Rishikesh Municipal Corporation

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Rishikesh Municipal Corporation

ऋषिकेश नगर निगम

Rishikesh Nagar Nigam
Unicameral Legislature
Type
Type
Leadership
Shambhu Paswan, BJP
since 27 January 2025
G. C. Gurwant, PCS
Structure
Seats40
India Rishikesh, Uttarakhand Municipal Corporation 2025.svg
Political groups
Government (18)
  •   BJP (18)

Opposition (15)

Others (16)

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

The Rishikesh Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the city of Rishikesh in Uttarakhand, India.

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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. [1]

List of mayors

S. No.NameTermParty
1Anita Mamgain2 December 20183 December 20235 years, 1 day Bharatiya Janata Party
Administrator3 December 202326 January 20251 year, 55 days Government of Uttarakhand
2Shambhu Paswan27 January 2025 Incumbent 6 days Bharatiya Janata Party

Current members

Rishikesh 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 Rishikesh is Shambhu Paswan of the Bharatiya Janata Party. [2]

Mayor: Shambhu Paswan
Ward NoWard NameName of CorporatorParty [3] Remarks
1Chandreshwar NagarKiran Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
2Triveni ColonyRoopa Devi Bharatiya Janata Party
3Durga MandirPriyanka Yadav Bharatiya Janata Party
4Bhairav MandirPooja Nautiyal Bharatiya Janata Party
5Pushkar MandirDevendra Kumar Prajapati Indian National Congress
6AdarshgramChetan Chauhan Independent
7MayakundAjay Kumar Dass Bharatiya Janata Party
8Bharat MandirMadhavi Gupta Independent
9Mukherjee MargReena Bharatiya Janata Party
10Sadanand MargAnshu Dang Bharatiya Janata Party
11Ashutosh NagarBhagwan Singh Panwar Indian National Congress
12Pragati ViharSarojini Thapliyal Indian National Congress
13Valmiki NagarMeghna Indian National Congress
14Subhash NagarSimran Independent
15Maniram MargPrabhakar Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
16Tilak MargPrince Dharmesh Manchanda Independent
17Ganga ViharRam Kumar Sangar Independent
18Shanti NagarRajesh Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
19Someshwar MandirPayal Bisht Bharatiya Janata Party
20Ganga NagarSandhya Bisht Goyal Bharatiya Janata Party
21Upper GanganagarSunita Bhardwaj Independent
22Shastri NagarReha Sanjay Dhyani Bharatiya Janata Party
23Sarvahara NagarVeer Pal Indian National Congress
24Bharat ViharTanu Vikas Tewatia Bharatiya Janata Party
25Awas VikasJyoti Ashok Paswan Bharatiya Janata Party
26Shivaji NagarSurendra Singh Negi Independent
27Bairaj MargAbhinav Singh Indian National Congress
28Veerbhadra MandirLuv Kamboj Independent
29Bees BighaSachvir Singh Bhandari Independent
30MeeranagarHarshvardhan Rawat Independent
31BapugramMuskan Independent
32Suman ViharAnil Rawat Independent
33Geeta NagarDinesh Singh Rawat Independent
34Malviya NagarRajesh Kothiyal Bharatiya Janata Party
35Amitgram EastSatya Prakash Independent
36Amitgram WestVirendra Singh Ramola Bharatiya Janata Party
37Manasa DeviVinod Nath Independent
38Indira NagarRajendra Bisht Bharatiya Janata Party
39NehrugramSanjay Bisht Independent
40THDCPushkar Bangwal Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

The Rishikesh Municipal Corporation holds direct elections every five years in the state and the latest elections were those held in the year 2025. [3]

Mayoral

YearNo. of WardsWinnerRunner UpMargin
PartyCandidateVotes%PartyCandidateVotes%
2025 40 Bharatiya Janata Party Shambhu Paswan23,99841.38 Independent Dinesh Chandra20,97836.173,020

Ward-wise

2025

Rishikesh Municipal Corporation
PartyWon+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party 18Increase2.svg3
Independents 16Steady2.svg
Indian National Congress 6Decrease2.svg3
Total40

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References

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