Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation

Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation पिथौरागढ़ नगर निगम Pithoragarh Nagar Nigam
Unicameral Legislature
Type
Type	Municipal Corporation
Leadership
Mayor	Kalpana Deolal, BJP since 7 February 2025
Municipal Commissioner	Deepak Saini, IAS
Structure
Seats	40
Political groups	Government (5)   BJP (5) Opposition (35)   IND (35)
Elections
Voting system	First-past-the-post
Last election	23 January 2025
Next election	2030
Meeting place
Nagar Nigam Bhavan, Pithoragarh

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

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.	Name	Term			Party
1	Kalpana Deolal	7 February 2025	Incumbent	202 days	Bharatiya Janata Party

Current members

Pithoragarh 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 Pithoragarh is Kalpana Deolal of the Bharatiya Janata Party. ^[2]

Mayor: Kalpana Deolal
Ward No	Ward Name	Name of Corporator	Party [3]		Remarks
1	Bajeti	Hansi Prakash		Independent
2	New Bajeti	Naveen Lal Verma		Independent
3	Nirara	Trilok Singh Mahar		Independent
4	Kumaour	Neetu Tamta		Independent
5	Piyana	Rajendra Kumar		Independent
6	Takana Colony	Vikram Kumar		Independent
7	Shiv Vihar	Bhupendra Singh		Independent
8	Linthyura	Rahul Singh Lunthi		Independent
9	Jakhani	Mahendra Kumar		Independent
10	Bin	Deepshikha Mehta		Independent
11	Bhatkot	Derek Waston		Independent
12	Rai	Mohit Chausali		Independent
13	Pandegaon	Mamata Pandey		Independent
14	Padampur Colony	Prithviraj Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
15	Bhadelwada	Kamlesh Chand		Independent
16	Chandrabhaga	Lalita Joshi		Bharatiya Janata Party
17	Dugkhani	Kamlesh Joshi		Independent
18	New Tildhukri	Neeraj Kothari		Independent
19	Krishnapuri	Ravindra Singh Bisht		Independent
20	Jagdamba Colony	Mamata Saun		Independent
21	Kujauli	Pushpa Upreti		Independent
22	Jagriti Colony	Pawan Kumar Patani		Independent
23	Shivalay	Anil Kumar Verma		Independent
24	Purana Bazaar	Sushil Khatri		Independent
25	Naya Bazaar	Karan Singh		Independent
26	Simalgair	Neeraj Joshi		Independent
27	Pitrauta	Krishna Verma		Independent
28	Aincholi	Hema Joshi		Independent
29	Panlot	Saurav Bhandari		Independent
30	Daula	Sherin Nagarkoti		Independent
31	Cinema Lines West	Renuka Joshi Mehra		Independent
32	Cinema Lines East	Anshu Nagi		Bharatiya Janata Party
33	Dhanaura	Bhavna Kapri		Bharatiya Janata Party
34	Nera Basti	Dinesh Chandra Kapri		Bharatiya Janata Party
35	Puneri	Shobha Punera		Independent
36	Sera Chandak	Ravi Mehta		Independent
37	Tildhukri	Jayanti Saun		Independent
38	Malli Jakhani	Vijendra Singh Mahar		Independent
39	Kharkot	Anil Kumar Joshi		Independent
40	Vivekananda	Praveen Singh Uprari		Independent

Election results

The Pithoragarh 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	Kalpana Deolal	9,466	39.35		Independent (INC rebel)	Monika Mahar	9,449	39.28	17

Ward-wise

2025

Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation

Party		Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party	5	New
	Independents	35	New
Total		40

References

1. "Pithoragarh and Almora set to be made as Municipal Corporations". Hindustan Times. August 2024. pp. 2–3.
2. "BJP's Kalpana elected as the first woman mayor of Pithoragarh". Amar Ujala (in Hindi). Retrieved 25 January 2025.
3. "SEC Uttarakhand Election Result Portal 2025". SEC Uttarakhand (in Hindi). Retrieved 28 January 2025.