2018 Uttarakhand local elections

The 2018 Uttarakhand Municipal general elections were held in the Indian state of Uttarakhand on 18 November 2018.

2018 Uttarakhand municipal general elections

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1148 seats of the urban local bodies in Uttarakhand
Turnout	69.79% ( 8.79 pp)
First party Second party Third party   Leader Ajay Bhatt Pritam Singh Party BJP INC BSP Leader since 2016 2017 Last election 202 155 7 Seats won 357 207 5 Seat change 155 52 2   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader Kashi Singh Airy Party AAP SP UKD Leader since 2017 Last election new 2 2 Seats won 2 1 1 Seat change 2 1 1   Seventh party   Leader none Party Independent Last election 391 Seats won 575 Seat change 184

The Uttarakhand State Election Commission announced the poll dates on 15 October 2018. The results were declared on 20 November 2018.

The elections for the Roorkee Municipal Corporation, municipal councils of Bajpur and Srinagar and the nagar panchayats of Bhatrojkhan and Selakui were postponed.

Elections are not held in the nagar panchayats of Badrinath, Kedarnath and Gangotri due to their status of temporary settlements. Local interim administration councils administer these three pilgrimage sites for a period of six months during the summers.^[1][2]

Event	Date	Day
Date for Nominations	20 Oct 2018	Saturday
Last Date for filing Nominations	23 Oct 2018	Tuesday
Date for scrutiny of nominations	25 Oct 2018 26 Oct 2018	Thursday Friday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	27 Oct 2018	Saturday
Allotment of Symbols	29 Oct 2018	Monday
Date of poll	18 Nov 2018	Sunday
Date of counting	20 Nov 2018	Tuesday

Results

Municipal Corporation Mayoral results

Municipal Corporation Mayoral results

S. No.	Municipal Corporation	District	Winner	Party		Runner-up	Party		Margin
1	Rudrapur Municipal Corporation	Udham Singh Nagar	Rampal Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party		Nand Lal	Indian National Congress		5,134
2	Kashipur Municipal Corporation		Usha Chaudhary	Bharatiya Janata Party		Mukta Singh	Indian National Congress		5,472
3	Haldwani Municipal Corporation	Nainital	Jogendra Pal Singh Rautela	Bharatiya Janata Party		Sumit Hridayesh	Indian National Congress		10,854
4	Dehradun Municipal Corporation	Dehradun	Sunil Uniyal 'Gama'	Bharatiya Janata Party		Dinesh Agrawal	Indian National Congress		35,632
5	Rishikesh Municipal Corporation		Anita Mamgain	Bharatiya Janata Party		Veena Deep Sharma	Independent		11,168
6	Kotdwar Municipal Corporation	Pauri Garhwal	Hemlata Negi	Indian National Congress		Vibha Chauhan	Independent		1,568
7	Haridwar Municipal Corporation	Haridwar	Anita Sharma	Indian National Congress		Annu Kakkar	Bharatiya Janata Party		3,467

Municipal Council Chairpersons results

Municipal Council Chairpersons results^[3]

