2025 Srinagar, Uttarakhand Municipal Corporation election

2025 Srinagar Municipal Corporation election

23 January 2025
All 40 seats in the Srinagar Municipal Corporation 21 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Asha Upadhyay Meena Rawat None Party BJP INC Independent Last election New New New Seats won 16 6 18 Seat change New New New
Mayor before election Office estabilished Elected mayor Arti Bhandari Independent

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			Asha Upadhyay[5]
2		Indian National Congress			Meena Rawat[5]

Results

Mayoral election

2025 Srinagar Municipal Corporation Election: Mayor

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

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. "BJP, Cong release another list of candidates for ULB polls". Times of India. Retrieved 30 December 2024.

External links

• State Election Commission