2025 Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation election
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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. It was won by Kapana Devlal of BJP who defeated congress rebel Monika Mahar by 17 votes.
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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 |  |
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Kalpana Deolal[5] | |
| 2 | Indian National Congress |  |
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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
| 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
External links
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