S. No.	Municipal Council	District	Winner	Party		Runner-up	Party		Margin
1	Almora	Almora	Prakash Chandra Joshi	Indian National Congress		Kailash Chandra Gururani	Bharatiya Janata Party		1,004
2	Chiliyanaula		Kalpana Devi	Independent		Nirmala Arya	Bharatiya Janata Party		109
3	Khatima	Udham Singh Nagar	Soni Rana	Indian National Congress		Meena Devi	Bharatiya Janata Party		10,909
4	Sitarganj		Harish Dubey	Independent		Anwar Ahmad	Indian National Congress		1,492
5	Gadarpur		Ghulam Ghaus	Independent		Santosh Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party		1,661
6	Kichha		Darshan Kumar Koli	Indian National Congress		Rekha Gupta	Bharatiya Janata Party		12,679
7	Jaspur		Mumtaz Begum	Bahujan Samaj Party		Damyanti Devi	Bharatiya Janata Party		1,999
8	Mahua Kheraganj		Nasima Begum	Indian National Congress		Mehtab Jahan	Independent		499
9	Tanakpur	Champawat	Vipin Kumar	Independent		Dipak Chandra Pathak	Bharatiya Janata Party		777
10	Champawat		Vijay Verma	Indian National Congress		Prakash Chandra Pandey	Independent		393
11	Bhowali	Nainital	Sanjay Verma	Bharatiya Janata Party		Pushpesh Pandey	Indian National Congress		243
12	Nainital		Sachin Negi	Indian National Congress		Kishna Singh Negi	Independent		214
13	Ramnagar		Akram Khan	Indian National Congress		Ruchi	Bharatiya Janata Party		5,361
14	Pithoragarh	Pithoragarh	Rajendra Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party		Shamsher Singh Mahar	Independent		1,017
15	Dharchula		Rajeshwari Devi	Bharatiya Janata Party		Lakshmi Gunjyal	Indian National Congress		303
16	Didihat		Kamla Chuphal	Bharatiya Janata Party		Dhana Devi	Independent		84
17	Bageshwar	Bageshwar	Suresh Khetwal	Independent		Kundan Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party		367
18	Uttarkashi	Uttarkashi	Ram Prasad Semwal	Indian National Congress		Bhupendra Singh	Independent		889
19	Chinyalisaur		Beena Devi	Independent		Jayani Devi Bisht	Bharatiya Janata Party		1,464
20	Barkot		Anupama Devi	Indian National Congress		Krishna Devi	Independent		904
21	Gopeshwar	Chamoli	Sundar Lal	Indian National Congress		Pushpa Paswan	Bharatiya Janata Party		545
22	Joshimath		Shailendra Panwar	Indian National Congress		Subhash Dimri	Independent		533
23	Karnaprayag		Damyanti Raturi	Bharatiya Janata Party		Rajni Chauhan	Independent		258
24	Gauchar		Anju Bisht	Bharatiya Janata Party		Indu Panwar	Indian National Congress		31
25	Narendranagar	Tehri Garhwal	Rajendra Vikram Singh Panwar	Bharatiya Janata Party		Rajendra Singh	Independent		204
26	Tehri		Seema Krishali	Independent		Sushma Uniyal	Independent		644
27	Muni Ki Reti		Roshan Raturi	Bharatiya Janata Party		Yogesh Rana	Independent		252
28	Chamba		Suman Ramola	Indian National Congress		Nirmala Devi	Independent		77
29	Devprayag		Krishna Kant Kotiyal	Independent		Rajesh	Independent		23
30	Vikasnagar	Dehradun	Shanti Juwantha	Bharatiya Janata Party		Devanand	Indian National Congress		1,805
31	Doiwala		Sumitra Devi	Indian National Congress		Nagina Rani	Bharatiya Janata Party		196
32	Herbertpur		Devendra Singh Bisht	Indian National Congress		Niru Devi	Bharatiya Janata Party		128
33	Mussoorie		Anuj Gupta	Independent		Om Prakash Uniyal	Bharatiya Janata Party		166
34	Pauri	Pauri Garhwal	Yashpal Benam	Bharatiya Janata Party		Sarita Negi	Indian National Congress		2,282
35	Dugadda		Bhavna Chauhan	Independent		Usha Juyal	Bharatiya Janata Party		408
36	Rudraprayag	Rudraprayag	Gita Devi	Indian National Congress		Saraswati Trivedi	Bharatiya Janata Party		563
37	Manglaur	Haridwar	Dilshad	Independent		Islam	Indian National Congress		599
38	Laksar		Ambrish Garg	Bharatiya Janata Party		Arun Kumar	Bahujan Samaj Party		1,058
39	Shivalik Nagar		Rajiv Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party		Upendra Kumar	Independent		2,431

