Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation

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Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation

पिथौरागढ़ नगर निगम

Pithoragarh Nagar Nigam
Unicameral Legislature
Type
Type
Leadership
Kalpana Deolal, BJP
since 27 January 2025
Structure
Seats40
India Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand Municipal Corporation 2025.svg
Political groups
Government (5)
  •   BJP (5)

Others (35)

Elections
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] It is reserved for Women.

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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
1Kalpana Deolal27 January 2025 Incumbent 2 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 NoWard NameName of CorporatorParty [3] Remarks
1BajetiHansi Prakash Independent
2New BajetiNaveen Lal Verma Independent
3NiraraTrilok Singh Mahar Independent
4KumaourNeetu Tamta Independent
5PiyanaRajendra Kumar Independent
6Takana ColonyVikram Kumar Independent
7Sbiv ViharBhupendra Singh Independent
8LinthyuraRahul Singh Lunthi Independent
9JakhaniMahendra Kumar Independent
10BinDeepshikha Mehta Independent
11BhatkotDerek Waston Independent
12RaiMohit Chausali Independent
13PandegaonMamata Pandey Independent
14Padampur ColonyPrithviraj Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
15BhadelwadaKamlesh Chand Independent
16ChandrabhagaLalita Joshi Bharatiya Janata Party
17DugkhaniKamlesh Joshi Independent
18New TildhukriNeeraj Kothari Independent
19KrishnapuriRavindra Singh Bisht Independent
20Jagdamba ColonyMamata Saun Independent
21KujauliPushpa Upreti Independent
22Jagriti ColonyPawan Kumar Patani Independent
23ShivalayAnil Kumar Verma Independent
24Purana BazaarSushil Khatri Independent
25Naya BazaarKaran Singh Independent
26SimalgairNeeraj Joshi Independent
27PitrautaKrishna Verma Independent
28AincholiHema Joshi Independent
29PanlotSaurav Bhandari Independent
30DaulaSherin Nagarkoti Independent
31Cinema Lines WestRenuka Joshi Mehra Independent
32Cinema Lines EastAnshu Nagi Bharatiya Janata Party
33DhanauraBhavna Kapri Bharatiya Janata Party
34Nera BastiDinesh Chandra Kapri Bharatiya Janata Party
35PuneriShobha Punera Independent
36Sera ChandakRavi Mehta Independent
37TildhukriJayanti Saun Independent
38Malli JakhaniVijendra Singh Mahar Independent
39KharkotAnil Kumar Joshi Independent
40VivekanandaPraveen 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

YearNo. of WardsWinnerRunner UpMargin
PartyCandidateVotes%PartyCandidateVotes%
2025 40 Bharatiya Janata Party Kalpana Deolal9,46639.35 Independent Monika Mahar9,44939.2817

Ward-wise

2025

Pithoragarh Municipal Corporation
PartyWon+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party 5New
Independents 35New
Total40

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References

  1. "Pithoragarh and Almora set to be made as Municipal Corporations". Hindustan Times. August 2024. pp. 2–3.
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