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The 2013 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election was a municipal election to the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, which governs Dehradun, the largest city in Uttarakhand. It took place on 28 April 2013.
| Event | Date |
| Date for Nominations | 8 April 2013 |
| Last Date for filing Nominations | 12 April 2013 |
| Date for scrutiny of nominations | 13 April 2013 |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 15 April 2013 |
| Allotment of Symbols | 16 April 2013 |
| Date of poll | 28 April 2013 |
| Date of counting | 30 April 2013 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Vinod Chamoli | 80,530 | 40.93 |  7.86 | |
| INC | Suryakant Dhasmana | 57,618 | 29.28 | 7.20 | |
| BSP | Rajni Rawat | 46,689 | 23.73 | 18.15 | |
| UKD | Manmohan Lakhera | 3,302 | 1.68 |  7.62 | |
| Independent | Sardar Khan (Pappu) | 2,192 | 1.11 | new | |
| Independent | Sanjay Goyal | 2,191 | 1.11 | 0.25 | |
| Independent | Maqbool Ahmad | 1,777 | 0.90 | new | |
| Independent | Rajendra Prasad Gairola | 1,521 | 0.77 | new | |
| Independent | Rajiv Kothari | 500 | 0.25 | new | |
| Independent | Shivdarshan Singh Rawat | 430 | 0.22 | new | |
| Majority | 22,912 | 11.65 | 2.64 | ||
| Turnout | 1,96,750 | ||||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Won | +/− | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 34 | 6 | |
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 22 | 2 | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 2 | 1 | |
| Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) | 0 | 1 | |
| Independents | 2 | 4 | |
| Total | 60 |  | |
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