2025 Kotdwar Municipal Corporation election

The 2025 Kotdwar Municipal Corporation election^[1][2][3] is a municipal election to the Kotdwar Municipal Corporation which governs Kotdwar city.

2025 Kotdwar Municipal Corporation election

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All 40 seats in the Kotdwar Municipal Corporation 21 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Shailendra Singh Rawat Ranjana Rawat None Party BJP INC Independent Last election 12 13 15 Seats won 18 9 13 Seat change 6 4 2
Mayor before election Hemlata Negi INC Elected mayor Shailendra Singh Rawat BJP

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			Shailendra Singh Rawat[5]
2		Indian National Congress			Ranjana Rawat[5]

Results

Mayoral election

2025 Kotdwar Municipal Corporation Election: Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Shailendra Singh Rawat	38,175	52.25
	INC	Ranjana Rawat	23,944	32.77
	Independent	Mahendra Pal Singh Rawat	8,059	11.25
	UKD	Mahendra Singh Rawat	1,263	1.76
	BSP	Mahendra Negi	806	1.12
	Independent	Gopal Krishna Barthawal	426	0.59
	NOTA	None of the above	377	0.52
Majority			14,231	19.48
Turnout			73,050
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

Results by party

Party				Seats
				Contested	Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party			40	18	6
	Indian National Congress			38	9	4
	Other parties			8[a]	0
	Independents			82	13	2
	NOTA
Total				168	40

Notes

1. 5 candidates belong to AAP and 3 to the UKD.