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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]
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 |
| No. | Party | Symbol | Candidate's Name | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Pooja Vidhani [9] | |||
| 2 | Indian National Congress | Pramod Nayak [10] | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Pooja Vidhani | 1,52,011 | |||
| INC | Pramod Nayak | 85,944 | |||
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,892 | |||
| Spoiled ballots | Invalid | ||||
| Majority | 66,067 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 70 | 49 | |||||||
| Indian National Congress | 70 | 18 | |||||||
| Independents | no | 3 | |||||||
| NOTA | |||||||||
| Total | 70 | ||||||||