2025 Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation election

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2025 Bilaspur Municipal Corporation election
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 201911 February 20252030 

All 70 seats in the Bilaspur Municipal Corporation
36 seats needed for a majority
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
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LeaderPooja Vidhani [1] Pramod Nayak [2]
Party BJP INC Independent
Last election3035-
Seats won49183
Seat change19 Increase2.svg17 Decrease2.svg

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Mayor before election

Ramsharan Yadav
INC

Elected mayor

Pooja Vidhani
BJP

The 2025 Bilaspur Municipal Corporation (BMC) election is scheduled to be held on February 11, 2025, [3] [4] to elect the mayor and councilors who will govern Bilaspur, the second largest city of Chhattisgarh, India. This election is part of the broader municipal elections taking place across the state. [5] [6]

Contents

Election schedule

The State Election Commission of Chhattisgarh announced the dates for election on 17 January 2025. [7] [8]

Poll EventSchedule
Notification Date17 January 2025
Last Date for filing nomination28 January 2025
Scrutiny of nomination29 January 2025
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination31 January 2025
Allotment of Symbols31 January 2025
Date of Poll11 February 2025
Date of Counting of Votes15 February 2025

Candidates

Mayoral election

No.PartySymbolCandidate's Name
1 Bharatiya Janata Party
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Pooja Vidhani [9]
2 Indian National Congress
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Pramod Nayak [10]

Results

Mayoral election

2025 Raipur Municipal Corporation Election: Mayor
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Pooja Vidhani1,52,011
INC Pramod Nayak85,944
NOTA None of the above 2,892
Spoiled ballots Invalid
Majority 66,067
Turnout

Result by party

PartyPopular voteSeats
Votes%±pp ContestedWon+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party 7049
Indian National Congress 7018
Independents no3
NOTA
Total70

References

  1. "Chhattisgarh urban body polls: BJP declares candidates for all 10 mayoral seats". Bansal News (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  2. PTI (27 January 2025). "Chhattisgarh urban body polls: Congress announces candidates for all 10 mayoral seats". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  3. "CG Nikay Chunav 2025: छत्तीसगढ़ निकाय चुनाव, जारी हो रही उम्मीदवारों की सूची, देखें BJP-Congress ने किसे दिया मौका." Patrika News (in Hindi). 27 January 2025. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  4. Kaiser, Ejaz (20 January 2025). "Chhattisgarh announces dates for urban bodies, 3-tier panchayat polls". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  5. PTI (20 January 2025). "Chhattisgarh urban and panchayat bodies to go to polls in February". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  6. "छत्तीसगढ़ में आचार संहिता लागू, जानें कब, कहां और कैसे होंगे मतदान, सिंगल क्लिक में पूरी डिटेल". Navbharat Times (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  7. "Polls in Feb: CG EC announces dates for civic body & panchayat elections". The Times of India. 20 January 2025. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  8. Bharat, E. T. V. (21 January 2025). "Chhattisgarh Urban And Panchayat Polls From Feb 11; Model Code Of Conduct Comes Into Effect". ETV Bharat News. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  9. "Chhattisgarh urban body polls: BJP declares candidates for all 10 mayoral seats". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  10. PTI (27 January 2025). "Chhattisgarh urban body polls: Congress announces candidates for all 10 mayoral seats". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 28 January 2025.