2018 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election

2018 Dehradun Municipal Corporation election
All 100 seats in the Dehradun Municipal Corporation; 51 seats needed for a majority
Mayor before election; Vinod Chamoli; BJP	Elected mayor ; Sunil Uniyal 'Gama'; BJP

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

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

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
Party		Won	+/−
	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	60	26
	Indian National Congress (INC)	34	12
	Independents	6	4
Total		100	40

References

^ "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".

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[1] "Uttarakhand voters reject both Congress, BJP; root for independents as councillors". The Times of India. 22 November 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

[2] "निकाय चुनाव 2018: उत्तराखंड में 18 नवंबर को होंगे चुनाव, राज्य निर्वाचन आयोग ने लागू की आचार संहिता".

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