2018 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election

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2018 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election
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  2013 18 November 20182023 

All 100 seats in the Dehradun Municipal Corporation
51 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  BJP election symbol.png Hand INC.svg
Leader Sunil Uniyal 'Gama' Dinesh Agrawal none
Party BJP INC Independent
Last election34222
Seats won60346
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 26Increase2.svg 12Increase2.svg 4

Mayor before election

Vinod Chamoli
BJP

Elected Mayor

Sunil Uniyal 'Gama'
BJP

The 2018 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election was a municipal election to the Dehradun Municipal Corporation which governs Dehradun City, the largest city in Uttarakhand. It took place on 18 November 2018.

Contents

To the 100-ward body, 60 members from the Bharatiya Janata Party were elected, while 34 came from the Indian National Congress and remaining six being Independents. [1]

Election schedule

The Uttarakhand State Election Commission announced the poll dates on 15 October 2018, that the election would be held on 18 November and that the result would be declared on 20 November. [2]

EventDateDay
Date for Nominations20 Oct 2018Saturday
Last Date for filing Nominations23 Oct 2018Tuesday
Date for scrutiny of nominations25 Oct 2018
26 Oct 2018
Thursday
Friday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures27 Oct 2018Saturday
Allotment of Symbols29 Oct 2018Monday
Date of poll18 Nov 2018Sunday
Date of counting20 Nov 2018Tuesday

Mayoral election

2018 Dehradun Municipal Corporation Election: Mayor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Sunil Uniyal 'Gama' 162,51646.41Increase2.svg 5.48
INC Dinesh Agrawal 126,88436.24Increase2.svg 6.96
AAP Rajni Rawat 28,9788.27new
Independent Jagmohan Mehndiratta4,2681.21new
BSP Vibhuti Bhushan2,4160.69Decrease2.svg 23.04
Independent Sardar Khan (Pappu)2,0750.59Decrease2.svg 0.52
UKD Vijay Kumar Baurai1,9780.56Decrease2.svg 1.17
LJP Ram Sukh1,7870.51new
Independent Abhay Joshi1,6540.47new
Independent Vijay Jagwan7390.21new
SP Anjana Walia4900.13new
NOTA None of the above 2,3590.67new
Spoiled ballots Invalid13,9573.98new
Majority35,63210.17Decrease2.svg 1.48
Turnout 350,10155.71
BJP hold Swing

Position of the house

Dehradun Municipal Corporation
PartyWon+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)60Increase2.svg 26
Indian National Congress (INC)34Increase2.svg 12
Independents 6Increase2.svg 4
Total100Increase2.svg 40

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References

  1. "Uttarakhand voters reject both Congress, BJP; root for independents as councillors". The Times of India. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  2. "निकाय चुनाव 2018: उत्तराखंड में 18 नवंबर को होंगे चुनाव, राज्य निर्वाचन आयोग ने लागू की आचार संहिता".