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2025 Uttarakhand municipal general elections [1] [2] are expected to be held in January 2025 to elect members of 100 of the 102 regular municipalities [a] in the state. There are 11 Municipal Corporations, 45 Municipal Councils and 49 Nagar Panchayats [b] in the state of Uttarakhand. Elections are being conducted in all of the municipal corporations, 43 municipal councils and 46 nagar panchayats.
The schedule of the tenure of urban local bodies in Uttarakhand excluding Roorkee, Bajpur, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Selakui and Gangotri was supposed to end on 2 December 2023. However, elections were delayed due to the delay in delimitation of the constituencies and the publication of rolls. The term of the above mentioned municipalities also ended on 22 November 2024. The election is now expected to be held in January 2025. [3] The state election commission announced that elections will be held in all urban bodies barring Kichha and Narendra Nagar, which would be held later alongside the panchayat elections later this year.
| Poll Event | Schedule |
|---|---|
| Notification Date | TBD |
| Last Date for filing nomination | TBD |
| Scrutiny of nomination | TBD |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | TBD |
| Date of Poll | TBD |
| Date of Counting of Votes | TBD |
| Alliance/Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats Contested | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |  | Mahendra Bhatt | TBD | ||||
| Indian National Congress |  |  | Karan Mahra | TBD | ||||
| Bahujan Samaj Party |  |  | Shishpal Singh | TBD | ||||
| S. No. | Municipal Corporation | District | Mayor before election | Party before election | Elected Mayor | Party after election | Runner up | Runner up party | Margin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rudrapur Municipal Corporation | Udham Singh Nagar | Rampal Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||
| 2 | Kashipur Municipal Corporation | Usha Chaudhary | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||
| 3 | Haldwani Municipal Corporation | Nainital | Jogendra Pal Singh Rautela | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||
| 4 | Dehradun Municipal Corporation | Dehradun | Sunil Uniyal 'Gama' | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||
| 5 | Rishikesh Municipal Corporation | Anita Mamgain | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||
| 6 | Kotdwar Municipal Corporation | Pauri Garhwal | Hemlata Negi | Indian National Congress | ||||||
| 7 | Srinagar Municipal Corporation | Newly formed | ||||||||
| 8 | Haridwar Municipal Corporation | Haridwar | Anita Sharma | Indian National Congress | ||||||
| 9 | Roorkee Municipal Corporation | Gaurav Goyal | Independent | |||||||
| 10 | Almora Municipal Corporation | Almora | Newly formed | |||||||
| 11 | Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation | Pithoragarh | ||||||||
| District | Seats | Turnout (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Uttarkashi | ||
| Chamoli | ||
| Rudraprayag | ||
| Tehri Garhwal | ||
| Dehradun | ||
| Haridwar | ||
| Pauri Garhwal | ||
| Pithoragarh | ||
| Bageshwar | ||
| Almora | ||
| Champawat | ||
| Nainital | ||
| Udham Singh Nagar | ||
| Total |
| Party | Mayors/Chairpersons | Corporators/Ward Members | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats | +/- | ||
| Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||
| Indian National Congress | |||||||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | |||||||
| Aam Aadmi Party | |||||||
| Samajwadi Party | |||||||
| Uttarakhand Kranti Dal | |||||||
| Independents | |||||||
| Total | |||||||
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