2025 Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation election

2025 Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation election

23 January 2025
All 40 seats in the Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation 21 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Third party   Leader Kalpana Deolal None Party BJP Independent Last election New New Seats won 5 35 Seat change New New
Mayor before election Office estabilished Elected mayor Kalpana Deolal BJP

The 2025 Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation election[1][2][3] is a municipal election to the Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation which governs Pithoragarh City, the largest hill 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 election

No.	Party			Symbol	Candidate's Name
1		Bharatiya Janata Party			Kalpana Deolal[5]
2		Indian National Congress			Anju Lunthi[6]

Ward-wise candidates

Ward No.	Ward Name
		BJP			INC
1	Bajeti		BJP			INC
2	New Bajeti		BJP			INC
3	Nirada		BJP			INC
4	Kumor		BJP	Asha Devi		INC
5	Piyana		BJP	Rajendra Tamta		INC
6	Takana Colony		BJP	Vikram Valmiki		INC
7	Shiv Vihar		BJP	Vinod Rawat		INC
8	Linthuda		BJP			INC
9	Jakhani		BJP			INC
10	Bin		BJP	Saroj Devi		INC
11	Bhatkote		BJP			INC	Ashish Havord
12	Rai		BJP			INC
13	Pandey Gaon		BJP			INC
14	Padampur Colony		BJP	Prithviraj Bisht		INC
15	Bhadelbada		BJP	Gopal Singh Rana		INC
16	Chandrabhaga		BJP	Lalita Joshi		INC
17	Dumkhani		BJP	Deepak Mahar		INC
18	New Tildhukri		BJP	Neeraj Kothari		INC
19	Krishnapuri		BJP			INC
20	Jagdamba Colony		BJP	Anita Samant		INC
21	Kujoli		BJP			INC
22	Jagriti Colony		BJP	Lalit Pant		INC
23	Shivalaya		BJP	Shivani Saini		INC
24	Purana Bazaar		BJP	Mohammad Sarfaraz		INC
25	Naya Bazaar		BJP	Umesh Lal Shah		INC
26	Simalgair		BJP	Kavindra Shah		INC
27	Pithrota		BJP			INC
28	Aincholi		BJP	Kamala Pandey		INC
29	Pankot		BJP	Bhupendra Singh Belal		INC
30	Daula		BJP	Saraswati Devi		INC
31	Western Cinemaline		BJP			INC
32	Eastern Cinemaline		BJP	Anshu Negi		INC
33	Dhanauda		BJP	Bhawana Kapri		INC
34	Neda Basti		BJP	Dinesh Kapri		INC
35	Puneri		BJP			INC
36	Sera Chandak		BJP	Harish Bora		INC
37	Old Tildhukri		BJP			INC
38	Malla Jakhani		BJP	Suman Dhami		INC
39	Khadkot		BJP	Ravindra Singh Basera		INC
40	Vivekanand		BJP	Praveen Singh Uprari		INC

Results

Mayoral election

2025 Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation Election: Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Kalpana Deolal	9,466	39.35	New
	Independent	Monika Mahar	9,449	39.28	New
	INC	Anju Lunthi	3,379	14.04	New
	Independent	Chandrakala Mahar	615	2.55	New
	Independent	Pratila Bohra	558	2.32	New
	Independent	Uma Pandey	229	0.95	New
	BSP	Kusum Devi	139	0.57	New
	Spoiled ballots	Invalid	134
	NOTA	None of the above	125	0.52	New
	AAP	Sushma Bisht Mathur	94	0.39	New
Majority			17	0.07	New
Turnout			24,054
	BJP win (new seat)

Results by party

Party				Seats
				Contested	Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party			20	5	New
	Indian National Congress			1	0	New
	Independents			140	35	New
	NOTA
Total				161	40

References

1. 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.
2. "उत्तराखंड निकाय चुनाव की तारीखों का ऐलान, जानें नगर निगम, नगरपालिका और नगर पंचायतों में कब पड़ेगा वोट". Zee News Hindi.
3. "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.
4. "उत्तराखंड में निकाय चुनाव की तिथि घोषित - कुमाऊँ जनसंदेश". 23 December 2024.
5. "Uttarakhand: BJP announces candidates for all 11 mayoral seats". India TV. Retrieved 29 December 2024.
6. "Dehradun News: Saurabh Thapliyal from BJP and Virendra Pokhriyal from Congress are in the fray for mayor". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 29 December 2024.

External links

• State Election Commission