2018 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election
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The 2018 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election was a municipal election to the Dehradun Municipal Corporation which governs Dehradun City, the largest city in Uttarakhand. It took place on 18 November 2018.
To the 100-ward body, 60 members from the Bharatiya Janata Party were elected, while 34 came from the Indian National Congress and remaining six being Independents.[1]
Election schedule
[edit]The Uttarakhand State Election Commission announced the poll dates on 15 October 2018, that the election would be held on 18 November and that the result would be declared on 20 November.[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 |
Mayoral election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| BJP | Sunil Uniyal 'Gama' | 162,516 | 46.41 |  5.48
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| INC | Dinesh Agrawal | 126,884 | 36.24 | 6.96
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| AAP | Rajni Rawat | 28,978 | 8.27 | new | |
| Independent | Jagmohan Mehndiratta | 4,268 | 1.21 | new | |
| BSP | Vibhuti Bhushan | 2,416 | 0.69 |  23.04
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| Independent | Sardar Khan (Pappu) | 2,075 | 0.59 | 0.52
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| UKD | Vijay Kumar Baurai | 1,978 | 0.56 | 1.17
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| LJP | Ram Sukh | 1,787 | 0.51 | new | |
| Independent | Abhay Joshi | 1,654 | 0.47 | new | |
| Independent | Vijay Jagwan | 739 | 0.21 | new | |
| SP | Anjana Walia | 490 | 0.13 | new | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 2,359 | 0.67 | new | |
| Spoiled ballots | Invalid | 13,957 | 3.98 | new | |
| Majority | 35,632 | 10.17 | 1.48
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| Turnout | 350,101 | 55.71 | |||
| BJP hold | Swing | ||||
Position of the house
[edit]| Party | Won | +/− | |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 60 | 26
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| Indian National Congress (INC) | 34 | 12
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| Independents | 6 | 4
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| Total | 100 | 40
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Uttarakhand voters reject both Congress, BJP; root for independents as councillors". The Times of India. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ "निकाय चुनाव 2018: उत्तराखंड में 18 नवंबर को होंगे चुनाव, राज्य निर्वाचन आयोग ने लागू की आचार संहिता".
External links
[edit]- Delimitation Order for 100 wards
- Ward Map
- Voter List
- https://hindi.news18.com/news/uttarakhand/dehradun-dehradun-municipal-corporation-gear-up-for-local-body-election-decision-on-12-villages-later-1188190.html
- http://www.hindustantimes.com/dehradun/spadework-for-local-body-polls-begins-from-october/story-FdZlqiBeTlpPJegp2rdqiJ.html
- Official Website of the Dehradun Municipal Corporation
- https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradun/rajani-rawat-to-contest-mayoral-polls/articleshow/62310123.cms
- Vinod Chamoli fight for Mayor Election again in dehradun
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