Almora Municipal Corporation

Almora Municipal Corporation अल्मोड़ा नगर निगम Almora Nagar Nigam
Unicameral Legislature
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation
Leadership
Mayor	Ajay Verma, BJP since 7 February 2025
Structure
Seats	40
Political groups	Government (15)   BJP (15) Others (25)   IND (25)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	23 January 2025
Next election	2030
Meeting place
Nagar Nigam Bhavan, Almora

Almora Municipal Corporation is a municipal corporation in Uttarakhand, India. It was elevated to the post in 2024 along with Pithoragarh. ^[1]

List of mayors

S. No.	Name	Term			Party
1	Ajay Verma	7 February 2025	Incumbent	61 days		Bharatiya Janata Party

Current members

Almora Municipal Corporation has a total of 40 members or corporators, who are directly elected after a term of 5 years. The council is led by the Mayor. The latest elections were held in 23 January 2025. The current mayor of Almora is Ajay Verma of the Bharatiya Janata Party. ^[2]

Mayor: Ajay Verma
Ward No	Ward Name	Name of Corporator	Party [3]		Remarks
1	Hanuman Mandir	Vaibhav Pandey		Independent
2	Selakhola	Vandana Verma		Independent
3	Dubakia	Anju Bisht		Independent
4	Ramshila	Naveen Chandra Arya		Independent
5	Badreshwar	Janki Pandey		Independent
6	Champanaula	Poonam Tripathi		Bharatiya Janata Party
7	Dhuni Mandir	Meera Mishra		Bharatiya Janata Party
8	Narmadeshwar	Asha Bisht		Bharatiya Janata Party
9	Heeradungri	Ekta Verma		Independent
10	NTD	Radha Matiyani		Independent
11	Jhijhar	Amit Shah		Bharatiya Janata Party
12	Tripura Sundari	Shyam Pandey		Bharatiya Janata Party
13	Mission Compound	Devesh Bisht		Bharatiya Janata Party
14	Lakshmeshwar	Abhishek Joshi		Bharatiya Janata Party
15	Paniyudiyar	Bhupendra Joshi		Independent
16	Pandekhola	Jyoti Shah		Bharatiya Janata Party
17	New Collectorate Pandekhola	Tulsi Devi		Independent
18	Murli Manohar	Neha Tamta		Bharatiya Janata Party
19	Vamankhola	Rohit Kumar Karki		Independent
20	Narsinghbari	Poonam Verma		Bharatiya Janata Party
21	Siddhpur	Gunjan Singh Chamiyal		Independent
22	Baleshwar	Indra Mohan Singh Bhandari		Bharatiya Janata Party
23	Makeri	Rahul Joshi		Bharatiya Janata Party
24	Chinakhan	Sanjay Kumar Joshi		Bharatiya Janata Party
25	Awas Vikas	Vijay Kumar Bhatt		Bharatiya Janata Party
26	Gandhi Park	Deep Chandra Joshi		Bharatiya Janata Party
27	Talla Joshikhola	Hem Chandra Tiwari		Independent
28	Vivekanandpuri	Kamla Kirola		Independent
29	Bhayarkhola	Anup Bharti		Independent
30	Talla Aurkhola	Deepak Kumar		Independent
31	Rajpur	Mukesh Kumar		Independent
32	Malla Rajpur	Vikas Kumar Arya		Independent
33	Nanda Devi	Arjun Singh Bisht		Bharatiya Janata Party
34	Lala Bazar	Kuldeep Singh Mer		Independent
35	Niyaganj	Intekhab Alam Qureshi		Independent
36	Dharanaula	Reena Tamta		Independent
37	Railapali	Pradeep Chandra Arya		Independent
38	New Indira Colony	Geeta Bisht		Independent
39	Dugal Khola	Chanchal Durgapal		Independent
40	Khagmarakot	Madhu Bisht		Independent

Election results

The Almora Municipal Corporation holds direct elections every five years in the state and the latest elections were those held in the year 2025.

Mayoral

Year	No. of Wards	Winner					Runner Up					Margin
		Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
2025	40		Bharatiya Janata Party	Ajay Verma	8,788	56.95		Indian National Congress	Bhairav Goswami	6,309	40.88	2,479

Ward-wise

2025

Almora Municipal Corporation

Party		Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party	15	New
	Independents	25	New
Total		40

References

1. "Pithoragarh and Almora set to be made as Municipal Corporations". Hindustan Times. August 2024. pp. 2–3.
2. "Almora Municipal Corporation Election Result: BJP won the Mayor post". ETV Bharat (in Hindi). Retrieved 25 January 2025.
3. "SEC Uttarakhand Election Result Portal 2025". SEC Uttarakhand (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 January 2025.