2023 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election

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2023 Lucknow Municipal Corporation election
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  2017 4 May 20232028 

All 110 seats of Lucknow Municipal Corporation
56 seats needed for a majority
Turnout36.97% [1] (Decrease2.svg 13.53%)
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Shri Yogi Adityanath meeting the President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on February 10, 2018 (cropped).jpg
Akhilesh Yadav (cropped).JPG
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Leader Yogi Adityanath Akhilesh Yadav Brijlal Khabri
Party BJP SP INC
Alliance NDA SP+ UPA
Last election57 seats31 seats8 seats
Seats before58 seats28 seats8 seats
Seats won80 seats21 seats4 seats
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 23Decrease2.svg 10Decrease2.svg 4

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
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Leader Sanjay Singh Mayawati
Party AAP BSP
Alliance None None
Last electionDid not contest2
Seats before0 seats2 seats
Seats won0 seats1
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg 1

Lucknow Municipal Corporation 2023.svg

Mayor before election

Sanyukta Bhatia
BJP

Elected mayor

Sushma Kharakwal
BJP

The Municipal Corporation election held in Lucknow City on 4th May 2023 for electing the members (corporators) and mayor of Lucknow Municipal Corporation which governs Lucknow, the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Contents

The votes were counted and the result was declared on 13 May 2023 in which the BJP again won the simple majority and formed the gorvenment in the city with Shushma Kharakwal as mayor.

Background

After the 2017 LMC elections, Sanyukta Bhatia of Bharatiya Janata Party who got about 41.94% of total votes cast in the election became the first female mayor of Lucknow [2] with the absolute majority of NDA in the house. [3]

There were 14 candidates who won independently from their wards in the 2017 LMC elections.

The delimitation process was done by SEC after which the number of wards is the same as it was earlier, but several wards have been bifurcated and many of the wards are merged into a single. [2] The Lucknow Mayoral seat was again given women reservation this time by the commission like in the previous elections in 2017. [4]

There was a delay in conducting elections because of 3 months of stay order from Supreme Court to the decision of Allahabad High Court to have elections without OBC reservation. [5] [6] The Supreme Court gave judgement in the side of the state government and ordered to have elections with OBC reservation. [7]

The date of dissolution of the house was 20 January 2023, there was an administrator period in the city till the election were done completely i.e 13 May 2023.

Schedule

Election EventSchedule
Date of issue of notification of election11 April 2023
Last date of filling nomination17 April 2023
Scrutiny of nominations18 April 2023
Last date for withdrawal of nomination20 April 2023
Date of allotting symbols21 April 2023
Date of poll4 May 2023
Date of counting of votes and Result Declaration13 May 2023

Source- [8]

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderPhotoSeats Contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party
BJP flag.svg
BJP election symbol.png
Chaudhary Bhupendra Singh
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110 [9]

   Samajwadi Party+

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderPhotoSeat

Contested

1. Samajwadi Party
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Akhilesh Yadav
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110

   United Progressive Alliance

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderPhotoSeats Contested
1. Indian National Congress
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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
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110

Others

No.PartyFlagSymbolLeaderPhotoSeats Contested
1. Aam Aadmi Party
Aam Aadmi Party logo (English).svg
AAP Symbol.png
Sanjay Singh
Sanjay Singh (cropped).jpg
110
2. Bahujan Samaj Party
Elephant Bahujan Samaj Party.svg
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Mayawati
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110

Mayoral Candidates

No.PartySymbolCandidate's Name
(1) Bharatiya Janata Party
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BJP election symbol.png
Sushma Kharkwal [10]
(2) Samajwadi Party
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Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png
Vandana Mishra [11]
(3)Aam Aadmi Party
Aam Aadmi Party logo (English).svg
AAP Symbol.png
Anju Bhatt [12]
(4)Indian National Congress
INC Flag Official.jpg
Hand INC.svg
Sangeeta Jaiswal
(5) Bahujan Samaj Party
Elephant Bahujan Samaj Party.svg
Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png
Shahin Bano [13]

Results

Elected corporators of the different parties

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BJPSPINCBSPIND
Vote share of the different parties in the election.
  1. BJP (48.52%)
  2. SP (28.81%)
  3. INC (9.91%)
  4. BSP (7.34%)
  5. AAP (2.43%)
  6. IND (2.34%)

Mayor Election

2023
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Sushma Kharakwal5,02,66048.52
SP Vandana Mishra2,98,51928.81
INC Sangeeta Jaiswal1,02,6339.91
BSP Shaheen Bano75,9977.34
AAP Anju Bhatt25,2062.43
Independent Other Independents 24,2412.34
Margin of victory2,04,14119.71Increase2.svg 5.11
Turnout 10,29,256
BJP hold Swing

See also

References

  1. "Civic Polls: 'Disinterest of voters concerning': What's behind low voter turnout in Lucknow?". Hindustan Times. 7 March 2023. Retrieved 7 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Who is Sanyukta Bhatia? Meet Lucknow's first woman mayor in 100 years". The Financial Express. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  3. "Lucknow Nagar Nigam Election Results Winners List: Ward-wise Names of Winning Candidates of Congress, BJP, AIMIM, SP, BSP, AAP From UP | India.com". www.india.com. 1 December 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  4. "ULB poll quota: Lucknow to have a woman mayor again". The Times of India. 31 March 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  5. "Urban local body elections: Will submit report in 3 months: New panel on OBC quota survey". MSN. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  6. "SC stays HC order asking UP govt to hold urban local body polls without OBC quota". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  7. Sharma, Sheenu (9 April 2023). "UP Municipal Election 2023: Voting in 2 phases on May 4 and 11, results to be out on May 13". India TV News. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  8. "Shortcuts (PC) Printable PDF file on DVD" , Adobe Photoshop Elements 8: Maximum Performance, Elsevier, pp. 324–325, 2010, doi: 10.1016/b978-0-240-52183-1.50032-4 , ISBN   9780240521831 , retrieved 9 April 2023
  9. "लखनऊ नगर निगम: भाजपा ने 110 वार्डों में उतारे प्रत्याशी, देखें किन नामों पर लगाया दांव". Hindustan (in Hindi). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  10. "Lucknow mayor elections: BJP candidate Sushma Sushma Kharakwal files her nomination". The Times of India. 17 April 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  11. "SP Mayor Candidates : वंदना मिश्र लखनऊ से मेयर उम्मीदवार, सपा ने 8 नगर निगमों में घोषित किए कैंडिडेट, देखें पूरी लिस्ट". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  12. "Lawyer Anju AAP mayoral pick for Lucknow". The Times of India. 16 April 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  13. "BSP declares Shahin Bano as Lucknow mayoral candidate". The Times of India. 14 April 2023. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 16 April 2023.