2025 Haldwani Municipal Corporation election

2025 Haldwani Municipal Corporation election

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All 60 seats in the Haldwani Municipal Corporation 31 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Gajraj Singh Bisht Lalit Joshi None Party BJP INC Independent Last election 31 26 0 Seats won 23 2 34 Seat change 8 24 34
Mayor before election Jogendra Pal Singh Rautela BJP Elected mayor Gajraj Singh Bisht BJP

The 2025 Haldwani Municipal Corporation election ^{[1] [2] [3]} is a municipal election to the Haldwani Municipal Corporation which governs Haldwani city in Uttarakhand. It was held on 23 January 2025.

Election schedule

The election schedule was announced by the state election commission on 23 December 2024. ^[4]

Poll Event	Schedule
Notification Date	27 December 2024
Last Date for filing nomination	30 December 2024
Scrutiny of nomination	31 December 2024
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination	2 January 2025
Allotment of Symbols	3 January 2025
Date of Poll	23 January 2025
Date of Counting of Votes	25 January 2025

Candidates

Mayoral

No.	Party			Symbol	Candidate's Name
1		Bharatiya Janata Party			Gajraj Singh Bisht [5]
2		Indian National Congress			Lalit Joshi [5]

Results

Mayoral election

2025 Haldwani Municipal Corporation Election: Mayor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Gajraj Singh Bisht	71,962	47.38
	INC	Lalit Joshi	68,068	44.81
	Independent	R.P. Singh	2,531	1.67
	Independent	Bhuvan Chandra Pandey	2,136	1.34
	Independent	Deep Chandra Pandey	1,597	1.41
	Independent	Manoj Kumar Arya	1,377	0.9
	Independent	Manoj Kumar Mannu	1,109	0.73
	BSP	Shiv Ganesh	1,088	0.72
	NOTA	None of the above	823	0.54
	Independent	Naveen Chandra	772	0.51
	UKD	Mohan Kandpal	414	0.27
	Spoiled ballots	Invalid	6,769	4.26
Majority			3,894	2.57
Turnout			1,51,877 [a]
	BJP hold		Swing

Results by party

Party				Seats
				Contested	Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party			47	23	8
	Indian National Congress			11	2	24
	Other parties [b]			5	1	2
	Independents			168	34	34
	NOTA
Total				231	60

Notes

1. Excluding invalid ballots.
2. 3 of UKD and 2 of AAP.

References

1. खान, दानिश (23 December 2024). "उत्तराखंड निकाय चुनाव 2024 की तारीखों का ऐलान, जानें- कब होंगे मतदान और किस दिन आएंगे रिजल्ट". www.abplive.com.
2. "उत्तराखंड निकाय चुनाव की तारीखों का ऐलान, जानें नगर निगम, नगरपालिका और नगर पंचायतों में कब पड़ेगा वोट". Zee News Hindi.
3. "उत्तराखंड में नगर निकाय चुनाव की तारीख का एलान, आरक्षण तय होने पर चुनाव आयोग ने की घोषणा - Date of municipal elections announced in Uttarakhand Election Commission announced after reservation was decided". Jagran.
4. "उत्तराखंड में निकाय चुनाव की तिथि घोषित - कुमाऊँ जनसंदेश". 23 December 2024.
5. "BJP, Cong release another list of candidates for ULB polls". Times of India. 29 December 2024. Retrieved 30 December 2024.

External links

• State Election Commission