2023 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election

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.

2023 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election

← 2017 4 May 2023 2028 →
All 110 seats of Lucknow Municipal Corporation 56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	36.97%[1] ( 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 23 10 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 1
Mayor before election Sanyukta Bhatia BJP Elected mayor Sushma Kharakwal BJP

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.

1. BJP (48.52%)
2. SP (28.81%)
3. INC (9.91%)
4. BSP (7.34%)
5. AAP (2.43%)
6. 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	5.11
Turnout			10,29,256
	BJP hold		Swing

See also

• 2023 elections in India
• List of mayors of Lucknow
• Lucknow Municipal Corporation
• Lucknow