yadav Brijlal Khabri
Party BJP SP INC
Alliance NDA SP+ UPA
Last election 57 seats 31 seats 8 seats
Seats before 58 seats 28 seats 8 seats
Seats won 80 seats 21 seats 4 seats
Seat change Increase 23 Decrease 10 Decrease 4
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Leader Sanjay Singh Mayawati
Party AAP BSP
Alliance None None
Last election Did not contest 2
Seats before 0 seats 2 seats
Seats won 0 seats 1
Seat change Steady Decrease 1
Mayor before election

Sanyukta Bhatia
BJP

Elected mayor

Sushma Kharakwal
BJP

The Municipal Corporation election held in Lucknow City on 4th May 2023 for electing the members (corporators) and mayor of Lucknow Municipal Corporation which governs Lucknow, the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

The votes were counted and the result was declared on 13 May 2023 in which the BJP again won the simple majority and formed the gorvenment in the city with Shushma Kharakwal as mayor.

Background

After the 2017 LMC elections, Sanyukta Bhatia of Bharatiya Janata Party who got about 41.94% of total votes cast in the election became the first female mayor of Lucknow[2] with the absolute majority of NDA in the house.[3]

There were 14 candidates who won independently from their wards in the 2017 LMC elections.

The delimitation process was done by SEC after which the number of wards is the same as it was earlier, but several wards have been bifurcated and many of the wards are merged into a single.[2] The Lucknow Mayoral seat was again given women reservation this time by the commission like in the previous elections in 2017.[4]

There was a delay in conducting elections because of 3 months of stay order from Supreme Court to the decision of Allahabad High Court to have elections without OBC reservation.[5][6] The Supreme Court gave judgement in the side of the state government and ordered to have elections with OBC reservation.[7]

The date of dissolution of the house was 20 January 2023, there was an administrator period in the city till the election were done completely i.e 13 May 2023.

Schedule

Election Event Schedule
Date of issue of notification of election 11 April 2023
Last date of filling nomination 17 April 2023
Scrutiny of nominations 18 April 2023
Last date for withdrawal of nomination 20 April 2023
Date of allotting symbols 21 April 2023
Date of poll 4 May 2023
Date of counting of votes and Result Declaration 13 May 2023

Source- [8]

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party
Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh
110[9]

  Samajwadi Party+

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seat

Contested

1. Samajwadi Party
Akhilesh Yadav
110

  United Progressive Alliance

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested
1. Indian National Congress
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
110

Others

No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats Contested
1. Aam Aadmi Party
Sanjay Singh
110
2. Bahujan Samaj Party
Mayawati
110

Mayoral Candidates

No. Party Symbol Candidate's Name
(1) Bharatiya Janata Party
Sushma Kharkwal[10]
(2) Samajwadi Party
Vandana Mishra[11]
(3) Aam Aadmi Party
Anju Bhatt[12]
(4) Indian National Congress
Sangeeta Jaiswal
(5) Bahujan Samaj Party
Shahin Bano[13]

Results

Elected corporators of the different parties

80 21 4 1 4
BJP SP INC BSP IND

Vote share of the different parties in the election.

  BJP (48.52%)
  SP (28.81%)
  INC (9.91%)
  BSP (7.34%)
  AAP (2.43%)
  IND (2.34%)

Mayor Election

2023
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sushma Kharakwal 5,02,660 48.52
SP Vandana Mishra 2,98,519 28.81
INC Sangeeta Jaiswal 1,02,633 9.91
BSP Shaheen Bano 75,997 7.34
AAP Anju Bhatt 25,206 2.43
Independent Other Independents 24,241 2.34
Margin of victory 2,04,141 19.71 Increase 5.11
Turnout 10,29,256
BJP hold Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "Civic Polls: 'Disinterest of voters concerning': What's behind low voter turnout in Lucknow?". Hindustan Times. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Who is Sanyukta Bhatia? Meet Lucknow's first woman mayor in 100 years". The Financial Express. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Lucknow Nagar Nigam Election Results Winners List: Ward-wise Names of Winning Candidates of Congress, BJP, AIMIM, SP, BSP, AAP From UP | India.com". www.india.com. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  4. ^ "ULB poll quota: Lucknow to have a woman mayor again". The Times of India. 31 March 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Urban local body elections: Will submit report in 3 months: New panel on OBC quota survey". MSN. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  6. ^ "SC stays HC order asking UP govt to hold urban local body polls without OBC quota". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  7. ^ Sharma, Sheenu (9 April 2023). "UP Municipal Election 2023: Voting in 2 phases on May 4 and 11, results to be out on May 13". India TV News. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Shortcuts (PC) Printable PDF file on DVD", Adobe Photoshop Elements 8: Maximum Performance, Elsevier, pp. 324–325, 2010, doi:10.1016/b978-0-240-52183-1.50032-4, ISBN 9780240521831, retrieved 9 April 2023
  9. ^ "लखनऊ नगर निगम: भाजपा ने 110 वार्डों में उतारे प्रत्याशी, देखें किन नामों पर लगाया दांव". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Lucknow mayor elections: BJP candidate Sushma Sushma Kharakwal files her nomination". The Times of India. 17 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  11. ^ "SP Mayor Candidates : वंदना मिश्र लखनऊ से मेयर उम्मीदवार, सपा ने 8 नगर निगमों में घोषित किए कैंडिडेट, देखें पूरी लिस्ट". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  12. ^ "Lawyer Anju AAP mayoral pick for Lucknow". The Times of India. 16 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  13. ^ "BSP declares Shahin Bano as Lucknow mayoral candidate". The Times of India. 14 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 16 April 2023.