Kotdwar Municipal Corporation

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Kotdwar Municipal Corporation

कोटद्वार नगर निगम

Kotdwar Nagar Nigam
Unicameral Legislature
Type
Type
Leadership
Shailendra Singh Rawat, BJP
since 27 January 2025
Vaibhav Gupta, PCS
Structure
India Kotdwar, Uttarakhand Municipal Corporation 2025.svg
Political groups
Government (18)
  •   BJP (18)

Opposition (9)

Others (13)

Elections
First-past-the-post
Last election
23 January 2025
Next election
2030
Meeting place
Nagar Nigam Bhavan, Kotdwar
Website
Nagar Nigam Kotdwar

The Kotdwar Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the city of Kotdwar in Uttarakhand, India. [1]

Contents

Structure

This corporation consists of 40 wards and is headed by a mayor who presides over a deputy mayor and 39 other corporators representing the wards. The mayor is elected directly through a first-past-the-post voting system and the deputy mayor is elected by the corporators from among their numbers.

List of mayors

S. No.NameTermParty
1 Hemlata Negi 2 December 20183 December 20235 years, 1 day Indian National Congress
Administrator3 December 202327 January 20251 year, 56 days Government of Uttarakhand
2Shailendra Singh Rawat27 January 2025Incubment7 days Bharatiya Janata Party

Current members

Kotdwar 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 Kotdwar is Shailendra Singh Rawat of the Bharatiya Janata Party.

Mayor: Shailendra Singh Rawat
Ward NoWard NameName of CorporatorParty [2] Remarks
1Ratanpur SanehJay Prakash Dhyani Bharatiya Janata Party
2KumbhichaudAnil Rawat Bharatiya Janata Party
3SanehSanjay Bhandari Bharatiya Janata Party
4GadighatHimanshu Verma Independent
5LakdipadavNaeem Ahmed Indian National Congress
6Kashirampur TallaSuraj Prasad Kanti Independent
7KaudiaSubhash Pandey Bharatiya Janata Party
8GovindnagarJaideep Independent
9Kashirampur MallaPravendra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
10Paniali TalliNazmeen Indian National Congress
11Jhandachowk Badrinath MargVipin Dobriyal Indian National Congress
12KalabadArti Kharakwal Independent
13Adhat Bazaar Christian ColonyRizwana Parveen Bharatiya Janata Party
14JaunpurRita Devi Independent
15Govind Nagar NayagaonKavita Mittal Indian National Congress
16SitabpurRajni Devi Independent
17ManpurKiran Kala Bharatiya Janata Party
18ShivpurJyoti Bharatiya Janata Party
19LalpurNetramohan Aswal Independent
20Padampur Sukhrao-2Prema Bharatiya Janata Party
21Padampur Sukhrao-1Beena Devi Indian National Congress
22SimalchaudManoj Shah Independent
23ShibbunagarSonia Negi Indian National Congress
24BalasaudNeeruwala Khatwal Bharatiya Janata Party
25Ratanpur SukhraoRitu Chamoli Bharatiya Janata Party
26BalbhadrapurUmed Singh Negi Bharatiya Janata Party
27DurgapurShridar Prasad Indian National Congress
28NimbuchaudPramod Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
29GhamandpurAmit Negi Bharatiya Janata Party
30NandpurShashikant Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party
31Padampur MotadhakSaurabh Naudiyal Bharatiya Janata Party
32ShivrajpurDeepak Pathak Independent
33Haldukhata MallaJagdish Prasad Independent
34Udayrampur NayavadVivek Indian National Congress
35TrilokpurBheem Singh Independent
36LokmanipurRajendra Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
37Jhandichaud WestSukhpal Shah Independent
38Jhandichaud NorthRajnish Bebni Bharatiya Janata Party
39Jhandichaud EastSeeta Devi Indian National Congress
40JashodharpurManish Independent

Election results

The Kotdwar Municipal Corporation holds direct elections every five years in the state and the latest elections were those held in the year 2025. [2]

Mayoral

YearNo. of WardsWinnerRunner UpMargin
PartyCandidateVotes%PartyCandidateVotes%
2025 40 Bharatiya Janata Party Shailendra Singh Rawat38,17552.25 INC Ranjana Rawat23,94432.7714,231

Ward-wise

2025

Kotdwar Municipal Corporation
PartyWon+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party 18Increase2.svg6
Independents 13Decrease2.svg2
Indian National Congress 9Decrease2.svg4
Total40

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References

  1. "Kotdwar Municipal Corporation" (PDF). udd.uk.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 November 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "SEC Uttarakhand Election Result Portal 2025". SEC Uttarakhand (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 January 2025.