This article is about the local elections delayed from 2023. For the local elections Panchayat for 2025 proper, see July 2025 Uttarakhand local elections.
The 2025 Uttarakhand Municipal general elections[2][3] were held on 23 January 2025 to elect members of 100 of the 102 regular municipalities[f] in the state. Elections in Kichha and Narendranagar will be held later this year. There are 11 Municipal Corporations, 45 Municipal Councils and 50 Nagar Panchayats[g] in the state of Uttarakhand. Elections were conducted in all of the 11 municipal corporations, 43 municipal councils, and 47 nagar panchayats.
The BJP won a landslide victory, securing 10 out of 11 municipal coroporations and winning the maximum number of chairperson seats in municipal councils and notified area councils. Congress, on the other hand failed to win any municipal corporation but managed to win some municipal councils and performed well in notified area councils. Independents dominated the election as they won the maximum number of seats owing to their strong performance in the wards of municipal councils and notified area councils. BSP also managed to win 1 municipal council and 1 notified area council, though its number of ward members decreased.
Background
The schedule of the tenure of urban local bodies in Uttarakhand excluding Roorkee, Bajpur, Selakui, Badrinath, Kedarnath, 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 was held on 23 January and the results were declared on 25 January.[4] The state election commission announced that elections will be held in all urban bodies barring Kichha and Narendranagar. The elections in Kichha and Narendranagar would be held later alongside the panchayat elections later this year.
Election Schedule
The election schedule was announced by the state election commission on 23 December 2024.[5]
The BJP won 10 municipal corporations, 17 municipal councils and 15 notified area councils. Independents won 1 municipal corporation, bagged 13 municipal councils and won 15 notified area councils. Congress drew a blank in municipal coroprations but managed to win 12 municipal councils and 15 notified area councils. BSP won 2 municipal councils. BJP won 259 wards in municipal corporation whereas Independent won 193. Congress won 86. BSP and UKD won 1 each. BJP won 129 wards in municipal councils while Independents bagged 269. Congress won 46. BJP won 67 wards in notified area councils while Independents won 190. Congress won 37 and AAP won 2 seats. BSP bagged 1.
Notes
↑ Not a single vote was cast in Ward no 2 of Tharali nagar panchayat and it remained vacant.
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