2012 Shimla Municipal Corporation election

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2012 Shimla Municipal corporation election
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  2007 May 2012 2017  

All 25 seats of the Shimla Municipal Corporation
13 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader%Seats+/–
BJP Satinder Singh Manhas12+4
INC Madhu Sood10−5
CPI(M) Sanjay Chauhan3+1
Independent 00
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Majority beforeMajority after
Indian National Congress ?

Elections for the Shimla Municipal Corporation were held in May 2012. These were the first direct elections for mayor and deputy mayor in the corporation's history. 13 out of 25 wards were reserved for women for the first time. [1]

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Background

The Indian National Congress won a majority of 15 seats in the previous municipal corporation elections and the party selected Madhu Sood mayor of Shimla. [2] [3]

Overview

The Himachal Pradesh state Bharatiya Janata Party government decided to elections for the post of mayor and deputy mayor directly for the first time as opposed to letting the party with the majority in the corporation deciding the posts on its own.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) made history by capturing both the posts of mayor and deputy mayor, unseating the Indian National Congress in its bastion of 25 years. [1]

Results

Mayoral election

Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes
CPI(M) Devinder Singh Chauhan21,903
BJP Satinder Singh Manhas14,035
INC Madhu Sood13,278
Source: The Hindu [1]

Deputy Mayor

PartyCandidateVotes
CPI(M) Tikender Singh Panwar21,196
BJP Digvijay Singh Chauhan16,418
INC Devinder Singh Chauhan13,205
Source: India Today [4]

Municipal Corporation

No.PartyAbbreviationFlagSymbolNumber of CorporatorsChange
1. Bharatiya Janata Party BJP BJP flag.svg Lotus flower symbol.svg 12Increase2.svg4
2. Indian National Congress INC Indian National Congress Flag.svg Hand INC.svg 10Decrease2.svg5
3. Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) CPI-M-flag.svg CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg 3Increase2.svg1
4. Independents IND No flag.svg No flag.svg 0Steady2.svg
Total wards25

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References

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