2008 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election
Elections were held in 2008 for the Mayor and ward representatives of the Dehradun Municipal Corporation, the local government body for the city of Dehradun in Uttarakhand, India.
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All 60 seats in the Dehradun Municipal Corporation 31 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vinod Chamoli of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was elected mayor. The BJP won 28 of the 60 seats, and the Congress won 24.
Mayoral election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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| BJP | Vinod Chamoli | 60,867 | 33.07 | ||
| Independent | Rajni Rawat | 44,294 | 24.06 | ||
| INC | Surat Singh Negi | 40,642 | 22.08 | ||
| UKD | Vivekanand Khanduri | 17,116 | 9.30 | ||
| BSP | Mohammad Zameer | 10,276 | 5.58 | ||
| Independent | Anjula Karki | 2,984 | 1.62 | ||
| Independent | Aman Singh Pundir | 2,228 | 1.21 | ||
| Independent | Sanjay Goyal | 1,590 | 0.86 | ||
| SP | Subhash Panwar | 1,357 | 0.74 | ||
| Independent | Manju Sharma | 1,207 | 0.66 | ||
| JD(S) | Manmohan Singh Negi | 668 | 0.36 | ||
| Independent | Azizur Rahman | 444 | 0.24 | ||
| Independent | Prabhakar Uniyal | 389 | 0.21 | ||
| Majority | 16,573 | 9.00 | |||
| Turnout | 1,84,062 | ||||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Position of the house
| Party | Won | +/− | |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 28 | - | |
| Indian National Congress (INC) | 24 | - | |
| Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 1 | - | |
| Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD) | 1 | - | |
| Independents | 6 | - | |
| Total | 60 | ±0 | |
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