2019 Roorkee Municipal Corporation election

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2019 Roorkee Municipal Corporation election
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 201322 November 2019 2025  

All 40 seats in the Roorkee Municipal Corporation
21 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
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LeaderMayank GuptaRishu Singh RanaRajendra Singh
Party BJP INC BSP
Last election550
Seats won2721
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 22Decrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 1

 Fourth party
 
Leadernone
Party Independent
Last election10
Seats won20
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 10

Mayor before election

Yashpal Rana
Independent

Elected mayor

Gaurav Goyal
Independent

The 2019 Roorkee Municipal Corporation election was a municipal election to the Roorkee Municipal Corporation, which governs Roorkee in Uttarakhand. It took place on 22 November 2019. [1]

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Election schedule

The Uttarakhand State Election Commission announced the poll dates on 22 October 2019, that the election will be held on 22 November and that the result will be declared on 24 November. [2]

EventDateDay
Date for Nominations1 November 2019Friday
Last Date for filing Nominations2 November 2019Saturday
Date for scrutiny of nominations4 November 2019
5 November 2019
Monday
Tuesday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures6 November 2019Wednesday
Allotment of Symbols7 November 2019Thursday
Date of poll22 November 2019Friday
Date of counting24 November 2019Sunday

Mayoral election

2019 Roorkee Municipal Corporation election: Mayor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Gaurav Goyal29,08033.73
INC Rishu Singh Rana25,62929.73
BJP Mayank Gupta19,14222.20
Independent Subhash Saini4,6505.39
BSP Rajendra Kumar4,5755.31
Independent Chandra Prakash (Bata)1,0201.18
Independent Swati Kalra6400.70
AAP Abdus Salam4350.48
Independent Dipak Kumar3990.44
Independent Adesh Tyagi2900.32
NOTA None of the above 3700.41
Spoiled ballots Invalid4,6165.08
Majority3,4514.00
Turnout 90,833
Independent win

Position of the house

Roorkee Municipal Corporation
PartyWon+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)27Increase2.svg 22
Indian National Congress (INC)2Decrease2.svg 3
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)1Increase2.svg 1
Independents 20Increase2.svg 10
Total40Increase2.svg20

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References

  1. "रुड़की नगर निगम चुनाव का कार्यक्रम तय, 22 नवंबर को मतदान व 24 को होगी मतगणना". Amar Ujala (in Hindi).
  2. "रुड़की निकाय चुनाव: 40 वार्डों के एक लाख से ज्यादा मतदाता करेंगे मतदान, अधिसूचना जारी". Amar Ujala (in Hindi).