Nagar Panchayat Chairpersons results

Nagar Panchayat Chairpersons results

S. No.	Town Panchayat	District	Winner	Party		Runner-up	Party		Margin
1	Dwarahat	Almora	Mukesh Lal	Bharatiya Janata Party		Nirmal Mathpal	Indian National Congress		404
2	Bhikiyasain		Ambuli Devi	Bharatiya Janata Party		Kamla Devi	Indian National Congress		76
3	Dineshpur	Udham Singh Nagar	Seema Sarkar	Bharatiya Janata Party		Lakshmi Rai	Indian National Congress		1,316
4	Shaktigarh		Sukant Brahma	Bharatiya Janata Party		Ramesh Rai	Indian National Congress		445
5	Kela Khera		Hamid Ali	Independent		Akram Khan	Samajwadi Party		100
6	Mahua Dabra Haripura		Gayatri Devi	Independent		Afsari Begum	Independent		0 (lottery draw)
7	Sultanpur		Rajendra Kumar Sharma	Independent		Muhammad Rafi	Indian National Congress		745
8	Nanakmatta		Prem Singh	Indian National Congress		Gurprit Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party		12
9	Gularbhoj		Anita Dubey	Bharatiya Janata Party		Revti Devi	Indian National Congress		4
10	Banbasa	Champawat	Renu Agrawal	Independent		Vimla Sajwan	Bharatiya Janata Party		362
11	Lohaghat		Govind Verma	Independent		Dipak Oli	Bharatiya Janata Party		157
12	Lalkuan	Nainital	Lal Chandra Singh	Indian National Congress		Arun Prakash	Bharatiya Janata Party		301
13	Bhimtal		Devendra Singh Chanautia	Indian National Congress		Hitendra Singh Bisht	Independent		307
14	Kaladhungi		Pushkar Katyura	Bharatiya Janata Party		Ali Husain	Independent		25
15	Gangolihat	Pithoragarh	Jayshri Pathak	Bharatiya Janata Party		Sunita Rawal	Indian National Congress		146
16	Berinag		Hem Chandra Pant	Independent		Mahesh Chandra Pant	Bharatiya Janata Party		1,139
17	Kapkot	Bageshwar	Govind Singh	Indian National Congress		Girish Joshi	Bharatiya Janata Party		347
18	Naugaon	Uttarkashi	Shashi Mohan	Bharatiya Janata Party		Rajesh Rawat	Indian National Congress		796
19	Purola		Surendra Lal	Indian National Congress		Pushpa Paswan	Bharatiya Janata Party		173
20	Nandaprayag	Chamoli	Himani	Bharatiya Janata Party		Kanij	Indian National Congress		248
21	Gairsain		Pushkar Singh	Indian National Congress		Janki Devi	Bharatiya Janata Party		879
22	Pokhari		Lakshmi Prasad	Independent		Jagdish Prasad	Indian National Congress		176
23	Pipalkoti		Ramesh Lal Badwal	Bharatiya Janata Party		Rajesh Banwal	Independent		152
24	Tharali		Deepa Devi	Bharatiya Janata Party		Kunti Devi	Indian National Congress		192
25	Kirtinagar	Tehri Garhwal	Kailashi Devi	Bharatiya Janata Party		Maheshwari Devi	Uttarakhand Kranti Dal		68
26	Gaja		Meena Khati	Bharatiya Janata Party		Usha Chauhan	Indian National Congress		117
27	Ghansali		Shankar Pal Singh Sajwan	Independent		Nagendra Singh	Independent		1
28	Chamiyala		Mamta Panwar	Indian National Congress		Dildar Singh Rana	Bharatiya Janata Party		100
29	Lambgaon		Bharosi Devi	Independent		Mamta Panwar	Bharatiya Janata Party		122
30	Swargashram	Pauri Garhwal	Madhav Agrawal	Indian National Congress		Manish Rajput	Bharatiya Janata Party		844
31	Satpuli		Anjana Verma	Bharatiya Janata Party		Kiran Devi	Indian National Congress		384
32	Agastmuni	Rudraprayag	Aruna Devi	Independent		Radha Devi	Indian National Congress		78
33	Tilwara		Sanju	Independent		Rekha Devi	Indian National Congress		161
34	Ukhimath		Vijay Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party		Prakash Singh	Independent		261
35	Jhabrera	Haridwar	Manvendra Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party		Gaurav	Indian National Congress		388
36	Piran Kaliyar		Sakhawat	Independent		Salim	Independent		458
37	Bhagwanpur		Sehati Devi	Bharatiya Janata Party		Satyapal Singh	Indian National Congress		520
38	Landhaura		Shahzad Khan	Independent		Shah Rana	Independent		964

Municipal general election results

Municipal general election results

Party		Mayors/Chairpersons		Corporators/Ward Members		Total
Seats	+/-	Seats	+/-	Seats	+/-
Bharatiya Janata Party		34	12	323	143	357	155
Indian National Congress		25	5	182	47	207	52
Bahujan Samaj Party		1	2	4		5	2
Aam Aadmi Party		0		2	2	2	2
Samajwadi Party		0	1	1		1	1
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal		0	1	1		1	1
Independents		24	2	551	182	575	184
Total		84	15	1064	374	1148	389

See also

• 2018 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election
• 2018 elections in India