2025 Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation election

2025 Bilaspur Municipal Corporation election

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All 70 seats in the Bilaspur Municipal Corporation 36 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Pooja Vidhani [1] Pramod Nayak [2] Party BJP INC Independent Last election 30 35 - Seats won 49 18 3 Seat change 19 17
Mayor before election Ramsharan Yadav INC Elected mayor Pooja Vidhani BJP

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

The Bharatiya Janata Party delivered a remarkable performance in the Municipal Corporation elections. BJP candidate Pooja Vidhni won by a margin of more than 66 thousand votes. BJP also won 49 of the 70 wards of the corporation.

Election schedule

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

Poll Event	Schedule
Notification Date	17 January 2025
Last Date for filing nomination	28 January 2025
Scrutiny of nomination	29 January 2025
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination	31 January 2025
Allotment of Symbols	31 January 2025
Date of Poll	11 February 2025
Date of Counting of Votes	15 February 2025

Candidates

Mayoral election

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

Results

Mayoral election

2025 Raipur Municipal Corporation Election: Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Pooja Vidhani	'152,011'
	INC	Pramod Nayak	85,944
	NOTA	None of the above	2,892
Majority			66,067
Turnout

Result by party

Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party						70	49
	Indian National Congress						70	18
	Independents						no	3
	NOTA
Total								70

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.