2018 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election

The 2018 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election was held on 18 November 2018 to elect members to the Dehradun Municipal Corporation. 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]

2018 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election
18 November 2018
All 100 seats in the Dehradun Municipal Corporation
51 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Sunil Uniyal 'Gama' Dinesh Agrawal none
Party BJP INC Independent
Last election 34 22 2
Seats won 60 34 6
Seat change 26 12 4
Mayor before election

Vinod Chamoli
BJP

 Elected Mayor

Sunil Uniyal 'Gama'
BJP

Election schedule

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 Nominations20 Oct 2018Saturday
Last Date for filing Nominations23 Oct 2018Tuesday
Date for scrutiny of nominations25 Oct 2018
26 Oct 2018		Thursday
Friday
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures27 Oct 2018Saturday
Allotment of Symbols29 Oct 2018Monday
Date of poll18 Nov 2018Sunday
Date of counting20 Nov 2018Tuesday

Mayoral election

The detailed result for the mayoral election:

2018 Dehradun Municipal Corporation Election: Mayor
Party Candidate Votes % ±
BJP Sunil Uniyal 'Gama' 162,516 46.41 5.48
INC Dinesh Agrawal 126,884 36.24 6.96
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
Independent Sardar Khan (Pappu) 2,075 0.59 0.52
UKD Vijay Kumar Baurai 1,978 0.56 1.17
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
Turnout 350,101 55.71
BJP hold Swing

Position of the house
Dehradun Municipal Corporation
PartyWon+/−
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)60 26
Indian National Congress (INC)34 12
Independents6 4
Total100±0
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See also

References
  1. "Uttarakhand voters reject both Congress, BJP; root for independents as councillors". The Times of India. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  2. https://www.amarujala.com/dehradun/nikay-chunav-2018-in-uttarakhand-code-of-conduct-applicable?pageId=1&pageId=2


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