2013 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election

The 2013 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 28 April 2013.

2013 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election
28 April 2013
All 60 seats in the Dehradun Municipal Corporation
31 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Vinod Chamoli Suryakant Dhasmana Rajni Rawat
Party BJP INC BSP
Last election 28 24 1
Seats won 34 22 2
Seat change 6 2 1
  Fourth party
 
Leader none
Party Independent
Last election 6
Seats won 2
Seat change 4
Mayor before election

Vinod Chamoli
BJP

 Elected Mayor

Vinod Chamoli
BJP

Election Schedule
Event Date
Date for Nominations8 April 2013
Last Date for filing Nominations12 April 2013
Date for scrutiny of nominations13 April 2013
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures15 April 2013
Allotment of Symbols16 April 2013
Date of poll28 April 2013
Date of counting30 April 2013

Mayoral election

The detailed result for the mayoral election:

2013 Dehradun Municipal Corporation Election: Mayor
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Vinod Chamoli 80,530 40.93 7.86
INC Suryakant Dhasmana 57,618 29.28 7.20
BSP Rajni Rawat 46,689 23.73 18.15
UKD Manmohan Lakhera 3,302 1.68 7.62
Independent Sardar Khan (Pappu) 2,192 1.11 New
Independent Sanjay Goyal 2,191 1.11 0.25
Independent Maqbool Ahmad 1,777 0.90 New
Independent Rajendra Prasad Gairola 1,521 0.77 New
Independent Rajiv Kothari 500 0.25 New
Independent Shivdarshan Singh Rawat 430 0.22 New
Majority 22,912 11.65 2.64
Turnout 1,96,750
BJP hold Swing

Position of the house
Dehradun Municipal Corporation
PartyWon+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)34 6
Indian National Congress (INC)22 2
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)2 1
Uttarakhand Kranti Dal (UKD)0 1
Independents2 4
Total60±0
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