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The following is a list of the urban local bodies in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
| S. No. | Municipal corporation | District | Last election held | Winning party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dehradun | Dehradun | 2025 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 2 | Rishikesh | 2025 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 3 | Haridwar | Haridwar | 2025 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 4 | Roorkee | 2025 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 5 | Kotdwar | Pauri Garhwal | 2025 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 6 | Srinagar | 2025 | Independent | ||
| 7 | Haldwani | Nainital | 2025 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 8 | Kashipur | Udham Singh Nagar | 2025 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 9 | Rudrapur | 2025 | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 10 | Pithoragarh | Pithoragarh | 2025 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| 11 | Almora | Almora | 2025 | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
| S. No. | Nagar panchayat | District | Last election held | Winning party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Almora | Almora | Cantonment administration | ||
| 2 | Ranikhet | Cantonment administration | |||
| 3 | Chakrata | Dehradun | Cantonment administration | ||
| 4 | Clement Town | Cantonment administration | |||
| 5 | Dehradun Cantonment | Cantonment administration | |||
| 6 | Landour | Cantonment administration | |||
| 7 | Roorkee Cantonment | Haridwar | Cantonment administration | ||
| 8 | Nainital Cantonment | Nainital | Cantonment administration | ||
| 9 | Lansdowne | Pauri Garhwal | Cantonment administration | ||
| No. | District | Urban local bodies | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal corporations | Municipal councils | Nagar panchayats | Cantonment boards | |||
| 1 | Almora | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Bageshwar | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Chamoli | 0 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 4 | Champawat | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Dehradun | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 | Haridwar | 2 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 15 |
| 7 | Nainital | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Pauri Garhwal | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | Pithoragarh | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 10 | Rudraprayag | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Tehri Garhwal | 0 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 11 |
| 12 | Udham Singh Nagar | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 13 | Uttarkashi | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Total | 11 | 45 | 49 | 9 | 114 | |
Elections to the urban local bodies in Uttarakhand are held once in five years, are conducted by Uttarakhand State Election Commission. Both direct and indirect elections apply for the urban local bodies. [1]
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